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this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at nine: let's do a deal — the prime minister appeals to jeremy corbyn to resolve their differences and help her deliver brexit. the illegal puppy trade exposed — the treasury recovers more than five million pounds in unpaid taxes, in an operation to tackle the black market trade. police forces in england and wales are urged to rethink their policy, of asking rape victims for access to messages and photographs on their phones. crowds gather in the royal quarter of the thai capital bangkok to watch their newly crowned king in a ceremonial procession. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9:35am. this morning's reviewers are dave wooding, political editor of the sun on sunday,
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and shyama perera, the journalist and author. the prime minister has urged the labour leaderjeremy corbyn to ‘put their differences aside‘ and work together to find a way to break the brexit deadlock, telling him ‘let‘s do a deal‘. writing in the mail on sunday, theresa may said the british people are fed up with the failure of both parties for not finding a way to honour the result of the 2016 eu referendum . conservative and labour both suffered heavy losses in thursday's local elections. with me is our political correspondent, nick eardley. it is interesting how differently different people are interpreting the results of thursday. some saying
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it's a sign get on with brexit and others saying put the brakes on it. absolutely. a firm conclusion from the prime minister that this is the latter, a sign from the electorate, certainly to her party, that they are frustrated, that she needs to get on with delivering brexit. jeremy corbyn seems to have drawn a similar conclusion, saying there is an impetus now to get a deal on friday. edging towards perhaps that position. on the other side there are maybe —— mike other labour mps who are furious. they say look at the big winners of the night, the greens and the lib dems, that shows we need to back another referendum and ultimately staying in the eu. the appeal to jeremy corbyn and ultimately staying in the eu. the appeal tojeremy corbyn from theresa may, let's put aside our differences. what does she mean in terms of brexit? these talks have been going on for weeks. they are
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getting right into the nitty—gritty. hope from the government side is over the next few days there can be some sort of breakthrough. all the indications are, and you can see various reports on this in the papers this morning, that the government is moving pretty close to labour's position. labour wants a very similar trading relationship to what we have at the moment, with a full customs union, following eu trade rules. you can see from the prime minister's piece this morning that if she does that to appease her own party it won't be forever. she says it is up to future parliaments to figure out if they want a close or more distant relationship with the eu. a sickly saying if in the future the tories win power again, they can rip it off —— rip it up if they can rip it off —— rip it up if they want. —— basically saying. they can rip it off —— rip it up if they want. —— basically sayingm they can rip it off —— rip it up if they want. -- basically saying. if a deal is done how much time have they got? what is the process to get it signed off by the eu 27? of course
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we have got the june signed off by the eu 27? of course we have got thejune european elections looming. yes, and i think there is a real belief from the prime minister that she wants to get this sorted in the next few days or weeks to avoid, if not the european elections, the new uk meps ever having to take their seats in brussels. she will try those talks again on tuesday. her top team will meet labour's top team, try to thrash something out. all of this against the backdrop of huge pressure in both parties. the telegraph this morning, the chairman of the 1922 committee of tory backbenchers saying, if the pm agrees to a customs union it could tear the conservative party apart. on the other side 100 opposition mps saying the last thing the country needs just now is some sort of stitch up between the labour party and the conservatives. even if there can be some compromise between the government and labour, it's far from clear that they would be able to sell it to their own parties, or that they would even get it through
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parliament. thank you very much. dog breeders selling puppies on the black market have been forced to pay back more than five million pounds in tax as part of a clamp—down on illegal puppy farming.customs officers found fraudsters making huge profits by breeding puppies on a mass scale — with little regard for their welfare. simonjones reports. distressed dogs kept in appalling conditions by breeders not paying their taxes, treating animals as a commodity rather than with humanity, selling them on in huge numbers. the impact of the illegal puppy trade on dogs is one of absolute misery and animal welfare problems, from disease to over—breeding, it really does cause suffering, and some of these people are moving dogs around, travelling great distances when they are sick and injured, and it really is a miserable trade. a task force from hm revenue and customs set up in 2015 has recovered almost £5.5 million in lost taxes. it identified 257 separate cases
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of tax evasion across the uk. one puppy breeder in scotland was handed a bill of £105,000. animal welfare groups say tens of thousands of puppies are being reared in unregulated conditions. the task force says it has made inroads into what it calls a brutal trade, but it is a growing problem. the government was unable to say how many of the breeders who had been fined were still operating. the advice from the rspca for anybody considering buying a dog is to do your research on the person selling it, or to consider a rescue dog. police commissioners are calling on prosecutors to withdraw a controversial new form forcing victims of crime, including rape complainants, to hand over their mobile phones campaigners say the measure amounts to a "digital strip search". andy moore reports.
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these are the new consent forms that could be used by the police, asking victims of crime — including rape victims — to allow their mobile phones and other data to be examined. campaigners have described them as a "digital strip search." support from the view that the police have gone too far has come from an unusual source — the police and crime commissioners who are elected by us to hold police forces to account. the forms were introduced after a series of scandals where vital evidence held on social media was not handed over to rape defendants. they were seen as an attempt to improve the thoroughness of investigations. police said data would only be examined where it was relevant to an enquiry. but the association of police and crime commissioners opposes the move. david lloyd, the organisation's lead on criminaljustice, told the observer newspaper: the police and crime commissioners say that in some cases, material unconnected to the rape case has been obtained by officers and used
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the police and crime commissioners say that in some cases, material unconnected to the rape case has been obtained by officers and used to undermine the complainant. the police say they are trying to balance privacy and justice. those whose job it is to oversee the police say that on this occasion they have got that balance wrong. asda has been criticised for trying to push through changes to the contracts of thousands of its workers. more than 150 mps have signed a letter saying the new terms could leave employees worse off. asda says the move will bring the company in line with industry standards. the newly—crowned king of thailand has been granting titles to members of the royal family on the second day of elaborate ceremonies marking his coronation. he's expected to take part in a grand procession on the streets of bangkok later today. our correspondent laura bicker sent this update — thailand has strict laws, which ban criticism of the monarchy. in just a few hours' time,
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one of the most powerful monarchs in the world will parade through the streets of bangkok. they are starting to arrive in their hundreds. they are expecting around 200,000 people to line the streets. the newly anointed and crowned king rama x will be carried through the streets in what is called a palanquin, a kind of chariot carried by 16 men. it is being carried in 38 celsius heat, so that is quite a difficultjob. they will change every 500 metres. he will visit three sacred temples and pay his respects to the ashes of his ancestors, and when he is carried through the streets, it will be about seven kilometres of the route. yes, we are expecting to see scenes of people getting a glimpse of this new king. he is seen as more remote than his well loved father, and far more controversial. he has spent a lot of time in munich with his 13—year—old son. he is very, very close to the military, a military
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which has overthrown two governments in the last 13 years in thailand. what people here are wondering is, what is this powerful monarchs going to do? but what these ceremonies will do over the next few days is cement and anchor his place at the head of one of the most powerful of dynasties. 16 people have been killed, and thousands have been left homeless by cyclone fani — one of the most powerful storms to hit india in 20 years. more than 10,000 villages have been damaged by the cyclone, which made landfall on friday, but indian officials say the early evacuation of more than a million people saved many lives. analysts believe that the weapon north korea test—fired from its east coast on saturday was a short range ballistic missile. in a special television broadcast pyongyang announced that it had conducted a "strike drill" of a tactical guided weapon. the test was supervised by leader kim jong—un. responding to the strike, president donald trump tweeted he believed mr kim would not
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jeopardise the path towards better relations. israeli armed forces and palestianian militants in the gaza strip are exchanging fire for a second day. israel says more than 400 rockets have been fired from gaza so far and an israeli man was killed when one hit his home. palestinian officials say seven people have died. that includes a mother and baby who the israeli military say were killed by a hamas rocket. the israeli military has said that 430 rockets have now been fired since saturday morning. that barrage starting during the funerals of two palestinian militants who had died the day before. we had 24—hour snow which has amounted to one of the worst flare—ups between these two sides in the last year. an israeli man was killed overnight when a
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rocket hit his house in the city. these waves of air strikes, attack fire that have hit the gaza strip by israel, israel says it has targeted more than 100 militant sites. the palestinian ministry of health and gazza has said that seven people have died. included in those deaths are the deaths of 14 —— a 14—month—old baby. her mother, who was pregnant. that account has been disputed by the israelis who say that there indications are that those deaths were due to what they call terrorist activity. over the last year, tensions have been ratcheting up around the gazza boundary. what the palestinian militants wanting gazza is easing to the blockade which is imposed by israel and also supported by egypt, which is said to be necessary to stop weapons and weapons material
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getting into the gaza strip. but, says it has been seeking an easing of the blockade. and in the context of the blockade. and in the context of that has been weekly protests at the perimeter fence, of that has been weekly protests at the perimeterfence, that have become increasingly militarised over time. palestinians also seeking a right to return to their ancestral homeland in israel. but the israeli troops have shot dead up to 200 palestinians now in the last year. in those protests. they have on frequent occasions provided the backdrop to what has been military flare—ups involving rockets fired from gaza. israel responding with waves of air strikes. the headlines on bbc news... let's do a deal — the prime minister appeals to jeremy corbyn to resolve their differences and help her deliver brexit. the illegal puppy trade exposed — the treasury recovers more than five million pounds in unpaid taxes, in an operation to tackle dodgy dog breeders.
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police forces in england and wales are urged to rethink their policy, of asking rape victims for access to messages and photographs on their phones. bell's palsy is a condition which causes paralysis to the face and it can be life—changing for sufferers, causing them anxiety and depression. a lack of awareness means some aren't getting the treatment they need in time, which can make things worse — that's according to the charity, facial palsy uk. geraint thomas has more. people have called me a freak, sloth off the goonies, ugly, tramp. claire will always remember christmas 2003. it's the night, she says, that stole her smile. she woke up the following day with bell's palsy. 15 years later she still has a weakness of the muscles of the right side of her face, which can be painfulfor her. some days they can't open my eye. some days i slur when i speak.
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i dribble when i drink. i try to act like it doesn't bother me, but it's your face. if you have a spot on your face it's ten times worse for you than it is to everyone else. it's not life—threatening, but it is life changing. claire's been frustrated with her treatment, having been wrongly referred to ear, nose and throat specialists on numerous occasions. every time i'd would get there the doctors would not know why i was there, discharged me, would go back to my doctor a couple of years later and be referred again to ears, nose and throats. and it went round like that. i had structure and direction in my life until bell's palsy struck me, which stopped me dead in my tracks. the condition changed everything for marcus. he was an army sniper when he developed bell's palsy in january last year and says the anxiety and depression was instant. he says he was mistakenly diagnosed with meningitis at first,
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despite suggesting bell's palsy to medics. it ultimately meant he couldn't carry on in his dream job and left him suffering both physically and mentally. eating, speaking. i couldn't say bs and ps properly. so i had to go onto youtube and research that. and eventually taught myself how to speak properly again. i was drinking through a straw for about one year. the pain is a daily thing. it does get worse when i am tired or if it has really affected me that day. it would be really bad. it's not known what exactly causes bell's palsy and the symptoms vary from person to person. but neither marcus nor claire received steroids, which could have helped with recovery. the importance for patients is to pick up the bell's palsy early, because there's very effective treatment for it. but the most effective treatment is oral steroid tablets, but they need to be started
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within 72 hours of the onset of the weakness. marcus is moving on with his life. alongside his newjob he does everything he can to help others, like claire, with bell's palsy. and things are looking up for her as well, having been recently accepted onto a botox programme on the nhs. they want to share their experiences and raise awareness that more support is needed when the sudden and instant onset of bell's palsy has a lasting impact. campaigners are calling for an independent inquiry into what's known as fii. it stands for fabricated or induced illness. it's where parents are accused of inventing their child's health condition, or deliberately making them poorly. families and charities claim there is a "wave of false allegations" — and some parents accused of fii even fear their children could be taken off them. 5live investigates' adrian goldberg joins us now
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from our salford studio. tell us more about what this is. good morning. this is about fabricating or inducing illness, either inventing a sickness or actually making your child ill. campaigners are concerned that there has been an increase in the accounts of this, or the accusations of it. which they believe often occurs when pa rents which they believe often occurs when parents either make enquiries about their children's condition, a b question a professionaljudgment or arejust question a professionaljudgment or are just unhappy with how their child has been treated. —— when they either question a professional judgment. becoming more common if you believe some of the campaign groups that we have been talking to. we have a couple of campaign groups on the programme later who will say they have been contacted by scores of families have experienced this. i
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have spoken to one mother who has a really heart—rending tale. she took her child into hospital, she was accused of poisoning the child. the child had a long history of medical conditions. the child improved in hospital will stop because the child improved the mum was accused of having poisoned the youngster. she was actually taken away from her for 360 days. before independent reports clear mother, established that in all likelihood she had not poisoned the child. but that was a year that mother and daughter had to spend away from each other. the call is foran away from each other. the call is for an enquiry into this problem. what has the official response been? the department of health say if you ta ke the department of health say if you take a child to any clinical setting there will be a clinician there who isa there will be a clinician there who is a specialist in diagnosing both rare conditions, because these allegations are often associated with rare health conditions, but also in spotting child abuse. that
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clinician should the expert in distinguishing the difference. they say they are leading the way in terms of diagnosing rare conditions. how common is this and other parts of the world? have you looked at that? often the way the nhs might deal with things could be different elsewhere. it's very difficult to establish that, to establish the number of occasions even in this country. gloucestershire, numerous families say they have been falsely accused in their view of this. establishing the data in one particular health area, or in one particular health area, or in one particular county, and then getting comparative data across local authority areas, across the uk, never mind abroad, is extremely difficult. we are in a world where we are listening to campaign groups saying that in their experience, these accusations are becoming more
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common. like you very much. -- thank you very much. and you can hear more from adrian on 5 live investigates at 11 on radio 5 live. every year hundreds of thousands of people suffer brain injuries. some of those can be life—changing or mean a long and difficult road to recovery. now a new rehabilitation centre, based in the lake district, is looking to combine advanced neurological treatments with outdoor activities. megan paterson has been to visit. it's a landscape which inspires adventure. and, for more than 40 years, the calvert trust has used lake district activities to challenge disability. the latest guest, the headway group, a charity for people who have experienced brain injuries. just been outdoors, i suppose, it's a confidence boost as well because you lose a lot of that and then it's just acceptance. i was involved in a car crash in 1997, left me in a coma for two weeks and i've just been in recovery ever since then really. it's good to mingle with people with similar issues that you've got.
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i have anxiety, so it helps with that. it helps us be more confident. you just have a laugh with everybody. those positive benefits will now be transferred into a rehabilitation centre — more than £1 million raised to transform this tithe barn on the outskirts of keswick. a former base for wordsworth, its new function is a uk first. people with a brain injury, it's a very compact injury. the brain needs lots of physical activity to get lots of oxygenated blood pumping around the neurons. we know that the brain needs to learn new things, preferably in a physical way, so cognitive skills development. we know that a social interaction is a really important thing for the brain to recover and develop. so we're looking to bring all those things together. and it's a building site now, lots of work going on. what will it look like when you finish this project? the inside of the building will be very different, so it will be a ten bed facility initially. the upstairs will then be all the social spaces, kitchen,
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dining, treatment rooms. but what we're very clear about is that we want it to remain characterful. so we want people to be stimulated just by being in the environment, by looking at the old beams, thinking about the heritage of the building and thinking about the interesting space that they are in. more than 300,000 people suffer a life changing brain injuries every year. it's hoped this space can play a significant part in rebuilding some of those lives. it makes you feel good because you can actually achieve something and you can actually, you know, do things that you maybe thought that you might not be able to. it's hoped calvert reconnections will open its doors by the end of this year. a rare brooch has been uncovered in norfolk. the 800—year—old treasure features two lions and is studded with two pink stones. it was found in a freshly ploughed field by a newly qualified archaeologist but it wasn't his first find. mr ‘luck‘—ing unearthed
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a anglo—saxon pendant worth £145—thousand pounds when he was still a student in 2014. £145,000 when he was still a student in 2014. now, we have news of a fitness class with a difference. scotland's first goat pilates class hasjust started in fife. yes — we're not kidding you. the organisers were inspired by goat yoga, which has taken america and social media by storm, and our reporter louise cowie has given it a go. now we are breathing in. and breathing out. if you are into yoga you will be familiar with downward dog. but how do you fancy practising pilates with pygmy goats? no kidding, that's exactly what we are doing at this class
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at bellcraig farm in fife. meet twin sisters mabel and hazel. goat yoga is quite big on the internet, so i'd see lots of videos of it, and then i went to california last year and took a goat yoga class. and it was amazing. i couldn't stop talking about it, so i thought, i've got to bring this back to scotland. and here we are. well, we always wanted pygmy goats, ever since we got the farm, and when we got a pair, our mutual friend introduced us tojo, she was looking to do goat pilates and it was just a perfect mix, really. the goats love doing it, they have a great time. it gets them to meet different people because theyjust love people so much, they're so sociable. well, we've got the benefits of pilates, so core strength, posture, alignment.
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plus the benefits of animal therapy, so stress relieving, helps us to relax, helps us to release oxytocin, so the feel—good hormone, so you come away from the class feeling quite joyful. good. woohoo! ooh! got my hair there! a plank can be difficult enough as it is. let alone with a pygmy goat in tow. certainly a work—out for the abs. i love pilates, it's helped me a lot with back problems and what have you. but i didn't expect to just enjoy the goats so much. they really add that element of kind of getting out into the countryside. it's very uplifting. you just come away so happy and calm. most of us don't get that much chance to be that close to goats on a day—to—day basis. i've been doing pilates for about ten years and i've been
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to a number of different classes, and this isjust unique. suddenly have these sort of hooves landing on your back, and they are heavy but not too heavy, it's not painful. it'sjust an extra, it's a bit like a hot stone massage. but with fur. but with fur, yes! the classes are filling up fast. so it would seem many of us don't mind acting the goat to get our fitness fix. i think louise deserves a bonus for doing that report! hello. the thoroughly chilly theme continues through the day, but at least there's a lot of dry weather out there. not as as yesterday. the best of sunshine across england and wales. quite a lot of cloud elsewhere from the north—west, ringing some showers for the north of scotland. nine to 14 degrees or
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so, not feeling too bad in the sunshine in the south. showers across northern scotland sinking further south through the course of the night, wintry of a higher ground. elsewhere more cloud than last night, not quite as cold but temperatures two to 4 degrees. a chilly start to monday. a line of cloud, a cold front bringing showers out of scotland, across northern england, northern ireland. either side of that it should stay mostly dry. some sunny spells, across parts of scotla nd dry. some sunny spells, across parts of scotland but not particularly warm with temperatures eight to 14 degrees. goodbye. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the prime minister appeals to jeremy corbyn news. the headlines. the prime minister appeals tojeremy corbyn to resolve their differences and help her deliver brexit. the illegal puppy her deliver brexit. the illegal puppy trade exposed, the treasury
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recovers m ore puppy trade exposed, the treasury recovers more than £5 million in unpaid taxes in an operation to tackle the black trade. police forces in england and wales are urged to rethink their policy of asking rape victims for access to m essa 9 es asking rape victims for access to messages and photographs on their phones. crowds gather in the royal quarter of the thai capital bangkok, to watch their newly—crowned king make a ceremonial procession. before the papers, sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's olly. good morning. jurgen klopp says his liverpool players couldn't have done any more this season. they are back on top of the premier league table with 94 points after getting a late winner at newcastle. the title is still in manchester city's hands, they play leicester tomorrow. jim lumsden reports. liverpool arrived keen to put their champions league difficulties with barcelona to one side. virgil van dijk did just that after ten minutes.
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commentator: van dijk, all alone! the lead didn't last long. christian atsu firing home an equaliser. just when newcastle looked like they might be capable of creating an upset, mohamed salah tried to put them in their place. rafael benitez‘s side weren't to be told. they continued to cause local problems. as the hour approached, solomon rondon made it 2—2. worrying scenes as mo salah took a blow to the head and was removed from the pitch. his side had created little since the first half, but with a few minutes left, new life was breathed into the title race courtesy of divock origi. these boys deliver and deliver and deliver. so how can you feel pressure when you know you do your best? when the boys do their best, then we have to see, what is the outcome, but so far, 94 points, come on. so, yet another change at the top.
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now it's over to you, manchester city.

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