tv Afternoon Live BBC News May 7, 2019 2:00pm-5:01pm BST
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hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 2pm: we're in great yarmouth for a day of special coverage, looking at what it's like to live in britain's coastal towns. we'll analyse the challenges the town faces and some of creative solutions that are making an impact. we'll be exploring the issue of housing here, as many former b&bs are bought up by private landlords. we've got no heating whatsoever in here. so how do you keep warm? i don't. in our main news today, inquests open into the deaths of eight people killed in the london bridge and borough market attacks. as cross—party brexit talks continue, theresa may is under new pressure
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from tory backbenchers for a timetable on when she'll stand down. a marchpast in windsor as wellwishers gather to celebrate the birth of the royal baby, but there's still no name. i'm live in windsor, where we will keep a close watch on all the latest royal baby news. look forward to talking to you, anita. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with hugh woozencroft. and a big night for liverpool to come. they will need to achieve what's verging on impossible and overturn a three—goal deficit in the champions league semifinal second leg against lionel messi at his barcelona team—mates. talk to you later.
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thanks, hugh. and stav danaos has all the weather. we will see some further showers and wet weather tomorrow, but then signs of it warming up with increasing sunshine into this weekend. i'll have more later. thanks, stav. also coming up: why new york went gaga for lady gaga and her multiple costume changes. hello, everyone. this is afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. iam i am broadcasting live from great yarmouth as a day of bbc news coverage from coastal resorts such as this, because a recent report by the house of lords... a recent report by the house of lords found that the british seaside has been "perceived
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as a sort of national embarrassment" and deserves attention. as part of a special day of coverage, bbc news is exploring the challenges and opportunities for communities in coastal areas. according to the report, towns like great yarmouth, on the east coast of england, "have been neglected for too long" and are in "desperate need of reinvention". the norfolk town is home to 98,000 people. 86,000 of those are britain citizens and 12,000 from outside the uk. the percentage of people claiming out of work benefits is double the national average, with one in ten people on universal credit. and we'll bring you much more on that later, when we dig further into the issues, but first our main story today. inquests have opened into the deaths of the eight people killed in the london bridge and borough market
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attacks two years ago. they died when three men drove a van into crowds and then stabbed people before being shot dead by police. the inquests are expected to examine why there were no barriers to protect pedestrians on the bridge, and how the leader of the attack managed to evade mi5. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports it was the 3rd ofjune 2017 and the third major attack that year. by the end of the night, six men and two women who had been enjoying a summer saturday evening were dead. 0pening their inquest today the chief coroner mark lucraft said the lives of many people were torn apart by what took place in less than ten minutes of high and terrible drama. those killed came from the uk, france, australia, canada and spain, and members of almost all their families were at the old bailey today. each family was asked
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to prepare a short tribute. the first person to be hit was xavier thomas and his stepfather told the court he still had so much to give. barbarians who can in no way be described as human took his life. the attack started at 10:07pm with the colours driving their hired van south across london bridge, swerving onto the pavement, fatally wounding two pedestrians. they crashed into railings on the wrong side of the road, got out and began stabbing people enjoying a night out, starting near the borough bistro. after they killed six more people, the three attackers were shot dead by armed police on the other side of borough market. that was at 10:16pm, nine minutes after the attack began.
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the two people killed on the bridge were xavier and canadian christine archibald. the six people stabbed were sara zelenak, sebastien belanger, james mcmullan, alexandre pigeard, kirsty boden and ignacio echeverria. their relatives are looking for answers to two key questions. why were there are no barriers to protect pedestrians on the bridge more than ten weeks after the bridge attack? and how was it that khuram butt was able to prepare for and carry out such a murderous assault while he was still being investigated by m15 for a possible attack planning? the inquests will also hear details of acts of remarkable heroism by civilians and police officers that night.
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richard lister is at the old bailey. there are questions about this? yes, why there were no protections in on the bridge, in light of the westminster bridge attack, which was carried out in the same way. the coroner alluded to this, saying that there were questions that the families would want answered. he hoped that the inquest would provide those answers. it will take some time, those answers. not everybody is confident that they will get to the bottom of this. it will take about 11 weeks, the eight victims of the three attackers, those inquest will be carried out first and there will be carried out first and there will be carried out first and there will be a separate series of inquests into the deaths of the three attackers who were shot by the police. thank you. the prime minister has told cabinet ministers that
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if cross—party talks over brexit are unsuccessful, another round of indicative votes in parliament is possible. cross—party discussions will continue this afternoon as the prime minister hopes to end the impasse in parliament. in a cabinet meeting earlier today, theresa may told ministers that an agreement had not yet been reached, but that talks would continue in order to get her brexit deal across the line. theresa may is also set to meet the chairman of the 1922 committee of conservative backbenchers, graham brady, later today, as calls mount for her to set a firm resignation date. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith explained more about why the prime minister is under pressure. the word from number ten is that mrs may has said she will go once brexit is done. that, they say, is an unprecedented offer. i doubt she will give them the sort of a specific date that they want. some are pressing her to leave by the end ofjune, but there is now renewed pressure, not coming from mps here but from tory grassroots members.
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the national conservative convention, basically the local party chairman and women around 1000 of them, will be holding an extraordinary general meeting on june 15, at which they will vote on a motion of no confidence in the prime minister. it has no constitutional authority, it doesn't force m rs constitutional authority, it doesn't force mrs may to go, but it is unheard of. we have never been here before. if there were to be disastrous results in the european elections, and then local party members were to pass a motion of no—confidence mrs may, that would hugely increase the pressure on her. norman smith reporting from westminster. and in northern ireland, talks have resumed to try to restore power sharing, more than two years after devolved government at stormont collapsed. the fresh talks were announced by the british and irish governments following the murder in londonderry of thejournalist, lyra mckee. 0ur ireland correspondent, emma vardy, reports from stormont.
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hope this will be the beginning of the end to northern ireland's political paralysis. key ministers from the british and irish governments here to try to bridge the divide. today's talks have been hastened by the death of lyra mckee. the shooting of the 29—year—old journalist by the new ira in londonderry brought renewed pressure on the parties to reconcile their differences. 28 months ago, it was the resignation of sinn fein‘s martin mcguinness which brought down the executive. i believe today is the right time to call a halt to the dup‘s arrogance. he resigned in protest at what to become known as the cash for ash scandal. the mishandling of this green energy scheme signed off by the dup‘s arlene foster cost taxpayers millions. since then, a bitter stand—off between the two largest parties.
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there's only one problem party, and let's call it out. it's sinn fein. they need to end their boycott and allow government to happen here in northern ireland. sinn fein refuse to return to government until there is agreement on a number of issues. their demand for an irish language act and the legalisation of same—sex marriage, two of the major hurdles these talks will have to overcome. since stormont collapsed, civil servants have been running this place and public services have been in decline. meanwhile, elected politicians continue to be paid for a job they are unable to perform. congratulations have been flooding in from around the world following the news that the duke and duchess of sussex have had a baby boy. we're still waiting to see him, and to hear what he'll be called. it's now thought the duchess gave birth in hospital rather than at the couple's home in windsor. well, annita mcveigh
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is at windsor for us now. hello to you. you and i both know about reporting royal births. we are in that strange vacuum between the announcement that her birth has happened, and we have found out the sex of the baby, but actually waiting on all of the details the baby waiting on all of the details the ba by wa nts to waiting on all of the details the baby wants to know, what is he going to be called ? baby wants to know, what is he going to be called? in the intervening time, prince harry full of delight at having a baby, and in all of his wife giving birth. there is a huge massive appreciation for what he said and how he said it, and obviously congratulations coming in from all over the world. this is a couple with global star power, and the congratulations from around the
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world illustrate that. let's get this report from sarah campbell. changing the guard with the band of the royal regiment of scotland, performing today for some royal baby well—wishers boosting the usual tourist numbers. just about within earshot baby sussex is settling into his new home in the private estate of windsor castle. we're both nurses, and all of our nurse friends thought they were waiting until we got here to assist with the delivery, and we arrived, and less than 2a hours later the baby was born. not everybody has to know, it's not really everybody else's business, so it's nice to have kept it private. oh, it's not right. we've come all the way, we thought we would see the baby, it's not right. there's still no picture of the new baby. until tomorrow fans will have to be content with the bulletin posted outside buckingham palace, detailing his weight and time of birth, which was early yesterday morning. what has been beamed around
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the world is the delight of his father, prince harry, who paid tribute to meghan on the day she gave birth to theirfirst child. i'm so incredibly proud of my wife, and as every father and parent would ever say, you know, your baby is absolutely amazing, but this little thing is absolutely to die for, so i'm just over the moon. it was thought that meghan had hoped for a home birth in frogmore cottage, which the family moved into last month, but it's believed in fact she was taken to hospital to give birth, although this hasn't been officially confirmed. one possible option favoured by high profile couples is the portland hospital in london, which has had its share of royal births, including the princesses beatrice and eugenie, prince harry's cousins. with media from across the world and royal fans waiting for the first pictures of baby sussex, just as it was in may last year for their wedding, the global spotlight is once again trained on this historic berkshire town. sarah campbell, bbc news, windsor.
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the fact that we don't know yet where the baby was born, we will maybe find out on the occasion of the couple are registering the ba by‘s the couple are registering the baby's birth. the couple are registering the ba by‘s birth. the the couple are registering the baby's birth. the fact we haven't found out exec aware he was born, weather in hospital or at home, is just a measure of how the duke and duchess of sussex want to control the information coming out about their baby. they obviously want to share images of him with the people who want to see those images, but they also want to retain some control over that and to retain an element of privacy as well. at any rate, it was a happy occasion for people who were in windsor today, the day after this new baby had arrived. many were inside the castle and were able to hear the band of the royal red scotland playing congratulations. that was during the changing of the guard ceremony.
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let's listen to that. music: congratulations. meanwhile, not in windsor but in germany, were the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall who have begun a four—day visit. we have this reaction from the prince of wales, who could not be more delighted of the news, and they are looking forward to meeting the baby when they return. 0ne forward to meeting the baby when they return. one man shouted congratulations to prince charles as he went for a meeting with angela merkel. 0ne detail we are waiting for is the name. we have a modern couple, one of the ways the baby's arrival was announced was on their
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instagram account, which has around 6 million followers. how will they blend the fact they are a modern couple with the expectation that they will be many traditional elements in there as well? alexander, philip, albert, some of the names being suggested for this little boy. we expect we will find that out tomorrow. it's harry said, —— prince harry said, two days and you will know. it is all very well for them to manage the expectations over this event, a happy event or any couple, but we are talking about the great—grandchild of the monarchy, seventh in line for the throne. how they do that will be an indication of how this youngster will grow up. undoubtedly there will be that american influence, speculation that within perhaps a few months they may
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bring this new baby to america, there will be a lot of interest in that. we have seen the headlines from the states overnight, talking about this new baby representing a real change in the royalfamily, perhaps how the royalfamily perceive themselves and how other people view the royal family. as you say, he's not my birth and hrh, the queen could confer that on him, but we don't exec that will happen. he will have his father's second title, the earl of dumbarton, given to the duke of sussex on the morning of his wedding by the queen. he is the son ofa wedding by the queen. he is the son of a very high profile royal, prince harry, and both prince harry and the duchess of sussex are very much part of the royal family's plans for the future. by virtue of that, when would expect that their child in due course may very much become more prominent in the public eye as well.
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there will certainly be a lot of interest. i think i missing you here today, because we have done the births of prince george and pincers charlotte, so i know you would rather be here in windsor than great yarmouth, surely? i know you are missing me. there we re i know you are missing me. there were no where else i would rather be today than great yarmouth. thank you very much. plenty more, i could talk to you about the royal baby all afternoon, but not now. you're watching afternoon live. these are our headlines: inquests open at the old bailey, into the deaths of eight people killed in the london bridge attacks, almost two years ago. as cross—party brexit talks continue, theresa may is under new pressure from tory backbenchers for a timetable on when she'll stand down. and congratulations from around the world for prince harry and meghan, as they announce the birth of a baby boy. and in sport:
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liverpool need a very special champions league night at anfield. jurgen klopp‘s side are missing their star strikers so look to the bench to try to overturn a 3—0 first leg deficit in their semifinal against barcelona. leeds rhinos have sacked their coach david furner after 1a games in charge. the rhinos are third—from—bottom of super league afterjust four league wins this season. james haskell has announced that he's to retire at the end of the season. the 34—year—old has been capped 77 times by england but has been plagued by injuries since joining northampton saints from wasps last year. i'll be back with more on those stories later. cheap housing and poor—quality bedsits are affecting some of the poorest residents living here in great yarmouth, according to the council here. as visitors staying in traditional b&bs decline, many of their struggling owners are selling up. some private landlords have been
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buying them up cheaply and renting them out as hmos or houses of multiple 0ccu pancy. 0ne 71—year—old woman has been telling the bbc how she is struggling to live in a flat with no heating and a hole in her ceiling. andrew turner reports on the b&bs and bedsits of great yarmouth. we've got no heating whatsoever in here. how do you keep pawn?” here. how do you keep pawn? i don't. -- keep warm? there are thousands living in bedsits in former hotels, where the heating is the least of her problems. sheila is 71 and she has told me about a series of problems in herflat, told me about a series of problems in her flat, with told me about a series of problems in herflat, with holes in the ceilings and blocked drains in the sinks, a low supply of hot water. there are beanbags stacked the kitchen because there is no outside for a bin. she kitchen because there is no outside fora bin. she has kitchen because there is no outside for a bin. she has reported these province who had landlord but nothing has been done. province who had landlord but nothing has been donelj province who had landlord but nothing has been done. i don't know where to go. did you ever imagine you would live in a flat like this?
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what did you imagine in your retirement? i thought it would be better than this. the sink in the kitchen is blocked up, the sink in the bathroom and the bath, that sometimes gets blocked. how about cleaning? would you say that you haven't looked after the place, the place could do with a clean? no, i try to keep it as clean as possible. if he was a decent landlord, he would make sure that the repairs we re would make sure that the repairs were done properly. sheila's landlord did not want to talk on camera, but he said he has only had one complaint about the heating and is in the process of sorting that. these streets and other like them we re these streets and other like them were once dominated by guesthouses and hotels but, as tourism declined, many became houses of multiple occupancy. we know that some in this town are well below the legal standard for safety of residents, but they don't want to talk to us because they fear they might be
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evicted. the council is increasing regulation and housing enforcement officers patrol the streets looking for substandard accommodation in an area where six t residential property is privately rented. we will root out these properties, get them improved, and we will support landlords to be compliant. the ones who don't want to be, we will prosecute. sue dawson think that's a good thing stops you ru ns think that's a good thing stops you runs a think that's a good thing stops you runsa number of think that's a good thing stops you runs a number of hmos, but that some landlords are giving the other is a bad reputations was they are all licensed by the council, they have to come up to certain standards. it's good, really, because it removes rogue landlords. they have to come up to standards or they get closed down and they can't operate. b&bs are facing competitions from hotels, and some guesthouse owners say that hmos are bad neighbours,
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and this landlady wants out. we have got mortgages and bills to pay, we've got things going out and we can't afford to live on a season thatis can't afford to live on a season that isjust four to can't afford to live on a season that is just four to six weeks was novice not long enough. things aren't improving, so the only way to live and make money is by renting out your rooms long—term.|j live and make money is by renting out your rooms long-term. i felt sorry for the people who would have rented this place. making money doesn't have to come at the cost of living standards. this new landlord is spending £20,000 on improvement and says he can still mecca profit. a lot of people like to make money quick and easy, basically. there's no reason the last person could not have done what i'm doing, they chose not to because they are seeing money coming in each month, theyjust think from a business point of view, i won't do that. the council said it doesn't want to wipe out hmos is a sector, it wants to raise the standards, and admits that some landlords will give up. andrew turner, bbc news, great yarmouth. campaigners have been
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warning that people towns like great yarmouth that have seen better days are suffering badly since the introduction of universal credit. in many cases, schools are picking up the pieces when families don't have enough to get by. ashley—john baptiste has been investigating. great yarmouth. like many coastal towns, deprivation is an issue here, and it is something one primary school in the area knows about all too well. sharon is a support advisor and helped set up a food bank at the school. michael is a parent. we will start with the breakfast, what do you prefer? cornfla kes 0k? yes. why do you have do this? why do you have to come here? it's because... what we are on. because we are on universal credit, they think we can live on the money they give us, and we can't. how important is the school? this school is majorly, majorly important for me and my family. without the food bank and without the school, we would be stuffed. i would have had to go out
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stealing, but i don't. you would have to go out stealing without this school? yes. it was head teacher's debbie whiting's decision to start the food bank last autumn in response to an increase in students turning up to school hungry. in orderfor a child to be able to learn, and to come into school ready to learn, there is a whole raft of things that need to be in place. first of all, they need to be fed, they need to be warm, they need to feel safe. it's difficult. we have had parents who have found it difficult to manage financially, to actually feed their children because of, really, the introduction of universal credit. great yarmouth was one of the first towns in the uk to roll out universal credit. it replaces six benefits with one monthly payment. the government says it's a simpler and fairer system, but this school says some parents are struggling. one of those parents is lee. he is learning to cook at the school alongside others
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going through tough times. we was waiting eight weeks for universal credit payment, so in the meantime the school was a great help in giving us food parcels. but the school's ability to help disadvantaged families faces a new threat. the school budget is being cut. staff will have to go, debbie's job is on the line. am i going to end up being one of these that's going to rely on the food bank that they have here? who knows? yeah. don't know. i am a single parent. i've got children. one of those things. it can't be helped. yeah. normally have them for everybody else, but yeah. this is just one school at the frontline of change. ashleyjohn—baptiste, bbc news.
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we have been joined by sheila 0xtoby, the chief executive of great yarmouth borough council. thank you for coming. we have just seen some stories thank you for coming. we have just seen some stories which are looking at the problems facing a place like great yarmouth, but sell it to me. there are things going for this place was up if ijust ask you to turnaround and see 15 miles of beautiful coastline and this sandy beach, that sells great yarmouth. we have over 60 visitor attractions. it's a traditional british seaside town. if you had been here on sunday, you would have seen over 1000 cyclists on the promenade. it was stunning. we are investing in the assets along the seafront, we've got numerous projects, because we are conscious that although we trade on our tradition, we also need to reinvent and we need to be preparing for the visitor economy of the future. that would reinvent, the house of lords select committee looking at coastal britain said that
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towns like this need to reinvent themselves with you talk about the traditional tourism business, hasn't that had its day? aren't the b&b owners finding that there is no money to be made on that?|j owners finding that there is no money to be made on that? i would dispute that. i think many businesses have their peaks and troughs but they make their money over the summer. the challenges to look at what we have, there's something to be trading on, but we need to look to the future. whilst we have an offer, we need to broaden that offer, and we have some incredible historic assets as well as traditional british seaside town. 0ne as traditional british seaside town. one of those historic assets is the hippodrome, over 100 years old, one of only four micro circuses in the world. and we have medieval town walls, the second best preserved after york. we have the largest
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parish church in the country, we have one of the largest marketplaces in the uk, dating back to 1208. we have a great deal of history as well. that's what were going to be developing our future tourism from. of course, you'll be selling it. you have a cinema that has just closed. that means that for the first time there is not a cinema here, you have a town where one in ten people are a universal credit, you've got issues with people from eastern europe who have settled here in large numbers. when you talk to people, that is an issue. how are you going to tackle these basic issues? 0n the cinema, we are talking to the cinema owners and they are hopeful that will only be a short—term issue but in terms of longer term, yes, we have some challenges but we also have some challenges but we also have huge opportunity my £39 billion of investment will be happening offshore in the next years creating
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up offshore in the next years creating up to 6000 jobs. 0ur offshore in the next years creating up to 6000 jobs. our biggest challenge is to make sure that the economic value, that growth in the economy, benefits local people and those jobs economy, benefits local people and thosejobs go to economy, benefits local people and those jobs go to local people which is why we are... that is where they are putting the turbines together but find you. that has the potential to change things doesn't it? absolutely, you can see in the distance the assembly of one of the wind farms, but in the future, we already have one of the largest developers who have chosen great yarmouth as the place for their operation maintenance for two huge wind farms which will be developed in the next ten years. they not only are we capitalising on the development but also the future operation and maintenance and with 400 businesses in that sector, again, one of ourjobs is to make sure the supply chain is lined up
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and the are able to access... and live here? yes, live here with in great yarmouth and have good housing and our current workforce and our school leavers have the right skills to access those jobs. good to talk to access those jobs. good to talk to you, thank you very much. the sun has come out. thank you very much. let's just, because we can do so you a shot from the skies above great yarmouth, it is a wonderful setting and it is the british seaside at its best, isn't it? that is the point of the report from the house of lords who have been describing a town like this in need of reinventing itself as we heard there from sheila. renewable energy may be the factor to do that. so that is the factor to do that. so that is the scene on the beach. this guy is a bit threatening but i don't know what i'm talking about. here's the weather.
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very true, yes. good afternoon. it's looking pretty cool and cloudy, further showers, outbreaks of rain for the rest of the week, but conditions will improve into the weekend. temperatures rising, and lots of sunshine. this swell of cloud is low pressure which will bring wet and windy weather to these shores tonight and tomorrow, the band of cloud as a week weather front producing showers across northern parts of england, northern ireland and into southern scotland. a view will be having this afternoon, when to be over the hills of across the south, sunshine, 16 degrees will be the high here by the end of the day. tonight, they showers won't move northwards, some of the wintry over scotland where it will state, but the wet and windy weather will arrive southern, with the wind and rain, the temperatures will rise. another frost likely across rural scotland. in due
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tomorrow, an area of low pressure, bringing useful rain for gardeners and growers across southern and eastern parts, wet and windy weather will spill northwards through the day, it looks quite wet across eastern scotland, with a cold and raw east wind. further south, sunshine, temperatures will rise, but it will set off heavily and thundery showers. a cold day. and on the far north of england, less cold for a cold day. and in the far north of england, less cold falling down wales. no pressure on thursday but it's moving north we north—eastwards, and friday will be more northern and eastern areas, we could see persistent rain in scotla nd could see persistent rain in scotland and north—east in one, a cold north—easterly boot wind, a good deal of sunshine for england and wales, there is a system brushing into the north sea for friday. it looks like we are in between weather systems or friday,
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if you in northern and eastern areas but lastly a dry, light went for and temperatures reaching highs of 14—15 in the south. a cold one for the finalfor in the south. a cold one for the final for the in the south. a cold one for the finalfor the england, in the south. a cold one for the final for the england, temperatures improving to the central belt and southern scotland. notice the blue colours as we head to the weekend, high—pressure building in and bringing in warmer southerly winds to our shore. an improving picture for the weekend with increasing sunshine as high—pressure bills in and it will be warming up as well, particular as we head on into next goodbye for now. —— into next week. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: inquests open into the deaths of eight people killed in the london bridge and borough market attacks. as cross—party brexit talks continue, theresa may is under new pressure from tory backbenchers for a timetable on when she'll stand down. the ministry of defence
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says british soldier mathew talbot, of the 1st battalion coldstream guards, has died while on counter poaching operations in malawi. the queen's been asked about her eighth great—grandchild at a lunch in windsor. appearing with the duke of edinburgh , she smiled when a guest congratulated about the new royal baby boy. and special coverage from great yarmouth, as we look at what it's like to live in britain's coastal towns and the challenges the town faces. sport now on afternoon live with hugh and is liverpool's season going to end without a trophy? i think that's the nightmare facing liverpool fans this week. the prospect that by far their best season in recent times will end empty—handed despite all the plaudits aimed in their direction.
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before the premier league title race reaches a conclusion at the weekend liverpool, where they may be runners up, liverpool face barcelona tonight in the champions league. jurgen klopp's side are looking to overturn a 3—0 deficit from the first leg of their champions league semifinal. it's an even taller order given that they'll have to do it without mohammed salah who's suffering from concussion and roberto firmino who's out with a muscle injury. we have to score four goals against barcelona to go through after 90 minutes. it doesn't make like easier but still, if we have 11 players on the that we will try and knows that, and that is what we want to show, nothing else. we've got two of our main goal—scorers off we've got two of our main goal—score rs off but we've got two of our main goal—scorers off but it also presents an opportunity for some of the lads to come in and make a name for themselves and make themselves heroes. i think if we do overturn
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the deficit tomorrow, whoever scores, deadname will always be remembered because i'm sure it will be one of those really special nights. —— their name will always be remembered. there will be plenty of build—up to tonight's game across the bbc. 0n sportsday on bbc news at 6:30 we'll be live at anfield ahead of the game. and there will also be full match commentary on radio 5live. james haskell has announced that he's to retire from rugby union at the end of the season, after a fantastic 17 year career. haskell was capped 77 times by england — winning three six nations titles — but has been plagued by injuries since joining northampton saints last year. the 34—year—old flanker spent most of his career with wasps, where he helped win the rugby champions cup in 2007. israel folau has been found guilty of a "high level breach" of rugby australia's player code of conduct. he had his contract terminated last month after saying that "hell awaits" gay people
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in a social media post. a three—person panel presided over a personal hearing that had been requested by folau after the initial sanction had been imposed. the panel will now consider what punishment the 30—year—old will face. leeds rhinos have sacked head coach david furner afterjust 14 league games. furner took over during the winter but leeds have struggled since his arrival. they are third —from—bottom of super league afterjust four league wins this season. richard agar will act as interim head coach until a permanent replacement is found. kyle edmund is playing the italian fabio fognini at the madrid 0pen. in the women's draw, joanna konta has been beaten in straight sets by simona halep. konta lost the final of the morocco 0pen last week, began strongly again the world number three, before fading to lost the first set 7—5. halep picked up where she left off in the second
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set, and the british number one lost it 6—1. the romanian halep will face victoria kuzmova in the third round. five—time winner andy murray has been given a wild card for queen's next month as he continues to work on a return to action. the former world number one will decide nearer the time if he's fit enough to compete. murray had hip surgery injanuary and has not played since. in march, he rated his chances of playing in the wimbledon singles this year as 50—50. and finally norwich city may have thought their promotion push had been entirely successful after they were crowned championship winners at the weekend. but their parade saw players having to push again, this time their bus. in the end they had to ditch the broken down canary yellow vehicle and get a red replacement in for the open top tour of the city.
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you wait ages for a bus and two come along at once. you wait ages for a bus and two come along at once. you waited a long time for that one didn't you! that's all the sport for now. the time a teenager spends on social media has only a small negative effect on how happy they are, according to a new study. university of oxford reseachers say concerns that social media is creating a generation of depressed teenagers are overstated and that family, friends and school—life all had a greater impact on wellbeing. we can now speak to kim mccabe, the founder and director of rites for girls — an organisation that supports women going through their teenage years. isn't the perception we have because a lot of people think social media is adding to the pressure. this report says no. this report if you look at it, says they haven't found a correlation between the time spent on social media and that's their own
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self—reported time, and their self—reported time, and their self—reported life satisfaction. anyone who has a teenager or works of teenagers knows their social media use has a powerful impact on their well—being, on their well—being, because time spent on social media is time they are not spending in face—to—face contact with their friends, family, spending in face—to—face contact with theirfriends, family, being engaged in active exercise or sleeping. so all of those things have a powerful impact on their well—being so whilst we believe a social media can be a force for good and has a real positive impact on people put on her lives, there is a shadow side and i feel the professor? comment to parents they should not worry about time on social media is irresponsible because they need to worry. it begins with preteen years and we work with them right through, we witnessed the change that social media has on them. anyone who has a
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teenager, just taken a holiday where there is no wi—fi or take their phone off them and seen the panic that comes across them. they are dependent on it and tied to it. it gives them constant pressure to be available and when they are not available, they panic. it is making them compare themselves to unrealistic ideals, divorcing them from a healthy sense of themselves, and whilst i think it's great at connecting them and giving them a voice and enabling them to access information, we as parents and adults, absolutely need to be involved and yes, we do need to worry about our young people's social media use. any parent watching is going to share that concern. but for some youngsters, social media interaction is very important to very positive. but are theyin important to very positive. but are they in a minority? because we all
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worry that our children are talking to people that are frankly making them upset? yes, i think social media has a real powerfor good, for connecting people, for people of any age. but certainly for our young people, it puts in contact with people, it puts in contact with people they wouldn't otherwise come across, they can engage in activities that are very beneficial, the other side of that is that they open up to risks. in my book, from daughter to woman, , i open up to risks. in my book, from daughter to woman,, i give a lot of advice about guiding safely the digital world just as much as we would not take them to the streets and the off go, you need to guide them and the problem is for us as teenagers today, we didn't go up with this. we don't necessarily feel equipped to help our children. it is
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actually quite easy to do it. i explain it in my book, we are right, pa rents a re explain it in my book, we are right, parents are right to feel concerned and trust your instincts. if you see and trust your instincts. if you see a child who cannot put the phone down or isn't getting enough sleep because they are staying on their phone, it is right to feel concerned, trust those instincts. it is not that it's bad, but we need to guide them to keep them safe and make sure they have a healthy use of social media. great to talk to you, kim mccabe, founder and director of rights for girls. thank you. well, we're here in great yarmouth looking at how coastal towns are managing as tourism declines, and what can be done to try to regenerate them and support the communities. and wind farms have provided new impetus in some regions. tim muffett has this report.
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big and beautiful, or ugly and imposing? whatever your view, what was one of the first offshore wind farms in the uk has turned around gwyn's life. i was six months unemployed, found it really difficult. i was searching for work. opportunities are a hard thing to come by in a seasonal town. the full—time employment rate in great yarmouth is lower than other parts of norfolk and the uk. but the wind turbines aren'tjust producing electricity, butjobs as well, and gwyn has landed one. because demand's getting hotter for these wind turbines, there is employment opportunities there for service technicians to keep the maintenance up—to—date, and, you know, the basic running of them as well. some of the training i've done — i've had to do offshore survival, which meant that i was put into a tank, similar to a live kind of situation. well done, guys. you've done well there.
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we've done working at height training, which gives you a feeling for what it's like being at the top of one of these turbines. emergency descents, the operation of the cranes. you'd think it might be quite basic. looking at the turbine, it's just a rotor spinning around in the wind. there's a lot more that goes into that — electronics, hydraulics, mechanical. seaside towns have challenges, and offshore wind has really improved the job prospects for people in localities, so lots of new opportunities coming in for people to gain sustainable employment. there are now almost 2,000 offshore wind turbines around the uk coast, accounting last year for 8% of uk power generation. some say they spoil the view. gwyn disagrees. it's an industry in its infancy, so it's fantastic. it's a lifeline for great yarmouth. 1,000 years ago, a booming fishing industry turned great yarmouth into a thriving town. today, the sea still presents challenges, and opportunities.
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tim muffet, bbc news. gwyn evans, who was unemployed but who now has a job in energy. we are in a town that relies on tourism, it's a seasonal town how difficult is it to find work? it is a seasonal town, and like all seasonal towns, there is a clothes shopin seasonal towns, there is a clothes shop in winter, becoming harder and harder to find work and a lot of people themselves are try to find it. fixing a closed shop. people are used to seeing places like this in the sunshine, what is it like the rest of the time? just like winter, the rest of the time, very bleak, shut up shop, and difficult for people facing unemployment in those periods and seasonal work and things they rely upon. it can affect hell
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manner of people. what are the issues, particularly here in yarmouth? —— all manner of people on benefits, lots of people from eastern europe in the town, how has it changed? in my lifetime it's changed. a lot of it has to do with housing market, maybe it's become more accessible to people, europeans looking for work, we are happy to house them but u nfortu nately even locals we are happy to house them but unfortunately even locals having trouble finding work so it will be a same scenario for them as well. in my lifetime i have seen that increase. the beauty for you is that you have found a job. not only a job, one that has an incredible future, renewable energy is the thing. it is the thing, i'm happy being part of it. i'm over the moon that have got work, i've got myself out of that hole, but credit is due
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to people help me along the way, the opportunities, the training, all things that are needed. but renewable energy, it is a thing i believe in, the environment, animals will benefit from it, and without that industry in great yarmouth there wouldn't be jobs for people like myself. what is meant to your life? it's a game changer for me. the difference between living on the breadline, scraping the bottom of the bowel day by day, running out —— bowl killing ago bottom watching the metre running out, and it changes everything. all that ceases, so it changes everything. all that ceases, so it's fantastic. it's good you have a good news story here. thank you. 0ne one of the reasons we are hearing great yarmouth is part of a bbc news day of looking at the lives of people in coastal towns like this, particularly following a house of lords report. as you can see, this
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is the problem many people look at, houses you can see there that were once thriving bed—and—brea kfast houses you can see there that were once thriving bed—and—breakfast are now struggling. they are homes of motive or occupancy with many people paying with benefits to living rooms and floors of these once imposing victorian facade is —— houses of notable we are going to show you what people are saying may be the answer, just off the coast, wind farms that are springing up, you can see one of those went on sunday right of your screen, set up in the uk. the first was in wales and the second is hearing great yarmouth. many are saying that is the future. one person who agrees with that is simon grayson, chief executive of the east of england energy company. just
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describe the change here in the last ten yea rs describe the change here in the last ten years because of this business? we have seen a gradual increase and migration from oil and gas, particularly coal, to renewable energy abjectly offshore wind. it is much more palatable, people don't mind offshore as much as onshore, we have had some objections obviously but they are larger and larger turbines but i more efficient and cost—effective. 0ffshore turbines but i more efficient and cost—effective. offshore wind is really coming home to town and yarmouth and lowestoft and the entire east coast. over your shoulder they are putting together the next generation of turbines. what struck me talking this morning was the speed of progress in the power that one turbine companies. 0ne power that one turbine companies. one of those now is producing what ten of those were producing not long ago. the ones we saw this morning, our two megawatts turbines. these
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are eight, we are working boards 12 or even 15 megawatts. they are bigger and they will be more cost—effective so it's good news for everyone. at the moment where hearing ill emote relying less !we are ! we are relying less and less,. nuclear plays a big part. we have a proud history of generating gas here as well. we are a really mixed economy, in all energy region, one of the only ones in the country that has all those different types of assets so hundreds of gas platforms are fair, the largest austral wind farms in the world of our coast now, it's the east of england that is powering the nation. —— largest offshore wind farm. it's bringing jobs and new technology but the people involved aren't living here in yarmouth, yarmouth is not
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necessarily benefiting, is it? increasingly so. particular in offshore wind. historically, gas started here 50 years ago then migrated to aberdeen with the aberdeen oil boom. many of the companies move there and a lot of the workers came from aberdeen to work on the platforms in the southern north—east. in offshore wind, we will see more local people, it's easy to migrate some of the skills and local talents we have here and much quicker to enable them to work offshore. we have a wealth of people here with skills we can utilise. two generations at least of high skilled willpowerjobs for our region and people enjoying themselves down there! simon, thank you. good to see you. if i show you where we are, we are broadcasting right next to joyland, it's where we are, we are broadcasting right next tojoyland, it's great where we are, we are broadcasting right next to joyland, it's great to hear people entering themselves.
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—— in great to hear two people enjoying themselves. we have a drone here and joyland is hosting if you are parties with youngsters here and thatis are parties with youngsters here and that is the screen you can hear in the background, it's not because they have seen afternoon live going out on their doorstep. that's what's happening here. you are watching bbc news and we are looking at what the future holds for coastal towns like this. i want to widen this as well now. we are looking at young people and what they can do and promises that towns like this can deliver. 0ne that towns like this can deliver. one group that recognises young people is the rotary citizens awards. each year, rotary clubs across britain and ireland nominate youngsters for the awards — the winners will be presented with their prizes in nottingham on sunday. throughout the week,
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we'll be hearing from the winners. we did it last year and it was a popular segment because you meet remarkable people and i will meet another one. let's now speak to sophie alderton, who has been nominated by thorpe bay rotary club in essex for her work running a charity for disabled people in southend—0n—sea, which puts on regular activities and events. it's really good to see you, thank you for coming. thank you. the one thing i have always found when i talk to people up for these awards, you're all very modest. but i need you're all very modest. but i need you to tell me what you think you have won this award. as far as i know, it is due to the hard work that i put in. this nomination, i don't know if you have one, i don't wa nt to don't know if you have one, i don't want to give anything away! why have you been nominated ? want to give anything away! why have you been nominated?” want to give anything away! why have you been nominated? i run a charity based in essex, which enables adults with or without disabilities to come together on equal terms. i take them out into community, we do different activities, such a cinema, bowling, out for meals, we also do provide
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respite weekends away and days out at the weekend. why do you do it?” find it very boarding and having a sister that has disabilities makes me drive to help others. when you are with your sister, often people where shouting at you, you saw a side are people that made you think, i need to do something? it's turning something negative that happened into a positive thing. knowing and making a difference to a few people's lives is very rewarding. you also raise a lot of money don't you? i do! you also raise a lot of money don't you? ido! how you also raise a lot of money don't you? i do! how do you do that? three times a year, i make sure we do at least three fundraising events are year. these can be chinese charity notes to quiz nights, and i set myself a sporting challenge once a year. is that you don't have enough to do! what does that involve? last yeari to do! what does that involve? last year i took part in a triathlon
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which was the morton triathlon, which was the morton triathlon, which was the morton triathlon, which was quite hard but i did it. this year our biggest fundraising event is a charity ball which is taking place in june event is a charity ball which is taking place injune this year. it is the first—ever one we have done but we're hoping it will be a success. i wish you all the luck in the world, congratulations on your nomination and openly speak you soon! thank you. we will bring you the weather, i want to show you the skies over great yarmouth. what's going on? we got a weak weather front bringing showers again to central portions of the country. yesterday, parts of east anglia saw showers, quite heavy as well. you can see them here as well, moving northwards over scotla nd well, moving northwards over scotland where the air will be cold, notice all the rain in the south, this layer to limerick at low pressure m oves this layer to limerick at low pressure moves on, wet and windy weather for wales, overnight, but
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another first for central and northern scotland. the wet and windy weather spills its way northwards during wednesday, some rain will be heavy and persistent at times and we will have a cold easterly wind across eastern scotland and the north—east of england. heavy rain there, a miserable day. further south, sunshine breaks through, and in the afternoon as the tablet arises, it sets of heavy and foundry downpours, doctor bridges 13—16d, single figure values across the board. —— temperatures 13—16.
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hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 3pm. we're in great yarmouth for a day of special coverage looking at what it's like to live in britain's coastal towns. we'll analyse the challenges the town faces and some of the creative solutions that are making an impact. we'll be looking at how one school has become what they describe as the "fourth emergency service" following the rollout of universal credit. this school is majorly important for me and my family. without the food bank and the school, we would be stuffed. i would have had to go out stealing. you would have to go out stealing. you would have to go out stealing without this school? yes. in our main news today, inquests open into the deaths of eight people killed in the london bridge
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and borough market attacks. he ministry of defence says british soldier mathew talbot was killed by an elephant in malawi, while on counter—poaching operations. as cross—party brexit talks continue, theresa may is under new pressure from tory backbenchers for a timetable on when she'll stand down. the queen's been asked about her eighth great—grandchild at a lunch in windsor. appearing with the duke of edinburgh, she smiled when a guest congratulated her about the new baby. there has been reaction from other members of the royal family as well, with the duke of cambridge saying he was looking forward to welcoming his brother to the sleep deprivation society that is parenting. i will have that here live in windsor. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with hugh. good afternoon. juergen klopp's targeting four goals against barcelona tonight to make it through to the champions league final for a second running at liverpool. they have the ability to do so, but they
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will have to do it without their top scorer. we'll have more later in the hour. thanks, hugh. and stav has all the weather. good afternoon. it's another day of sunshine and showers for many of us, warm across the south, but colder in the northern half of the country. chile for the rest of this week, but signs of it warming up into the weekend. also coming up, why new york went gaga for lady gaga and her multiple costume changes. hello, everyone. this is afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. a recent report by the house of lords found that the british seaside has been "perceived as a sort of national embarrassment" and deserves attention. as part of a special day of coverage, bbc news is exploring
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the challenges and opportunities for communities in coastal areas. according to the report, towns like great yarmouth, on the east coast of england, "have been neglected for too long" and are in "desperate need of reinvention". the norfolk town is home to 98,000 people. 86,000 of those are british citizens and 12,000 from outside the uk. the percentage of people claiming out of work benefits is double the national average, with one in ten people on universal credit. and we'll bring you much more on that later when we dig further into the issues, but first our main story today. inquests have opened into the deaths of the eight people killed in the london bridge and borough market attacks two years ago. they died when three men drove a van into crowds and then stabbed people before being shot dead by police. the inquests are expected to examine why there were no barriers to protect pedestrians on the bridge, and how the leader of the attack managed to evade m15.
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our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports it was the 3rd ofjune 2017 and the third major attack that year. by the end of the night, six men and two women who had been enjoying a summer saturday evening were dead. 0pening their inquest today, the chief coroner mark lucraft said the lives of many people were torn apart by what took place in less than ten minutes of high and terrible drama. those killed came from the uk, france, australia, canada and spain, and members of almost all their families were at the old bailey today. each family was asked to prepare a short tribute. the first person to be hit was xavier thomas and his stepfather told the court he still had so much to give. barbarians who can in no way be described as human took his life.
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the attack started at 10:07pm with the killers driving their hired van south across london bridge, swerving onto the pavement, fatally wounding two pedestrians. they crashed into railings on the wrong side of the road, got out and began stabbing people enjoying a night out, starting near the borough bistro. after they killed six more people, the three attackers were shot dead by armed police on the other side of borough market. that was at 10:16pm, nine minutes after the attack began. the two people killed on the bridge were xavier and canadian christine archibald. the six people stabbed were sara zelenak, sebastien belanger, james mcmullan, alexandre pigeard, kirsty boden and ignacio echeverria. their relatives are looking for answers to two key questions. why were there are no barriers to protect pedestrians
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on the bridge more than ten weeks after the westminster bridge attack? and how was it that khuram butt was able to prepare for and carry out such a murderous assault while he was still being investigated by m15 for a possible attack planning? the inquests will also hear details of acts of remarkable heroism by civilians and police officers that night. theresa may is meeting the chairman of the conservative backbench1922 committee, sir graham brady, this afternoon, as calls grow for her to set a firm date for her departure from office. in whitehall, government ministers are resuming talks with labour to try to come to an agreement on a brexit deal. we can now speak to our chief political correspondent, vicki young. the prime minister under a lot of pressure? that's right. after those local election results, of course, disastrous for the conservative party. there was more pressure on
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her leadership if that were possible. in the last few minutes, we have been hearing from a cabinet minister, david eddington, and possibly with the least surprising news we have had for a while, confirming that the european parliamentary elections on may 23 will have to go ahead. you will remember that the prime minister was relu cta nt, remember that the prime minister was reluctant, three years after the country reluctant, three years after the cou ntry voted reluctant, three years after the country voted to leave the eu, to be going through another set of elections. it was something she wa nted elections. it was something she wanted to avoid and you can see why, given the results of the local elections. they have realised now there isn't time to get the process, that's the talks with the labour party, to get any kind of conclusion from that, or to get through any kind of indicative vote or get the bill through parliament that is needed to go through. this is what david eddington had to say a few minutes ago. given how little time there is, it will not be possible to finish that process before the date that legally
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is due for the european parliamentary elections. we hope we would get our exit sorted, have the treaty of withdrawal concluded so that those elections did not have to ta ke that those elections did not have to take place. legally, they do have to ta ke take place. legally, they do have to take place. legally, they do have to take place unless our withdrawal has been given legal effect, so those will now go ahead. but we will be redoubling our efforts, with talks of mps from all parties, to mature that the delay after that is a short as possible, ideally we would like to be ina as possible, ideally we would like to be in a situation where those meps from the uk would never actually have to take their seat in the european parliament, and certainly to get this done and dusted by the summer recess. there are feelings that the parties would be punished forfailing to deliver that exit by the elections. nigel farage and the brexit party, they are hoping that they will do well. the liberal democrats will be hoping that there strong performance
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in the council elections will be repeated in the european elections. it will be an opportunity for people to show how they feel in the negotiations and talks were stopped the negotiations between the conservatives and labour will continue today. people are wondering whether a deal can be done, whether the labour party can be seen to help out the conservatives on delivering brexit or whether it might be a good thing for him to get some kind of deal through and move onto other issues. of course, for labour, there's the of another referendum. so many labour mps and many of their party members want there to be another referendum, something the leadership is being reluctant to pursue. this is whatjohn mcdonnell had to say. we have maintained potentiality on the talks was we will meet again this afternoon, they were going for the rest of the week and then we will see where we are at. i am
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hoping we can see some movement from government, but we haven't seen that yet. how keep you is a confirming ballot, a second referendum? we have had it as part of policy, that is what we will talk about today. we are not setting any deadlines, the government might do, but we are not going to do so. we are 20 do our best for the country. i don't think any side wants to be seen as i don't think any side wants to be seen as the one pulling the plug on this. but they need to show there is progress otherwise it becomes an endless, ongoing exercise was not crucial to it is the possibility of a customs union. could there be compromise all of that? discussion around the withdrawal agreement bill, getting it into parliament, may be asking the opposition to abstain, getting it through its first stages and then any mp can try
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to amend it, change it, to bring in the possibility of another referendum. we will have to see, possibly by the end of this week, whether there is any substantive progress. thank you. northern ireland politicians have gathered for fresh stormont talks aimed at restoring devolution in a bid to end nearly two and a half years of political deadlock. the talks were announced by the british and irish governments after the murder ofjournalist lyra mckee. they begin just days after council elections, which saw a surge of support for smaller parties not aligned to either unionism or nationalism. a british soldier has been killed by an elephant in malawi. guardsman mathew talbot, who served with the 1st battalion coldstream guards, was part of an army team helping to train park rangers to combat poaching. the ministry of defence said it was his first operational deployment. let's talk to our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, who's in london. do we know what happened here? we are told that this was a joint
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patrol between british soldiers and park rangers in the national park in malawi, where british soldiers are doing this counter poaching training, mentoring african ranges in that park to counter the trafficking of wildlife. they were patrolling an area with high grass, about seven feet tall, when i came across a group of elephants. 0ne about seven feet tall, when i came across a group of elephants. one of those elephants charged and ultimately killed matthew tolbert, a 22—year—old originally from birmingham. he died of his injuries soon birmingham. he died of his injuries soon after he was charged by an elephant. we have heard tributes from his commanding officer, who described him as determined and bighearted, saying he was hugely proud of his work as a counter poaching operator and tragically died doing great good. we also heard from the new defence secretary, penny morden, who said it was a
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reminder of the danger our military faces as they protect some of the well‘s most endangered species act as they try to protect them from those seeking to profit from the slaughter of wildlife. elephants are dangerous when they charge, and ultimately this guardsman lost his life as a result of it. it is the first time a british soldier has been killed doing this kind of work. british soldiers have been operating ina number of british soldiers have been operating in a number of african countries doing counter poacher training, with forces in gabon as well, it can be a dangerousjob but forces in gabon as well, it can be a dangerous job but is valued forces in gabon as well, it can be a dangerousjob but is valued by forces in gabon as well, it can be a dangerous job but is valued by the locals who want to try and combat, for example, people taking tasks from elephants and taunts from rhinos, which is endangering the species. —— and horns from rhinos.
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the duke of cambridge has said welcomed his brother to "the sleep deprivation society that is parenting" after the birth of the duke of sussex's son. the queen was also asked about her eighth great—grandchild at a lunch in windsor. appearing with the duke of edinburgh, she smiled when a guest congratulated her about the new royal baby boy. well, let's get more on this from annita mcveigh, who is at windsor for us now. thank you. a round—up of royal reaction for you. let's begin with the queen and the duke of edinburgh, this was the first time we have seen the duke of edinburgh in public since that car accident at sandringham. they were at a lunch at windsor castle for memos of the order of merit, and the conversation with one of the guests when some thing like this, life is good for your majesty, the guest said to the queen. the smiling queen replied, yes, thank you. congratulations, another great grandchild, the guest added. i know, came the queen. the art of small talk there at windsor
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castle. you also mentioned that reaction from the mischievous response from prince harry's brother, prince william, saying he was obviously thrilled and looking forward to seeing his brother, sister—in—law and new baby in the coming days when things have quietened down, and glad to welcome his brother into the sleep deprivation society that is parenting. perhaps some tips for him along the way. the prince of wales, the grandfather, has been speaking in berlin as well, saying we could not be more delighted, and we are looking forward to meeting the baby when they return. they are there for four days, the duchess was presented with a onesie for the new baby at one of her engagements. with me now in windsor is the royal
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correspondence. philip, that could be one of the names for this new baby. we are still waiting, aren't we? it could be. we are still waiting. we could get that name tomorrow when we have that first photocall with them as a family of three. if philip is a name, it could be a middle name. i spoke they will go for a less traditional name. that is daring, art modern family, but they have centuries of tradition of the royal family for you think they will go something different?” family for you think they will go something different? i think they will respect tradition for the middle names, with a family name. but i think that little boy's first name is something more that reflect both sides of their heritage and something that no one has thought of yet. i don't think it will be grey.
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she once put on her blog that she would call him that. that was before she thought of being in the royal family. that is a whole different calculation. of course prince harry indicated yesterday, two days before we got pictures if not the name. we would expect the name to be announced as well, i imagine. 0n thursday, he is off to the netherlands. he was supposed to go tomorrow but cancelled that bit of the plan for the launch of the invicta victors 2020 games. the foundation talked about the royal family, it is something close to his heart. that is his other baby. i was in sydney with him last year and it is so important for him. if there was anyway for him to keep to that,
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he worked. i would be interested to see how well he is doing a few days m, see how well he is doing a few days in, how tired he looks was not megan's mother is at home with her and them at the moment, so she will hold the fort as harry flies in and out on the day. thank you. we are at the moment in that limbo period between the announcement of the birth of a royal baby and when we find out the details that everybody wa nts to find out the details that everybody wants to know, the name and the first images. back to you from windsor. exciting. thank you. well, here we are in great yarmouth, for a special series of investigations into how coastal towns are coping with economic and tourism decline. campaigners have been warning that people in towns like this one, that have seen better days, are suffering badly since the introduction of universal credit. in many cases, schools are picking up the pieces when families don't have enough to get by. ashley—john baptiste has been investigating. great yarmouth. like many coastal towns,
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deprivation is an issue here, and it is something one primary school in the area knows about all too well. sharon is a support advisor and helped set up a food bank at the school. michael is a parent. we will start with the breakfast, what do you prefer? cornfla kes 0k? yes. why do you have do this? why do you have to come here? it's because... what we are on. because we are on universal credit, they think we can live on the money they give us, and we can't. how important is the school? this school is majorly , majorly important for me and my family. without the food bank and without the school, we would be stuffed. i would have had to go out stealing, but i don't. you would have to go out stealing without this school? yes. it was head teacher's debbie whiting's decision to start the food bank last autumn in response to an increase in students turning up to school hungry. in orderfor a child
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to be able to learn, and to come into school ready to learn, there is a whole raft of things that need to be in place. first of all, they need to be fed, they need to be warm, they need to feel safe. it's difficult. we have had parents who have found it difficult to manage financially, to actually feed their children because of, really, the introduction of universal credit. great yarmouth was one of the first towns in the uk to roll out universal credit. it replaces six benefits with one monthly payment. the government says it's a simpler and fairer system, but this school says some parents are struggling. one of those parents is lee. he is learning to cook at the school alongside others going through tough times. we was waiting eight weeks for universal credit payment, so in the meantime the school was a great help in
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giving us food parcels. but the school's ability to help disadvantaged families faces a new threat. the school budget is being cut. staff will have to go, debbie's job is on the line. am i going to end up being one of these that's going to rely on the food bank that they have here? who knows? yeah. don't know. i am a single—parent. i've got children. one of those things. it can't be helped. yeah. normally have them for everybody else, but yeah. this is just one school at the frontline of change. ashleyjohn—baptiste, bbc news. we have had a response from the department for work and pensions, phase say that universal credit cannot be blamed for all of the
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issues, they have listened to the feedback to make sure that the payments are available on day one. those delays were causing problems for so many people. we have been joined by debbie whiting, head teacher at north denes school. we saw that reportjust now from there. you have described yourjob as the fourth emergency service. why? because we are having to meet an awful lot of need that previously would not have been the case. we have children from families where universal credit has been an issue andi universal credit has been an issue and i know the government have said things like that before, but we have direct experience of families where circumstances change, one in particular where they have been caring for somebody who then moves on and they have to go on to the benefit. there is a delay and people
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on universal credit don't have savings, they can't wait for the money to come in. the bedroom tax hits of some people as well. families manage for three weeks and can't manage for the fourth week. families manage for three weeks and can't manage for the fourth weekm is an issue. watching one of your memos of staff burst into tears, i described earlier is making a sad but angry back ready point blame here? directly at government. funding has changed in schools, they have rolled out this fair funding to try to make sure that schools across the country are funded equally. we are big losers this year. why, because central government does not get places like this?” because central government does not get places like this? i don't think they understand places like this. i have written to our local mp and asked him to see us and as yet he hasn't been. i don't think... he was last seen icing a cake in bristol
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last seen icing a cake in bristol last week. there is hidden poverty in great yarmouth. there is not a lot of work, but there are beautiful beaches, there is a seasonal trade, work isn't easy for our parents to come by, often it is low paid work in chicken factories or working in a holiday camp or cleaning. there are people who obviously have jobs that are better paid, but the ones that struggle are not working at all. you are talking about youngsters coming to school who have not eaten properly. 21st—century britain, what goes through your mind when you see youngsters like that? it's not right. it's certainly not right that that should be the case in this day in nature was not you think of poverty as being third world, not something that happens on your doorstep. what goes on behind closed doorstep. what goes on behind closed doors isn't open to everybody. you see people bringing their children to school, see them picking up, you don't know what they have got in the
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kitchen cupboards. some families have a large number children, things have a large number children, things have gone up, rent is expensive. it's not right and it shouldn't be happening in this day and age. children should not go hungry. good future come and talk about it. thank you for your time. pretty much anyone who's anyone in the world of showbiz, sport and fashion has been attending the annual fundraising gala at the metropolitan museum of art. it couldn't be more different from what we are talking about at the moment. amongst the attendees in new york, cardi b, katy perry and lady gaga, to name just a few. this year's theme was "camp: notes on fashion". well, we're going to talk about some of the incredible outfits and the mood of the met gala last night, with bethan holt — fashion news and features director at the telegraph —
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who is in our central london newsroom. as sooner you as sooner you are as sooner you are going to call something a celebration of camp, you are asking for it in terms of fashion, aren't you? absolutely. every year, the met gala gets more exuberant and flamboyant, the outfits get crazier and i think last yea r‘s the outfits get crazier and i think last year's theme was catholicism, we saw rhianna dressed as a pope, so camp was really the next level theme that they could choose for this yea r‘s that they could choose for this year's gala that they could choose for this yea r‘s gala and that they could choose for this year's gala and exhibition, which will run at the museum until september on the same theme. let's talk about lady gaga, because she had four different outfits.” canjust imagine she had four different outfits.” can just imagine that her sitting around with her team, thinking, how will we do the craziest look and ensure we are the person that eve ryo ne ensure we are the person that everyone will be talking about the next day? of course, why where one outfit when you can wear four. it was just over 15 minutes where she kind of peeled of each layer of her outfit, she arrived with a huge bow
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on her hair, these huge glittery eyelashes, a fuchsia gown that has —— cascaded down the steps of the museum. she healed of all the layers to reveal black underwear and a pair of very high platform sparkly boots. she definitely won the night. what else caught your eye?” she definitely won the night. what else caught your eye? i think it was interesting to see the men at this event. usually when you talk about the red carpet, we focus on the women, the men wear a black tuxedo. if they were a bowtie that is remotely colourful, we think it is interesting. we saw billy porter carried in by male attendants on a letter, dressed as an egyptian sun god with ten foot gold wings. that was just incredible. we saw ezra miller ina was just incredible. we saw ezra miller in a crystal corset with a burberry suit and a sort of mask of
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his own face. harry styles was may be more subtle, but more a black ruffled blouse with a pearl earring. the boys really gave as good as the women and i think it speaks to the genderfluid theme women and i think it speaks to the gender fluid theme running women and i think it speaks to the genderfluid theme running through fashion at the moment. it celebrated that. is it about just that. is it aboutjust making sure you get yourself in the papers? is that really what it is about? self-love lizard he? of course. it is not likely 0scars, where you have to totally aligned with your film executive or do what your producer is telling you to do, they can go com pletely is telling you to do, they can go completely all out at the met gala. anna wintour wants people to dress people as crazily as possible to make headlines the next day. we all love it. how often do we get to see people dressing up with huge bows and glitter everywhere? the world is
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and glitter everywhere? the world is a miserable place often, at moments like this provide an injection of joy, i like this provide an injection of joy, i think. i wasn't there! maybe next year. you never know. there's not a lot you can say to that. there is no answer to that. mind you, nor were you. to talk to you. thank you for your time. time for a look at the weather. here's stav. i notice you put your umbrella away, but there are still some showers through central portions of the uk thanks to a weak weather front. a big area of low pressure heads away, a beautiful swell of the atlantic, bringing wet and windy weather tonight and into tomorrow. this is the weak weather front i was talking about, bringing the showers. some heavy once through the afternoon.
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through central and northern areas, it will be pretty chilly with wintry showers. we could see 15 or 16 degrees in the south and south—east of england with some good sunny spells. the showers continue to move northwards and an area to the south—west moves in off the atlantic, bringing increasing the wet and windy weather to the south—west and parts of wales stopped gusts of 40 mph or so on the south coast. with it, milder air will move in. further north, a cold night to come with grass frost for northern scotland. weather fronts will be moving northwards with strong winds trundling into scotland and northern england. it will be wet through the afternoon, particular eastern scotland and north—east include with a cold and raw easterly wind. further south, as the front with north, we will see sunshine developing into the afternoon. that will set off some heavy and thundery downpours which will be slow—moving. another cold one for scotland and
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northern england. low pressure still with us but moving eastwards through thursday, so it means northern and eastern areas will see wet and windy weather, particularly eastern scotla nd weather, particularly eastern scotland with the raw north—easterly. when tunis over the high ground of scotland. further south summer sunshine and showers, some heavy. some of us will stay dry altogether. single figures across the north. the weatherfronts altogether. single figures across the north. the weather fronts and stronger winds go with the low pressure. again, the odd heavier shower in the north, but a dry story for the south and west with light winds as well. temperatures 15 degrees here. slowly creeping up across central scotland and coated across central scotland and coated across the north—east of scotland. through the weekend, notice the blue colours get pushed into the continent. high pressure builds in and it starts to draw some warmer southerly winds to our shores. increasing amounts of sunshine this weekend, warming up, particular
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sunday onwards into next week. chilly weather for the next few days before things warm up for the weekend. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: inquests open into the deaths of eight people killed in the london bridge and borough market attacks. british soldier matthew talbot has been killed by an elephant in malawi, while on counter—poaching operations. as cross—party brexit talks continue, theresa may's de—facto deputy david lidington confirms that european parliament elections
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will go ahead in the uk on the 23rd of may. the queen's been asked about her eighth great—grandchild at a lunch in windsor. appearing with the duke of edinburgh, she smiled when a guest congratulated about the new baby. and special coverage from great yarmouth, as we look at what it's like to live in britain's coastal towns and the challenges the town faces. the weather is one of them, let me tell you. sport now on afternoon live with hugh, and is liverpool's season going to end without a trophy? well, that is the nightmare facing liverpool fans this week, the prospect that by far their best season in recent times end empty—handed despite all of the plaudits aimed in their direction. before the premier league title race reaches a conclusion at the weekend liverpool,
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where they may be runners up. liverpool face barcelona tonight in the champions league. jurgen klopp's side are looking to overturn a 3—0 deficit from the first leg of their champions league semi—final. it's an even taller order, given that they'll have to do it without mohammed salah, who's suffering from concussion and roberto firmino, who's out with a muscle injury. we have to score for mac goals against barcelona to go through after 90 minutes. doesn't make life easier, but still as long as we have 11 players on the pitch then we will try and everybody knows that and thatis try and everybody knows that and that is what we want to show, nothing else. you have got to my cover main goal—scorers of you have got to my cover main goal—score rs of but you have got to my cover main goal—scorers of but it also presents an opportunity for some of the lads to come in and make a name for themselves as heroes and if we do overturn the deficit tomorrow, then whoever scores, their name will always be remembered because i am sure it will be one of those really special nights.
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there will be plenty of build—up to tonight's game across the bbc. 0n sportsday on bbc news at 6:30pm, we'll be live at anfield ahead of the game. and there will also be full match commentary on radio 5live. james haskell has announced that he's to retire from rugby union at the end of the season, after a fantastic 17 year career. haskell was capped 77 times by england, winning 3 six nations titles, but has been plagued by injuries since joining northampton saints last year. the 34—year—old flanker spent most of his career with wasps, where he helped win the rugby champions cup in 2007. israel folau has been found guilty of a "high level breach" of rugby australia's player code of conduct. he had his contract terminated last month after saying that "hell awaits" gay people in a social media post. a three—person panel presided over a personal hearing that had been requested by folau after the initial sanction had been imposed. the panel will now consider what punishment the 30—year—old will face.
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leeds rhinos have sacked head coach david furner after just 14 league games. furner took over during the winter but leeds have struggled since his arrival. they are third —from—bottom of super league afterjust four league wins this season. richard agar will act as interim head coach until a permanent replacement is found. british number one kyle edmund has slipped to a fourth consecutive defeat, beaten by world number 12 fabio fognini at the madrid 0pen. edmund beat novak djokovic in last year's tournament but has since suffered a dip in form. he lost the first set to the italian 6—4. by contrast, fognini is on a high, having overcome rafa nadal on his way to the monte carlo masters title. the tenth seed took the second set 6—3 to close out the match. joanna konta has been beaten in straight sets by simona halep.
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konta began strongly, before fading to loses the first set 7—5. halep, the world number three, picked up where she left off in the second set, and the british number one lost it 6—1. five time winner andy murray has been given a wild card for queen's next month, as he continues to work on a return to action. the former world number one will decide nearer the time if he's fit enough to compete. murray had hip surgery injanuary and has not played since. in march, he rated his chances of playing in the wimbledon singles this year as 50—50. that's all the sport for now. we will have more for you in the next hour. the duke and duchess of cambridge have been talking about the arrival of baby sussex. they were at the cutty sark in london. let's hear what they had to
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say. obviously thrilled. looking forward to seeing them in the next few days. i am very pleased and glad to welcome my brother to the sleep deprivation society that is parenting. do you have any advice for harry at all? plenty advice. i wish him all the best and i hope the next few days it will settle down and they will enjoy having a newborn in the family. it is such a special time. it is such a great time of year to have a baby. as william said, we look forward to meeting him and finding out what his name will be. it's really exciting. especially these next few weeks, it's always a bit daunting the first time round.
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thank you very much. the duke and duchess of cambridge, giving their reaction to the new baby for the duke and duchess of sussex. well, we're here in great yarmouth looking at how coastal towns are managing as tourism declines, and what can be done to try to regenerate them and support the communities. and wind farms have provided new impetus in some regions. tim muffett has this report. homes of multiple occupancy are one of the problem is that they have to tackle. tim muffett has this report. big and beautiful, or ugly and imposing? whatever your view, what was one of the first offshore wind farms in the uk has turned around
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gwyn's life. i was six months unemployed, found it really difficult. i was searching for work. opportunities are a hard thing to come by in a seasonal town. the full—time employment rate in great yarmouth is lower than other parts of norfolk and the uk. but the wind turbines aren'tjust producing electricity, butjobs as well, and gwyn has landed one. because demand's getting hotter for these wind turbines, there's employment opportunities there for service technicians to keep the maintenance up—to—date, and, you know, the basic running of them as well. some of the training i've done — i've had to do offshore survival, which meant that i was put into a tank, simulates a live kind of situation. well done, guys. you've done well there. we've done working at height training, which gives you a feeling for what it's like being at the top of one of these turbines. emergency descents, the operation of the cranes. you'd think it might be quite basic. looking at the turbine, it's just
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a rotor spinning around in the wind. there's a lot more that goes into that — electronics, hydraulics, mechanical. seaside towns have challenges, and offshore wind has really improved the job prospects for people in localities, so lots of new opportunities coming in for people to gain sustainable employment. there are now almost 2,000 offshore wind turbines around the uk coast, accounting last year for 8% of uk power generation. some say they spoil the view. gwyn disagrees. it's an industry in its infancy, so it's fantastic. it's a lifeline for great yarmouth. 1,000 years ago, a booming fishing industry turned great yarmouth into a thriving town. today, the sea still presents challenges, and opportunities.
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let's ta ke let's take you to our drone shot—mac because it is above the sea at the moment but it is heading towards us and you will see from the shot from the drone that it is a huge expanse of beach that obviously has attracted people to great yarmouth and towns like it on the coast. it isa and towns like it on the coast. it is a fantastic shot—mac. there is the on the right. it is heading towards us. there it is. this is victoria. if you look up there. with me is victoria russ from east coast college who is helping a new generation of local people to getjobs in the energy sector. it's rather bizarre because we are here to joyland it's rather bizarre because we are here tojoyland which one might say is an old form of entertainment, but there is side of this town and i am looking over your shoulder at the new turbines being assembled there. what does that mean to a town like this when you are involved in looking at that next generation who might look around and say that they
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are not sure if they want to stay here? i think it presents huge opportunity not just for the here? i think it presents huge opportunity notjust for the young, young adults, but also adults who are currently unemployed are looking for a change in direction. we have been working very closely with industry, with the likes of eager who represent all of the energy sector along this coast and working out what it is exactly they are going to need now and in the future in order to service what is going to bea in order to service what is going to be a significant investment for this area. we are talking thousands of jobs, aren't we? yes, over many yea rs. we have jobs, aren't we? yes, over many years. we have to make sure that the youngsters coming through now are going to be qualified in five years' time for what industry might need in five years' time, but also it is an opportunity for adults who may be looking for that change in career or maybe enjoy a really fitful career as fishermen in the past but that industry has changed, here's an opportunity to diversify and harness the opportunities offshore. the word
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upskilling is off to —— and is often used. and that is something you are involved with. yes, we have a campus at lowestoft specifically designed to give people of all ages the skills required of the sector, not just for wind turbines, but also all of the supply chain up to that, so people driving boats, engineering companies that need certain skills and supply materials, there's a huge supply chain. so that's why it's so important that we as a training provider engage with those employers to know exactly what they want. and we have started a course, a couple of courses, in our offshore wind centre. both of them at the moment are designed specifically to get unemployed people into gainful employment, and i'm really pleased at the moment we are operating at a 7996 at the moment we are operating at a 79% employment rate of the people that have gone through already. 79% of those happen straight into jobs
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in the offshore sector. in a town like great yarmouth, we are looking at all of the issues of an area that was thriving in years past, and you look around and there are signs of the old pit of decay. lots has changed here. but the difficulty is going to be persuading people that you are training that they actually wa nt to you are training that they actually want to live here, isn't it? well, i think we have got a body of people who are absolutely committed to living here. this is their home and they don't want to move. it is about providing them with the writ into that employment, the new employment, so that employment, the new employment, so they don't feel threatened by an influx of new workers that is not then. we can give them the skills that are required of that new investment coming in from europe, for example, so they don't bring the workforce with them, they use what is here. you are optimistic? i am because we have already had a few of these courses go through our centre andi these courses go through our centre and i have seen so many success
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stories and the likes of gwyn to be heard from this morning, he went to our centre. i follow many of those candidates who now postings on social media of their day of work which isjust a beautiful sunset social media of their day of work which is just a beautiful sunset on the horizon with the field of wind turbines and it has turned their lives around and that is what we can do more of. but in addition, we are launching some pre—apprenticeship programmes. we partner with either on there programme that gives 15 and 16—year—olds a really good grounding in all of the areas that they might wa nt to in all of the areas that they might want to get into a net energy sector, and then we can progress on to their desired specialism, whether thatis to their desired specialism, whether that is offshore or whether it is engineering are whether it is nuclear, we can help them get the required skills further sectors. very briefly, do you get sick and tired of people like me arriving in saying we have problems in coastal towns like this. there is a lot of
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good news around here, isn't there? there's some great news and i feel really encouraged, i really do. it has a lot to offer. there is a lot of heritage and we don't want forget that. historically, that is what makes these towns so wonderful, but it is about marrying up the two of that fresh investment, maybe diversifying a bit. we have had a really strong foothold in oil and gas for many years and many of those oil and gas companies are now diversifying no more into the oil and gas sector because they can see renewa bles and gas sector because they can see renewables as the way forward so it is about making sure that the local population can benefit from more of those changes. it is very good if you'd come and talk to us. thank very much. you are watching afternoon live from bbc news. the time a teenager spends on social media has only a small negative effect on how happy they are, according to a new study. university of oxford reseachers say concerns that social media is creating a generation of depressed teenagers are overstated and that family, friends and school—life all had
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a greater impact on wellbeing. we can now speak to dr terri apter, a psychologist from the university of cambridge who is currently working on teenage girls use of social media, specialising in girls development and woman's psychology. there has been some criticism of this report. do you agree with it?” agree with it. i have read it and i think it is interesting and i think we have to look at it in a nuanced way, but it isn't asking the most interesting questions, so the question the reporter asks is whether a correlation between the length of time teens spend on social media and their satisfaction, and those are interesting measures and certainly satisfaction is an important measure, but it is a limited one, especially when in the teen years when you think what is it
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that parents and teachers and policymakers want for teens. they wa nt policymakers want for teens. they want them to have self—respect and they want them to have strong, achievable goals and they want them to be free of stereotypes, particularly those gender stereotypes that can constrain their goals and social media can reinforce those. 0ne goals and social media can reinforce those. one issue is that teens, apart from their friends, tend to follow celebrities, understudy diet of celebrities on social media can skew of celebrities on social media can s kew va lu es of celebrities on social media can skew values and also a sense of what is successful, so one of the things that i am doing in my research in partnership with a female lead is looking at whether we can shift the way girls in particular use social
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media, so we are asking them to follow a group of people who aren't celebrities but who are achievers in fields that match those particular girls interests, and after a period of six months or nine months we are going back and seeing whether this has clarified and expanded their goals and we have found that it has. 0ne young woman said to me that she had been following someone on social media who was writing up her phd thesis, and she now understood what was involved in this, what the challenges day—to—day wear, what the anxieties were, but also how it was doable, and another young woman said that following this group of people had transformed her sense of how social media can be used, so instead of asking how long they spend on
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social media, we are looking at how they use it and whether a simple and inexpensive intervention can actually improve that, because this is what we want to do because social media is integral to teens's lives today and it is likely to be so in the foreseeable future. it is not something that your research is looking at, but that issue of time and the amount of time that younger people spend on social media, does not have an impact? i know you talk about the aspirational benefits of that, but if youngsters are spending too much time or perhaps looking at accou nts too much time or perhaps looking at accounts that have exactly the opposite effect and make them feel that they are not going to achieve in life what they think they might have wa nted in life what they think they might have wanted to, isn't there a really negative effect of that? well, i think we have to look at the research, not only are biases. and there is not a clear correlation between the amount of time and
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whether you are depressed. but of course, the more time you spend on social media, it is an opportunity cost, so you are not doing other things. first about, you are not engaging with real people. you are not doing your own thing and learning new skills. you are missing out on a lot of things. there is something passive and very short attention span on social media and thatis attention span on social media and that is not the best mind frame to be in. so there is definitely an opportunity cost. you are not doing better things. and that is slightly different from it actually harming you, but the effect may be the same. thank you so much for your time this afternoon. fascinating. thank you.
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egon is here. in a moment, he will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live: inquests open into the deaths of eight people killed in the london bridge and borough market attacks. british soldier mathew talbot has been killed by an elephant in malawi, while on counter—poaching operations. as cross—party brexit talks continue, theresa may's de—facto deputy david lidington confirms that european parliament elections will go ahead in the uk on the 23rd of may. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. more than 5,000 people got scammed by fraudsters as they tried to book holidays last last year. the travel association abta says it happened as people bought bogus plane tickets, accommodation and organised tours. the average loss was more than £1300 per person. shares in online estate agents purplebricks dropped by as much
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as 8% in early trading, after founder and chief executive michael bruce left the company. he apologised for the recent disappointing performance of the company. fewer people in the uk are giving money regularly to charity, according to the charities aid foundation. donor number have now fallen three years in a row. but those who are givng, and giving more. a big shake—up at the online estate agents, purple bricks. yes, the man who founded the company — michael bruce — has resigned as boss. it comes after the company predicted it was going to sell fewer homes than expected. it's scrapping its operation in australia, and putting its business in america under review. well, one of the problems that purplebricks, like all estate
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agents, has faced, is a slowing down or stagnation of the housing market in the united kingdom. purplebricks themselves have done what other brands have similarly done in the past and expanded quite aggressively, both in america and in australia. foxton is another familiar brand to many that operates in london, very high profile brand, likewise try to break into the north american market, and was u nsuccessful american market, and was unsuccessful there. purplebricks have struggled to implement their new model, the pay upfront model, in australia and in america. they have changed the formula in both countries are now it seems that they have raised the white flag and are walking away from their investment in australia. if you're a pet owner — would you be tempted by a company offering things like dog washing stations or a place to take selfies with your pets? what about a somewhere to train your pet or even adopt one? these are amongst the innovations being introduced by two branches of pets at home.
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peter pritchard is the boss of pets at home. thank forjoining thank for joining us. thank forjoining us. why are you doing this? well, it is really important for us that we offer all of the services that are customers with want. we are a business that is grounded in pet retailing, so selling things for pet owners, but we have also developed a very successful vet business and grooming business, and listening to our customers, they are saying that they wa nt customers, they are saying that they want a one—stop shop to be able to get all of the things that they want asa get all of the things that they want as a pet owner, so things like puppy training, dog training, dog agility. these are all needs that are customers identified, and what better place to do it than in our stores ? better place to do it than in our stores? i hear what you say about what the customers are saying to you, but it is a fact that many households are under financial stress. is this a step too far for you, do you think? these are all needs that customers currently have, in fact that we can do it as a national brand with our training and
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development and the security that you get from pets at home is a really welcome addition for our customers. you have recently lost your second business shareholder. they sold off their stake in the company. is this the sort of thing thatis company. is this the sort of thing that is really going to encourage confidence in your investors? well, the shareholder you are referring to, cpp, we were the only retailer that they had the uk, so there departure from us was not a surprise and that is something that they have decided to you but i think if you look at our stock price and how we performed through the year, lying to the results that we have delivered, i think you'll see that we are a retailer that is the trend. we have grown our like—for—like sales and also in our veterinary business and in our retail like—for—like performance is way ahead of most retailers in the uk. 0ne performance is way ahead of most retailers in the uk. one that we are proud of and that points to the fact that our strategy of being a pet ca re that our strategy of being a pet care business is the right thing to do, providing experience for
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customers in—store as well as providing all of the digital channels that customers expected a isa channels that customers expected a is a winning strategy. peter pritchard, the boss of pets at home. thank you very much indeed. the ftse making slow progress after earlier losses — more fears about the trade war between the us and china after comments by donald trump. that's also hit the bank standard chartered — that's because a lot of its business is done in asia. prudential also under pressure for the same reason. back to you, simon. thank you very much for that. well, we are on the beach here at great yarmouth. ijust wa nt to beach here at great yarmouth. ijust want to show you exactly where we are because we have a shot that we can show you on the beach behind me. as it lifts up, you can see the theme park here, joyland, and we have added to the fun by broadcasting right next to it. that
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is as here. let's get the weather. here he is. hello there. it is going to remain pretty cool for the rest of this week but temperatures will be on the rise as we head to the course of this coming weekend. the short—term, we have showers across central areas which will be spreading northwards overnight. wintry again across scotland. to the south, low—pressure medicine, bringing wet and windy weather here. temperatures will be on the rise as well. 9—10dc. a cold one for the northern half of scotland with some grass frost. this is the area of low pressure which will be dominating weather throughout wednesday, bringing wet and windy weather initially across other areas and then spreading northwards through then spreading northwards through the morning. some of the rain will be persistent. heavy across eastern scotland. the north—east of ingrid into the afternoon. some snow on high ground. a cold and easterly wind. further south, sunshine across the midlands and the south—east. that will set off some heavy, slow—moving thundery downpours.
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13-16dc. slow—moving thundery downpours. 13—16dc. single figures across the north—east of england and for scotland. hello, you're watching afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. today at 4: we're in great yarmouth for a day of special coverage looking at what it's like to live in britain's coastal towns. we'll analyse the challenges the town faces and some of creative solutions that are making an impact. we'll be looking at the green job revolution in the town, as great yarmouth tries to become the wind farm capital of the world. in our main news today, relatives of the eight people killed in the london bridge and borough market attacks pay tribute to their loved ones on the first day of an inquest into the deaths. as cross—party brexit talks continue, theresa may's de—facto deputy david lidington confirms that european parliament elections will go ahead in the uk on the 23rd of may. we very much hoped that we would be
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able to get our exit sorted, have the treaty concluded, so that those elections did not have to take place. but legally, they do have to ta ke place. but legally, they do have to take place, unless our withdrawal has been given legal effect. british soldier mathew talbot has been killed by an elephant in malawi, while on counter—poaching operations. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with hugh woozencroft. liverpool's players will need to draw on all their recent big game experience to achieve what's verging on impossible. they will take on barcelona. and overturn a 3 goal deficit in the champions league second leg. more on it later in the hour. thanks hugh., and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past.
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it remains chilly for the rest of the week, it but it will warm up through the rest of the weekend. thanks stav. also coming up smiles from the queen, when asked about her eighth great—grandchild at a lunch in windsor, while other members of the royal family have also been giving their reaction. i'm very pleased and glad to welcome my brother to the sleep deprivation society that is parenting, so, yeah, that will be fun. hello everyone, this is afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. a recent report by the house of lords found that the british seaside has been perceived as a sort of national embarrassment and deserves attention. as part of a special day of coverage, bbc news is exploring the challenges and opportunities for communities in coastal areas.
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according to the report, towns like great yarmouth, on the east coast of england, "have been neglected for too long" and are in "desperate need of reinvention". the norfolk town is home to 98,000 people. ani 86,000 of those are britain citizens and 12,000 from outside the uk. the percentage of people claiming out of work benefits is double the national average, with! in 10 people on universal credit. we'll bring you much more on that later when we dig further into the issues — but first our main story today. the families of the eight people killed in the london bridge attack two years ago have been paying tribute to their loved ones on the opening day of the inquest into their deaths. the attackers drove a van into crowds and then stabbed people before being shot dead by police. the inquests are expected to examine why there were no barriers to protect pedestrians on the bridge, and how the leader of the attack managed to evade m15. our home affairs correspondent
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daniel sandford reports. it was the 3rd ofjune 2017 and the third major attack that year. by the end of the night, six men and two women who had been enjoying a summer saturday evening were dead. 0pening their inquest today, the chief coroner mark lucraft said the lives of many people were torn apart by what took place in less than ten minutes of high and terrible drama. those killed came from the uk, france, australia, canada and spain, and members of almost all their families were at the old bailey today. each family was asked to prepare a short tribute. the first person to be hit was xavier thomas and his stepfather told the court he still had so much to give. the attack started at 10:07pm with the killers driving their hired van south across london bridge, swerving onto the pavement, fatally wounding two pedestrians.
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they crashed into railings on the wrong side of the road, got out and began stabbing people enjoying a night out, starting near the borough bistro. after they killed six more people, the three attackers were shot dead by armed police on the other side of borough market. that was at 10:16pm, nine minutes after the attack began. the two people killed on the bridge were xavier and canadian christine archibald. the six people stabbed were sara zelenak, sebastien belanger, james mcmullan, alexandre pigeard, kirsty boden and ignacio echeverria. their relatives are looking for answers to two key questions. why were there are no barriers to protect pedestrians on the bridge more than ten weeks after the westminster bridge attack? and how was it that khuram butt was able to prepare for and carry
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out such a murderous assault while he was still being investigated by m15 for a possible attack planning? the inquests will also hear details of acts of remarkable heroism by civilians and police officers that night. richard lister is at the old bailey. those two questions were at the heart of this inquest, where they? they were, but to some extent, they have been put to one side slightly. we will hear about how those decisions came to be taken in due course, as the witnesses start to come on stream course, as the witnesses start to come on stream over course, as the witnesses start to come on stream over the next 11 weeks. today was a chance for the relatives to talk about those who died in what the court called pen portraits of them. you heard a reference there to xavier thomas, and his relatives talked about him.
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christine archibald was on the bridge when she was struck by the van, we heard a statement from her fiance saying that he was with her when the band struck her and in the moments before, she had kissed him and told him that she love him. that was quite an extraordinary moment that he was left with after that day. an australian open air, 21, was the first person to be stabbed and killed in borough market. her mother talked about the tragic chain of events that led to her being there. she was supposed to be working that day and at the last minute, she was given the day off. she went to a bar with a friend, couldn't find the one they wanted to meet out so ended up going to borough market. in fact, herfamily have going to borough market. in fact, her family have set up a sanctuary to help other families deal with grief. sebastien, a chef from france, his mother told the court, we miss him so much, and his smile. ido we miss him so much, and his smile. i do not forget what they did to him. that was very much the sentiment carried free from any of the people we have heard from today.
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this reflection of this gaping hole in their lives for the person they have lost. at the same time, the fury at those who took them away. thank you forjoining us. european parliament elections will go ahead in the uk on the 23rd may as there is not enough time left to complete the ratification of brexit before that date, cabinet office minister david lidington has said. the news comes as theresa may prepares to meet chair of the 1922 committee of backbench conservatives, sir graham brady, amid calls for her to set a firm resignation date. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young told us more. we have been hearing from a cabinet minister, david lidington, and possibly with the least surprising news we have had for a while, confirming that the european parliamentary elections on the 23rd of may will have to go ahead. you will remember that the prime minister was extremely reluctant three years after the country voted to leave the eu, to go through
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another set of elections. it was something she wanted to avoid and you can see why, given the results of the local elections, but i think they have realised now that there simply isn't time to get the process , simply isn't time to get the process, the talks with the labour party, to get any kind of conclusion from that, or to get through any kind of indicative votes or get the bill through parliament that is needed to go through. this is what david lidington had to say a few minutes ago. given how little time there is, it will not be possible to finish that process before the date that legally is due for the european parliamentary elections. we hope we would get our exit sorted, have the treaty of withdrawal concluded so that those elections did not have to take place. legally, they do have to take place unless our withdrawal has been given legal effect, so those will now go ahead. but we will be redoubling our efforts, with talks of mps from all parties, to mature that the delay after that is a short as possible, ideally we would like to be in a situation where those meps
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from the uk would never actually have to take their seat in the european parliament, and certainly to get this done and dusted by the summer recess. the fear amongst some conservatives is that the party will be punished for failing is that the party will be punished forfailing to deliver on is that the party will be punished for failing to deliver on brexit after promising that they would. nigel farage, leading the brexit party on predictions that he could do well. the lib dems are hoping that after their strong performance on the local elections, that will be replicated in the european elections. some say it like it will bea elections. some say it like it will be a rerun of the referendum, with people deciding to show how they feel about the current status of those brexit negotiations and brexit talks. the talks between the government and labour are ongoing, they will resume at 4pm today. lots of people wondering whether a deal can be done, whetherjeremy corbyn's labour party could be seen to help out the conservatives on delivering
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brexit and whether it might be a good thing for him to get some kind of deal through and move on to other issues. of course, for labour, there issues. of course, for labour, there is the problem of another referendum. so many labour mps and many of their party members want there to be another referendum, something the leadership has been relu cta nt to something the leadership has been reluctant to pursue. this is what john mcdonnell had to say on his way into those talks. the discussions so far, we have maintained content and sheu far, we have maintained content and shell it to. we will meet again this afternoon i think they will go on for the rest of the week and we will see where we are at. “— for the rest of the week and we will see where we are at. —— remained confidentiality. i'm hoping we will see some movement, but we haven't seen see some movement, but we haven't seen yet. how do you see a confirmatory ballot on the second referendum? we have a package of measures we have put forward. we haven't included that and put it on the table as labour party policy and we will see how government response. isa make we will see how government response. is a make or break this week at sunshine we will see what happens today. we will not cite any
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deadlines. we are trying to do the best for the country. neither side wants to be the party seem to pull the plug on all of this. but they need to show they are getting somewhere and there is progress, otherwise it becomes an endless, ongoing exercise. crucial to it is the possibility of a customs union. could there be compromise around that? and also discussion about introducing the withdrawal agreement bill, getting it into parliament, asking the opposition to abstain, getting through the first stages, and then any mp can try to amend it to bring in the possibility of another referendum. we will have to see possibly by the end of this week whether there is any substantive progress. northern ireland politicians have gathered for fresh stormont talks aimed at restoring devolution in a bid to end nearly two and a half years of political deadlock. the talks were announced by the british and irish governments after the murder ofjournalist lyra mckee. they begin just days
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after council elections, which saw a surge of support for smaller parties not aligned to either unionism or nationalism. proud father the duke of sussex has been jokingly welcomed to the "sleep deprivation society that is parenting" by his older brother the duke of cambridge. the prince of wales has also spoken publicly about the birth, saying he was delighted by the birth of his latest grandson, who is seventh in line to the throne. harry and meghan's son, who was delivered yesterday, still hasn't been named. well, let's get more on this from annita mcveigh, who is at windsor for us now. thank you, simon, a cheeky comment from prince harry's older‘s brother. as you said, prince william said that he was welcoming his brother to that he was welcoming his brother to that sleep deprivation society called parenthood. he also added
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that they were absolutely delighted, thrilled, and couldn't wait to meet the new baby. that was also reflected by his wife, who said that the first few weeks are parenthood, especially the first time round, could be pretty daunting. being an uncle, second time for me, and you as well, well no, you're an auntie. obviously thrilled, absently thrilled, and looking forward to seeing them in the next few days when things have quietened down. very pleased and glad to welcome my brother to the sleep deprivation society that is parenting, so, yeah, that'll be fun. do you have any advice for harry at all? plenty of advice, but i wish them all the best and i hope over the next few days, they can't settle down and enjoy having a newborn in the family and the joys that come with that. it's such a special time, and louis and charlotte, it's such a great time of year to have a baby, so yeah, it's really great.
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as william said, look forward to meeting him and finding out what his name's going to be, so it's really exciting for both of them. and these next few weeks are always a bit daunting first time round, so, i wish them all the best. thank you very much. so, the duke and duchess of cambridge very happy to chat about their new nephew i'd like the rest of us, waiting to find out the name. the queen has also been speaking about her eighth great—grandchild, this was at a reception here at windsor castle behind me, for members of the order of merit. a guest was said to ask the queen, life is good for your majesty, the smiling queen replied, yes, thank you, congratulations. another great—grandchild, the guest added, to which the queen replied, i know. she has done it all before eight times, but equally delighted at this new arrival, i'm sure as the others
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that have gone before. then, the grandfather, harry's father, the prince of wales, who is in germany for a four—day visit, he hasn't actually seen his new grandchild yet, he also said he was absolutely thrilled and really looking forward to meeting him and the duchess was presented with a onesie for the new baby atan presented with a onesie for the new baby at an engagement she was attending in berlin. apart from those comments from senior royals, we are in the limbo period between the announcement of a royal birth and the point at which we get more details. the photographs and of course the name, which according to what prince harry said yesterday, we should expect tomorrow. it is the exciting period, isn't it? you can get so much speculation in. we know a thing or two about that, don't we, simon? you are good at
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speculation! laughing are you going to leave it there?!” will let the viewers fell in the gaps, they know what you are like. i bet you wish you were in windsor and i bet you had a whole load of one line comments for this occasion. i bet you had a whole load of one line comments for this occasionm is nice to be here, even though it has been pouring with rain. i will speak to you later, thank you for bringing us the latest. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: inquests open into the deaths of 8 people killed in the london bridge and borough market attacks. as cross—party brexit talks continue, theresa may's de—facto deputy david lidington confirms that european parliament elections will go ahead in the uk on the 23rd of may. british soldier mathew talbot has been killed by an elephant in malawi, while on counter—poaching operations.
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and ina and in a sport, liverpool will need a special champions league night at anfield later. the side are missing their star strikers and will look to their star strikers and will look to the bench to try and overturn a 3—0 first leg deficit in their semifinal against barcelona. kyle edmund is out of the madrid open, losing to the italian in the opening round. johanna ctrl was beaten by simona halep in the second round of the women's draw. and leeds rhinos have sacked their coach after just 14 super league games in charge. the leeds rhinos are third from bottom of the table after just four wins this are third from bottom of the table afterjust four wins this season. i will have more just after half past. well, we're here in great yarmouth looking at how coastal towns are managing as tourism declines, and what can be done to try to regenerate them and support the communities. and wind farms have provided new impetus in some regions. tim muffett has this report.
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big and beautiful, or ugly and imposing? whatever your view, what was one of the first offshore wind farms in the uk has turned around gwyn's life. i was six months unemployed, found it really difficult. i was searching for work. opportunities are a hard thing to come by in a seasonal town. the full—time employment rate in great yarmouth is lower than other parts of norfolk and the uk. but the wind turbines aren'tjust producing electricity, butjobs as well, and gwyn has landed one. because demand's getting hotter for these wind turbines, there's employment opportunities there for service technicians to keep the maintenance up—to—date, and, you know, the basic running of them as well. some of the training i've done — i've had to do offshore survival, which meant that i was put into a tank, simulates a live kind of situation.
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well done, guys. you've done well there. we've done working at height training, which gives you a feeling for what it's like being at the top of one of these turbines. emergency descents, the operation of the cranes. you'd think it might be quite basic. looking at the turbine, it's just a rotor spinning around in the wind. there's a lot more that goes into that — electronics, hydraulics, mechanical. seaside towns have challenges, and offshore wind has really improved the job prospects for people in localities, so lots of new opportunities coming in for people to gain sustainable employment. there are now almost 2,000 offshore wind turbines around the uk coast, accounting last year for 8% of uk power generation. some say they spoil the view. gwyn disagrees. it's an industry in its infancy, so it's fantastic. it's a lifeline for great yarmouth. 1,000 years ago, a booming fishing industry turned great yarmouth into a thriving town.
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today, the sea still presents challenges, and opportunities. with me is denise hatahet, owner of the little emily guesthouse. you are not having a good time? no, it's very quiet at the moment. this isn't great, great yarmouth is a wonderful place to visit, lots for the children to do, beautiful beaches, but business is very quiet at the moment. what is it that has changed? at the moment. what is it that has changed ? this was at the moment. what is it that has changed? this was a thriving town or not that long ago. when i first came here, it was really good. anybody trying to book a week injuly or august, i wouldn't entertain the fa ct, august, i wouldn't entertain the fact, it should have been two—week holidays. but with the internet and things changing, that has changed. i
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do find now that with the council allowing the premier ins to be built ina allowing the premier ins to be built in a seaside town to be built on the doorstep here, everybody staying in a premier inn is a bed less for the business. does that mean the model of the bed—and—brea kfast, business. does that mean the model of the bed—and—breakfast, the traditional holidays, is it over?” hope not, as to —— i do still have regular clients year after year. but i think people are looking for different ideas and holidays, and i feel that business—wise, contracts are thin on the ground. because they know what they are getting with a premier inn, i can appreciate coming toa premier inn, i can appreciate coming to a b&b you don't know... premier inn, i can appreciate coming to a b8b you don't know...” premier inn, i can appreciate coming to a 383 you don't know... i can understand that a hotel like that may be an issue for you, but there are other issues here. we had to change train coming from london to get here, anybody coming from the midlands, there is an infrastructure issue which makes a holiday here a
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little more hassle than it needs to be. i don't get the train that often, so i don't have that problem, but yes, we do get a lot of holiday—makers coming for the summer, holiday—makers coming for the summer, so a holiday—makers coming for the summer, so a lot more people are driving. we have coaches, the national express coming. so you think great yarmouth still has a future as a tourist destination?” hope so, i do. it is wonderful, lots for children to do and things like that. the other side, i am finding it difficult, and i think we are touching on hmo two and things. houses of multiple occupancy. they are an issue here, there are a lot of them popping up. the council, i believe, don't like that. but i find the council are not giving us a choice. i don't want to be an hmo, i love being a b&b. we have no
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intentions of being an hmo. but there are other businesses that are going bust. i'm not getting the holiday trade for whatever reason, but i lose my livelihood, my business, my home. some places have no alternative but to be an hmo, because it means they are homeless, they are without a business, and i don't see our council helping us out. like i say, especially allowing premier inns and restaurants next door to them to be put here. even then, people are not coming into town, restaurants are losing trade, and our b&bs are losing trade. thank you, dear niece. i wish you well. that issue with hmo is very important in this town. we are not just looking at the problems, which there are problems in a town like this, this town was thriving in victorian times, a holiday destination for so many people. many
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of the buildings you are looking at, well, it would be fair to say some have seen better days. many here are saying that is because of that issue of hmos, because if you are relying on the seasons and those seasons are getting shorter, then people want to make money on a more round the year basis. now we are going to talk to victoria newstead — director of the andover house hotel. you are quite optimistic? we have had a great few years and it keeps getting better for us. we had a great few years and it keeps getting betterfor us. we have been here for about 12 years now, and each year, we try and change the business to match what is happening in great yarmouth. how do you do that? denise was looking at the issue of multiple occupancy and moving in. businesses like yours will feel the squeeze. we don't feel
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the squeeze at the moment, but after this easter, it has been very positive for us personally. you were lucky with the weather. that makes a huge difference, yes. monday — thursday, we are filled with business guests and great yarmouth is very busy with the offshore wind and gas. is that where most of them are coming from? the majority for us do. we have kept them quite well. if we look after them, they keep coming back, which is great. at the weekend, it is all the tourists. is that picking up? it is, we have seen a steady rise in the last two years or two and a steady rise in the last two years ortwo and a a steady rise in the last two years or two and a half years. mainly couples for us, because we chose to go adults only, and it seems to be something a bit different for them. we try and entice them to great yarmouth because of the heritage and a rts yarmouth because of the heritage and arts festivals and everything going on here. and we get the same people coming back. the housing and lords report says there needs to be a reinvention, do you agree with that?
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ido, reinvention, do you agree with that? i do, they town needs a lot of work. but the great thing is, so much is being done, we have so many people who are encouraging in so many ways to benefit the town. how are tourist guests keep coming back for more, which is great. thank you, victoria, great to have a good news story. thank you forjoining us. we are looking at the problems, but also the solutions and opportunities in areas like this, as the house of lords says things need to change. let's move on... despite concerns that social media is creating a generation of depressed teenagers, a new study has revealed that the time a teenager spends on social media has only a small negative effect on how happy they are. university of oxford reseachers say concerns over social media are overstated and that family, friends and school—life all had a greater impact on wellbeing. professor andrew przybylski who co—authored the study said online social platforms have a lot of positive and creative opportunities to offer young people.
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young people and many adults use social media in very interactive, creative ways — to learn new skills, new recipes, new exercise routines. but i think, kind of thinking more broadly, the question is, "is there really something special about social media time?" you know, we were worried about dungeons and dragons and violent video games and rap music and even dime novels, and so the real question is, "is there anything special about social media besides, you know, just the idea that young people get quite wrapped up in it?" we can now speak to dr linda papadopoulos, who is a psychologist and an ambassador for internet safety firm, internet matters . a lot of parents looking at this report are going to disagree with it and say, no, there is harm in this. yes, look, ithink and say, no, there is harm in this. yes, look, i think what we need to understand here is what is actually being looked at? this kind of looked
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at generally, the interaction between how much time young people spend online and how they report feeling themselves over a period of time. so the question was, if they spend more time, well they feel better or worse? the thing is, it has always come down to, and a lot of research has said this, including the work that we do, that it is about what you spend the time doing online. 0bviously, interactions with friends can happen on and off—line, arguments can happen on and off—line, learning can happen on and off—line. there is a conflation between where one begins and one ends. i'm not sure that what they are saying is anything new, one of the that we always have known is it depends what you are doing online. lets look at the aspirational side of this, because one of the positives the report points out is it it is showing people what is possible, what they could do and
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what they are capable of. again, many parents will say that can make teenagers feel very down about themselves. yes, one of the things that other studies have pointed to was the comparison, which tends to bea was the comparison, which tends to be a big thing. again, one of the things that this study found, as well as having a larger impact on girls on boys, we know that girls are drawn to social media and gauge without more, whereas boys do that without more, whereas boys do that with gaming. again, the internet, like any media that you engage with, what it really comes down to is the information you are engaging with. i do think the added think that social media has that other things like reading a book, like hanging out with friends or watching a tv series, what it has is the ability to inform you in real time what other people think of what you think. so whether it is by likes or followers, and we know that this
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happens usually at a time when young people do seek this need for acceptance. so, ithink people do seek this need for acceptance. so, i think it is an interesting study, it is a well researched piece of work. one of the things the researchers did say is that we need more information about what the kids are doing online. i think we need to be more forthcoming about what they are doing on social media. are they posting, chasing likes, learning, setting up nonprofit? what are they doing online? a lot of parents will say they are not spending much time with us, they are losing family time. also, they are losing sleep. indeed, these are genuine concerns and we need to take them seriously. we need to... the question is asked, how much time should a person spend online? you need to use common sense was that if they are not able to get through a family meal without being online, if they study with their phone next to them, if they are awake at night, of course these
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things are bad for kids. it would be bad if they were doing anything that kept them away from eating properly, sleeping or studying properly, engaging with their friends and moving. so i think parents need to make sure that these parameters are set, that they have an agreement with their kids about when and how to use a tech and when the tech free zones are important. i think that is very good advice and still stands. thank you forjoining us. you watching afternoon live in great yarmouth, where it is brightening up a bit as we come to the end of our broadcast. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. it will mean cool for this week but temperatures will be on the rise has become to the weekend. showers spreading northwards overnight. some wintry over scotland. to the south, pressure m oves wintry over scotland. to the south, pressure moves in, bringing wet and
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windy weather but the temperatures will be on the rise as well. 9—10dc by the end of the night. a cold one for the northern half of scotland with some frost. this is the area of low pressure which will dominate the weather throughout wednesday, bringing wet and windy weather initially across southern areas which will spread through the morning. some of the rain will be persistent and heavy across eastern scotla nd persistent and heavy across eastern scotland and the north—east of england. snow on the higher ground. further south, the sunshine will appear, particularly across the midlands and the south—east, which will set off some heavy, slow—moving thundery downpours. 13—16dc here. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: relatives of the eight people killed in the london bridge and borough market attacks pay tribute to their loved ones on the first day of an inquest into the deaths.
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as cross—party brexit talks continue, theresa may's de—facto deputy david lidington confirms that european parliament elections will go ahead in the uk on the 23rd of may. we very much hope that we would be able to get our exit sorted and have the treaty withdrawal concluded so that those elections did not have to ta ke that those elections did not have to take place, but legally they do have to ta ke take place, but legally they do have to take place unless our withdrawal has been given legal effect. going into the latest negotiations at the cabinet office, shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer said talks had reached "crunch point". the talks have been going on for some time, as you know. i think the time comes to crunch time when the government has to decide whether or not it is serious about significant changes capable of actually delivering a majority in the house of commons. british soldier mathew talbot has been killed by an elephant in malawi, while on counter—poaching operations.
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the queen's been asked about her eighth great—grandchild at a lunch in windsor. appearing with the duke of edinburgh, she smiled when a guest congratulated about the new baby. and special coverage from great yarmouth, as we look at what it's like to live in britain's coastal towns and the challenges the town faces. that is all to come. a little treat for me in—store as well. sport now on afternoon live with hugh woozencroft. it's been a long season for liverpool and it could end trophy less. well, that is the nightmare facing liverpool fans this week. the prospect that by far their best season in recent times end empty—handed despite all of the plaudits aimed in their direction. before the premier league title race reaches a conclusion
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at the weekend liverpool, where they may be runners up. liverpool face barcelona tonight in the champions league. jurgen klopp's side are looking to overturn a 3—0 deficit from the first leg of their champions league semi—final. it's an even taller order given that they'll have to do it without mohammed salah who's suffering from concussion and roberto firmino who's out with a muscle injury. we have to score four goals against barcelona to go through after 90 minutes. doesn't make life easier, but still as long as we have 11 players on the pitch then we will try and everybody knows that and that is what we want to show, nothing else. you have got two of our main goal—scorers off but it also presents an opportunity for some of the lads to come in and make a name for themselves and obviously make themselves heroes and if we do overturn the deficit tomorrow, then whoever scores, their name will always be remembered because i'm sure it will be one of those
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really special nights. there will be plenty of build—up to tonight's game across the bbc. 0n sportsday on bbc news at 6:30pm, we'll be live at anfield ahead of the game. and there will also be full match commentary on radio 5live. james haskell has announced that he's to retire from rugby union at the end of the season, after a fantastic 17 year career. haskell was capped 77 times by england — winning 3 six nations titles, but has been plagued by injuries since joining northampton saints last year. the 34—year—old flanker spent most of his career with wasps, where he helped win the rugby champions cup in 2007. israel folau has been found guilty of a "high level breach" of rugby australia's player code of conduct. he had his contract terminated last month after saying that "hell awaits" gay people in a social media post. a three—person panel presided over a personal hearing that had been requested by folau after the initial sanction had been imposed. the panel will now consider what punishment the 30—year—old will face.
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london irish have prepared for their return to the premiership next season by signing fly—half paddy jackson from french club perpignan. it is just over a year since his contract with the irish rfu was terminated, after he was found not guilty of rape. he was sacked over text messages exchanged with teammate stuart 0lding which were revealed in court. he will be reunited with former ireland head coach declan kidney — who gave him international debut in 2013. leeds rhinos have sacked head coach david furner after just 14 league games. furner took over during the winter but leeds have struggled since his arrival. they are third —from—bottom of super league afterjust four league wins this season. richard agar will act as interim head coach until a permanent replacement is found. england coach trevor bayliss feels batsman alex hales can come back to the team ‘stronger and better than ever.‘ hales was dropped from the world cup squad
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after a reported second failed test for recreational drugs, but bayliss feels hales can still have a future with the side. definitely, and that's certainly been related to him that it is not the end of the road. he has been an important part of the one—day set up for the last number of years and there is no reason why he can't be going forward. british number one kyle edmund has slipped to a fourth consecutive defeat, beaten by world number 12 fabio fognini at the madrid 0pen. edmund beat novak djokovic in last year's tournament but has since suffered a dip in form. he lost the first set to the italian 6—4. by contrast, fognini is on a high, having overcome rafa nadal on his way to the monte carlo masters title. the tenth seed took the second set 6—3 to close out the match. joanna konta has been beaten in straight sets by simona halep.
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konta began strongly before fading to loses the first set 7—5. halep, the world number three, picked up where she left off in the second set, and the british number one lost it 6—1. five time winner andy murray has been given a wildcard for queen's next month, as he continues to work on a return to action. the former world number one will decide nearer the time if he's fit enough to compete. murray had hip surgery injanuary and has not played since. in march, he rated his chances of playing in the wimbledon singles this year as 50—50. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you. now, this is michael cole. michael, this is your snail
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right. 70 years old this year. what have you seen changing in those times? in my lifetime, i can remember the late 60s and into the 70s where yarmouth boomed and it was really, really busy, into the 80s where it kind of declined a little bit and into the 90s, but to be honest with you the last three or four years there has been a little bit of a resurgence of people coming here. it is obviously seasonal, but you are very dependent on things like the weather. yes, the weather was absolutely perfect for us and the numbers of people were astounding, to be quite honest with you. we are coming to the big dip. hold tight! laughter you are enjoying this. i thought i would. what about things like wind farms, things like that. is that changing the feel of a town like this? i think it is to a degree. we
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have had the oil industry here. i just think the wind technology is taking over from what the oil industry was doing so there is a bit ofa mix industry was doing so there is a bit of a mix in yarmouth with tourism and industry. the house of lords says this town needs to reinvent itself. do you think that is possible? to an extent, yes. i think there is elements that can be reinvented but there is still a ha rd core reinvented but there is still a hardcore traditional element on the seafront. ok. well, it is good to talk to you. thank you for a ride i will never forget. we were talking to the council boss and this is what she had to say to me a little earlier. if i just ask you to turn around and seeing 15 miles of beautiful coastline and sandy beach, i think the natural assets sell great yarmouth. we also have 60 visitor attractions along the seafront and it is very traditional seaside town and if you'd been here on sunday he would have seen over
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1000 cyclists along the promenade. it was absolutely stunning. we are in the assets along the seafront and we have numerous projects and because we are very we have numerous projects and because we are very conscious that although we tried on our tradition, we also need to reinvent and we need to be preparing for the visitor economy of the future. the house of lords committee looking into coastal britain said that towns like this need to reinvent themselves. we talk about the traditional tourism business. has it that now had its day? aren't the bed—and—breakfast owners finding that there is no money and that? i dispute that. i think many of the businesses, they have their peaks and troughs and they do make their money over the summer, but the challenges to look at our traditional offer. we don't wa nt to at our traditional offer. we don't want to lose that. it is worth 625 million, the visitor economy, each year, so there is definitely something to be trading on, but we also need to look to the future and whilst we have an offer, we need to
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broaden that offer and we have some incredible historic assets as well as the traditional british seaside town. 0ne as the traditional british seaside town. one of those historic assets is the hippodrome. it is over 100 yea rs old is the hippodrome. it is over 100 years old and one of only four circuses in the world. and we have medieval town walls that are the second best preserved after york. we have the largest parish church in the country. we have one of the largest marketplaces in the uk, dating back to 1208. so we have a great deal of history as well. and thatis great deal of history as well. and that is what we are going to be developing in the future. and of course you will be selling it but you also have a cinema that has just closed, meaning that for the first time ina closed, meaning that for the first time in a long time there isn't a cinema here. you have a town where one in ten people are only adverse credit. you have got issues with people from eastern europe have settled here in large numbers. when you talk to people, that is an issue. 0ur you going to tackle these
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very basic issues? well, for example, on the cinema, we have spoken to the cinema owners and they are hopeful that that will only be a short—term issue but in terms of longer term, yes, we have got some challenges but we have also got a huge opportunity. £39 billion of investment will be happening offshore over the next 20 years, creating up to 6000 newjobs. 0ur biggest challenge is to make sure that economic value, that growth in the economy, benefits local people. 0k, well, let's take you above the skies of great yarmouth because we have a drone up there. really, that picture tells you the story. to the left is the problem that this town now has to deal with. that is the housing and the difficulties that bed & breakfasts are dealing with because of a lack of tourism and a shortened season every year, and to the right that is what many people
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are saying could well be the solution to the problems facing towns like great yarmouth, and that is the reliance on renewable energy, the wind farm there producing co nsta nt the wind farm there producing constant energy and that is on the increase. a great picture there from our drone increase. a great picture there from ourdrone up increase. a great picture there from our drone up there in the sky. let's talk to a look east presenter who joins me now. we also have a great yarmouth reporter. it is all very well for the bbc to have a day of coastal coverage, but as well as the problems that we all highlight, there are opportunities that are very exciting. absolutely. i have to say, but those of us that live in this area, there is a lot going on in great yarmouth that is wonderful and you only have to look at the beach. it is absolutely glorious. they have festivals here. they are also having a festival in lowestoft that they are developing. they are
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trying very hard to regenerate these towns and obviously the offshore opportunities and the wind farms are going to make a big difference. the nature of the tourism business, it is seasonal. do you find certainly is seasonal. do you find certainly isa is seasonal. do you find certainly is a local presenter, you are an important part of the society here. is there a change in mood? are people beginning to think there is too much decay and that isn't a way out of this? well, i think we all looked east have obviously covered the kind of ups and downs in great yarmouth a lot over the years. we have had a lot of coverage of the universal credit roll—out, which did have a theory impact on the town. we have a theory impact on the town. we have also covered the effect of the isolation of education and aspiration, so this kind of issues are definitely there, and i think people do worry a lot about them. and i wasjust people do worry a lot about them. and i was just talking to the gentleman you have just been talking to about the fact that these kind of things to quite a long time to get
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better and a lot of political remedies don't think about that. the house of lords talked about investing for the long—term not for the short—term, and i think that is what great yarmouth needs. engine, you live your. this is your town. what do you see? is there somewhere that there is a new bit of life about it for sinai think one of the best captions i have ever heard is that great yarmouth has been a rather grand old lady and perhaps the make—up has slipped a bit but it has a bone structure that you can easily rebuild and put back. there isa easily rebuild and put back. there is a lot of victorian splendour. i think in part great yarmouth has been preserved in some way because i hasn't been the money through the decline in tourism to reinvent and so we decline in tourism to reinvent and so we have the hippodrome circus which is one of only two in the country, three in the world where the stage transforms into a pool. that has only really survived because it hasn't had the money coming in to reinvent it and put in latest technology. there is also the serious suffering that goes on and
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you have got the families that we have reported this many times in the past in local and regional use, they are the people who need to help. i think great yarmouth was my biggest p0p think great yarmouth was my biggest pop is a lack of spending money that is here. there are two many people who are on low incomes are benefits you haven't got the money to invest in businesses and so that holds back investment in business and you can see the picture of decline coming in. you don't have to go very far to see a future. there, over there, they are putting together the latest version of the wind turbines and you have a wind farm over there. there are things happening. it is a challenge making sure that the jobs go to local people. we have spoken to said gwyn, who is one of those people but there are also people coming in from other areas. a lot of dutch people were used in constructing the harbour and there are a lot of people who have skills elsewhere who have been brought in for these projects. it is a matter of making sure the commitment is there to train people to get them out of these seasonal, low skilled, low— paid out of these seasonal, low skilled, low—paid jobs out of these seasonal, low skilled, low— paid jobs and there out of these seasonal, low skilled, low—paid jobs and there was a report i covered on radio norfolk a few
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years ago, a report commissioned by the borough council. the people who earn the best wages in great yarmouth don't live in the borough. they don't spend their money in the borough. they spent in norwich or north norfolk or on the fashionable suffolk coast. they don't necessarily come to great yarmouth with their families and enjoy what is here. and so there needs to be a wholesale review, i suppose, as to how you bring that spending money back to great yarmouth so that business as a confidence to invest. it is absolutely fascinating. thank you very much. thank you for coming. it has been brilliant. thank you both. egon cossou will be with us in a moment to tell us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live: inquests open into the deaths of 8 people killed in the london bridge and borough market attacks. as cross—party brexit talks continue, theresa may's de—facto deputy david lidington confirms that european parliament elections will go ahead in the uk
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on the 23rd of may. british soldier mathew talbot has been killed by an elephant in malawi, while on counter—poaching operations. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. shares in online estate agents purplebricks dropped by as much as 8% in early trading, after founder and chief executive michael bruce left the company. he apologised for the recent disappointing performance of the company. more than 5,000 people got scammed by fraudsters as they tried to book holidays last last year. the travel association abta says it happened as people bought bogus plane tickets, accommodation and organised tours. the average loss was more than £1300 per person. fewer people in the uk are giving money regularly
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to charity, according to the charities aid foundation. donor number have now fallen three years in a row. but those who are givng are giving more. a big shakeup at the online estate agents, purple bricks. yes, the man who founded the company — michael bruce — has resigned as boss. it comes after the company predicted it was going to sell fewer homes than expected. it's scrapping its operation in australia and putting its business in america under review. the big question is what does this say about the wider property market in the uk. laith kalaf from hargreaves lansdown joins me now. what do we make of this news from purplebricks? it is bad news for their shareholders. shares down 6% on the back of a full of around 60% over the last year are so. and the
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news that the company is struggling a bit is not new. we had a profit warning back in february. but today we have really seen the full scale of the issues. in particular, overseas. as you mention, the australian market, just pulling out entirely of that and also the us market, they had a review of that is well which suggest that when it comes to international expansion, purplebricks has basically started to try to run before it can walk and of course the founder and ceo leaving is also negative for stockholders but really a picture of where the company is at the moment. does it also say what we are experiencing in the wider property market? there is a little bit of a slowdown. within the uk, because uk business, purplebricks essentially doing 0k in terms of its market share. but we do know that transaction volumes look to be slower and that is obviously head
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when for the entire industry and even your kind of traditional high street estate agents we know are really struggling. and the online disruptors like really struggling. and the online disru ptors like purple really struggling. and the online disruptors like purple bricks, who have come in and really created a bit of a storm in terms of taking market share are in no doubt about how far they can really go in terms of breaking the market. lets talk about thomas cook. their shares getting a boost. what is happening there? yes, it is a struggling business that is looking for cash and so it put up its airline for sale earlier in the year and it looks like live is interested in buying that and so we saw the share price rise today. again, you look back over the last year which she was due the problem is that thomas cook is in. basically, it happened due to the problems last summer
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where holiday—makers stayed at home rather than going abroad and it is still struggling to put its books in order since then. do you think that the sale of its airline will solve its problems? some of them, but not all of them. it is also in talks with its lenders to take on an extra £400 million of debt in order to shore it up over the winter season coming, winter being a real difficult season for the travel and leisure industries. so it doesn't solve all of them by any means. the other unknown factor in all of this is brexit. what will brexit due to summer is brexit. what will brexit due to summer holiday bookings? summer holidays is when travel agents like to miskick make their money. is it going to be the case that it will all be over by then so there is no disruption or are people going to think that it might be safer to stay home this summer? ok, thank you very
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much indeed forjoining us. simon, back to you. thank you very much. well, let's go to new york. the met gala in new york is one of the biggest fashion events of the year, known for its exclusive guest list, its expensive tickets and — most of all — its extravagant outfits. this year's theme was ‘camp' — and as neda tawfik reports, and a warning her report contains flashing images. the met gala always delivers over the top looks. but this year's theme — a celebration of the camp aesthetic — inspired some of the most extravaga nt, fla m boya nt styles yet. lady gaga stole the spotlight early on. she took her time unveiling a total of four different outfits. 0n the met‘s steps, she gave a theatrical performance. well, lady gaga was the first to arrive. she's a co—chair of this year's met gala, and this theme
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is arguably made for her. she set the bar very high. some understood camp better than others. katy perry wore a 40lb chandelier. and bill porter dazzled in golden wings. camp is the art of being extra. i love that the term is getting respect again, because i think, you know, people have used it for a very long time now, as a pejorative, so it is nice to sort of be reclaiming this wonder of it. 0thers got a crash course in preparation. honestly, i didn't know what it meant, i thought it meant i was going to get to wear some boots, some walking shorts and a t—shirt, but when than they broke it down to me i said ok, give me the best pimp suit out of here. i didn't know how crazy people would be here today, but i was like i'm going to keep it a little more low—key. formula one racing driver lewis hamilton sported a black and metallic suit that took 1500 hours to make. accessorising, i love accessorising. ijust love diamonds,
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they say diamonds are a woman's best friend, but i disagree, i think it can be everyone's best friend. this year's playful theme made for a light—hearted red carpet. after all, camp means anything goes and the bigger the better. that is it for this afternoon's afternoon life, or as many of you are calling it on twitter, the end of the show. thank you for all of your responses today. we have been looking at the issues of coastal towns as they change and morph into future which will involve renewable energy. wind farms here are crucial. the weather— well, it is not great but for one group it has been nice and that is the group sitting on the sandbank over there. the love great yarmouth.
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hello. it will remain cool for the rest of this week but temperatures will be on the rise. in the short—term, showers across central areas that will be spreading northwards. wintry across scotland. to the south, low pressure moves in, bringing wet and 20 weather with temperatures on the rise as well. 9-10dc temperatures on the rise as well. 9—10dc by the end of the night. a cold one for the northern half of scotla nd cold one for the northern half of scotland with some grass frost. this is the area of the pressure which will be dominating the weather throughout wednesday. weight and 20 weather initially across southern areas, spreading northwards through the morning. some of the rain will be persistent. heavy across scotland and the north—east of england into the afternoon. a cold and raw easterly wind. further south, sunshine will appear particular across the midlands and the south—east and that will set off some heavy, slow—moving, thundery downpours. single figure values across the north—east of england and scotland.
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today at 5: looking for answers — families of the victims killed in the london bridge attacks, pay tribute to them as the inquest opens into their deaths. eight people died when the three attackers drove into pedestrians on london bridge and stabbed others in borough market. we'll have the latest from the old bailey. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: as cross—party brexit talks continue, the government confirms european parliament elections will go ahead in the uk on the 23rd of may. a smile from the queen, and delight from other members of the family following the announcment of the new royal baby. i'm very pleased and glad to welcome my brother to the sleep deprivation society that is parenting, so, yeah, that will be fun. killed by an elephant — british soldier mathew talbot who'd been in malawi trying to protect the animals from poachers.
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