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you're watching bbc news at nine with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines: the government announces a major shake—up of the probation service. the supervision of thousands of offenders is to be largely renationalised after serious past failings. i think we should build on those reforms and move to a new system that still has involvement of the private and voluntary sector, really important involvement of the private and voluntary sector, but when it comes to the offender management function, i think a unified model will work better. theresa may faces senior conservative mps this morning, as pressure mounts for the prime minister to agree a timetable for her departure from downing street. president trump declares a national emergency, banning american companies
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using telecoms from what he calls foreign adversaries. researchers says a revolutionary new approach to treatment could make cancer a manageable condition within the next decade. with just a week to go until we go to the polls in the european elections, we'll take a closer look at what the parties are saying and what it all means for you. and it's derby's day at wembley. another dramatic comeback sees frank lampard's side come from two goals down to stun leeds and reach the championship play off final. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine.
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the supervision of all offenders in england and wales is being taken over by the government, after a series of serious failings with the part—privatisation of the system. the national probation service will be given back control of low and medium—risk cases, which were given to private providers five years ago. danny shaw has more. he promised it would transform rehabilitation for offenders. chris grayling was the architect of the biggest probation shake—up in decades, allowing private firms to supervise former prisoners and people serving community sentences who pose a low or medium risk. but now the reforms are being scrapped. the nail in the coffin was a report from dame glenys stacey, the chief probation inspector. she said the model of part privatisation was irredeemably flawed and people would be safer with the public sector in charge. under the new system, all offenders will be monitored by the national probation service,
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based in 11 regions. the private and voluntary sectors will provide unpaid work and drug misuse programmes for offenders. but there will be no payment by results, a key element of chris grayling's approach. it was a mistake and chris grayling has to share responsibility for that. he thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. we pleaded with him not to do it, or at least pilot some of the schemes first. he flatly refused, pushed it through to satisfy his own political agenda, and has cost the taxpayer millions and millions, hundreds of millions of pounds. the new probation system will increase public safety. it will be introduced in wales this year and across england in 2021. danny shaw, bbc news. thejustice secretary, david gauke, says despite difficulties over the last five years, there are some positives to build on. i think there was a need to reform
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the probation system in 2014. there are some things that have happened that i think were very hard to anticipate, for example the way that the caseloads have switched, so that we have now got more, if you like, high—risk, serious offenders relative to the quite significant fall—away in terms of the low—risk and medium—risk offenders. that has been one of the factors that has meant this model has not worked particularly as was expected. actually there are aspects of these reforms that have improved the system, but there are other aspects that have not worked as we wanted them to work, and i think we should build on those reforms and move to a new system that still has involvement of the private and voluntary sector, really important involvement of the private and voluntary sector, but when it comes to the offender management function, i think a unified model will work better. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, is with me now. five
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yea rs danny shaw, is with me now. five years and hundreds of millions of pounds of government money later, the government is largely renationalising probation services. what do the critics of what chris grayling did five years ago, what do they say has happened to the system in that time? it has become more fragmented because there is the split between the private provision and the state procession for those who pose a high threat. —— state provision. that is what people were concerned about. greater fragmentation means more bureaucracy and paperwork and more places where things can go wrong. the second things can go wrong. the second thing that has happened, and i think this is the key thing, because the contracts were drawn so tightly and private companies had to do various tasks, tick those boxes, there was little room for them to do meaningful work with offenders. this supervision, the rehabilitation work, has not happened properly. that is what dame glenys stacey has said time after time. you get some
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offenders supervised on the telephone by probation staff. that is an example of the kind of supervision that has got to stop and i think the government would accept that. the government had been trying to retender the contracts to deal with these low and medium risk offenders until relatively recently to private companies, hadn't it? yes, because the private companies we re yes, because the private companies were struggling financially. working links, one of the companies, went into administration and another company has had problems as well. last year they reset the contract, poured in more money, and also brought forward the end date of the contract. we knew that things were going to be overhauled a bit earlier than was originally thought to be the case. what we didn't know was that this was going to be a sweeping overhaul, ending the part privatisation model. what do you think was the final straw for that? i think dame glenys stacey's reported couple of months ago. the project is flawed. itjust
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reported couple of months ago. the project is flawed. it just won't work. she wasn't saying we can adjust it here and there. she was saying the system of private companies being involved with supervision isjust companies being involved with supervision is just not working. elements of the probation service will still be run by private companies, won't they? yes, the rehabilitation scheme, the drug misuse programmes, the unpaid work schemes, the offending behaviour programmes, the training courses that offenders do, they will be put out to private tender and private and voluntary companies in each of the ii and voluntary companies in each of the 11 regions will be able to bid for those that run them. that does create another risk of fragmentation. who is responsible for the offender that doesn't turn up for the offender that doesn't turn upfor for the offender that doesn't turn up for the drug misuse programme? the private company running it or the probation officer supervising the probation officer supervising the offender? they could be problems there as well. and does this change things for people working in the private sector? i think there is a sense of relief that the model is being scrapped, but there is also caution about the fragmentation this could produce and also how long it could produce and also how long it
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could take for the new changes to be introduced and bear fruit. could take for the new changes to be introduced and bearfruit. that could be several years. introduced and bearfruit. that could be severalyears. danny introduced and bearfruit. that could be several years. danny shaw, our home affairs correspondent. thank you very much. theresa may will meet senior conservative mps today, who will demand she set a firm date for her departure from downing street. the prime minister's meeting with the influential 1922 committee of tory backbenchers to discuss her future comes as pressure grows for her to stand aside. let's cross to westminster now, where our assistant political editor norman smith has more. how big a showdown, if i can call it that, will this be, and will 88 date emerge for theresa may's eventual departure from downing street? —— will a date emerge? i think less vanished showdown —— i think less of a showdown that it would have been a couple of days ago. theresa may has given us a good idea of when she will go. she is bringing her bill back to the commons in the first week ofjune. i think the widely
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held assumption is if she failed to get that through, then she will leave immediately after it or in the days thereafter. that is the working assumption not just of days thereafter. that is the working assumption notjust of her opponents but her loyal supporters, and government sources have said there will not be another attempt to get it through. that seems the most likely date for her departure and of course it could all turn out that theresa may does get her bill through, in which case she would steer it through parliament and leave when it is true, which would probably be the second or third week ofjuly. realistically, probably be the second or third week of july. realistically, if probably be the second or third week ofjuly. realistically, if we do not have a date in the calendar, we have a fairly clear process and timetable for mrs may's last weeks in power. for that reason, i think the meeting of the 1922 to date will be less highly charged than it might have been, albeit that are still some senior tories who think they have got to get theresa may out of the door in the immediate aftermath of
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the european elections next week. my own sense is that events have moved on beyond that and there is not much point trying to engineer a contest which would only force mrs may out potentially a few days before she is likely to go anyway. add your thoughts on this story we have just been talking about, that the probation service will be largely renationalised after failing to in the changes brought in by chris grayling. i think it is fair to say he has hardly had the midas touch on a number of projects. how big a deal is this for the conservatives, i do logically and from the point of view are chris grayling as well? -- idea logically. i think it is cumulative. there is a long list of policy areas where chris grayling has come a cropper. notjust where chris grayling has come a cropper. not just the where chris grayling has come a cropper. notjust the probation service. we had the saga of the new train timetable and the chaos that followed that. we had the cash given to the ferry company with no ferries. there has been a series of
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policy reversals in criminal justice, whether it be over legal aid, books for prisoners. i think what has saved chris grayling's bacon, if you like, is that he is a true believer when it comes to brexit. and that creates a dynamic and the cabinet which mrs may is probably unwilling to upset. more importantly, he is one of mrs may's most loyal supporters. he was part of her campaign team for leadership. again, mrs may needs all the loyal support around that she can get. on top of that there has been a fairly high attrition rate in the cabinet and people have been leaving left, right and centre, albeit walking out because of brexit. i doubt mrs may wa nts eve n because of brexit. i doubt mrs may wants even more turmoil that i rather suggest his fate is intertwined with that of mrs may, and it is probably a reach to envisage that any new leader would necessarily be that keen to keep him in the cabinet. norman, thank you.
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norman smith. president trump has declared a national emergency to protect us computer networks from what he calls foreign adversaries. the executive order bans american companies from using foreign telecoms that might pose a security risk. it does not name any company, but is believed to target chinese tech giant, huawei. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, has more. another fight with china. a foreign adversary whose telecom giant could pose a national security threat to the us. in a statement from the white house, there is no mention of specific countries or companies but it is clear the trump administration has huawei in its sights. the us will ban transactions posing an unacceptable risk, with the president pledging to do what it takes to keep america safe and prosperous. as the us and other countries develop 5g networks, this is a battle over new technology and security, on top
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of the trade war which has escalated in recent days. chinese companies can be pressured by the chinese government and the communist party. the question is can customers of those companies around the world build their systems in a way that mitigates those risks, or is itjust too much of a risk? that is really a technical question that will vary from one application to the next. the us commerce department has said american companies will be restricted from selling their technology to huawei, which it has concluded is engaged in activities that are contrary to us national security or foreign policy interests. in a statement, the chinese company said: with donald trump describing the impasse over trade talks as a little squabble, this latest clash over technology
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and security will further test deteriorating us—chinese relations. peter bowes, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: the government announces a major shake—up of the probation service. the supervision of thousands of offenders is to be largely renationalised after past failings. theresa may faces senior conservative mps this morning, as pressure mounts for the prime minister to agree a timetable for her departure from downing street. president trump declares a national emergency, banning american companies using telecoms from what he calls foreign adversaries. derby come from 2 goals down to stun leeds, and book their place in the championship play off final against aston villa. chelsea midfielder ruben loftus—cheek could miss
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the europa league final after sustaining an ankle injury during a charity friendly in the usa. maria sharpova has pulled out of the french open tennis because of her long—standing shoulder problem. the two—time champion, hasn't played in a tournament since an operation in february. i will have more stories and about half an hour. thank you. labour says it would install solar panels on nearly two million homes to generate electricity, as part of a new energy policy. the party also plans to re—nationalise the uk's electricity and gas network, saying it would cut the amount paid to the current private sector owners. simon gompertz has more. labour's big increase in solar panels would build on community projects like this in south london,
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powering the lifts and lights in a block of flats and promising lower bills. it means some kind of energy and clean. local backers like faye say the savings are winning over other residents. some people, full stop, say, "i just want to pay less." if they can also see that in the bill with the solar energy, well, how could they complain after that? labour says one million council and housing association homes would get the panels, saving £117 a year each on electricity bills, and there'd be interest—free loans and grants to help 750,000 other households install them. this is what labour wants its green energy policy to look like. it says that to get this done quickly across the country, that's one of the reasons it wants to re—nationalise the national grid and the local distribution companies with the current owners, investors, probably getting back a lot less than they think those businesses are worth.
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consumers are really angry. these companies have been paying out huge shareholder dividends. the companies have not been investing in infrastructure to push forward a renewable agenda. we want to make sure we have the institutions locally and nationally that would drive forward energy efficiency and climate change targets. labour would pay for the grid by borrowing, but cut the amount in line with what it calls asset stripping in the private sector. but the national grid says labour's plans would delay investment and the government argues renationalisation would saddle taxpayers with debt. simon gompertz, bbc news. the world's first drugs designed to stop cancer cells becoming resistant to treatment could be available within the next decade. that's according to leading scientists from the institute for cancer research. professor paul workman is from the institute
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of cancer research. thank you for coming to talk to us about this story. how would the sort of drugs that we are talking about here differ to those currently used in cancer treatment? thank you for having me. viewers, ithink, will realise that for some time now, for a decade, we have realised that some patients are different to others and have different markets on their cancers, which leads to giving different types of drugs, personalised medicines, but what is not so well—known at what has become very clear from new technology and a breakthrough in thinking as well, is that even an individual‘s own cancer, genetic make up and susceptibility to the drug changes with time. it is darwinian evolution going on inside the patient‘s tumour, leading to drug resistance and the eventual death of the patient. in other words, the cancer cells themselves evolve to get around the treatment, and the aim of the new drugs is to stop the cancer
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cells are evolving to do that? that is exactly right. we are now understanding the precise mechanisms, how it works, the machinery in the cells, that lead to the genetic changes inside the cancer that lead to resistance. we understand some of those mechanisms at least now, enough to design the next generation of drugs that will block the evolutionary process itself, the adaptation. in other words, switch off or limit the ability of the cells to get resista nt. ability of the cells to get resistant. how far down the track are you with this? i know you are using artificial intelligence and all sorts of methods to come up with this new family of drugs. how far along the track before we see these drugs are being widely used? the new generation of drugs, we have already started in the last couple of years, we have begun a programme to design new drugs and it will take around five years for those to work through, for the first patients to be treated. already, because of the evolutionary principles that we
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understand, we can start to use our existing drugs better. for example we can predict using artificial intelligence and complex mathematical models, and sequencing the genomes of the individual cells within the cancer. we can predict how patients are likely to develop resistance, and follow that in the blood of the cancer patient with lab tests on the individual patient, and switch the therapy or use combination therapy that again limits the ability to evolve and adapt. so a bespoke response in fa ct. adapt. so a bespoke response in fact. and you are chatting to me just before this interview about immediate clinical impact for patients. tell us about that. already we have shown, working with our clinical colleagues at the royal marsden, our partner, we have shown with breast cancer, colon cancer and prostate cancer, that if we follow the dna that comes out of the cancer cells and follow them around the body and we sequence them using genome sequencing, the dna out about
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other cancer, we can see when those genetic changes that lead to resista nce genetic changes that lead to resistance happen, very early, months and years potentially before the resistance actually develops and we can switch the therapy, anticipating. it is like a chess game, staying one move ahead of the cancer and adapting with time. that is incredible and you must be so excited by the possibilities that you can see with this. i think it is the most exciting breakthrough in the most exciting breakthrough in the field. obviously it has got to work through to clinical benefit but the paradigms shift, if you like, which is an overworked phrase, that it isa which is an overworked phrase, that it is a new way of thinking about cancer and it affects almost everything that we do. that is why we have put so much money into the new building where this work will be accelerated. and of course we are raising the last final 15 million to get that building finished. the centre for cancer drug discovery? exactly. often when we talk about cancer stories we talk about cures
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for cancer. but you have been talking about changing the treatment for cancer to a point where patients can live with it and perhaps end up dying of some other cause. so it is a real change in approach, isn't it? it is and it doesn't mean that we are giving up on cure. a cure means that a patient lives long enough, disease—free, minimal symptoms, and a good quality of life. if they have a good quality of life. if they have a few cancer cells somewhere still being managed by this darwinian treatment, the patient lives many yea rs treatment, the patient lives many years longer, and potentially this would lead to long—term survival and cure. that is what we are aiming for. it is a big shift in many tough to treat cancers, the drug resistant cancers especially. it has been fascinating to talk to you. president for the institute of cancer research. thank you very much. thank you.
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jeremy kyle is utterly devastated after the cancellation of his tv show, according to newspaper reports. he told the sun his thoughts and sympathies are with the show‘s guest, steve dymond, who died shortly after recording an episode. the welfare of contributors on tv programmes will now be scrutinised by both mps and regulators. a house of lords committee has said construction of the hs2 high speed rail link should have begun in the north of england where better rail infrastructure is needed most. the first phase is being built from london to birmingham, with the line eventually reaching manchester and leeds. the government says it disagrees with the findings. the travel company thomas cook has reported half year losses of £1.5 billion. the firm is taking out a loan of £300 million but its auditors are warning that there's still real uncertainty about whether thomas cook can continue as a going concern. the company is blaming brexit uncertainty as causing britons to delay their summer holiday plans.
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for the vast majority of women, the menopause starts after the age of a5, but for one in every 10,000, symptoms can start before the age of 20. annabelle is 15. she's currently doing her gcse‘, and going through the menopause. we've been to follow her search to find out why. i would draw my own face, but i wouldn't actually give my face inside of it. i don't know what's inside of me right now. it's just a blank space. i'm never going to be able to have children. it's just... it shocks you so hard. it's unbelievable. literally so red! i am sweating! i have daily hot flushes. oh my god! like, even my arms are red. my chest! oh my god! itjust makes you feel, kind of, trapped.
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it's horrible. lovely, thank you, darling. it's been monumental on my parents because they've obviously wanted grandchildren. my mum was especially really disappointed. it was a dreadful shock and obviously we both had a cry. we won't be grandparents either, which is a shame, but it's more about annabelle really. today we're at the hospital at uch and we're just getting the results from my past tests from blood tests and my bone density scan, and we're hopefully going to find out why i've been diagnosed with early menopause. it really frustrates me because it's really... inside you're thinking, "well, why me? " really just want to know why it's happened.
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ifelt very alone. you have no—one to talk to. no—one else has it, so it's really hard at my age. when i was diagnosed i didn't know anything about it. for years i didn't actually know anybody that had the condition until i joined daisy last year, and then i've met so many people through that. to go through that when you're still a child and still a teenager is actually really, really difficult. it was really brilliant to meet annabel and holly because i feel like girls need to speak about it instead of holding everything inside. there's no real reason of why i've got it. it was really disappointing because it's frustrating. there's no real answer to what's happening and it's just this whole big mystery of what's going on inside my body. i don't think i'll ever come
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to terms with it completely. just trying to make something a positive from a negative because there's always someone going through so much worse. to think there is someone going through something worse than me, it makes you feel more lucky than anything. 15—year—old annabelle talking about her experience of early menopause. let's look at the weather forecast with simon king. good morning. big changes in the weather over the next few days. it is not going to be as warm as it has been for the last few days. certainly in northern scotland, temperatures yesterday we re scotland, temperatures yesterday were up to 25.8 celsius, equalling the warmest day of the year so far. high pressure is moving north and east, allowing an easterly wind across the uk. that will bring cooler conditions and for some other some cloudy conditions. the cloud
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will move into east anglia, the midlands, central and southern parts of england during the afternoon. some higher cloud in the west making the sunshine hazy and milky. showers in western scotland but for most it is dry. so moderate to high uv levels despite temperatures being lower than the last few days. still 20 degrees in northern scotland and a pleasant day for many of us with that warm sunshine. overnight, the cloud thickens further in many parts of england and wales with showers moving in and some clear spells towards the north and the west. a cold night with temperatures no lower than five to seven. on friday, more cloud around with showery rain moving through an showers into scotland. the north west scotland and northern ireland, dry and sunny. temperatures could reach 18 or 19 in the north. elsewhere, a caller day, with temperatures at 13 to 16. and
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we will keep this cooler weather into the weekend, certainly the start of the weekend. still some showers but later winds in the south. for seven parts it might feel warmer. around the coast it has been fresher. low pressure will be in charge over the weekend, bringing in this easterly wind. quite a bit of cloud and showers have longer spells of rain across the far north of england and into southern scotland. some showers developing with the brightest guys in the south—east, with temperatures 15 to 18. —— brighter skies. temperatures further north in scotland at 12 to 15. on sunday, bright spells and some sunshine, but also some showers developing in northern england and eastern scotland. temperatures on the rise. 16 to 20 in the south—east on sunday. further north, temperatures creeping up by a few degrees. goodbye.
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the headlines: the government announces a major shake—up of the probation service. the supervision of thousands of offenders is to be largely renationalised after past failings. theresa may faces senior conservative mps this morning, as pressure mounts for the prime minister to agree a timetable for her departure from downing street. president trump declares a national emergency — banning american companies using telecoms from what he calls ‘foreign adversaries.‘ labour's climate footprint — the party wants to install solar panels onto nearly two million homes and renationalise the national grid as part of its new energy policy. researchers says a revolutionary new approach to treatment could make cancer a manageable condition within the next decade. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people
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are watching, reading and sharing. a house of lords committee has said construction of the hs2 high speed rail link should have begun in the north of england — where better rail infrastructure is needed most. the first phase is being built from london to birmingham, with the line eventually reaching manchester and leeds. the government says it disagrees with the findings. lord alistair darling is one of the peers who made the warning. he spoke to the bbc‘s radio 4 programme this morning. well, we took evidence from the former chairman of hs2 who said nobody knows what it will cost. and actually, if you look at big infrastructure projects, rail projects, they have a long history of not coming in at the price originally quoted because there are so many unknowns and especially anything like this where it has been engineered to carry trains at a speed far beyond anything else in the world, which means you have more expensive tunnels, track and so on. my expensive tunnels, track and so on. my worry, our worry is, is if the
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thing with the budget continues and is broken, the second phase, which is broken, the second phase, which is the critically important bit, improving the railway lines in the north of england, either won't happen and it's not due to happen until 2030 anyway, or it gets delayed, because that is what the treasury classically does if things get out of control. it puts the squeeze on and you don't get what you want. we say it's far better to look at this again, look at what we actually need, which is more lines and better lines in the north rather than a fast link in the south, but also to look at whether or not you need to run at the line speeds proposed as well as looking at other factors that might reduce the cost of this and at least keep the costs under control so you have a chance of getting a railway that actually works. chris evans has helped virgin radio break the one million listener barrier, according to the latest rajar ratings. the former bbc radio 2 host attracted an average weekly audience of 1.05 million
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in the first 3 months of 2019. virgin radio as a whole was averaging about 480,000 listeners per week before hejoined. the presenter moved to virgin injanuary saying he ‘wanted a new mountain to climb‘ adding, ‘i‘m back in my spiritual home and loving every minute of it‘. snake bites are ‘arguably the worlds biggest, hidden health crisis‘ according to the world health organisation. dr david williams, an expert on snakes at the organisation, travels the world collecting snake venoms to develop new treatments. he has been bitten six times but carries a life—saving medical kit. up to 138,000 people die annually from snake bites and nearly half a million will suffer permanent disability. now to the story of one man‘s efforts to make a freezing arctic town more sustainable. ben vidmar is producing homegrown vegetables in the world‘s most northerly human settlement. take a look.
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this is for the dreamers, the one that get beat down and have to conform, don‘t give up on your dreams, keep going, keep fighting. we actually have the highest co2 output per capita in the world and i started to get concerned and thought we had to do something. it‘s important to have local food, it‘s important to have local food, it‘s important to have local food, it‘s important to use less plastic. now most of our vegetables come wrapped in plastic and we open them and throw the plastic away and then it has to be shipped back to the mainland. it‘s very tough here because we have three months of 2a hours of darkness and three months of 2a hours of light. this dome is designed for the dark season, so that‘s what we have to have two places, an indoor place, and an outdoor place. —— that‘s why we have
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to have. i have created the story here. people need help all over the world, so we want to start this year, perfected and then go out and help people all around the world —— perfect it. 30 years ago when he was at the beginning of his career, ‘homeland‘ actor david harewood had a psychotic breakdown and was sectioned. now, as part of the bbc‘s mental health season, he has been exploring what happened in a documentary for the first time. he told bbc breakfast about the moment he realised he needed help. there were many triggers and that‘s the thing with psycho six, it was a process that happened over months. i
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can remember being on stage, round the corner in derby, and just feeling really on fire, it‘s kind of exciting, but i‘m realising now that that was the mania, the manic stage where there is a lot of dopamine racing around your brain. you have a lot of these natural chemicals running around your system anyway but when there is an excess of dopamine it can lead to sleepless nights, ruminating, thinking and thinking, and unbeknownst to me i was overdoing it and hitting the bottle and self—medicating as some of us do when we are feeling a bit stressed. and i tipped over the edge. and since then, now, what was the legacy of that in your life?|j am one of the 15% of people who have never needed further medication. one off? itjust happened. i thinki have grown from it and there is a tone —— term that mark rowland who
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run the mental health foundation he told me about the phrase post—traumatic growth and that has been a prime example for me, because i feel it has been a transformative experience and i‘m lucky to work in a possession —— profession when i can explore characteristics and different lifestyles. i would say it‘s been kind of benefit to me in my career. i must say this, i also know when things are getting too much. this has been quite overwhelming for all of us, everyone involved in the series, it‘s been really overwhelming to have your traumatic thing is reflected back at you so it‘s been important for me to delete twitter because it gets too much, even the positive stuff, people saying well done, thank you for saying that, and i can‘t really deal with it because my phone is buzzing and buzzing, and the other day i just buzzing and buzzing, and the other day ijust had to delete it. it‘s not gone forever. i can download a couple of days later, but right now, let mejust couple of days later, but right now, let me just delete that because i
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wa nt to let me just delete that because i want to have some silence and sit in the garden. ijust deleted it and sat in the garden in beautiful sunshine and had a lovely day of silence and being chill. those are really important times, just to take yourself out of the limelight and away from stress and give yourself some peace and quiet. let's have a look at what you are reading and using up —— and the bbc news app. a lot of the stories are in this most read section. chris evans‘s listening figures and also donald trump declaring an emergency over it threats. labour and its energy plan. the news about the probation service and hs2 as well, they are all on the most read. let‘s go down to the most watched and this story at number two, which is breathtaking, but not ina good two, which is breathtaking, but not in a good way. it is about window clea ners in a good way. it is about window cleaners in oklahoma who were near
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the top of a 50 story building and you can see what happened, the platform on which they were working swings loose from the crane it is attached to and begins to swing out of control. how petrified must they have been? the emergency services cleared the area below of traffic and pedestrians as they worked out a plan and eventually they stabilised the crane and were able to lower the platform safely onto the flat part of the 50 story building roof. and the window cleaners were taken for checks but they are thought to be fine. you can see some of the windows at the top of the building we re windows at the top of the building were broken as the platform crashed into it but hugely dramatic pictures and thankfully everybody was ok. that is it for the morning briefing. now time for the sport. starting
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with derby, another huge comeback. a dramatic night of football for derby county, the underdogs who set up a championship play—off final against aston villa after coming from 2—0 down on aggregate to beat leeds 11—3 last night. jack marriott was the hero, scoring twice, and a team that lost the home leg in a semifinal had never gone through before, but that is why. leeds were to— one up with a calamity between the goalkeeper and the defender, jack marriott‘s first touch after coming on and he was running the show. tactical genius you might save from frank lampard. he had been beaten by leeds three times before last night but seems to have come on as a manager as they ran out 11—2 winners on the night, 4— on aggregate. leeds have never gone through the play—offs and they are stuck in the championship again and derby celebrating there. talking
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about moments that change whole outcomes, leeds have had a song aimed at frank lampard, all in the ba nter of aimed at frank lampard, all in the banter of the game and it was sung to the don‘t cry your heart out by oasis and they changed it to frank lampard oasis and they changed it to frank la m pa rd after oasis and they changed it to frank lampa rd after the victories oasis and they changed it to frank lampard after the victories over derby but last night after their victory, the derby players have their own rendition. # try not to worry, we‘ll see you someday. # we will beat you away. # stop crying frank lampard. yes, he‘s certainly not crying and if he is, they are tears ofjoy, but a good bit of banter with that song. in good voice, the derby players. they still have the final to go against aston villa so plenty of
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work to do to reach the promised land again. and the comeback last night is featured heavily on the back pages with the daily mirror mentioning it but it leads onjose mourinho talking about manchester united suggesting that a nice guy in charge of manchester united can end up charge of manchester united can end up as charge of manchester united can end upasa charge of manchester united can end up as a puppet, possibly a veiled reference to olic on assault shop. eltonjohn‘s elton john‘s young eltonjohn‘s young sons will lead watford out at wembley for the fa cup semifinal against manchester city and elton himself won‘t be able to be there because he is on tour, playing in denmark. and the sun reports manchester city have already block booked the wembley hilton hotel next season in anticipation of reaching both the league and fa cup finals. how about that for confidence. chelsea midfielder ruben loftus—cheek is in danger of missing the europa league final after
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injuring his ankle in a charity match in the us. the 23—year—old had been playing in chelsea‘s 3—0 win over new england revolution and they play arsenal in the final on the 29th of may in baku. former champion tom dumoulin, has withdrawn from the giro d‘italia after failing to recover from a crash. the dutch rider couldn‘t complete yesterday‘s stage, after injuring his knee on tuesday. pascal ackermann, went on to cross the line first, for his second stage win of this year‘s race. britain‘s simon yates, is 35 seconds off the overall lead. no play due to italian open —— no play due to rain in the italian open yesterday, but maria sharapova has withdrawn from the forthcoming french open due to a long shoulder problem. the 32—year—old is not played since january and had an operation the next month. great britain have to be france on monday
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to avoid relegation in the world ice hockey championship. this time it was a 6—3 defeat to the usa. the goalkeeper made 59 saves for great britain, earning him the man of the match award and a standing ovation. they will play finland tomorrow and slovakia on saturday but are unlikely to beat either. that's the type of performance that got us here, battling, hanging on, blocking shots and taking the chances when we got them. that was more like the gb tea m got them. that was more like the gb team of last year on the year before and maybe they have settled down a bit. they have some tough games but there is a lot of positives in the performance. golf‘s second major of the year, the us—pga championship gets underway at, bethpage in new york state later with tiger woods, is going for back to back major wins, following his masters victory last month. that was his first major win in 11 years. he‘s not played since, after pulling out of the pga tour event at quail hollow, a couple of weeks ago. i‘ve been feeling really good on the training sessions have been good.
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i‘ve been doing a lot of practice of late. not in sweaters, so this is a little bit different. i‘m excited to get on the golf course. he seems in good spirits. fernando alonso lost control on the oval track which has speeds of around hundred and 30 mph and he is trying for the second time to win the prestigious race as part of his quest to claim the motor port triple crown —— motorsport. but he walks out of the car, thankfully unhurt although the car was badly damaged and he says he just saw the wall too late and it was coming too quickly towards him. that‘sjust about it, but you can keep up—to—date with the second gold major of the year, the us pga winner gets under way on the bbc sport website and updates on live commentary from long island, new
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york from 10pm this evening and updates throughout the day on radio five live and the bbc sport website. and don‘t forget sportsday on the news channel at 6:30pm, rounding up all is today —— all today‘s sports news. manchester city say they are disappointed but not surprised after being referred to the uefa club financial control body. bbc sport reported this week that uefa investigators want city banned from the champions league for a season if they are found guilty of breaking financial rules, but that would probably apply the season after next because of may be an appeal going to the court of arbitration. that‘s all the court of arbitration. that‘s all the sport finau. more at 1115 will stop mike, thank you very much. —— all the sport for now. the government announces a major shake—up of the probation service — the supervision of thousands of offenders is to be largely renationalised after past failings. theresa may faces senior conservative mps this morning, as pressure mounts
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for the prime minister to agree a timetable for her departure from downing street. president trump declares a national emergency — banning american companies using telecoms from what he calls ‘foreign adversaries.‘ with a week to go until polling day, all day on bbc news, we‘re taking a closer look your guide to how they work at the european elections. your guide to how they work and the issues the parties are campaigning on. of course political parties did not expect to take part in these elections at all due to brexit, but then the uk‘s departure date was pushed back to october. now with voting day fast approaching, our reality check correspondent chris morris talks us through their campaign messages on the key issue of brexit. there is only one thing on peoples minds in this election, because there is campaign literature focusing on climate change to
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austerity, but for many motors, inevitably, it‘s all about brexit. so who is saying what? the hardest to pin down probably the two main westminster parties. the conservatives and labour because within both parties there are obvious policy and tactical differences on brexit. the official position of the tories is to leave with theresa may‘s deal, that is the withdrawal agreement, and the political declaration negotiated with the eu. the only party which can get brexit done, their campaign leaflet says, is the conservative party. labour on the other hand says it‘s the only party that can bring the country together again, whether you voted to leave or remain. its ma nifesto you voted to leave or remain. its manifesto highlights labour‘s plan for a customs union with the eu after brexit and close links with the single market and if it cannot get that or a general election then labour backs the option of a public vote but it does not give any detail about how that might work. then there are two parties that want to leave the eu with no deal at all.
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the brexit party says it will push for brexit on world trade organisation terms and once any meps elected to take part in future brexit talks. but at the same time it says we will not pay the £39 billion, the financial settlement the government has already negotiated with the eu. in the ma nifesto negotiated with the eu. in the manifesto of the uk independence party says brexit should mean a unilateral and unconditional withdrawal from the eu. unilateral and unconditional withdrawalfrom the eu. it unilateral and unconditional withdrawal from the eu. it argues that theresa may‘s withdrawal agreement means leaving the eu in name only. which takes us to the parties campaigning clearly to remain, all five of them and we will go in alphabetical order. change uk broke away from the two main parties and once another referendum and wa nts to and once another referendum and wants to make a positive case for britain in europe. we are stronger, safer and better off in the eu says the party‘s charter for remain.
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safer and better off in the eu says the party‘s charterfor remain. much of the green party manifesto focuses on environmental issues but also promises to get the country out of the brexit mess by putting the question back to the people. the greens say they want to mobilise a positive pro—european movement to win the people‘s boat to remain. the liberal democrats also want another referendum and argue that the prime minister‘s deal shows how damaging brexit will be on every vote for the liberal democrats, their manifesto says, is about to stop brexit and stay in the european union. in wales, floyd comrie says 200,000 welshjobs wales, floyd comrie says 200,000 welsh jobs rely wales, floyd comrie says 200,000 welshjobs rely on wales, floyd comrie says 200,000 welsh jobs rely on frictionless trade with the eu and it also wants what it calls a final say referendum and promises to make the case for wales to have its own voice in europe as a member in its own right and finally in scotland the snp points out that the country voted overwhelmingly to remain in the eu. it had been promoting a compromise involving staying in the single market but it now wants another
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brexit referendum which should include the option of remain. there are also numerous parties standing in northern ireland and all of the details can be found on the bbc news website. and as european election campaigning continues, we are putting your questions to all of the main uk parties here on the bbc news channel. at five thirty this afternoon, sian berry co—leader of the green party will answer your questions and tomorrow it‘s the turn of chuka umunna from change uk. you can email us at askthis@bbc.co.uk or text us on 61124 or use social media with the hashtag #bbcaskthis. thousands of students and teachers have protested in cities across brazil after the government announced stringent budget cuts in education. the demonstrations mark the first national protests against the administration of the far—right president, jair bolsonaro, asjulia carneiro
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reports from rio dejaniero. out with jair bolsonaro, the protest is charred, out on the streets against cuts in the education budget announced by the government. no two cuts for universities this banner says. this was a scene outside the san paolo museum of art with stu d e nts san paolo museum of art with students and teachers taking to the streets across brazil. in the capital sees protesters gathering by the government building. it was a nationwide strike on the first national protest against the administration. the government announced cuts that affect around a third of what federal universities, school and research institutes have available for basic operational needs, such as water, electricity and security. they are ruining the
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system by cutting the budget. now we cannot do it next month. education is the basis of our society and we cannot let a government do this to our education. in the meantime, jair bolsonaro landed in dallas, texas and was greeted by a small group of supporters carrying the brazilian flag. he dismissed the protest. the protests are flag. he dismissed the protest. the protests a re natural, flag. he dismissed the protest. the protests are natural, but most people demonstrating our activists. they have nothing inside their heads. if you asked them to multiply seven times eight, they don‘t know. if you ask them what the formula for water is, they don‘t know. they are idiots, imbecile is, being manipulated by a sly minority at the centre of universities. the government says the savings are necessary because the country has still not recovered from the worst economic recession in decades, however critics say that jair bolsonaro is biased against public universities having said that they are dominated by left—wing groups. these people here say that jair
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bolsonaro is an enemy of education and universities fear cuts in education and research in the country. big names like google and amazon have invested milions of dollars in ‘self—driving vehicle‘ technology. now — a company in sweden says it‘s pioneered a global first — an autonomous lorry that drives on a public road. our reporter tim allman has more. they call it the teapot. it‘s not very big, it‘s not very fast, but it is, potentially, revolutionary. this is, potentially, revolutionary. this is, we are told, the first d riverless is, we are told, the first driverless lorry, let out on a public road. not a very long road, mind you, but we have to start somewhere. history is created with small steps, the first flight of the wright brothers was 300 metres and this stretch of road is 300 metres, so we are taking a leap pushing
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history forward and it happens in small steps, but it‘s a giant step for autonomous electric transport. it weighs 26 tonnes when full and there is no cab for the driver. that is estimated to reduce operating costs by 60% compared to a normal diesel lorry in the hope is there is an environmental benefit as well. with the growth of transport the two emissions cannot increase in the same way and we have to find alternative ways of transporting. we are alternative ways of transporting. we a re clearly alternative ways of transporting. we are clearly of the opinion that the future of logistics is smart, co2 friendly and this is connected. of course, driverless lorries are not necessarily good news for drivers but for now it will trundle up and down the road, but other routes are planned. this may well be the future of transport and there might not be room for someone behind the wheel.
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now it‘s time for a look at the weather with simon king yesterday the temperature got up to 26 degrees in northern parts of scotla nd 26 degrees in northern parts of scotland and today will be cooler than that with gradual changes in the weather over the next few days and a sunny start for many of us. that was birmingham this morning and elsewhere we have had lots of sunshine but high—pressure is moving its way north east and allowing a north—easterly wind to develop across the uk and the easterly wind is bringing in a bit more cloud so we will see that drifting and across parts of east anglia, through the midlands, central and southern areas and further west there are higher clouds making the sunshine turn hazy but for many of us it‘s a bright day was sunshine around but not as warm as yesterday despite the fact that uv levels will be high. elsewhere, about 14 or 17 degrees. through the night the cloud will thicken across england and wales and there will be
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patchy rain moving its way from east to west. some clear spells, temperatures getting between five and 7 degrees and then we keep the thick cloud across many areas of england and wales and patches of rain moving west and may be brighter skies developing before thick cloud moves in and showers move to eastern and south—eastern scotland, but sunshine for north—west scotland where temperatures will be at 18 or 19 but elsewhere will be a cooler day with temperatures about 13 to 15 degrees and as we go into the weekend we will keep the cooler weather and there will still be showers around, light winds for many and across southern areas but it will be low pressure in charge over the weekend that will bring in the wind from the east, so still a bit of cloud on saturday, some showers, mainly affecting northern parts of the uk and further south there will be brighter skies but also the risk of heavier showers breaking out in
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hello. it‘s thursday. it‘s 10 o‘clock. i‘m victoria derbyshire. good morning. the former head of the family courts exclusively tells this programme it would be foolish to ignore the profoundly troubling weight of anecdotal evidence about problems in the familyjustice system and independent research is desperately needed. because it is shrouded in secrecy, but it will do not know what awaits them if they end up in family court, them if they end up in family court, the first rule of anybody abusing anybody in silence and i personally feel the court system abused me way more than my ex ever did. we‘ll hear from one woman whose ex—partner was given unsupervised overnight access to their daughter, even after the mum was told she was at high risk of being killed by him.
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