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this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at eleven... the prime minister appeals tojeremy corbyn to resolve their differences and help her deliver brexit. the shadow chancellor says labour wants a customs union. where we are at the moment, and i do not want to portray any comps expenses, we want a comes “— not want to portray any comps expenses, we want a comes —— customs union. expenses, we want a comes “— customs union. 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. the illegal puppy trade exposed. the treasury recovers more than £5 million in unpaid taxes, in an operation to tackle the black market trade. crowds gather in the royal quarter of the thai capital bangkok to watch their newly crowned king in a ceremonial procession. and in half an hour,
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the dateline london team asks should chinese telecoms giant huawei be allowed an integral role in the sg networks of other countries? good morning. and welcome to bbc news. and welcome to bbc news. 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. but the leader of the brexit party, nigel farage says a deal between the conservatives and labour would be seen as a "coalition of politicians against the people."
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with me is our political correspondent nick eardley. what are the prospects of getting a deal? some of the conservatives are fairly optimistic. the two sides are not that far apart and the government is likely to move to the labour position. idea might be within side. at one of them urging compromise is the scottish tory leader ruth davidson. she is saying the public is sick of this they want to get it done and that is the message that she is taking away from the local election results. let's have a look at what she said. what we have seen since the brexit vote is the two extremes, the edges are getting louder and louder and the places in the middle are getting quieter. on one side when people are saying this is wrong, let's overturn the result and on the other side,
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you've got people saying let's not doa you've got people saying let's not do a deal at all. let's just take out do a deal at all. let's just take our chances. and the answer has to be somewhere in the middle. we have to start walking ourselves back to an agreement where we can get the majority of the people in the house of commons on board. getting a majority of people on board in the commons is not going to be easy. i must say, listen to the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonald he is someone that is part of labour talk team in the negotiations. he was less than happy about the details that were out there. suggesting the government is acting in bad faith by briefing the media on it. also recent concerns that anything that is agreed to needs to be permanent. it cannot be something that theresa may says yes to and then when she is replaced, then that
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newly —— that new leader could then replace the rules put in place. here isa replace the rules put in place. here is a colourful analogy he used. we are negotiating with theresa may's team as requested. while they are doing that and we think we are gaining an understanding of our different position, where we can reach compromise, in the winds, if you like, are all the leadership candidates threatening to tear up whatever we do. so we are dealing with a very unstable government. use this analogy, it is trying to enter into a contract with a company that is going into administration and the people who are going to take over are not willing to fulfil that contract. we cannot negotiate like that. what are the other pressures on the conservatives? the next one is party discipline and whether they can getany is party discipline and whether they can get any deal they do agree
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through the house of commons, something which, to be honest is not guaranteed. on the conservatives side, there are some mps who are furious that theresa may may move closer to the labour's position. the idea of this infuriates them. chamber of the 1992 committee, saying that agreeing to a customs union could lead to a split in the conservative party. they are worried not just because of conservative party. they are worried notjust because of the impact it might have on conservative discipline, but also because it might lead to other parties taking their space. here is the brexit party with nigel farage. their space. here is the brexit party with nigel faragelj their space. here is the brexit party with nigel farage. i think if they push forward with this, this will be seen as a coalition of politicians against the people and i think millions of people would give up think millions of people would give up on both labour and conservative. this would be the final betrayal.
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what is the conservative party for if they sign up for this? on the labour side, you have people who disagree as well. there are many who disagree as well. there are many who do not want to leave the year union. 100 or so who want another referendum. they are saying to jeremy corbyn, don't agree to anything that does not include another referendum. so even if the government and the labour party can come close to making a deal. selling it to the respective party is another challenge. police and crime commissioners are calling for controversial new consent forms, asking rape complainants to hand over their phones for examination, to be withdrawn. campaigners say the measure amounts to a "digital strip search". andy moore reports. 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
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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 criminal justice, told the observer newspaper: the police and crime commissioners say that in some cases, material unconnected
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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. the newly—crowned king of thailand has just begun a procession of the country's capital, bangkok, on the second day of ceremonies to mark his coronation. earlier he granted titles to members of the royal family. 0ur correspondentjonathan head is in bangkok. thailand has strict laws, which ban criticism of the monarchy. iam i am really admiring the yellow tie. tell us the significance of the yellow tie. it represents the day of the week, each day has a colour. it
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has —— as it happens this king shares the same day as his father. yellow is a very royal colour here. i should really be wearing a bright yellow ca nary i should really be wearing a bright yellow canary shirt and maybe a hat as well. this is a moment where you see royal —ism on show. there are a mix of people. there are a lot of people who have come here on their own initiative. it is very hard. 100 fahrenheit. terrible for the soldiers, they are marching with the king. there is a procession about half a kilometre long. and the king is being carried by 16 soldiers. it is being carried by 16 soldiers. it is so hot and they are wearing stiff uniforms. they have to change over every 500 metres. the people here have been waiting for at least two 01’ have been waiting for at least two or three hours. there is very little shade around. we expect the procession to come up here and town that avenues error. this is the
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first chance that the thai people get to see their newly crowned king. it isa get to see their newly crowned king. it is a very ritualized ceremony which is invested here with enormous traditional and spiritual power. he isa traditional and spiritual power. he is a full king now. there has not been a coronation here for 69 years. and it is a chance for people to see a man fully invested with all the power of the king. what is he likely to do during his reign? has he given any indication? no, he has not. bearing in mind the restrictions we are under here, so there are things we cannot talk about. he is a very different personality from his father who was widely love. he was on the throne so long, he became the embodiment of thai national identity. his personality, the new king, his approach to work, at one
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point, people doubted his suitability for the position, but he has taken it on. he has been on the throne for two and a half years. he has shown a willingness to take control of the palace institutions and finances. this is a very rich monarchy. and he has a great interest in the military. he will have a decisive influence. whether the thai people are comfortable with that, it is not a subject they can discuss. jonathan, thank you very much. we have some breaking news it's to bring you now for manchester on the murder investigation. man was stabbed to death. he was stabbed in the leg repeatedly according to greater manchester police. this was at around 2am this morning. the victim was taken to hospital, but he
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later died. the suspected attacker is described as in his late 20s or early 30s. possibly of asian or somalian heritage authorities are saying. he was wearing a tracksuit and he left the scene in a hurry in and he left the scene in a hurry in a small blue vehicle. there is an appealfor a small blue vehicle. there is an appeal for witnesses. the victims family has been informed, they are understandably devastated and we wa nt to understandably devastated and we want to appeal to anyone who may have information about the person responsible to come forward. that is a fatal stabbing in greater manchester around 2am this morning. 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
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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 of tax evasion across the uk. 0ne puppy breeder in scotland was handed a bill of £a25,000. 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.
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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. 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. you're watching bbc news. at 11:15am. at 11:15am. 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. 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. 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.
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sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's 0lly foster. hello again. the premier league title race is going down to the final day of the season after liverpool beat newcastle 3—2 to move back to the top of the table, two points clear of manchester city liverpool are optimistic mo salah will be fit for the the second leg of their champions league semifinal against barcelona on tuesday. he was stretchered off after a clash of heads. the man who replaced him, divock 0rigi scored the winner inside the last five minutes. they are now on 94 points. the title is still in city's hands because they have a game in hand. that's against leicester tomorrow night there race for the top four continues today with chelsea, arsenal and manchester united all playing. third—placed tottenham could have taken one of the champions league spots yesterday but lost at bournemouth. united are in sixth and head to relegated huddersfield this afternoon.
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we were disappointed after the result against chelsea. i think the boys felt there was a chance gone, but then again, we are still in with a chance. we need some help. arsenal, chelsea, they played in europe this week. you never know. we have just got to focus on the next two games. that is my focus... the players' focus. it's the final day of the championship. norwich and sheffield united have already been promoted. the only live issue is who finishes sixth and takes the final playoff spot. derby county are there at the moment but only by a point from middlesbrough. bristol city could also sneak into the top six if those two slip up. derby are at home to west brom who have already qualified for the playoffs. i don't want to say —— i don't want to sound... this is going to be one
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of my biggest achievements if we can pull it off. the way it feels at the moment. from the moment of walking in here, the tough nature of being a manager of a club where there is a lot going on. i am not the only manager that will tell you that. i feel great, personally. but can be a big success in the playoffs? i would be delighted if we could get over the line. the world championship snooker final will be betweenjohn higgins and judd trump higgins came through an epic semi—final against david gilbert. the four—time champion fought back from five frames down to win17—16. it's the third year in a row that higgins has made the final, and the eighth time in his career. he'll face trump in a repeat of the 2011 final that higgins won. trump beat qualifier gary wilson by 17 frames to 11. the final is the best of 35 and begins at 2 o'clock on bbc two today.
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saul ‘canelo' alvarez has unified the middleweight division with a points victory over american danieljacobs in las vegas. the mexican tookjacobs' ibf belt to add to his wbc and wba titles. canelo says he's open to meeting kazakh fighter gennady golovkin for a third time. the two drew their first bout in 2017, before canelo took a controversial points win last year. as for golovkin, he was unimpressed by the fight. he tweeted this soon after: rory mcilroy is in contention at the wells fargo championship heading into the final round in north carolina. the northern irishman, who turned 30 yesterday, is on nine under par for the tournament, which is two shots off the lead. he's won the tournament twice before, england'sjustin rose
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also has a chance, he's on eight under par. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. including live coverage of the one—dayer between ireland and the west indies in dublin... the very early stages. i will be back with an update in the next hour. see you then. 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, after 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.
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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 i can't open my eye. some days i slur when i speak. i dribble when i drink. i try to act like it doesn't bother me, but it's your face. if you have 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 in 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 ear, 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
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in january last year and says the anxiety and depression was instant. he says he was mistakenly diagnosed with meningitis at first, 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
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effective treatment for it. but the most effective treatment is oral steroid tablets, but they need to be started 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. geraint thomas, bbc news. 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
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could be taken from them. 5 live investigates' adrian goldberg joins us now. 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 parents either make enquiries about their children's condition, or they question a professional judgment or are just unhappy with how their child has been treated. how common is it? it's 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 who have experienced this. i have spoken to one mother who has a really heart—rending tale. she took her child into
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hospital, she was accused of poisoning the child. the child had a long history of medical conditions. the child improved in hospital. 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 cleared the 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 for an enquiry into this problem. what has the official response been? the department of health say if you take a child to any clinical setting 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 clinician should be an expert in distinguishing the difference. they say they are leading the way in
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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. in 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 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 common. thank you very much. and you can hear more
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on this story from adrian on five live investigates over on radio five live now, or later on the bbc sounds app. 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. tom lucking unearthed a anglo—saxon pendant worth £145,000 when he was still a student in 2014. he must have a gift. time for a look at the weather with sarah. hello there, that charlie sheen continues. there is quite a deal of dry weather out there. the best of the sunshine will be across southern england and. quite a lot of clouds working in from the northwest. temperatures
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around nine, to 1a degrees. those showers across northern scotland will come towards the south and will become the winter he over the higher ground. we have more cloud than last night, not quite as cold, but temperatures are around two to 4 degrees. bank holiday monday will bring us a line of cloud. it bring showers out of scotland across northern england. either side of that it should be mostly dry. some sunny smiles here and there. not very warm, temperatures just eight to 18 degrees —— date. hello this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines. the prime minister appeals to jeremy corbyn
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to resolve their differences and help her deliver brexit. the shadow chancellor says labour insists on a customs union in any deal. do you trust the prime minister? now. not after this weekend. i think she has jeopardised the negotiations. 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. 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. crowds gather in the royal quarter of the thai capital bangkok to watch their newly crowned king in a ceremonial procession. now on bbc news — it's time for dateline london.
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hello, and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week... when you cower in the middle of the road on the biggest existential crisis for generations, you get squashed. the verdict of british labour mp ben bradshaw on his party's poor showing in local elections. this month voters across the eu get to deliver their verdict on the politicians. what's their existential question, and who will they squash? and talking of existential questions, who do you want to control your internet of things, and should you care about their politics? behind a sensational westminster sacking drama lie questions for mobile phone users across the planet. my guests today, political commentator alex deane, greg katz of the associated press, portuguese writer eunice goes, and irish broadcaster brian o'connell. let's tackle the huawei question first. british defence secretary gavin williamson was sacked on wednesday in relation to the leak
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of a national security council discussion to a newspaper. he says he didn't do it. but the sacking row masks the strategic debate under way in capitals across the world. should chinese telecoms giant huawei be allowed an integral role in the 5g networks of other countries? the united states says no and is putting pressure on its allies to say the same. greg, take us away on this. is the us position one of commerce and politics or of security? i think it is one of commerce. they want technology to prevail, they want to see this commercial advantage over china increase and not decrease. there are masking security concerns, but it is pretty impossible for a layman like myself to know how serious they are.
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