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city are also through to this weekend's fa cup final. having already won the carabao cup, they could clinch an unprecedented domestic trouble. but for now, they can savour this. premier league champions, manchester city! one of english football's most remarkable title races won by one of its most remarkable teams. andy swiss, bbc news. lewis hamilton has sent a formula one car and trophy to the home of the boy who inspired his win in the spanish grand prix. five—year—old harry shaw, who has a rare form of cancer called ewing's sarcoma, sent the formula one driver a video last week wishing him luck in the latest race in barcelona. the driver replied with his own video, calling harry "his spirit angel", before he and his racing team, mercedes, arranged for the car and trophy to be flown in. time for a look at the weather. here's matt taylor.
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iam sure i am sure many man city fans think the weather is all for them, don't worry, i have noticed that blue tie, if you are enjoying the sunshine after the rain, it will be a case of it lasting for the next few days as well, steadily lifting temperatures toa well, steadily lifting temperatures to a peak on wednesday of around 2a celsius, most likely across parts of central and northern scotland, a lwa ys central and northern scotland, always a little bit cooler further south, still very pleasant in the sunshine, and that is high pressure keeping things dry, just to the north—east, and with winds flowing clockwise, more of an easterly breeze down through the southern coast counties, and that is the case today, but whether you are in the south of the north, strong sunshine overhead. as strong as it is during the month of august too, some high cloud over parts of scotland, not enough to temper that strong sunshine, and what you have got at the moment you will stick with through the afternoon, temperatures across the yorkshire dales around 21 degrees, some parts of the highlands as well, but quite widely made to
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high teens, fresher around the coast of norfolk and kent, with the breeze from the sea, as through tonight. this emmas is not particularly warm, so once you this emmas is not particularly warm, so once you lose the sunshine, it is the sun lifting the temperatures, so i rather fresh night, the sun lifting the temperatures, so i ratherfresh night, one or two spots above the freezing as we head into tomorrow morning's commute. temperatures will quickly shoot up, patchy affair with a cloud here and there, but mostly a blue sky day, temperatures starting to lift, 20 degrees around the cardiff and bristol area, 20—21 in the north, 22 across central and northern scotland. as you can see into the middle part of the week, high pressure to the east, southerly flow to the west, and that easterly breeze pushing through the english channel, so around some of the coast here temperatures in the mid teens, but another sunny day on wednesday, high cloud drifting towards ireland
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later, then by the stage 2a celsius possible in some parts of northern scotland, compared to around 16 at best around the southern coast counties. but i changed towards the end of the week, high pressure moving toward scandinavia, low pressure developing across central and southern europe, and with an easterly breeze developing, temperatures dropping widely across the country. still present in the sunshine, the best in the north, but by friday more cloud in the south and patchy rain possible too. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. prosecutors in sweden are to reopen a rape investigation against the founder of wikileaks, julian assange. that's it, so goodbye from me. now on bbc one, let's join oui’ news teams where you are. have a very good afternoon.
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a p0p good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your a pop latest sports news. after a tight but triumphant title race, manchester city's party went on long into the night. the squad brought the trophy from brighton to their waiting fans outside the ethiad. and there, captain vincent kompa ny lifted it for the celebrations to begin. it's their second consecutive title win. but liverpool pushed them all the way to final day, city winning byjust one point. manager pep guardiola said it was a great achievement. back to back is always more difficult. but congratulations to liverpool for this incredible season also. but we did it, we beat them. it is the organisation, all the people working here. everybody is here for these guys. we support them and try to do our best and they did it. all respect for these incredible
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players we have. so manchester city reign supreme domestically but they still yearn for success in the champions league. former manchester city midfielder michael brown believes pep guardiola's side will need european success in the near future to take the club forward. his remit was premier league, and can he bring a champions league medal to the etihad, a trophy? it hasn't been the case, but how unfortunate, this is sport, that we all love, we don't want it to be a foregone conclusion where it is just too easy. it is all the highs and lows, they have done incredibly well in the champions league. it was unfortunate that they didn't go through. yes, i'm sure at some point, they need to win it. i think globally as well, it will take manchester city onto another level. that is why they probably needed more than the premier league, but back to back titles is another fantastic achievement, and they have continued their growth of this special football club. following that defeat to manchester city, brighton have sacked chris hughton this morning. they finished 17th in the permier league, two points above the relegation zone. they've only managed two wins
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from 18 league games in 2019. chairman tony bloom says that poor form led to him making what he's described as one of his most difficult decisions. britian‘s number one kyle edmund is out of the italian open after losing to spaniard fernando verdasco. edmund took the first set 6—4 and was leading 4—1 in the second, before losing 11 of the next 13 games. verdasco winning in three sets. it's a fifth straight defeat for edmund. better news forjohanna konta. the british number one has beaten alison riske for a second week in a row. konta won in straight sets in rome, after victory over the american in the madrid open last week. she'll play sloane stephens in round two. the dutch grand prix is set to return to the formula 1 calendar next season after a 35—year absence.
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f1 bosses are hoping to benefit from the surge in interest in dutch red bull driver max verstappen. an announcement is expected to be made tomorrow that the zandvoort circuit near amsterdam will host f1 races for the first time since 1985. the race is set to be held on the weekend of the eighth to the 10th of may, effectively taking the place of the spanish grand prix. it's already been confirmed that a street race in the vietnamese capital of hanoi will also be added to the schedule. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc. co. uk/sport. thanks for that. more now on the news that the man in charge of safety at the hillsborough football stadium — on the day that 96 liverpool fans died in a crush in 1989 — has been fined £6,500. graham mackrell is the first person to be convicted of an offence relating to the hillsborough disaster — he failed to ensure there were enough turnstiles
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to prevent large crowds from building up. assistant commissioner robert beckley from the metropolitan police spoke after today's hearing. as the safety officer of sheffield wednesday football club, graham mackrell had the responsibility of ensuring the safety of those attending the fa cup semifinal. between liverpool and nottingham forest on the 15th of april, 1989. a jury forest on the 15th of april, 1989. a jury has found he failed to take reasonable care in reducing the number of turnstiles and the associated ticketing arrangements in advance of the match. graham mackrell‘s actions did not cause the death of the victims but it did contribute to creating a dangerous situation. he was investigated according to the standards of the
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day and back in 1989, he held an important responsibility that he failed to carry out diligently. if the football club that had existed at the time was still a viable legal entity then it too would have been put forward to face legal proceedings. the police team, operation resolve, will continue to support the crown prosecution service as it prepares for future hearings and as always, our thoughts are with the many people deeply affected by the events of the day, especially the families of those who died. given there is still an active legal case against david duckenfield, it would be wrong for me to make further comment, it is important people are careful in their own comments and observations,
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especially on social media. robert brinkley. let's get more now that authorities in iran say an iranian national has been sentenced to ten years injail on charges of spying for britain. in a tv broadcast, a judicial spokesman said the unnamed individual was responsible for managing a project for the british council connected with cultural influence. earlier my colleague carrie gracie spoke to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams about the british council's response. they have not been able to determine whether the individual referred to by the iranian authorities this morning is their colleague. they are saying the colleague detained last year and who they are not naming is not, as the iranians described this person, head of the iran desk, this person, he says, worked in the uk in a junior role to support and showcase the iranian contemporary arts scene to uk audiences. the foreign office also has put out a short statement to say they have also not been able to confirm
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the identity of the person in question, it is widely assumed we are talking about aras amiri, an iranian national living in this country for ten years, it was reported last year she had gone back to visit her ailing grandmother and was detained by the iranian authorities in march last year and subsequently accused of spying. the charge listed this morning says this person, quote, collaborated with british intelligence and was responsible for designing, managing and planning cultural infiltration and transformation projects. a slightly ambiguous description. is there a pattern because this is reminiscent of another case, an iranian citizen, going back to iran and being picked up and accused of spying? yes, the difference between this case if it is indeed aras amiri and nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is that she is a dual national and it seems
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as though aras amiri is not. but you're right, there is a pattern of arrests of dual nationals, there are a handful of others who have been arrested in the past year or two, a professor at imperial college isjust one. there has always been this suspicion, in the case nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, of politically motivated detentions. is the conclusion that people should draw, that it's extremely dangerous for anyone who works in any public role in the uk, to go back to iran if they in any sense have an ethnicity or relationship or nationality that would allow them to be vulnerable? that is certainly one lesson but there is an enormous amount of traffic, large numbers of iranians living in this country and dual nationals, but as these cases underline,
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they are our enormous perils, particularly if you have had any association with an organisation that the iranians might consider in some way to be an arm of the british government, which of course the british council is not. animal welfare campaigners are welcoming a new law aimed at cracking down on so—called puppy and kitten farms run by unscrupulous breeders and dealers. the legislation, known as lucy's law, will ensure that anyone buying or adopting a kitten or puppy under six months deals directly with the breeder or an animal rehoming centre, rather than a pet shop or commercial dealer. what we find is that the unscrupulous breeders that sometimes masquerade as having the mother of the litter there may not actually be doing that, and they could be involved with puppy smuggling, and raising puppies in really awful conditions. and what we want to do now is make sure that we put that to an end.
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the government is calling on nearly 300 organisations and individuals from the worlds of food retail and hospitality to pledge ground—breaking action to drive down food waste — a driver of climate change. michael cowan looks at the scale of the uk's food waste problem. a third of all food made for human consumption is wasted every year, according to the un. americans throw away more food per person than any other country — a staggering 95 kilograms each every year. compare that to rwanda in east africa. rwandans only waste one kilo per person annually. it typifies our overconsumption in the west. in the uk, we waste about 55 kilos per head, and it's costing the average british family around
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£700 a year. michael cowan reporting. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... swedish prosecutors are to reopen an investigation into a rape allegation against wikileaks founderjulian assange. as cross party brexit talks resume, the shadow brexit secretary warns two thirds of labour mps would reject an agreement that doesn't include another referendum. the inquest into the london bridge attack hears about the final movements of 21 year old sara zelenak who was on a night out with friends. now, imagine sailing on a ship where you don't need to carry a passport, entry cards or even a ticket. well if you're on board the ‘celebrity edge' that's exactly what will happen. she's a new cruise ship making her debut in southampton and it's the first ship with a facial recognition pass system.
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our business presenter, susannah streeter is in southampton. sounds interesting doctor mike sounds very interesting indeed, this really is like a floating town, there are so many facilities, 29 restau ra nts, there are so many facilities, 29 restaurants, rooms for 3500 passengers, plus all the crew, 1300 of them and the spas and all the entertainment, quite an impressive set up and as you say, there are some real advances in technology on this ship as well, including facial recognition technology. the cruise ship industry is booming at the moment, last year more than 2 million passengers from the uk and ireland took a cruise on the number is expected to grow by 2023 to 2.5%. there have been concerns about the
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very fa ct there have been concerns about the very fact there is a huge environmental footprint, very fact there is a huge environmentalfootprint, or very fact there is a huge environmental footprint, or the potential of one for the cruise industry. let's chat to the captain who can tell us more about what the ship is doing to reduce carbon emissions. some real significant advances that you showed me on the bridge earlier, can you tell me about them ? bridge earlier, can you tell me about them? yes, we're very excited to have you here and happy to share this information with your viewers. as you understand, 5000 people including the crew and guests can and may produce a lot of waste, at the same time, our engines, so we have advanced emission purification systems that reduce emissions by 98% or more, so systems that reduce emissions by 98% or more, so it is less than 0.1% going through the year. the waste we produce, galleys, laundries, showers, and so on, we have a waste
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stream purification system to treat all the waste we produce, we treat that on board, discharge it above and beyond any local or international requirement and that water, believe it or not, is drinkable. you have banned plastic straws but it is the shape of the ship that could make the most savings, tell me about the hull and the technology under the ship?” savings, tell me about the hull and the technology under the ship? i am happy to share this, i can state that celebrity edge is by 20% more fuel efficient than any other ship we have so far, a huge number. i would say the same figure while we are imports, mainly the design of the hole with the ultra parabolic eva—marie perssonbough —— bough.
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that gives us up to 0.7% extra speed. we use less fuel, so that produces less waste. a great success. produces less waste. a great success. are you pleased that you have been held up by long queues of people arriving late to get back on board, will the technology make a difference? yes, i could speak for hours to tell you interesting stories of people running to catch the ship. we strongly believe that on embarkation days, the frictionless embarkation, as we say, gives a great experience for people to enjoy vacation. for us, having the ability to use the celebrity at to do your sign—on process, you technicallyjust walk in the ship
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and the app will recognise you and you just move to your room, a huge success you just move to your room, a huge success and it enhances the experience of people coming on board. captain cost us, thank you very much. we had hoped to go on the bridge but the columns were not working quite so well but it is such a glorious day, isn't it? this ship is almost a replica of another ship that will be based permanently going to and from southampton on cruises around the mediterranean next year. so, quite an exciting time for the ship industry in southampton at the moment. back to you, clive. studio: thank you, susanna. a lorry driver using his mobile phone to make a card payment behind the wheel — was just one of thousands of dangerous drivers caught by police in england last year. highways england have been using unmarked hgv‘s to film drivers breaking the law, to help improve safety on motorways and a—roads. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. caught on the m40, and notjust
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typing away on his phone. still texting, and he's actually making a payment with his card. card in one hand, phone in the other, shopping online at the wheel. then, on the a38 near derby... he's on his phone. he's got his hands on his phone. and when changing gear, momentarily neither hand on the wheel. just like this pick—up driver on the m60 in greater manchester, whose attention also seems to be on his phone rather than on the road. they were all caught by police officers travelling in unmarked lorry cabs which have been patrolling britain's main roads and motorways over the past year. in total, they recorded 3,500 offences. nearly 1,200 drivers were caught not wearing seat belts. a similar number were using mobile phones while driving. the police made 73 prosecutions for the most serious offences. this footage shows what happened when a lorry driver fell asleep at the wheel on the m6 two years
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ago, a reminder of why truck drivers have a big responsibility when out on the road. tom burridge, bbc news. as doctors from around the world meet in berlin this week to discuss the latest research into the menopause — a small group of women in bangladesh are on a mission to spread information. they say a majority of bangladeshi women don't recognise the symptoms and rarely seek help. they've spent the last two years educating young girls about menstruation but say the education shouldn't stop there. the bbc‘s global health correspondent tulip mazumdar reports. these women are on a mission. they've been biking through bangladesh, hoping to smash through the national taboo surrounding menstruation. menstruation is, in some places, still considered a paranormal activity. that is weird, but yes, that is true.
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and that's why we thought that they should know their female reproductive system. they should know what is menstruation, and it's not something to be afraid of. clean water and private toilets are rare luxuries in parts of the country. many girls reuse cloth rags rather than use sanitary towels. the rags can cause infection if they're not washed and stored properly. this is all vital information that's being spread to help empower women and girls. the doctors are also throwing in some lessons in self—defence. after the success of this mission, the travelettes of bangladesh are now looking at tackling an even greater taboo — the menopause. menopause, it's just ignored, because the women who are about the age of the menopause, they don't talk about that. they don't know about this topic, because it's not well spoken about. so the mood swings, the hot flushes and the medical problems persist. they just think that
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it's an ageing problem. doctors here say 99% of women won't see a clinician about menopausal problems, even though symptoms can be treated. for some, the menopause is a relief after years of having multiple babies, but in many of these patriarchal communities, it can have another significant impact on women's lives. when a woman gets older, it is seen that men tend to opt for another marriage, because she is not fertile any more. women are considered — they are terribly old if they reach menopause. 45 and 50 is not that old. armed with better education about their bodies, it is hoped these girls will lead healthier, happier lives, as the mission to encourage more communities to open up about women's health continues.
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it was a successful night for the bbc‘s killing eve at the tv baftas. the thriller took three awards, including one for best drama. the stars of the small screen gathered for the ceremony at the royal festival hall in london. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba was there. and the bafta goes to... ..killing eve. it was the show that kept on winning throughout the night. killing eve, about an intelligence operative and a charismatic assassin, took three awards including best drama and best actress forjodie comer, who paid tribute to the show‘s creator, phoebe waller—bridge. phoeb, i feel so lucky not only to say that i have worked with you, but to call you a friend. you are the most talented person i know. thank you for being such an inspiration. i would really to get away from new york, if at all possible. there were two awards
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for drama patrick melrose, best miniseries and best actor for benedict cumberbatch. no chance of a rushjob? double success too 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 say a thank you to holly for helping me out last year. you did a fantasticjob, standing in for ant. best tv moment went to bbc one's bodyguard for a shocking scene involving the show‘s main characters. and the bafta goes to eastenders. eastenders doof doofs and eastenders beat rivals coronation street to win the prize for best soap and continuing drama, on a night where the bbc won more than half the evening's awards. of course, one of the highlights of the event, is who wore what on the red carpet — daisy may cooper,
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who was nominated for the best female comedy performance award for ‘this country', turned up on the red carpet wearing a dress made from bin liners — she explains why. it's insane, it's absolutely insane. i can't believe it. you know, six years ago, me and my brother were cleaning, so to come here to the baftas and not, like i said, hoover it up, the red carpet after ourselves, it's brilliant. it cost about five quid. five quid and then a load of rubbish. my mother made this dress with my two friends and it took them three days but the reason i'm wearing this is if i wore a normal dress, that would cost a lot of money, and i thought i'd donate money to a localfood bank and wear bin bags instead. her performance was not rubbish because she won, of course. sorry, that was terrible... now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor.
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more sunshine and warm this week. mid week, temperatures could reach 24 mid week, temperatures could reach 2a across parts of scotland. high pressure has brought this change and the sunny skies and overnight we keep clear conditions. more of a breeze in the southern and western areas, stornoway around 8 degrees. edging upa areas, stornoway around 8 degrees. edging up a couple of degrees. for tuesday, more of the same to come. more of a breeze around east anglia, kent and essex, keeping temperatures down but still feeling pleasantly warm in the sunshine. lots of sunshine across the uk. if anything, it will be warmer in the sunshine, the warmest air across northern and west in parts. that's your latest weather.
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hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 2. prosecutors in sweden are to reopen a rape investigation against the founder of wikileaks, julian assange. the shadow brexit secretary says any agreement with the government to leave the eu, will need a public vote. itv takes ‘thejeremy kyle show‘ off air, following the death of a guest shortly after filming. a witness at the london bridge terror inquests describes how he saw bystanders throwing objects at the three attackers, forcing them to run away. coming up on afternoon live all the sport, hugh ferris. yes, good afternoon. two down and
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