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good morning, welcome to breakfast with chris mason and mega munchetty. our headlines today: could this be the deal that gets brexit over the line? in herfinal push, theresa may promises a new "bold" offer to mp5. campaigners say laws for "revenge porn" should be stronger and victims should be given the right to anonymity. and mine‘s a treble. manchester city have completed the clean sweep of domestic trophies, thrashing watford 6—0 in the biggest fa cup final win for over 100 years.
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good morning, it's a pretty murky start for some of us. for others, the sun is already putting in an appearance but beware, there are some downpours to be dodged today. full details coming up later here on breakfast. # all i know, all i know, loving you is a losing game #. the netherlands wins the eurovision song contest in tel aviv. how did the uk do? we finished... last! morning, it's just after 8am. it's sunday, the 19th of may. our top story. a "new bold offer", that's what the prime minister is proposing, to finally get her brexit deal approved by mps. extra protection for workers‘ rights are expected to be at the centre of the proposals — but both conservative and labour mps say they're sceptical about the deal passing. our political correspondent, jonathan blake is in our
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london newsroom for us. jonathan, what's the offer, and will it be enough? she has tried, she keeps trying, is this the point where she can push it over the line? she certainly hope so and she is promising a bold author, what that will look like we do not know. there are some hints, expect a speech from the premise that no prime minister. —— speech from the prime minister. —— speech from the prime minister. there are some easy wins for the prime minister there, and environmental protections, work as' rights, security, operation, something that she hope labour mps will be persuaded to vote for her deal if they are added to it. there are bigger issues. the extent of the uk's customs relationship with the eu in the future, the labour party wa nts a eu in the future, the labour party wants a full customs arrangement, many on the tory side said we cannot deal with that because it would stop
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us deal with that because it would stop us doing trade deals around the world. how far will be prime minister move there? there is the issue of a feather referendum which downing street has ruled out, along with any changes to the withdrawal agreement that sets the divorce deal with britain's exit from the eu. the prime minister has to do something, she knows that, after three heavy defeats, but whether this will be enough is far from certain. it certainly is uncertain. thank you very much, jonathan. if you're catching a train today or getting ready for work tomorrow, you should be aware of major timetable changes which are coming into effect. train operators say they're adding more than 1,000 extra services per week. last year's changes led to weeks of delays and cancellations. here's our business correspondent, katy austin. tannoy: this service will remain here for approximately one minute. a huge overhaul of rail timetables last may resulted in huge disruption. govia thameslink and northern passengers were particularly badly hit. today's shake—up is a much smaller scale than a year ago.
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1,000 extra services being added across the country, aimed at boosting the economy and catering for growing passenger numbers. the rail operators and network rail say they have been working together to make sure lessons they learned from last year are put into place. they say they'll be monitoring the situation closely this time around and will be able to respond quickly if any problems do happen. the group representing people who travel by train says they need the change to go smoothly. well, we will know by the end of the morning commute on monday, that is kind of the acid test when this is really seen, whether it works or not. sunday is a trial run. monday morning is d—day for commuters, we will be watching on behalf of commuters and seeing how good the information is in particular. last summer's rail chaos led to apologies from the transport secretary and an inquiry concluded the rail industry needed to prioritise the interests of passengers. they are being advised to check before travelling but are also being assured plans are in place
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to minimise disruption. four years after the introduction of new laws to crack down on revenge porn, a bbc investigation has found cases are on the rise, but the number of prosecutions is falling. adrian goldberg from 5 live investigates has been looking into this and joins us now. adrian, what have you discovered? morning. it is really interesting, the question of revenge porn, the posting of images online without someone's permission, with the intention of causing them embarrassment 01’ intention of causing them embarrassment or distress, that is the definition of revenge porn. after i became a new law in 2015, there were more than 350 investigations into revenge porn. now that number is more than doubled in the last year, the number of people who are charged with the offence has actually gone down by 23%. right at the heart of all of this, the business of intention. it is
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really difficult to prove, that is one reason why the number of charges has gone down, the question of whether people are being forced into placing images online or whether they are just being told somebody has done it for fun they are just being told somebody has done it forfun or they are just being told somebody has done it for fun orjust to embarrass you, rather than cause you distress. the law needs to be more specific? that is what campaigners say, they wa nt that is what campaigners say, they want the idea that you are forced, they want the idea the threat of being forced to post images online to also be made on events as well. what has the ministry ofjustice said? this whole issue of whether people are being false to, being cause distress by theirs. they say it is not a sexual offence and therefore there is not the same level of justification for therefore there is not the same level ofjustification for bringing a case in this instance. thank you. the police have said they ta ke thank you. the police have said they take all the cases seriously, in their defence. thank you.
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and you can hear more about this on 5 live investigates at 11 o'clock this morning. the final phase of voting in india's general election is getting under way. today's voting draws to an end six weeks of elections and a long, bruising campaign. the ruling hindu nationalist party, the bjp, is hoping to repeat its 2014 performance, when it won the biggest general election victory by any party in 30 years. the austrian chancellor, sebastian kurz, has called for a snap election, after the resignation of his coalition partner over corruption allegations. a video showed heinz—christian strache — who'd been mr kurz‘s deputy — offering a woman posing as a russian oligarch's niece state contracts in return for political and financial support. in a national tv address, the chancellor listed other scandals involving the freedom party and said the video revelations had been the last straw. now this year's eurovision song contest had it all.
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you watch a bit, didn't you? yes. from russia's singing in the shower, australians on bendy poles and a half time performance from none other than madonna. it sounds really good. it was certainly a spectacle. a cornucopia of colour and noise. all of that. there was triumph for the netherlands who won for the first time since 1975, but despair for the uk who finished last. as well as talking about brexit every morning, here is the news that we report every year after eurovision has happened. we actually finish last. 0ur correspondent, david sillito was there. from tel aviv, israel, this is the grand final of the eurovision song contest, 2019! on stage, it was business as usual. but off—screen there were protests from those opposed to israel's occupation of the palestinian territories.
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chanting: taking part in eurovision means you join a racist mission! i think the world should not allow israel to host events like this because having events like the eurovision here is masking away the reality of the occupation. and injerusalem, police tackled 0rthodox protesters angered that the contest was being held on the jewish sabbath. in the end there were no major protests. the programme passed largely without incident. the uk's michael rice sang with gusto, but ended up in last place. and after days of doubts, madonna did perform, but fans were not sure if this was a deserving performance. the winner was duncan laurence of the netherlands, and among the fans he had been a firm favourite from the beginning.
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thank you. last year's change to the railway timetable caused over a month of misery for commuters, and led to a massive £5 million fine for one train operator. today there's another major update to the timetable and rail companies say they're making every effort to avoid a repeat of the chaos. anthony smith is chief executive of the independent passenger watchdog, transport focus, and joins us now from our london newsroom. good morning. how nervous are you? a lot of lessons learned hhopefully from last year, the rail industry and government got battered last year. there has been a huge amount of planning, a huge amount of effort put into this but the proof will be today and in particular tomorrow morning when the monday morning commute starts. i think passengers should be a bit nervous, check ahead, make sure your regular train is at the time it is, check the trains are running 0k and fingers
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crossed. yes, let's be blunt, last time it was a complete shambles. how reassuring are you? what reassu ra nces have reassuring are you? what reassurances have you been given this time to say it is been better? it isa this time to say it is been better? it is a different scale. we saw half of britain was among trains had new times new services last year, this time we're talking about 1000 new trains being gradually introduced over the next two to three days and it is spread right across the country. last year it was focused on is services in the north, this time it is spread across the country. passengers, while they will welcome the new services, more trains, more seats, underneath it all that has got to be a reliable railway. iam got to be a reliable railway. i am struck by how optimistic you are given what happened last year. the rail delivery group has said they have learned lessons from last summer they have learned lessons from last summerand they have learned lessons from last summer and they have a high confidence that the necessary infrastructure and staffing plans a
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new trains will be ready. when you look at what they are proposing, does it seem like a sensible adjustment? yes, it does. more people want to travel by rail, more people want to choose rail, they have more seats on the new trains, longer trains, eve ryo ne the new trains, longer trains, everyone wants to see those used in servers so the rail becomes a more attractive choice. the key for the industry is not to keep pumping more services in if the underlying trains cannot be reliable. all the passengers really want is a reliable train service to get is from a to b. the industry has got to make these changes but it has to be done in a structured and methodical and professional way, and that is what we are hoping for today and tomorrow. ido tomorrow. i do not want to be doom laden, but if last year was to repeat itself, even on smaller scale, what can individual passenger do if they encounter a problem today or
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tomorrow? in terms of trying to get recompense. you have got to make your voice heard, it is the best way of making sure the industry and the government make sure what —— understand what is happening on the ground. you can claim delays if your train is 15 minutes late or more. do you claim, it is really important to make your voice heard. 0therwise that message does not get back through the system. how much from your perspective, this is where i put my westminster hat on, do you look in the direction of chris grayling, the transport secretary, who has a his fair share of grief and things could be better with different political leadership? i think passengers waiting on the platform today and tomorrow want the train to run on time. they are less concerned about who is running it, they have paid for the service, they wa nt they have paid for the service, they want it to be reliable and a better chance of getting the seat, that is
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the key things that passengers are looking forward to a that is what they are concerned about. they are not looking forward for strategies, they are waiting for the next ring. the government could argue they are putting in the money and the investment. thank you for talking to us. it is 8:14am. here's ben with a look at this morning's weather. i should have known there was a sting in the tail. i will go, matt is not here today. neither is carol. darren, louise, no one else is here today. then, i think you are brilliant. the weather, i am looking behind you, the weather does not look that brilliant, you showed us fog earlier. it isa earlier. it is a bit misty and murky, this is actually dundee, eastern scotland, a
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bit murky, some mist and fog patches around in places. do not despair if you see those misty scenes, it will brighten up. thing is starting to brighten up in lincolnshire. through today some spells at sunshine, but bear in mind there will be some downpours to dodge as well. low pressure and charge across europe but not many white lines on this chart, not many isobars. it means the winds are quite light, nothing to push the weather along. things are not changing very quickly, so if showers turn up where you are they could be with you for the length of time. a lot of cloud around at the moment, some patchy rain, a cloud should turn to thin and break and we will see increasing amounts of sunshine through the day. as the sunshine gets going, so will be showers. silly moving, heavy downpours that could contain the odd rumble of thunder. —— slow—moving. scotland should have a brighter day than yesterday, some of these hit and mist heavy downpours. northern
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ireland clinging on more in the way of cloud. for much of england and wales, where you do not see cloud on the map, that is where we are expecting sunshine. some heavy showers, potential for expecting sunshine. some heavy showers, potentialfor mr expecting sunshine. some heavy showers, potential for mr dunn expecting sunshine. some heavy showers, potentialfor mr dunn in the north sea to lap onto some of the north sea to lap onto some of the coastline at times. —— potential for the mist and murk. during this evening and tonight, most of the showers will fade away but again we will see a lot of cloud, mist and fog returning on what will be an mild night. tempt is between eight and 11 celsius. into tomorrow, and mars start to the new working week. quite a gloomy start as well, but things will brighten up, we will see some sunshine but once again tomorrow we see some of the showers breaking out into the afternoon, some of them heavy or thundery, across eastern areas at this stage. in the best of the sunshine, we will feel warm. 20
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celsius. tuesday, some spells of sunshine, not as many showers by this stage, but some across scotland. in the best of the sunshine further south, 20, perhaps up sunshine further south, 20, perhaps up to 21 celsius. how does that suit you? great. world —class, how does that suit you? great. world—class, excellent. everyone else is out of a job. thank you very much, ben. you are trying to dig yourself out ofa you are trying to dig yourself out of a hole. it is 17 minutes past eight. the eu elections take place on thursday, but why should they matter to you and what are the key issues? we try to break this down and ask people about it. this morning, our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, reports from peebles in the borders, to see what voters there would like politicians to prioritise. scotland is one big constituency when it comes to the european elections. from the cities of the central belt to scotland's islands,
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from the mountains and the highlands, to here in the borders, six seats are up for grabs. we are starting with mountain bikers, in a race around the issues that are vexing voters. this spot is a popular pastime in the countryside around peebles. there is a lot of work going on in this area at the moment to develop tourism, to really put the scottish borders on the map. and that is influencing how you vote in the eu elections? i think so. i feel that as long as we are in europe we clearly need to have representation. i think there can only be one core issue, really, in the european elections, and that is brexit. and i think that is probably how people will vote. so what of brexit? three years ago a majority in scotland voted to stay part of the eu, but there are strong feelings on both sides and the temperature of the debate remains high. i'll vote for anything that says they want out of europe, regardless of my allegiances to other parties in the past.
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we don't want to brexit, so that would be about it, that would sum it up. that is the issue you will be deciding to vote on? we just want to stay as we are. i've got my voting card but i haven't a clue what to do. why is that? because i thought we weren't going to have any european elections! since the last european election five years ago, scots have gone to the polls plenty of times, including to vote in a referendum on scottish independence. that debate is ongoing. so might it play a role in the decision people face? over 60% of people voted to remain in this country and if they truly do want to remain i think there is only one real option for that to happen. what's that? independence. i disagree. that's fine. well, i'm welsh, i'm not scottish, i wouldn't vote for scottish independence,
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i don't think it's the right way to go. i think overwhelmingly for this particular election, i would like to send a strong message to westminster, you know, about how unimpressed we are about the way they've handled brexit. turnout for the european parliamentary elections tends to be low, but the mood music for this one — strong opinions from some, anger from others, and much wariness about the election ahead. you can find more news and analysis on the eu elections over on the bbc news website. thank you for your contributions, when i talked about someone talking on their chair. it turns out that thing under their wished more than just a safer or a chair, i am not
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going to try to pronounce. it is a cajon. 0ur going to try to pronounce. it is a cajon. our son has until the straightaway. if you are sitting in an assembly, you are not going to just bang the gas, are you? —— bang the desk. congratulations to chris and the team at brexitcast, they've picked up the listener's choice award at the british podcast awards. what is so nice about this, it is not industry people. it makes me blush, what is lovely about it, thank you to you if you voted for us, this wasn't one of those things where industry assemble in a room and cast their view. this was
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ultimately democracy. i am used as baking and holding people to account, and there was me and the other is doing it. we ended up with this nice piece of plastic. thank you very much, it means a lot. it is for the people who listen, the people who voted for it. without that, what is the point? thank you for less. i am going to stop blushing now and put it under the desk. music producer steve levine is here to tell us what's caught his eye. big night last night, eurovision. eurovision song contest to stop a war. the piece discusses how they negotiated to stop any rockets while the celeb volley celebrations were on. i am sure howe realise that if they launch rockets —— hamas realise that if they launch rockets it would
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look bad. england once again coming last. it is a real shame. it is interesting, we are mentioning it earlier, i think we are not place right now with it. the visual look of it is phenomenal, it really is phenomenal. some of the effects were. . . phenomenal. some of the effects were... but the audio is falling well behind. you produce an entry in 2000. for most people, not giving the game away, 99% of that is pre—recorded, the vocals are live. the backing vocals which were live well off stage, all vocals are done live on the night. i do not know what the real tsar with regard to how much postproduction you can do in real time. we are at a crossroads, if you go to a major concert at the 02, the production values that people expect and see are staggering. sound is fantastic, the performance is fantastic and i
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think television studios are restricted because you had the audience there and then you've got the television outfit. most people know, most of your vision outside the uk is on commercial station so they have got to go to advert breaks. some of the problems we have with the vocals not being in tune, the headphones, noise being very loud, the microphone is picking them up, and when you go to a professional concert, when you have playback, multi track its been used, so the sound engineers have control. here they do not have that, i think that is the problem here. madonna probably suffered from, in my view, i thought her second song she was using or to change effect, but may be on the first one it sounded like she was hitting the wrong notes, as opposed to her big out of tune. what does the uk have to do to actually win this thing? we have to look at where these songs are coming from, because traditionally if you go back to the 60s and 70s, people
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at the top of their game. we mentioned earlier about having skill sets, i think we need to make sure we're getting the songs from the professional songwriters and we get there dealer songs, not there be lessons. the main industry in pub in the uk is doing really well. making your mind up, that was the best one. doris day died in this past week. is this correct, you have worked with her son? this piece is from her biographer, it is nice and authentic. when i was recording the beach boys during the 805, terry melcher, he was a very famous record producer, he produced all of the birds records. for me as i record producer to get to work with him,
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co—writing many of the songs, e55entially he co—wrote a lot of the beach boy5 songs, but i got to work with them for a long time. the best story of all, dori5 wa5 with them for a long time. the best story of all, dori5 was not getting the residuals that you get. when stuff is on the television repeated you get residualfee5. she was not getting them because her contract was so terrible. terry went to law school, learned how to become a professional mu5ic lawyer and they fought the case against the american networks and he managed to give her the life that she had in later life as they managed to get residuals acro55 as they managed to get residuals across it. he was a fantastic person. so many stories, of which many i cannot say on breakfast. sadly he is not with us anymore. it was lovely to hear his story. the
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externally legacy of lyra mckee, the political conversation in northern ireland 5eem political conversation in northern ireland seem to have change as a result of what has happened. which can only be great. lyra mckee, a genus who was caught in crossfire and was shot. —— a journalist. it is outrageous, bringing the —— the incident. if you are dup 5upporter the incident. if you are dup supporter and that is your view, they dup go on about we wa nt to your view, they dup go on about we want to be part of the united kingdom. if you are a publican, you wa nt kingdom. if you are a publican, you want a united ireland, it actually i5 want a united ireland, it actually is the perfect solution. i intrigued by this, what is your morning beauty regime? those who know me well, i have a wife and two daughters, so my household is very, very product friendly. i do use moisturiser, i have got to make up
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on now. having my history with boy george where he had a whole range of male grooming product5, there was a whole box to use. do you think i full into the one third or two thirds? iam going third or two thirds? i am going to say the two thirds. you do not moisturise? ido you do not moisturise? i do not have a comb. moi5turise, seriously. a5a seriously. as a treat, i love a facial. seriously. as a treat, i love a faciallj seriously. as a treat, i love a facial. i do not like a facial, never. absolutely not. moisturiser. you must be in the one third of women who do not like that. i moi5turise. men are picking up on this, they spend £760 a year on essentials. it is quite expensive. i wonder if that includes things like the agent and shower gel as well.|j that includes things like the agent and shower gel as well. i use all of tho5e and shower gel as well. i use all of
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those things. and now uses about one bottle a year. look at the issues with skin cancer, and now my shows and when i face moisturiser, it is incredible. 0ne bottle of shower gel a year, ridiculous! steve, lovely to speak to you. i'm 750 quid up already. at10am, to you. i'm 750 quid up already. at 10am, you will be reading the news. it is on bbc news, we can talk to andrew. good morning. andrew, what's on the programme? i have had a beauty regime for a0 years and it has not worked yet. trust me, it works. we have the european elections coming on, a legal duty to talk to all the key partie5, legal duty to talk to all the key pa rties, really legal duty to talk to all the key partie5, really long legal duty to talk to all the key pa rties, really long and legal duty to talk to all the key partie5, really long and feisty programme, i hope, at10am. i have been speaking to jeremy programme, i hope, at10am. i have been speaking tojeremy corbyn, nicola sturgeon, leader of the snp,
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will be talking to us in glasgow. i will be talking to us in glasgow. i will have vince cable, chuka umunna speaking for that new party chains uk and speaking for the government, rory stewart who is the newest cabinet minister and one of the many toys he wants to 605 —— one of the many tories who wants to succeed theresa may. we also have stacey dooley. we will waltz and dance our way through an hour of politics. angie is perfectly maestros, and then we have all the dancing. angie is perfectly maestros, and then we have all the dancinglj angie is perfectly maestros, and then we have all the dancing. i am going to get some andrew marr afters have. perfect, they had burns are coming up, we will see you soon. —— the headlines are coming out.
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hello, this is breakfast with chris mason and naga munchetty. here's a summary of this morning's main news: theresa may says she intends to present a "new bold offer" to mp5 in a final attempt to get them to approve her brexit deal next month. extra protection for workers' rights are expected to be at the centre of the proposals, which is among labour's demands. the prime minister's promised to outline a timetable for her departure after the commons vote. if you're catching a train today, or getting ready to get one tomorrow, you should be aware of major timetable changes which are coming into effect. train operators say they're adding more than 1,000 extra services per week. train companies and network rail say they've learned the lessons from last summer when changes led to weeks of delays and cancellations. cases of revenge porn in england and wales are on the rise, but the number of prosecutions is falling, according to a bbc investigation. it comes four years
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after the introduction of new laws to crack down on the sharing of private or sexual images or videos of a person without their consent. campaigners claim the laws are not fit for purpose and police still need more training. the national police chiefs council insists forces take the crime "very seriously". for the first time, a congressman from the us republican party, has said president trump should face impeachment. justin amash says he came to that conclusion after reading the mueller report on russian interference in the 2016 election. he said donald trump had clearly attempted to obstruct justice, something the president has always denied. the austrian chancellor, sebastian kurz, has called for a snap election, after the resignation of his coalition partner over corruption allegations. a video showed heinz—christian strache, who'd been mr kurz‘s deputy, offering a woman posing as a russian oligarch's niece state contracts in return for political and financial support.
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in a national tv address, the chancellor listed other scandals involving the freedom party and said the video revelations had been the last straw. the netherlands has won the eurovision song contest for the first time since 1975. duncan laurence's song arcade had been the bookmakers favourite, and came out on top with a92 points. madonna also performed at the show after days of speculation. the uk's michael rice came last withjust 16 points. good morning. you were confused earlier. why australia is in the eurovision song contest. jake got in touch with us and said, australia was invited to take part as a one—off in 2015. the viewing figures for the event are massive in
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australia. so because it was so popular, australia was invited to continue. but if australia wins, they have to choose a european country to host it. otherwise it would be in the middle of the night to watch it. talking of winning, what a wind! yes, what a season. they didn't just win they didn'tjust win it, they romped to that fa cup went. beating watford, poor old watford, who have never won anything major, they waited a long time to get to the semifinal. is it worse to get knocked out of the cup early on, or get to the final and get walloped? get to the final, without a doubt. 0n final, without a doubt. on friday, the fans were very excited. not feeling so happy right
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now. manchester cityjust carried on winning. the manchester city manager pep guardiola says winning is "addictive", and he's already looking ahead to next season when he says they start again on zero. they thrashed watford 6—0 in the fa cup final. david silva, who was in the side the last time city won the cup in 2011, opened the scoring in the first half with his first goal since december. it was 2—0 at half—time, but gabriel jesus and raheem sterling 6—0 equals the record score in an fa cup final set in 1903. it just shows what the manager itjust shows what the manager is building here. we came here at the start of the season, and he said let's get the mentality right and try to go to the premier league again. we have done it again, we have done it exceptionally well, and it is credit to all the boys were being switched on throughout the season. it is a long season and i'm happy everyone has been focusing all the way through. what a season he
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has had. we will catch up with a couple of manchester city fans in a moment. and in the weekend's other big final, the best club team in women's football, lyon, won the women's champions league for a fourth year in a row. england's lucy bronze and wales' jess fishlock were in the side that thrashed barcelona a—1 in the final in budapest. the star though, once again, was the norwegian ada hegerberg who scored a first half hat—trick. this is their sixth champions league title in eight years, and they've only lost two league games in the last nine seasons, with a goal difference of plus 957. 0ne one of the great teams in world football at the moment. the american brooks koepka looks to be coasting towards another us pga title. he's on 12 under, seven shot‘s clear in the second major of the year, going into today's final round at
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bethpage black in new york. that's a record after three rounds at this tournament. if he wins, he'll become the first player to hold back—to—back titles in two majors at the same time after winning the us open in 2017 and 2018. not even tiger woods did that in his prime. england's matt wallace is in the chasing pack on four under. johanna konta will be looking to win her first clay court title later today. she faces karolina pliskova in the final of the italian 0pen. the british number 0ne reached the final after beating the dutch 6th seed kiki bertens in three sets in rome. virginia wade was the last british woman to win this tournament back in 1971. there were a couple of important bouts in boxing overnight. deontay wilder retained his wbc heavyweight title by beating fellow american dominic brezeale. wilder made very short work of it too, with a brutalfirst
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round knockout in new york. he was asked about a potential rematch with tyson fury or unification fight with anthonyjoshua, and he said that "no doors are closed". good win too for britain's billyjoe saunders, who took the vacant wbo world super—middleweight title. he beat the german shefat isufi on points at the lamex stadium in stevenage, and can now call himself a two—weight world champion. there was more british success at the world taekwondo championships in manchester. jadejones has completed a career grand slam with a first world crown to go with her 0lympic, european and grand prix titles. she beat the defending champion lee ah—reum1a—7. there was also a bronze for 16—year—old aaliyah powell but it was jones' night. it literally feels amazing, it doesn't seem real, really.
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it has just always been the one that has got away. you do have doubts, "maybe i'm just an olympic girl" or something like that. but i've done everything now to win. you know, i canjust go to bed and sleep now. let's get more reaction on that historic win for manchester city. fans lisa rabinowitz and nigel rothband join us now from wembley. it must have been a fantastic final for you guys. what a season, pipping liverpool by a nose in the title race. both cup runs. lisa, what was it like witnessing history yesterday? it wasjust unbelievable. i don't think any of us could have imagined that this would happen. 20 yea rs imagined that this would happen. 20 years ago, i was sitting in the old wembley getting us —— watching us get out of division two. this is the stuff d rea ms get out of division two. this is the stuff dreams are made of. and what
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about you, nigel? well, last season was pretty special. the centurions, 100 points. to improve on that, i'm going to call it the quadruple. let chuckin going to call it the quadruple. let chuck in the community shield as well. before domestic trophies we could when, and it is the style in which we have done it. we have got the most fantastic manager, a great squad, and it is a great time to be a manchester city fan. squad, and it is a great time to be a manchester city fanlj squad, and it is a great time to be a manchester city fan. i am with many fans, a manchester city fan. i am with manyfans, i'm a manchester city fan. i am with many fans, i'm not buying this quadruple with the community shield. you have one enough! manchester city went for a long time without winning anything. for watford it was a very special day for them as well, because they have not been in a final 35 years. you have won everything over the past eight years under these new owners. do you sometimes pent yourselves over what this club has achieved, and what they are doing? yes, and pep
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guardiola talks about improvement all the time. an iconic moment yesterday was, at the end of the game with his winners medal he went up game with his winners medal he went up to raheem sterling and he was coaching him, telling him all the things he didn't get right. that is just the man. we will improve again next year, i'm sure there is no doubt, but we just keep improving and improving. just a magical moment yesterday, a fantastic victory. totally dominated the game. six goals, a record win in an fa cup final. it is a dream time for us at the moment. yes, we are seeing those pictures now. raheem sterling said he was having a go at him for trying to nickjesus ‘s he was having a go at him for trying to nickjesus '5 goal when it was going over the line anyway. it doesn't matter anyway. there is this thing hanging over the club, uefa looking at financial fair play. did you worry about that as fans?|j don't know enough about it to worry about it, and the club are dealing
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with it and have been strong in their statements about it. i guess people have to wait and see what happens. am just enjoying this amazing team. absolutely. they play some remarkable football. i have got to come clean, nigel, i am a spurs fan, and obviously that is where manchester city have fallen short. as you go forward defending every trophy, it is europe you would dearly love to crack next season. yes, next season you are right, if you spoke to most city fans before the season started, dominating the premier league would have been everyone does micro priority, back to back titles, quadruple is unprecedented, and no one expected us unprecedented, and no one expected us to do all of that. but yes, i think pep guardiola will be disappointed, but it is fine margins in the champions league. it is a knockout tournament, and who thought
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raheem sterling skull at the etihad, aoran raheem sterling skull at the etihad, a oran ankle raheem sterling skull at the etihad, a or an ankle offside, it is fine margins —— his goal. we would love to do that, but let's just celebrate what has been the most fantastic season for who are the best team may be this country has ever seen. nigel and lisa, there is no argument with that. a very special group of players. many thanks and congratulations after another wonderful season. it is the victory parade tomorrow in manchester when they will be showing off all their shiny trophies. there will be for. i am still not buying that! it is hiv, but not as important as the other three. and the season is not over with the european finals as well. yes, that is in ten days' time between arsenal and chelsea. then the big one in madrid, tottenham against liverpool.
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nervous just against liverpool. nervousjust thinking against liverpool. nervous just thinking about it! thank you. i don't think i am allowed to throw to ben this morning. i think to ben this morning. ithinki to ben this morning. i think i betterjust do itjust for the sake of harmony. here's ben with a look at this morning's weather. thank you, good morning. if you have justjoined us, good morning to you. you may be peeling back the curtains, looking at what the weather has in store, and for some of us it is this kind of thing that greets you, some mist and fog. stick with it, things should brighten up and we will see some spells of sunshine. but with that at some time, there will be some downpours to dodge. some will be heavy and thundery, quite slow—moving with light winds. no pressure in charge at the moment, allowing those showers to pop up. not many white
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lines on this chart, that means the wind is falling light. the satellite picture, we are starting the day with a lot of cloud, but good clear brea ks with a lot of cloud, but good clear breaks across parts of north—east england, towards the south—west. the sunny breaks will open up as the day wears on, say more blue sky and sometime later, but equally some showers developing. by this afternoon, scotland will be brighter thanit afternoon, scotland will be brighter than it has been for much of that weekend, seeing some sunshine working in from the east. feeling warmer than yesterday, 15 celsius in aberdeen. across england and wales, a mixture of sunny spells and showers. some places will avoid showers. some places will avoid showers completely and stay dry. for some of these eastern coastal counties, some cloud, mist and merck might clap onto the shore line from time to time. the best of the
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sunshine filling warm at 19 or 20 celsius. this evening, the showers will fade, but continuing areas of low cloud, mist and fog. murky in places, but mild. into tomorrow, a mild, murky start for many of us. areas of mist and fog. some sunshine but a scattering of showers breaking out. the heaviest showers will be across central and eastern parts of england. north and scotland could see quite a few showers tomorrow, but where you see the sunshine, temperatures could reach 20 celsius. 0n temperatures could reach 20 celsius. on tuesday, high pressure tries to build them from the west, which will settle the weather down, it pushes the showers down so they won't be as many. another fairly warm the showers down so they won't be as many. anotherfairly warm day the showers down so they won't be as many. another fairly warm day with temperatures in the high teens or late 205. heading deeper into the week, wednesday looks like another fine and warm day, but it does turn
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more unsettled by the end of the week. that is all from me this weekend. enjoy your sunday. i think you are brilliant, that was wonderful. and you are both brilliant as well. enjoy the rest of your weekend, ben. u nsettled enjoy the rest of your weekend, ben. unsettled is the new mixed. when the second world war began, nearly three—million children were evacuated from britain's main cities to the safety in one case, every pupil from one school were moved from london to wales. 0ur reporter, tomos morgan, has been to meet the last two surviving members, as they met for the first time since the end of the war. and we haven't met since we left school. since we left school. no. but you haven't altered. no, nor you. laughter. it has been 76 years since they last met.
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but the school time memories of powis castle are still as clear as ever. do you remember miss gwyn? called her 'beaky'! very tall and very thin and she taught english. 0h, she was good though. during the second world war, thousands of schoolchildren from the cities were moved to safer rural locations. as governor of the welsh girls' school in ashford, just outside london, lord powis invited the pupils there to be taught in his family home in powis castle, mid—wales. i think we were quite unaware of the war going on. because we were never told what was happening. wendy duff and mabel gower are now the last two surviving members of their year group. and in addition to the lessons, the homework, and the recreational activities they had here, the girls spent hours making much—needed articles that were sent
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to our battling troops. every spare minute we were knitting. we used to knit socks. we were made aware of the troops and what they wanted. and scarves, garters. what about the sea boot stockings for the navy? i hated doing those, because it was a thick wool and it was very oily. were you doing that as a hobby or were you asked? we were not allowed to waste any time at all. in the 80th year since the beginning of the second world war, this now national trust—run castle has been recreated for the public as the school it once was between 1939 and 19a6. we think there were about between 40 and 50 girls. it was the home of the herbert family, the earl of powis and his family. it was a hunting lodge, really, for them at that time. and they invited the welsh girls' school that lord powis
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was governor for. that that's margaret gregory... before the war ended, wendy and mabel parted to study at different colleges in london and the midlands. yet, after a lifetime apart, the memories of their time in powis live on. i feel as if we haven't really missed a time, you know. we both had completely different lives. it makes me very grateful that i've lived so long. exactly, exactly. what a lovely story. it really is. incredible. we are not celebrating eurovision in the uk. but the netherlands is. a little work for the uk to do, having finished last. but yes, the netherlands won for the first time since 1975. as always, it had it all,
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from russia's singing in the shower, australians on bendy poles, and a half time performance from non other than madonna. welcome to the eurovision song contest 2019.
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it is the netherlands! thank you. 0ur colleague he produces the business news here on breakfast is also a eurovision super fan. he went to tel aviv to watch the show. it looks awful there! good morning, tel aviv calling, are you all right? i'm really well, tell me about the night. absolutely fantastic. we all love watching eurovision once a year back home, but there is nothing quite like being in the host city. we have been here for a week now. everyone watches the grand final on the saturday night, but what a lot of people probably don't realise is there is a cheery final, which is when the cherries decide what point they will give to the countries. it isa they will give to the countries. it is a whole rerun of what you see on
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tv on the friday night. there are live semifinals, ticketed rehearsals, it is a week of shows. the contestants here have been here for two or three weeks, so the whole city becomes a festival of eurovision. it has been an incredible experience. sounds brilliant, but the uk didn't do so well. why do you think that was? well, it was never going to do well, let's be honest. it was not tipped by the bookies and they spot on with the winner. there are a1 countries that took part, we watched 26 in the grand final, but there are another seven or eight that get eliminated in the semifinals. your son needs to stand out. i need to have a message, it needs to be something that people can get on board with. it needs to be catchy. we tend to, at the
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moment, pick what i would call x factor style sums. what we are tuned asa factor style sums. what we are tuned as a country to vote for. the trouble is, says songs when you hit them once don't work when they are amongst a1 other songs. it needs to stand out. but the netherlands are a great example. they have not won since 1975. they had about eight yea rs since 1975. they had about eight years that they needed to qualify for those yes they did not even get to the grand final. one on madonna. the backing singers had palestinian and it israeli flags. you could not be too political, but also eight same sex marriage bill dimension. yes, you can't be political, and the problem with madonna there was a
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question over whether she would even appear. i don't know how many rehearsals she did. we were told it had not been in the rehearsal and they were not happy about it. whilst it is not political, the contest has a lwa ys it is not political, the contest has always been a vehicle for social change. 0ne always been a vehicle for social change. one of the hosts mentioned his same—sex marriage. israel is one of the most tolerant countries in the middle east, and the netherlands winner identified as bisexual, and there were others with a positive message, so that has always been something that makes people proud of the contest that they deliver social change. enjoy yourself, don't work too hard. we will see you back in the office. i will bring you something back. enjoy the sunshine
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and the beach. iam hazarding and the beach. i am hazarding a guess he had quite a good time. joining us in the studio is eurovision superfan, will 0'regan. peter was saying about the uk entry, not just this year, peter was saying about the uk entry, notjust this year, but in previous yea rs, notjust this year, but in previous years, do you agree with what he was saying about what the uk needs to do to clamber off the bottom spot?|j com pletely to clamber off the bottom spot?|j completely agree in that respect. what seems to be happening, and i have spoken about this before on this show, the problem is the uk attitude to the contest isn't what it would need to be for the uk to do well at the contest. it is a comedy, it is entertainment, but in a jovial way. for the sum to be taken seriously, that is a true british artist, something that is organically from the uk, notjust an attempt with a win with an x factor
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style son, that is what you would need. that people are not applying and putting their best songs in because they don't want it to be associated with eurovision. but how can you take this sort of thing seriously when there are people singing in showers and so on? eurovision has always been visual. if you want to get through, then you are going to have to have something thatis are going to have to have something that is visually impactful. michael rice '5 performance, whilst certainly in june and rice '5 performance, whilst certainly injune and he is a lovely quy: certainly injune and he is a lovely guy, it was not enough for him to stand out. that is not to say the uk could not win. the fact that the netherlands have waited all this time to win and have now won, it can be done, but you need to treat the contest differently at home before you can send something there that is going to be respected and voted for. wasn't i spent quite political? very
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much. from the off, hatari, the group, were selected. they said straight off they were going to make a political statement, but they will being watched like hawks all the way through, the organisers. they feared something was going to happen, and thenit something was going to happen, and then it did when they got their final result, they held up scarves that said palestine, which got a really big boo. i was kind of enjoying it, even though i couldn't hear it when i had to answer the same. that's right, it is bigger thanit same. that's right, it is bigger than it has ever been, itjust grows and grows. visually, it is stunning. that is what it has been doing all these years, shelling of the very best of the best. thank you for coming on, we appreciate it.
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that's all from us for today. until then enjoy, the rest of your weekend. goodbye.
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this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at nine: theresa may promises mp5 a bold new offer on brexit to try to get her deal through parliament before she leaves office. a bbc investigation finds a fall in the number of prosecutions for revenge porn, even though there are more reported incidents of it. # all i know, all i know, loving you is a losing game #. triumph for the netherlands in this year's eurovision song contest, but despair for the uk, who finished last. manchester city celebrate victory in the fa cup final,

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