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this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11:00pm: a thrilling battle for the premier league crown. manchester city triumphed with a one—point lead over liverpool. it is one of the happiest days of my life. i am so, so happy, so fulfilled, you know. this season, we played against one of the strongest opposition is the premier league has ever known, and we kept going, kept going, kept going. they continue to celebrate their back—to—back win. 11 days to go to the european elections that the conservatives admit will be difficult for them. the light aircraft that crashed onto a south wales road. three people were pulled
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from the wreckage the bafta goes to killing eve. killing eve is the big winner at the bafta tv awards. the bbc won 16 out of a possible 26 accolades. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, joe twyman, who is the director of deltapoll, and the broadcaster lynn faulds wood. stay with us for that. the premier league season finished today, after a thrilling title race. the trophy was manchester city's again, after a 4—1win at brighton. they were pushed all the way by liverpool, who ended the season a single point behind. our sports editor dan roan reports.
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champions again, after a title race like no other. they had been pushed all the way, back manchester city's domination of the english game continues, after a dramatic last day of an unforgettable season. earlier on, the league leaders had arrived at brighton knowing a 14th straight league win would see them become the first team to retain the title for a decade. failed, however, and up at anfield, relentless rivals liverpool could snatch glory. a point behind, to have any chance, they needed to beat wolves and hope brighton did them a favour. nerves? try telling that to sadio mane. sadio mane has put liverpool in front in the 17th minute! liverpool were on course to be champions. suddenly the pressure was on city, especially when they went behind. this is a big twist in this premier league title race.
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brighton's glenn murray stunning the visitors. hope of a first league title in 29 years filled anfield, as news filtered through. almost 300 miles south, however, the balance was about to shift decisively back towards city. rather than panic, sergio aguero immediately equalising. and then, emerick laporte giving his side the lead. and manchester city have turned it around! stung into action, and back in control. city made sure, after the restart — riyad mahrez‘s spectacular strike a goal befitting the champions. that might have clinched the title for manchester city! this what it meant for the 10,000 city fans watching on outside the etihad back in manchester. this spectacular free kick wrapped up the season in style. by now, up at anfield, all hope had gone. sadio mane got a second about their wait for a first premier league title goes on, their brave pursuit finally over.
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city, meanwhile, able to celebrate being champions for a fourth time in eight seasons, this arguably the best team of the premier league era. we're incredibly satisfied with what we have done, so to win 1a games in a row to retain the title, and something which has happened just once in the last ten years, it's because it's so difficult. never take it for granted. and you've just got to enjoy it while it's there. i was born on the main road, i've been a city fan all my life, and it isjust outstanding. i'm just proud. we've struggled in europe, but now we've got back—to—back, we've proved that we're one of the greatest teams the premier league has ever seen. unlike last year, city have been challenged this time, but ultimately, it simply seemed to bring out the best in them. let's ta ke let's take you to manchester city's ground, the etihad stadium. as you can see, the players back home after
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that victory over brighton, putting them one point ahead of liverpool to clinch the title. this is the point at which they all get to get their hands on the trophy and show it off to the fans. it is a very slick presentation, though, and i have been reading on social media that some fans are not entirely thrilled with the way it looks. it is a bit too corporate for some tastes, but it looks impressive in that stadium with all of that video footage to mark this back—to—back win of the premier league title. a cabinet minister has conceded that the upcoming elections to the european parliament will be difficult for the conservatives, and that some will see it as an opportunity for the ultimate protest vote. damian hinds said that the elections will be treated by some voters as the second referendum on brexit. as two opinion polls suggested the brexit party is ahead by a significant margin, its leader, nigel farage, said he would use a successful result to demand its inclusion in the government's eu negotiating team. 0ur chief political correspondent
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vicki young reports. theresa may is keeping faith with her brexit deal but there is little sign that she is persuading others to back the plan. so the uk is still in the eu, and has to hold european elections. senior conservatives are braced for a challenging contest. these are going to be difficult elections for us, that much has been clear from the very start. i mean, look, for some people, this is the ultimate protest vote opportunity. actually, turnouts tend to be quite low in european elections anyway, and people do use it as something of a free vote, and i think that's going to be even more true this time. ironically this is, in a sense, for some people, the second referendum. and two opinion polls out today suggest nigel farage's new brexit party could do well. he is back in the spotlight, and in a tetchy interview, said he is confident of inflicting damage on his old political enemies.
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we voted to leave. we didn't vote for a deal. we voted to leave once, in the referendum. the year after that, both the labour and the conservative parties promised in their manifestos they would honour the result of the referendum. and here we are, almost three years on. brexit has not been delivered, and frankly, given this government and this parliament, there is no prospect of these parties delivering a clean break brexit. brexit talks between the government and labour have been plodding on for weeks and there will be more tomorrow. the opposition say the prime minister is refusing to compromise and that is what is leading to a surge in support for mr farage. people in this country are angry. they're angry that the referendum result has not been delivered on by an incompetent government. and there's a protest which is being signalled by those figures, 34% saying they would go for brexit.
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there's no policies on this party, just one. it's that they want to leave the european union without a deal. labour has got problems of its own. some members want the party to be clearer about backing a second referendum, like the greens, the snp, plaid cymru, and the liberal democrats. if you can attach a people's vote to the brexit deal, then we'll be able to get that through the houses of parliament, because there is enough support for making sure that a deal goes back to the people. that is the obvious way out of this mess. conservatives are trying to play down the significance of these european elections, still clinging to the hope that meps elected later this month might never take their seats. but that depends on the government being able to break the deadlock here at westminster and finally deliver brexit. if they can't, tory mps fear the party will continue to be punished by voters. theresa may found time for a kickabout this weekend, but if support for the conservatives slumps badly, it could be her mps putting the boot in in two weeks' time. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. three people travelling on a light aircraft had a lucky escape today after it crashed on a dual carriageway between raglan
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and abergavenny in south wales. eyewitnesses saw it burst into flames shortly after those on board were pulled from the wreckage. david grundy reports. flames pour out of the light aircraft that crashed on this dual carriageway. three people were on board when it came down, hitting powerlines and setting alight on the aao near abergavenny. miraculously, all of them survived. the person filming this then helped to rescue three people from the wreckage of the plane. all i could see was a plane in flames, so we ran over straightaway, to see if there was any casualties, obviously. so sort of instinct made me do that. i don't know why, but you've got to make sure people are safe. and yeah, i saw two people. they were clearly awake, and so, you know, did what we did
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to try and get them out. motorists pulled three people from the wreckage, who were then treated by paramedics at the scene. all are said to be in hospital, but with only minor injuries. in total, 19 firefighters attended here at the scene, using foam to extinguish the flames. a number of roads were closed for some of the afternoon and this evening, and as you can see, the main dual carriageway has now reopened, as the investigation into what happened here gets underway. it is the second time in three years in which a light aircraft crashed on this same stretch of road. as those investigations proceed, there is a sense of relief that those caught up in the crash here today were not more seriously injured. david grundy, bbc news, abergavenny. eight children were among a group of 26 migrants who have been found in two dinghies off the kent coast. the first, carrying 1a people, was spotted by a fishing vessel in the early hours of this morning. a second, with 11 men on board, was met by a border force patrol boat. those on board are believed to be from iraq and iran. police in northallerton in north yorkshire are appealing for information after a 15—year—old girl collapsed in a car park
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and later died. it is believed she had taken mdma. detectives are warning anyone who has taken the drug recently to get medical help if they feel unwell. in sri lanka, sunday services have been held for the first time since the easter sunday attacks which killed more than 250 people. thousands of people attended mass in the capital, colombo, amid tight security. services had been cancelled across all churches because of fears they would be targeted by militants. the tv interviewer and former labour mp brian walden has died at the age of 86. the reason they might not vote for you is that they think you have too much conviction, that you are too dogmatic, that you won't listen to anybody. he was known for exacting political interviews, including with margaret thatcher in 1989, which helped speed up
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the then—prime minister's downfall. brian walden died following complications from emphysema at his home in guernsey on thursday. in 1992, an iraqi child called amar was brought to the uk from iraq after being severely injured in a chemical weapons attack carried out by saddam hussein. he was thought to be the sole survivor from his family, but nearly 30 years later, he received a message suggesting that might not be the case after all. this exclusive investigation is from our correspondentjon kay, with cameraman andy alcroft and producer alex littlewood. he was the little boy who lost everything in a napalm attack. that day, i physically got scarred, i lost my family. it changed my entire life. and, for 30 years, amar has believed he is an orphan. there's nothing more important than feeling you belong to someone, and loved by someone. but could everything
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he knows be about to change? the british politician emma nicholson found amar close to death in a refugee camp in 1991. he's a complete orphan. he's lost everything — his life, his home, his whole family. with brutal suppression, saddam ordered his forces to crush the uprising... he was told all his relatives had been killed when the iraqi dictator bombed his own people in basra. doctors advised her to take him to london, where he underwent 27 major operations. let this commission adopt the genocide convention and save the iraqi people... amar even appeared at the united nations. after surgery, he stayed in the uk, moving to devon with the mp who had rescued him. and that is where we found him three decades on, settled, but still haunted by the loss of his birth family.
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you feel completely empty. this world has let you down. you feel completely against the world, you feel like you can't trust anyone. it's the most horrible position to be in. without family, you don't belong to anyone, you just feel almost, you know, born out of nothing, really. but could it be that, in the confusion of war, a terrible mistake was made? a year ago, he received this extraordinary message, a video clip of a woman in iraq interrupting a tv broadcast appealing for her lost son. someone watching wondered if it could be the same little boy who was taken to the uk all those years ago, so he tracked down amar on social media. i'd like to think it's true, yeah. i don't want to put my hopes up, and then be disappointed, really. i couldn't believe it, emma. in london, the politician who set up a charity in his name agreed amar was right to be cautious. while saddam was still in power,
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there were several ladies who claimed to be your mother, and they were put forward by saddam hussein, so it was very clear they weren't. now they can do dna testing, so that's quite helpful. after months of research, we tracked down the woman in the video to this house in the city of karbala. amar asked us to investigate her story. the woman, called zahra, emerged with what she said was her most treasured possession. my amar. but could it be the same amar? she told us she searched for her son in the rubble for days after a napalm attack. she showed us documents, certificates, and claimed this was her little boy before she lost him. she agreed to amar‘s request for a dna test.
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so the results have come... two weeks later... that's for you. "she is your biological mother." over the moon. really happy about this. you've got a mum. i've got a mum, yep. might even celebrate tonight, have a few drinks, a few bevvies! it is the first time we've seen him smile. so, three decades after he thought he was orphaned, amar is ready to go back and be reunited with his mother. jon kay, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: a thrilling battle for the premier league crown, but manchester city have triumphed following victory over brighton. 11 days to go to the european elections that the conservatives admit will be difficult for them. the light aircraft that crashed
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onto a south wales road. three people were pulled from the wreckage. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's tulsen tollett. good evening. it's been one of the greatest premier league races and on the final day manchester city got the win they needed to ensure they kept hold of their title, with liverpooljust missing out. city came from behind to beat brighton by four goals to one at the amex stadium. pep guardiola's side finished on 98 points — one point clear of liverpool — having won their last 1a league games in a row. and these were the scenes at the etihad stadium in manchester this evening, the players having flown back from the south coast back to back is more and more difficult for the first time in the last season is always perfect at this season, we had an incredible opening so congratulations liverpool as well for this incredible season
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but we did it, we beat them. for liverpool the wait for their first league title since 1990 continues. they broke so many records this season, and only lost once, but it wasn't quite enough. they kept the pressure on city until the end, beating wolves 2—0 at anfield thanks to two goals from sadio mane. they finish on 97 points, the most any team that's finished second has ever compiled. congratulations to manchester city, well done, i have to say. we tried everything to make it is difficult for you as possible. i think we did, but not difficult enough. that's the only thing. apart from that, 97 points, i couldn't be more proud. elsewhere chelsea and tottenham claimed the remaining two champions league places, both playing out draws in their respective matches against leicester city and everton meaning arsenal miss out. the gunners can still qualify for the champions league though with victory in the europa league final. and manchester united end the season with a wimper losing 2—0 to cardiff at old trafford.
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united won just 0ne of their final seven games. in the scottish premiership rangers have secured back—to—back home wins over celtic for the first time in seven years. they got the ideal start, with james taver—neer scoring from a free kick within two minutes. and midway through the second half, scott arfield made it 2—0. that was rangers' sixth win in a row and takes them to within six points of their city rivals, but with the title already returning to celtic park, this was a real signal of intent ahead of next season. it was also a first defeat in 16 games for celtic in the league. lewis hamilton has won the spanish grand prix to re—take the lead in the formula one drivers' championship. starting from second on the grid and once again behind his mercedes team mate valetteri bottas, hamilton managed to over—take him on the first bend in barcelona, and he held on for the next 66 laps to take the full points. it's his third win of the season. bottas finished second,
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ahead of red bull's max verstappen, with ferrari's sebastien vettel in fourth. warrington wolves have beaten wigan warriors to reach the quarter—finals of rugby league's challenge cup. warrington were leading 18—12 at the break, before zak hardaker went overfor wigan to level the scores. with it still level at 24—all, stefan ratchford's penalty goal gave warrington victory — 26—24 the final score. they play hull kr next. st helens beat huddersfield to set up a meeting with wakefield. the full draw is on the bbc sport website and somerset will play hampshire in the final of cricket's one day cup. somerset beat nottinghamshire while holders hants beat lancashire. )lancashire and england bowler james anderson was forced to leave the field after being hit on the leg late in hampshire's innings. he'll be assessed by a physio tomorrow. james fuller hit the the winning runs for hampshire, who chased down their target of 2112 with 4 wickets and an over to spare.
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and the mumbai indians beat the chennai super kings by one run to win the indian premier league by one run, the fourth time they've claimed the title. that's all the sport for now. thanks, tulsen. the spy thriller killing eve was one of the big winners at tonight's bafta tv awards, taking best drama, best actress forjodie comer, and best supporting actress for fiona shaw. britain's got talent and i'm a celebrity also won awards, despite presenter ant mcpartlin taking time out from both series last year. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. many of the biggest names from the small screen were on the red carpet for tonight's awards. tonight is intended to honour programmes that premiered first in the uk, however killing eve was shown first in america, but because of its
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significant british involvement, bafta decided to bend their own rules to make sure it was eligible, and it turned out to be the evening's big winner. it follows an m15 operative hunting a charismatic female assassin, and won three awards including best drama and best actress forjodie comer, who paid tribute to the show‘s creator phoebe waller—bridge. i feel so lucky that i can not only say i worked with you but i can call you a friend. you are the most talented person i know. thank you for being such an inspiration. i would really like to get away from new york if at all there were two awards for drama. patrick melrose, best miniseries and best actor for benedict cumberbatch. no chance of a rushjob? there was double success for declan donnelly, together with partner ant, for britain's got talent, which won best entertainment show, and with stand—in partner holly willoughby for i'm a celebrity, which won best reality and constructed factual. i'd like to see a thank you to holly for helping me out last year. you did a fantasticjob. standing in for ant, who has reluctantly come up here tonight. best tv moment went to bbc 0ne's bodyguard for a short
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moment involving the sure's main characters. and bafta's highest honour, the fellowship, went to joan ba kewell in recognition of her contribution to television over more than half a century. the annual list of the richest people in britain is out, and it reveals that there are now a record 151 billionaires in the country. together they hold a combined wealth of £525 billion, and london is home to more billionaires than any other city in the world. that is according to the sunday times. john mcmanus reports. if you woke up this morning to find that once again you haven't made it onto the sunday times rich list, well, don't be too envious. the very well—heeled can afford the largest yachts but life is not all plain sailing for the captains of industry. one of the most famous names, sir philip green, fell out with the british establishment over the collapse of his high street
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chain bhs and harassment claims, which he strongly denies. it is notjust his reputation that has plummeted. the sunday times says he lost over £1 billion and is now merely a multimillionaire. the top dogs of the list for the third time are the hinduja brothers, who made their £22 billion fortune in energy, property and finance. we've been much better off and richer as a nation. at numberfive is sirjames dyson, under some flak for deciding to move his head office from the uk to singapore. he hoovered up an extra £3 billion, bringing him a tidy sum of 12.6 billion. it is stormzy here. 25—year—old grime artist stormzy is a new entrant to the list. worth 16 million. he uses some of his money to support two scholarships for black students at cambridge. fellow musician ed sheeran has doubled his net worth which is now £180 million. and if you do find some spare gold bars down the back of the sofa,
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the equality trust says it is asking the rich list members to support higher taxes on their wealth to solve inequality. now, what's the best thing you've ever done to celebrate your birthday? 0ne grandmother from the us state of arkansas, decided to try something she'd never done before. taking the plunge 10,000 feet up. 0ur north america correspondent chris buckler has her story. rosie johnson never let age or a walking stick hold her back and on her 86th birthday, he had high hopes for how she would celebrate. she gathered the family to watch her skydive. my husband never would let me do this so i don't have a husband anymore. so i'm doing what i want to do and this is what i've always wanted to do. god help me! and with those words, rosie took to the skies to experience something she'd never felt before during more than eight
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decades on earth. getting up there, seeing what it feels like and floating like a bird. i asked my doctor about this and he told me i can do anything i want, so this is what i'm doing. if all this proves something, it's that a husband should never doubt his wife. i liked that! that was wonderful! bill, you were wrong. i had a wonderful time. i'm still alive and i'm in one piece. and you can probably guess what rosie is planning for her 90th birthday. yes, back up into the skies! chris buckler, bbc news, washington. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewersjoe twyman,
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who's the director of deltapoll and the broadcaster, lynn faulds wood. that's coming up just after the headlines at 11:30. at half past midnight, a chance to see a special programme, extra time, which takes a special look at the ba fta which takes a special look at the bafta awards ceremony. now it's darren with the weather. as expected, a lovely day out there, sunny and warm as expected, a lovely day out there, sunny and warm across many as expected, a lovely day out there, sunny and warm across many parts of the country, a couple of whether what should she was showing the sunshine and just limited conviction that we had today. it stayed fine and dry. you can see how much the cloud bubbled up. there wasn't too much of that at all. we have seen a bit more cloud coming into northern ireland. some of that cloud is pushing its way to scott. thickening up pushing its way to scott. thickening up on the far north of scotland. 0therwise up on the far north of scotland. otherwise it's going to be dry and for most of us, clear skies. another chilly one. probably getting a touch
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of lost across east anglia. touch and go, you might say. as we look ahead into much of next week, it's going to be dry, lots of sunshine. it's high pressure that is really bringing a change in the weather compared to what we had last week. that high—pressure is going to dominate. sitting right over the top of oz. times, the northern half of the uk, may be a bit hazy with some high cloud but shouldn't spoil the day. those temperatures are really continuing to rise thanks to a southerly breeze. perhaps around the maury firth and a warmer data parts of east anglia and east yorkshire. plenty of sunshine on tuesday, very little cloud bubbling up at all. a bit more of a breeze, temperatures not quite as high but again, those temperatures are rising for many other parts of the uk. it's wobbly
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on wednesday we get the peak of the heat. some niche skies, pushing the warmth across north—west england where we make it 23 or 2a degrees. and easterly breeze means the temperatures won't be quite so high in the south—east but very pleasant in the south—east but very pleasant in the sunshine and at the moment it's drive. it's going to drift its way northwards through thursday. we open the door to a more easterly breeze and the potential by the end of the week to see some rain coming in but that easterly breeze is going to stop the temperatures through on thursday and friday. hello, this is bbc news. we will be taking a look at tomorrow
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morning's papers in a moment. first the headlines: a thrilling battle for the premier league crown. manchester city triumphed with a one—point lead over liverpool. it's one of the happiest days of my life. i'm so, so happy, so fulfilled, you know. this season, we played against one of the strongest oppositions the premier league has ever known, and we kept going, kept going, kept going. back at their stadium tonight, the man city players continue to celebrate their back—to—back win. with 11 days to go to the european elections, the education secretary, damian hinds, admits they will be difficult for the conservative party. he said the elections would be seen as the ultimate protest vote. the light aircraft that crashed onto a south wales road. three people were pulled from the wreckage and are now recovering. the bafta goes to killing eve. killing eve is the big winner at the bafta tv awards.
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