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today at 5:00, the duke and duchess of sussex reveal the name of their newborn son. archie harrison mountbatten—windsor met his great—grandpa rents, the queen and prince philip, earlier this afternoon. he is the seventh in line to the throne — and the queen's eighth great—grandchild. it's magic. it's pretty amazing, and now i have the two best guys in the world, so i'm really happy. we are just so thrilled to have our own little bundle ofjoy and be able to spend some precious times with him as he slowly starts to grow up. iam i am live in windsor where we will
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be talking about the significance of the names. we'll have all the latest developments from windsor. the other main stories on bbc news at 5:00. the nhs has seen the first sustained fall in the number of gps for half a century. new plans to protect people with food allergies, all the ingredients in ready—made products, would have to be listed. and tottenham hotspur gear up for the second leg of their champions league semifinal tonight, against ajax. it's five o'clock. our main story is that the duke and duchess of sussex have been showing their newborn baby boy to the world for the first time. and we have a name for him — archie harrison mountbatten—windsor. harry and meghan said he's very calm with the "sweetest temperament". they appeared at windsor castle two days after their son was born.
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the duchess said the experience of motherhood had been "magic" and "amazing", and the couple have already taken their baby to meet the queen. he's her eighth great—grandchild and is seventh in line to the throne. let's join my colleague annita mcveigh in windsor. thank you. the question what's in a name takes on significance when you are born seventh in line to the throne. the first—born of a couple who are known around the world. so, we have this name, archie harrison mountbatten—windsor. archie is an english name, it comes from the name archibald which sounds more traditional. in the form archie it has a more contemporary modern feel. we've been looking at lists of popular baby names and the name
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archie certainly appears. harrison, when you think about it, it's obvious. harrison means son of harry. no surprises why they decided on that name. not names that were in any of the lists being speculated about. mountbatten—windsor, the royalfamily about. mountbatten—windsor, the royal family names to conclude a list of names for this little boy. let's ta ke list of names for this little boy. let's take a look at the report. inside windsor castle, a proud mum and dad with their two—day—old son archie. presenting him at the first of many photocalls, and throughout it all he remained happily unaware of all the interest. fast asleep in his father's arms. so, first some photographs. and then a few
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impressions about what it's like being parents. it's magic. it's pretty amazing. i have the two best quys pretty amazing. i have the two best guysin pretty amazing. i have the two best guys in the world so i'm really happy. tell us about your son, what's he like? is he a good baby? yes, he has the sweetest temperament. he is really calm. yes, he has the sweetest temperament. he is really calmi wonder who he gets that from? he's been the dream. it's been a special couple of days. does he look like anyone? we are trying to figure that out. everyone says babies change so much over two weeks. we are monitoring the changing process. his lips are changing every single day, so lips are changing every single day, so who knows? young archie was heavily wrapped up and rather hard to see. the photographers wanted a clearer view of his face. this was
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the best that was possible. he's already got a bit of facial hair as well! wonderful. thank you so much. and thank you everybody for the well wishes and kindness. it means so much. and that was it. archie had an appointment with his great grandmother, a chance for the queen to see her eighth great—grandchild who brings both an anglo—american and multiracial heritage into the heart of the british royal family. well, we already knew this little boy wasn't going to be hrh, his royal highness. we are also led to understand he won't be called the earl of dumbarton. he could've been, this is the title to his father on the morning of his wedding by her majesty the queen. as such, his first—born son could have used that
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title but we understand he won't be called that. he will be known as master archie mountbatten—windsor. our correspondent has been following the story. for those people speculating about this name who said they are really modern and will do their own thing, i think with the names they certainly have. they have and there'sa names they certainly have. they have and there's a lesson to us not to speculate because i don't think anyone expected those two. we had alexander as a favourite, arthur came up, alexander as a favourite, arthur came up, we alexander as a favourite, arthur came up, we thought there might be a nod to the spencer family but they have gone with what they wanted to do. archie harrison mountbatten—windsor. mountbatten—windsor. mountbatten—windsor is the royal family name, when the duke of edinburgh and the queen got married. that is a nod to them. finally, we have the name of this two—day—old baby. a lot of people will be
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writing more about the significance of his name. i think that they the duke and duchess of sussex, they've done that photocall, the photos have been released to the media which have been beamed across the world and they've released the name of the baby. i think what's going to happen is they are going to leave the castle at some stage behind the scenes to go back to frogmore cottage where they are living at the moment. prince harry has that trip to the netherlands tomorrow to launch the invicta is of 2020. that was already planned. he is going to go there in a day. we've seen from the photo on instagram of prince harry, meghan, her mother, the queen and the duke of edinburgh. i'm sure meghan's mother will be helping a bit tomorrow. relatively low- key, the photocall earlier, in the
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setting. what i mean is it's not the same as what we saw with the duke and duchess of cambridge appearing in front of that great bank of cameras and photographers and reporters outside the hospital in london where their children were born. yes, very different but we always knew they would do it differently. catherine and william came out of the hospital and there we re came out of the hospital and there were hundreds of media from across the world. they brought their babies out to show photographers. this has been done very differently. we heard from harry on monday some hours after their baby was born. just a couple of cameras there, a stills photographer and one reporter. also, the camera from an american network as well. they've done things their own way. thank you. we now have seen the first images of the new royal
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baby and we know his name. the family, apart from any royal duties, will try to keep things really quiet and private for the next few months. beyond that there will be an expectation that we will eventually see this baby in more detail. we know that prince george went on his first tour to new zealand when he was eight months old. perhaps we will see a tour to the united states. the latest in windsor on the naming of the royal baby. the nhs is seeing its first sustained fall in the number of family doctors in half a century. research for the bbc shows the number of gps entering the profession isn't keeping up with the number leaving. five years ago there were 65 doctors per 100,000 people in the uk, that's now fallen to 60. another study says many gps believe they are seeing far more patients
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than they think is safe. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports from a doctor's surgery in wigan. it's eight o'clock in the morning and dr carmel irvine hasjust arrived at her practice in plymouth. i'm looking to a busy day with complex consultations. no time to reflect. high demand. with more than 8000 patients on the books, her time is precious. so most patients are consulted over the phone. how can i help today? i'm just feeling quite faint. feeling a bit sick. basically last tuesday i got run over by a car. only the most pressing cases get seen face—to—face. people like janet, who struggles with high blood pressure. it's been off and on probably for quite a while. a growing number of people like janet with long—term conditions need to be seen. but gps can't keep up. retirements, burn—out, and a lack of fresh recruits
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are hitting numbers. you can't get an appointment. you can't. not routinely. not unless it is weeks in advance and who knows when you are going to be ill a few weeks in advance? i've got one appointment left, two weeks today. there is a crisis in general practice. it's very real. it's the worst crisis since1948. the future is injeopardy, there is no doubt about that. so at the ashton medical centre in wigan, they are trying new ways of working. nurse practitioner trudy law now treats patients that once were seen by a doctor. minor illness, minor ailments and looking at management of chronic illness as well. we work alongside the gps and it also absolutely looks at hospital avoidance. extra money has been promised for general practice. and there are efforts to encourage more doctors to make a career as a gp. and using the skills of staff like trudy is seen as part of the solution.
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that doesn't mean we are not committed to making sure that we have the right number of gps in this country to look after our patients as they change over the years. but we are also bringing in additional health care professionals to support those gps and nurses as well. it comes up with what you should do as a result of what your findings are. at the ashton practice, an advice session for new mums is all about prevention, helping them look after their own health and those who depend on them. the face of general practice is changing and the way care is offered to these young patients as they grow up is likely to be very different. dominic hughes, bbc news, wigan. i'm joined now by dr philippa kaye, who's been working as a gp in london for the past ten years. it's all rather worrying, in terms of not just the it's all rather worrying, in terms of notjust the trend of these figures, but what they tell us about the state of play for gps like you
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in the profession. how would you describe a gps life these days? busy. but busy to the point of it no longer being quite safe. i think the issue we are getting us gps is decision fatigue. every time a patient comes in, and they come in every ten minutes which is probably only every eight minutes, you don't know what they're going to say and you're making decisions about their care. but can be very critical. we aren't talking about decisions over aren't talking about decisions over a pint of milk but life—saving decisions. you have to make those decisions. you have to make those decisions over and over again during the course of the day and that's where it gets harder and harder and yet we are expected to and want to treat a patient number 30, number a0 oi’ treat a patient number 30, number a0 or number 60. one in ten gps is seeing 60 patients a day in the same way. this is an issue of patient safety a nd way. this is an issue of patient safety and it's unsustainable to work like that. if we tried to unpick the situation on the fact
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there are more gps leaving than joining, is the main factor their workload? is joining, is the main factor their workload ? is it joining, is the main factor their workload? is it to do with the framework you operate in? what is the main issue? it's complex, there's a number of things. especially in london, there are housing developments coming up without the infrastructure to support them. we had two local nursing homes built in the first we heard about them as the local gp was when the hoardings went up. it needs a lot of forward planning. we have an ageing population living longer with more and more complex and complicated diseases. increasing busyness workload around running a general practice, the burdens of appraisal, revalidation, the pension system. it's not a wonder that more gps are leaving than coming in. when your colleagues decide to leave, retire early or leave, do you sense
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they are feeling guilty that they leave ? they are feeling guilty that they leave? do they feel they shouldn't be leaving? what is the emotional decision? we all wanted to be doctors because we want to help people, and i love myjob. at the nhs is run on the goodwill of its employees of all kinds. everybody. they are essentially working very long hours because we feel a sense of responsibility towards our patients. that's all the more true as people are getting older. they are staying longer, a few more yea rs, are staying longer, a few more years, cutting down but coming in two days a week because they want to continue to help people. they can see the potential mess we are going to be in without them. if you're losing the older population, the 50 plus, these are the gps with the most clinical experience and the gps with the most managerial experience. we need to keep them because the
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brain drain is frightening.“ we need to keep them because the brain drain is frightening. if the health secretary was sitting here, what would you want to say? firstly, please don't add more things into the gp contract, more workload, without either giving us the facilities or taking something else away. we need to be retaining better, we need more medical students. the royal college of gps knew we were 6000 gps in short, which means more medical schools, more training and then the support once we are in there. thank you. you can see more on this story on panorama, gps: why can't i get an appointment?, tonight at 7.30 on bbc one. and it'll be available afterwards on the iplayer. the us secretary of state mike pompeo has urged the uk to oppose attempts by china to increase its global influence. speaking alongside foreign secretary jeremy hunt, having met the prime minister earlier, mr pompeo warned
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of the impact of china's international infrastructure projects, as well as concerns over telecoms giant huawei's involvement in britain's 5g technology. let's hear what mr pompeo and mr hunt had to say. as a historic maritime power, britain has shown leadership in standing up to china's unlawful behaviour in the south china sea. and we urge the british government to be equally vigilant and vocal against a host of other chinese activities that undermine the sovereignty of all nations. china's belt and road initiative is just one of these problems. china peddles corrupt infrastructure deals in exchange for political influence. with respect to 5g, we will continue to have technical discussions. we are making our views very well known. from america's perspective, each country has a sovereign right to make its own decision about how to deal with the challenge. the united states has an obligation to ensure that places where we will operate, places where american information is, places
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where we have our national security risk, that they operate inside trusted networks. with respect to huawei and 5g, we have not made our final decision as a government. we are considering the evidence very carefully. but we would never take a decision that compromised our ability to share intelligence with our five eyes colleagues or particularly with the united states. 0ur diplomatic correspondent jonathan marcusjoins me now. let's start with china and what mike pompeo had to say. allow the complex position for the foreign office and uk government. what was your reading of that? it's a difficult position for britain and potentially for britain post—brexit that's out there in the international markets on its
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own. clearly, china and the us are two huge international economic players and britain needs to have good relations with both of them. the difficulty is, and you saw a bit of this from mr pompeo in his comments, the americans are shaping up comments, the americans are shaping upfora kind comments, the americans are shaping up for a kind of root and branch review of china as a negative player in the international system. it isn't just a in the international system. it isn'tjust a question of trade or huawei or technology and 5g. there seems to be a growing consensus view amongst the trump administration that china is in some sense a negative player, that it's using its economic advantages and leverage, this whole new way of tying countries abroad into china's model as it were, economic model. it's using this in a rather new way to foster a new kind of economic power. it's an economic power that the united states feels uncomfortable
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with. just the fact china is a prominent player in this extraordinary new technology of 5g as an indication of the kind of difficulties that lie ahead. used the phrase negative player in the perception of the states and iran fits that category as well as far as the trump administration is concerned. how does that feature in the consideration between the uk on the consideration between the uk on the us? mr hunt was clearly at pains to stress how the us and britain are on the same page on iran. if you stand back, yes they are. they both believe that iran is a negative player, its regional activities and support for groups the west believes are terrorists, it's willy—nilly sale of transfer of missile technology and so on. and they both agree that iran having a nuclear weapon would be a problem. the difficulty is they fundamentally disagree on the best means of dealing with that problem. britain along with its key european
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partners, russia and china and iran is well up until today, believe the best way to do this is to constrain their nuclear programme for the time being to try and see if things can being to try and see if things can be changed over a period of years, and to kick the can down the road. mrtrump set and to kick the can down the road. mr trump set himself firmly against this nuclear d deal with iran. he thought it was too narrow and restrictive and the worst of all deals as far as he was concerned. not only did he unilaterally withdraw from the agreement but since then he's done everything he can by restoring sanctions and so on up can by restoring sanctions and so on up the pressure on tehran. now we are at the point where the pips are beginning to squeak, the iranian economy is under huge pressure and the iranians have come along and in a narrow sense they are kind of right. they are saying we went into this deal, we've done everything we we re this deal, we've done everything we were supposed to, the un's nuclear
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watchdog has given them a clean bill of health and honouring their commitments. they are saying to the europeans we haven't got the economic benefits we were promised. they are now saying, you do something to make sure we get them or we are gradually going to withdraw from the terms of this agreement and at the moment it's ha rd to agreement and at the moment it's hard to see how the europeans could do anything that's going to match the level of damage against the iranian economy caused by the us sanctions. pre-final comment on what mr pompeo wants to get out of this visit. simply to mark out the ground? i think he's essentially marking out the ground and making it clear to america's allies where the us stance. 0bviously, he must have touched on brexit as well. while he publicly said this is a matter for britain's sovereign government, it's no secret mr trump is a huge advocate of brexit and they are dangling the idea of a rapid trade deal with britain as the carrot. but
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this underlines our problem is moving into the future. we will be at sea on our own moving into the future. we will be at sea on our own in moving into the future. we will be at sea on our own in this world with very, very big fish out there. we will be a small minnow. we want to trade deal with china, with the us, with the eu and other countries in the far east and so on. the political aspect and the diplomatic aspect of these deals will be as important often as the economic, the better business bones of the case. it's going to be a bumpy and difficult period i think. thank you. downing street says the prime minister stands by her commitment to step down, once she has completed ‘phase one' of the brexit process. mrs may is under growing pressure from conservative mps to set a firm date for her departure, with the parliamentary party meeting this evening to discuss her future. but number ten insists the prime minister has already made a ‘very generous offer‘ to leave once brexit is done.
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let's get the thoughts now of our chief political correspondent, vicki young. what's going on there this evening? she has set out a timetable by saying she would step down earlier than she wanted to at the end of phase one, that's getting through the withdrawal agreement. the problem is, that is completely stalled. there has been no progress whatsoever. talks going on with labour but not a lot of positivity coming out at the moment. as it has been for several months, her leadership is under pressure. the question is, what did the conservative party do about it? they are meeting at the moment. they'd been told so graham brady has had two meetings with the prime minister. he represents the views of those conservative backbenchers. they are saying she is still determined to make some progress on that withdrawal agreement. at the moment, she is standing firm,
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despite this terrible local election results the conservatives suffered, losing i300 councillors. there doesn't seem to have been any discussion on changing the party rules so she can be challenged again. at the prime minister has agreed next week to come and address of the executive committee of those backbench mps and we'll have to wait and see if there's any clearer timetable. there are lots of tory mps who think it's time for her to stand down and turned over to another leader. that might not be a welcome prospect to some because the numbers in parliament, the difficulties theresa may is facing could be faced by a new leader. thank you. 0n the second day of the inquests into the deaths of eight people who were killed in the 2017 london bridge and borough market attacks, detective supeintendent rebecca riggs, who was in charge of the investigation, has been giving more details 0ur correspondent richard lister is at the old bailey.
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it has been a really harrowing day for the families of the victims. the court spent several hours studying footage of the attack, footage taken from cctv, mobile phones, police body cameras and buses and other vehicles. some of the footage was truly distressing. police have revealed some of that footage and released it to us. we can see it, it's just in the seconds before the attacks took place. a white van going across london bridge south towards borough market, just before it veers onto the pavement and kills two people and injures eight. that footage was hard to watch and at times there were tears in the courtroom. there was particularly distressing images from the attacks that followed in and around borough market. at one stage the attackers forced their way into a pub killing
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several people. there were further attacks in a bar after which rachid redouane stops for a drink of water and khuram but is seen wiping his knife on his beard. we see the attackers final moments. they are attacking another person in the street, one member of the public comes up street, one member of the public comes up and throws a chair at them. 0ne comes up and throws a chair at them. one of several acts of heroism talked about today, just before an armed police vehicle arrives. 0fficers come out and fire on the attackers, who fall to the ground. then an officer notices they seem to be scrapped with what looked like suicide bomb vests. immediately they tried to clear the area. they discover a number of people injured from shrapnel caused by the gunfire, one man hitting the head and injured although he survived. after 15 minutes as police are watching the three attackers, they say they are actually still moving and out of concern they could trigger these
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bombs concern they could trigger these bo m bs vests concern they could trigger these bombs vests they think they've seen, they open fire again. it takes about an hourfor they open fire again. it takes about an hour for police to establish they've got all of the attackers and they've got all of the attackers and they are dead and the bomb vests we re they are dead and the bomb vests were hoaxes. it's been a very difficult day for the families. as court proceedings due to an end for the day, several were seen in tears and members of different families we re and members of different families were comforting each other. u nfortu nately, were comforting each other. unfortunately, there will be many more difficult days like this. thank you. a man charged with the kidnap and rape of a woman in watford last month, has now also been charged with a number of further offences. 3a—year—old joseph mccann, who was arrested by police in cheshire on monday, has also been charged with kidnap and rape relating to alleged incidents in london. he had been due to appear at westminster magistrate's court this afternoon, but refused to come up to the dock. the 3a—year—old is scheduled to appear before a judge via video—link tomorrow.
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the green party has launched its campaign for the european elections on may 23rd with the message "yes to europe, no to climate change". after gaining a hundred and 85 council seats in last weeks english local elections, the party is hopeful of improving on the three meps it secured in 201a. it's time to say yes to europe, yes to investing in communities and no to investing in communities and no to climate chaos. it's also about saying a very loud no to a failed brexit project and yes to transforming our society to one that puts people first. 0ur government is ata puts people first. 0ur government is at a standstill and the 2—party system is broken. paper conservatives and labour have embraced brexit and refused to say it cannot succeed in solving any of the problems of our country that was sian berry, the co—leader of the green party. we'll
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have the headlines in the sport. but first the weather. the weather has been quite lively here recently, not a massive hand, but a hailstone. some pea sized hail in greater london. this was about one hour ago. storms have been pretty widespread, breaking out across the south of england behind our main area that has been pushing into northern ireland and scotland. so still some lively downpours to come over the next few hours. those storms will continue on and off for a while. the rain continues for north east england for much of the night. given all of this cloud and patchy rain around, it is not especially a cold night. the exception to that rule is across northern scotland where the clear skies make some frost in the countryside. 0n skies make some frost in the countryside. on thursday, still cloud around with patches of rain. through the day, the rain will tend to transition to showers. those showers will become heavy with hail
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and thunder mixed in. some of those downpours will be slow—moving. not eve ryo ne downpours will be slow—moving. not everyone will see the showers. south—west england and wales not looking too bad, northern scotland probably missing the most of the showers. still called for the time of year but better news through the weekend and next week. i will have more on that in about half an hour. this is bbc news. the headlines... the duke and duchess of sussex name their newborn son archie harrison mountbatten—windsor. he is seventh in line to the throne, and is the queen's eighth great—grandchild. the nhs has seen the first sustained fall in the number of gps, for half a century. new plans to protect people with food allergies, all the ingredients in ready—made products would have to be listed.
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and at 5:30pm, it is time to catch up and at 5:30pm, it is time to catch up with sport. good evening. how much more drama is to come? so it is the turn of tottenham tonight, they trail ajax by 1—0 going into the second leg, hoping to replicate liverpool's performance by overcoming a first—leg defecit. 0ur sports correspondent, natalie pirks, is in amsterdam. natalie, they will be hoping to take inspiration from what unfolded last night? iam sure i am sure the players were watching here because the fans certainly were. 2600 of them, officially, will be here tonight, the ajax amsterdam arena. they were braving some typically english conditions earlier, it was absolutely tipping it down. they were still in fine voice. police have warned them to be on their best behaviour. there was quite a lot of police presence in the main square earlier. they are confident, the ones we have spoken
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to that they cannot do this. it would of course be their first ever champions league final. there are some issues, they are 1—0 down and are against this attacking, brilliant, attacking side in ajax who have swept all before them. they have taken out the holders real madrid, they have taken out juventus, they have been a thrilling neutrals. 0nly juventus, they have been a thrilling neutrals. only one team in the last 17 who have lost the first leg at home ina 17 who have lost the first leg at home in a champions league semifinal have gone on to make the final, that was ajax back in 1996. spurs have lost nine of the last ten away games. what motivation for an all premier league final in madrid. that really would be something. let's see if totte n ha m really would be something. let's see if tottenha m ca n really would be something. let's see if tottenham can do the business later. many thanks, natalie. the squad for the england women's world cup has been announced today, in a rather unusual way. the fa asked celebrities to announce each name, in a series of videos on twitter. and it started with one of the most recognisable names, the president of the fa, prince william. fittingly, he announced
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the captain steph houghton — no surprise at her inclusion there. and in fact not that many surprises in the squad seletion. in the squad selection. and the names kept coming: james corden, david beckham, actress emma watson, ian wright amongst those getting involved. the full squad is on the bbc sport website, england kick off their campaign against scotland on the ninth june. scotla nd scotland are a fantastic team, their manager is a great coach. so we have got a very difficult group. argentina, scotland, a really dangerous team. we will absolutely have to be at our best. we are the third ranked team in the world at this moment of time and there will be expectation on us. i think our performances over the last few months have been really good, i think there is more to come from the players. chelsea's transfer ban remains in place, which means they wont be able to sign any new players
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for the next year. they were found to have breached rules on signing foreign players under the age of 18 so were prevented from signing players for two transfer windows. they appealed and are now allowed to sign british players under 16. chelsea say they will appeal again, this time to the court it has been announced that bolton wanderers are to be put into administration. 0wner ken anderson says he has been left with "little or no choice", with a winding—up petition still hanging over the club. bolton have been relegated to league 1 this season, and administration would mean starting next season with a 12—point deduction. and rain has delayed the first of five one—day internationals for england against pakistan. england won the toss and put pakistan into bat at the oval. jofra archer took the first wicket — joe rootjuggling a catch from fakhar zaman at slip. liam plunkett took the second wicket, after another rain delay, they're back on the pitch.
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pakistan are 80 for two. rain continuing to disrupt things in london today. and on the bbc sport website news on mark warburton's appointment as queens park rangers manager. more to come on all the day's sport in sportsday. that is all from me. the duke and duchess of sussex have now named their baby boy, they have decided on archie harrison mountbatten—windsor. the child is a seventh in line to the throne, the queen and the duke of edinburgh's eighth great—grandchild. they have been speaking at their pride about becoming parents, this is what they have to say. it's magic, it's pretty amazing. you know, i have the two best guys in the world, so i'm really happy. tell us a little bit about your son. what's he like? is he sleeping well, a good baby?
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yes! he has the sweetest temperament. really calm, and... i don't know who he gets that from! and he'sjust been a dream! it's been a special couple of days. who does he take after, does he look like anyone? we are still trying to figure that out. everyone says that babies change so much over two weeks. we will basically monitor how the changing process happens over the next month, really. but his looks are changing every single day. so who knows? and how are you finding parenting, generally? is it still a special moment? it's great. parenting is amazing. it has only been, what, two and a half, three days? yeah. but we are just so thrilled to have our own little bundle ofjoy and to spend some precious times with him as he slowly starts to grow up. and i hear you are off to see two special people in a minute? yes. the queen and the duke. yes, wejust bumped into the duke
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as we were walking by. which was so nice. it will be a nice moment to introduce the baby to more family. and my mum is with us as well, so... it's really, really... really good. another great—grandchild! can we have a little peek? we just can't quite see his face. wow. he already has a bit of facial hair as well! wonderful! thank you. thank you all so much. thanks for your time. thank you. thanks a lot. and thank you, everybody, for all of the well wishes and the kindness. it's amazing, itjust means so much. thank you. let's get some of the goings on in windsor castle and with the duke and duchess of sussex. roya nikkhah is with me, she's the royal correspondent
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for the sunday times. let's talk about the names, take us through them and what you read into them. well, the whole name is modern with a tradition, like the couple themselves. archie wasn't anywhere out there in the bookmakers are possibly choices. that is a surprise. harrison, a bit of an american twinge to it, it makes me think of harrison ford. mountbatten windsor is lovely. it is a lovely nod to the fact that that was a name created when his grandparents got married. so i think that sums them up married. so i think that sums them up as married. so i think that sums them upasa married. so i think that sums them up as a family and as a unit. their personal decision not to use titles archie is interesting, i think people thought they mightjust use that second title that harry has, the earl of dumbarton. they have decided not to, he will not have any titles for now. that is public a nod to the fact that they want that child's future to be open and not to
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be bound by royalty. what mchugh said that for now, do you think it is still possible in the future? 0r did they signal that is not the way they want to go? by tradition, when they want to go? by tradition, when the prince of wales becomes king, whenever that will be, they will be elevated. archie will become hrh, his royal highness. whether or not he chooses to use that is probably down to him at that moment. for now, no titles, just like zara phillips. also, the countess of wessex chose not to use hrh. what did you make of the tone they struck today? lovely, i thought it was a sweet seeing harry holding the baby. i like that, that was a very them touch. we know he is off tomorrow to the hague, he will be spending a day away. that was nice to see meghan letting him do that. the photo we saw later this
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afternoon with archie, his parents, his great—grandpa rents, afternoon with archie, his parents, his great—grandparents, and his granny was lovely. that was a very special image. this is the one, yes? it is nice, isn't it? it is relaxed, it is happy, a lot of pride. a lot of pride, yes. and it is a nice sense of the two families as well together. it is a wonderful image of the modern royal family together. it is a wonderful image of the modern royalfamily as it is now. we have got an american inn of the royalfamily, now. we have got an american inn of the royal family, an now. we have got an american inn of the royalfamily, an anglo—american baby. the anglo—american relationship is growing stronger! indeed. i'm just relationship is growing stronger! indeed. i'mjust wondering relationship is growing stronger! indeed. i'm just wondering what this announcement today, the choice of name, without reading too much into these things, does it tell us a bit more about this couple and the way that they want to lead their lives? and the kind of family life that they want to shape? it is more close along the way, isn't it? definitely, it is more modern, i think the
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choice of their not using courtesy titles is significant. i think it means that they want the baby called archie to forge his way without the burdens that come with having an hrh oran 0ldham burdens that come with having an hrh or an 0ldham attached to you, without the preconceptions of that. so in school, yet his parents are harry and meghan, he isjust archie mountbatten windsor. who knows whether he will take on british royal duties? he might not. an intriguing question. thanks for coming in and talking to us. our thanks to her for coming coming in and talking to us. our thanks to herfor coming in. it is a 5:a2pm. back to the news that the nhs is seeing its first sustained fall in the number of gps for half a century. research by the nuffield trust think tank for the bbc shows the number of new gps hasn't been keeping up with the number leaving — but the nhs says more are being trained.
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let's here more on this from our health correspondent, nikki fox, who‘s in colchester at a so—called ‘super gp surgery‘. tell us what they are saying there about this challenge with the numbers. this is a medical practice which is called a super surgery because it doesn‘t just which is called a super surgery because it doesn‘tjust have gps working here, this is one of the solutions from nhs england to the gp recruitment crisis. and they have all kinds of different professionals working here, paramedics, upstairs there are people taking blood tests, there are people taking blood tests, there are people taking blood tests, there are osteopaths working on people‘s backs. they also have nurse practitioners and people going out to visit people‘s homes. it is all supposed to take the pressure off gps because there isn‘t really enough gps to go around. one of the people who works here is the lead gp doctor hassan. he can explain more
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about the pressures affecting them. how serious is this? this is pretty serious. we have got to a point now whether workload is increasing, and we have a workforce that is shrinking in terms of doctors. we have over the last few years tried various different initiatives to try to get more doctors into the workforce, and some of it has come to fruition, most of it hasn‘t. how how difficult is it to recruit more gps to this practice? the nhs is trying to bring in more students, more gps from abroad? the honest a nswer more gps from abroad? the honest answer is it is really difficult. we have an advert out for a year, the only way we can often attract gps is going through career fairs only way we can often attract gps is going through careerfairs or only way we can often attract gps is going through career fairs or even taking them from other practices which is not really that productive in the long term. in an ideal world, you would have a bank of gps that wa nts to you would have a bank of gps that wants to apply for a job, u nfortu nately, wants to apply for a job, unfortunately, when you put an advert on the gps there are literally no applicants. so how does this help is a solution, this super
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practice? what we have had to do is we have gone back to basics to see what is the demand from patients, what is the demand from patients, what are the health care needs? after you look at her, you can design a workforce that matches that, excepting for the shortage of gps. we are using paramedics as a triage, health assistance to do the initial screenings, nurse practitioners and nurses to do long—term illness screening, pharmacist to do stuff like medication checks and minor illness clinics. you can start to diversify some of the skill mix. that is not to mention people like physiotherapist, mental health people. you are trying to bring people. you are trying to bring people into money to the mind that comes through the front door.m people into money to the mind that comes through the front door. it is difficult, isn‘t it? the paramedics will be taken from the ambulance service. that is difficult for them, isn‘t it? service. that is difficult for them, isn't it? over the next few years, there are plans to bring through more physiotherapists and medics into gp surgery. i am sure that the ambulance trust are going to be stressed about the fact they will be losing some of their workforce. i
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think, ultimately, it comes down to sharing these people together. not necessarily stealing them from one service to boost another. thank you very much forjoining us. but is it from here at the medical practice today. clearly, there are a lot of issues facing the profession. but there are some solutions as well. this is the first gp surgery of its kind in this area. no doubt, this will be a blueprint for others to follow. the time is 5:a6pm. let‘s return now to westminster, and theresa may has brushed off calls to resign amid continuing unease inside the conservative party over her handling of brexit. earlier, during prime minister‘s questions, one of theresa may‘s own mps — andrea jenkyns — told the commons that mrs may is no longer trusted by the public and should go. let‘s hear more from that mp — andrea jenkyns.
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good evening, thanks for coming to talk to us. what prompted you to make those very critical and tough remarks today? i am hearing it on the doorstep, i am hearing it in at the doorstep, i am hearing it in at the tea room, unfortunately, some of my colleagues aren‘t as honest as straightforward to say what they think the prime minister‘s face like iam. we think the prime minister‘s face like i am. we have seen a disastrous local election, we are entering the european elections, it is costing £150 million of taxpayers money. this should not be happening. someone has got to speak up and say what the people are thinking, what they are saying. enough is enough. it is time the new leadership. no one can question the prime and as the‘s commitment, her dedication, but enough is enough. it is time for a clean sweep. we need new leadership, and we need to break the impasse. the answer is clear from number ten and has been clearfrom other cabinet ministers that had a conservative mps backed mrs may and
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the deal she has put together over two years, the deal she has put together over two yea rs, we the deal she has put together over two years, we wouldn‘t to be in this position. why aren‘t you having a go at the colleagues? if you look at other cabinet ministers, it is getting turkeys to vote for christmas. why would they put them out of a job by eating rid of the leader? , we need to listen to the public. theresa may‘s withdrawal agreement, as we have seen evidence of is brexit in name only. it ties us even of is brexit in name only. it ties us even tighter to the eu. it is harder to get out of. that is not brexit what people voted for. look at the local election results, there isa at the local election results, there is a lot of anger there, lots of protests. the european elections are going to be an like a disaster too. it is about time we listened to the public and delivered what they voted for in the referendum. the prime minister, if she stood down now, put the brexit process to one side for one second, what would that dude to the conservative party‘s campaign going into the european elections?
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there is an argument to say that it would be even more shattered than it is now. if anything, it might help save things, especially it looks like if we are serious as a party and listening to the public. we listen to our party member is. it is a shambles at the moment, u nfortu nately. we a shambles at the moment, unfortunately. we have a weak opposition, and we are a laughing stock as a country. it is about time we had a new leader, we took control of the situation. i‘m afraid we have a government in name only. we have some of these cabinet ministers who rebelled against our own government and our own whipping. there is no authority there will stop the prime minister is a caretaker prime minister is a caretaker prime minister and a prime minister in name only. it is about time that we got hold of this, we can‘t keep kicking the can down the road. and have more uncertainty and the public, we must take hold of this now. the prime minister, as you well know, has survived the vote of no confidence before christmas which
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means that theoretically there will be no other vote for one more year. then at number ten is very clear saying that she will step down, she will step down when this first phase of the brexit deal is done. she has given that commitment. you clearly think that is simply not enough. given that commitment. you clearly think that is simply not enoughm is not enough, if the prime minister‘s deal has been defeated massively three times now, and the government saw the biggest defeat in history. if that isn‘t a message that the withdrawal agreement isn‘t palatable to parliament... we have seen the rise of the brexit party, it is not palatable to the country either. the only way to break the deadlock is to have a new prime minister, a new conservative party leader, as soon as possible. a final thought which is that you say you are speaking out and lots of your collea g u es are speaking out and lots of your colleagues think the same but are not doing it, what is your honest assessment of the view of the backbench party? i know there has
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been a meeting this evening. is there a consensus on the back benches are and what should happen next? as i said earlier, when you are ina next? as i said earlier, when you are in a tea room, i have not met one person who actually is saying that the prime minister should stay. they are all saying that she is living on borrowed time. i think that the euro elections are going to focus people‘s mines. 0n the 15th of june, we have a special general meeting with the volunteers of the party who will then have a vote on the prime and as the‘s future. i think this will be a pivotal moment for the prime minister. then again, we have a stubborn prime minister, she is likely to be here until the autumn. andrea jenkyns, thank you for coming in. conservative mp andrea jenkyns there at westminster. the food standards agency has proposed that new labelling laws are introduced for ready—to—eat food, to highlight
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the presence of allergens. the recommendation follows the death of the teenager, natasha ednan—laperouse. the 15—year—old collapsed on a flight injuly 2016 after eating a sandwich which contained sesame seeds, from pret a manger. currently, food prepared and sold on—site does not require warning labels about potential allergens because it is assumed that customers who want more information will ask staff. pret a manger has already started rolling out full labelling on all its produts. natasha‘s parents have been campaigning for a change in the law and say this is a momentous decision. they‘ve been speaking to our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith. it is good, isn‘t it? a relief, an emotional relief for you guys? it is a bit like that, an emotional relief. i think because since natasha‘s inquest, there has been a lot going on, and it has been quite high stakes in many ways. and this is a culmination of one of the first pieces of the jigsaw, the landscape ahead for people with food allergies in this country. it feels like, i don‘t know if you agree, but watching all those
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people now discuss it in detail, having listened to the public and listened to businesses through the consultation programme, they are doing the right thing. and that is all you can ever ask of anyone in life, i think, is to do the right thing. and change is never easy, it is so easy to go for an easier option that isn't the right option. but it is so important that they have chosen the full labelling, and absolutely it will need support and it can't be done overnight. and it has to be done in the right way, because we don't want it to be even more dangerous than not having it. but that shouldn't happen in this country, if it is done properly, it will really help so many people, it willjust help people with allergies just to have confidence that they can choose, and they can make decisions. and thinking about the wider implications of this, this point that we arrived at today, i think other countries, bear in mind that many countries
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have people with food allergies, they tend to be the westernised countries on the whole, this no doubt will cascade down in time to come and have positive ramifications... because they are watching what is happening here. exactly. i think the whole brexit thing etc, whatever happens with that, it doesn‘t matter actually, it is a complete aside. this is sort of a civil service government organisation, it is not government itself. they are taking an independent view, so it is apolitical. and i think other countries will see this for what it is and they will follow in time to come. so it has great ramifications, positive things for other countries as well. and also option four, we are finally recognising, or the society is finally recognising that they are deadly, allergies are deadly. and it is so serious, it has to be the full implement of labelling to safeguard people.
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in a statement, a pret a manger spokesperson a massive dust storm in the state of victoria in australia has covered an entire town and plunged it into total darkness. this time—lapse video shows the storm quickly dimming the skies over the town of mildura. eyewitnesses said it lingered for about an hour, before moving on and the skies became clear again. it was caused by winds of up to sa
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miles per hour and affected several towns in victoria. time for a look at the weather. can you match that, chris? it formed ahead of a cold front, and in victoria, it has brought snow to the mountains. we have also seen some weather action today. whether front is pushing north was bringing some wet weather, followed by a number of shower clouds. you can see these working on, particularly across southern areas of england. those showers have, over recent hours, been turning heavy and thundery in places. tending to line up thundery in places. tending to line up as well to give some hefty downpours, particularly in the bristol channel, the south west midlands really. we have seen some hailfrom some of midlands really. we have seen some hail from some of these showers. some pea—sized hail. as we go through this evening and overnight, we are going to keep areas of rain, particularly across the northern
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counties of england. the offshore wind continue to push the cloud into the hills. it would be a cold night for most of us but for northern scotland, with clearer skies here, again we will see temperatures dip below freezing. they will be frost around first thing thursday morning. a cloudy start to the day, there will be areas of rain around. the rain will tend to transition to showers as we head into the afternoon. those showers will be heavy with hail and thunder. some will become quite moving in nature. 0ur temperature is still quite cool and disappointing for the time of year. we have more of those showers to come as we end the week as well. with that area of low pressure filling, the winds are becoming much less strong. so those showers become slow moving in nature. heavy and thundery, some hefty downpours around as we head through friday afternoon. temperatures between 12 and 16 celsius with spells of sunshine. as we look at the jet stream, it becomes more amplified. that means we get a ridge of high pressure that develops into the west of the uk as the air sinks down
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through the atmosphere, rising air over france will encourage an area of low pressure to form. i think that low will stay in france, taking the rain with it. we will get the high pressure building as the pressure continues to build up. a real change in our weather for the course of the weekend. saturday, still some showers around, particularly across eastern parts. as pressure begins to rise in the west, we will have increasingly dry weather here and sunshine. you notice the temperatures begin to go up notice the temperatures begin to go up as well. highs of 17 degrees around cardiff. showers across eastern areas again, quite slow—moving. high pressure built in further through sunday and will last write the way through next week. that means most of us the weather will be dry with sunshine around. it will be dry with sunshine around. it will feel much warmer with temperatures into the high teens or low 20s. the cool weather won‘t last much longer, it turns much more settled from sunday and into next week as well.
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tonight at 6 — baby sussex has a name. archie harrison mountbatten windsor is introduced to the world. proud parents meghan and harry chose windsor castle for archie‘s first photocall, though he was sound asleep through all the fuss. it‘s magic. it‘s pretty amazing, and i have the two best guys in the world, so i‘m really happy. meghan‘s mother was there when archie met the queen and prince philip. it‘s their eighth great—grandchild. also tonight — the gp crisis facing the nhs across the uk. it‘s getting tougher to get an appointment — for the first time in 50 years, there‘s been a sustained fall in the number of gps.
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