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this is bbc news, the headlines at eight o'clock. boris johnson this is bbc news, the headlines at eight o'clock. borisjohnson watches his campaign to become the next prime minister with the promise to deliver brexit and win the general election. delay, means defeat, delay meansjeremy election. delay, means defeat, delay means jeremy corbyn. kick election. delay, means defeat, delay meansjeremy corbyn. kick the can again and we kicked the bucket. sajid javid became the last of the ten candidates to set out his campaign according to the foreign secretary, yesterday's news. he does not have a big role to play, if we are trying to connect with the next generation and move forward as a country, then it is time for the next generation bought new agenda.
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the eyes to the right, the notice to the left 309. mps reject labour's attempt to give mps the power to stop a new prime minister pushing through a no—deal brexit against their wishes. promising to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2,050. ina carbon emissions to net zero by 2,050. in a bid to tackle climate change. landlords approve a plan to shut shops and slashed rent. and chris's bid for a fifth tour de france is over after the british cyclist breaks his leg in a crash.
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good evening and welcome to bbc news. two more conservative candidates have launch their campaigns to replace theresa may as party leader and become the next prime minister. boris johnson, currently the front runner was determined to take britain out of the eu by the end of october. he was notaiming to the eu by the end of october. he was not aiming to leave without a deal, but he would prepare for that outcome. the home secretary, sajid javid, said he was different from westminster elites and the country needed a new kind of leader. he and borisjohnson are the last of the ten candidates to launch their campaigns. the first ballad of conservative mps takes place tomorrow. here is our correspondence. will boris johnson be the prime minister? his dream for more than a decade. the waiting crush felt like the return of a long lost unholy union. family in one corner.
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tory remainers and leavers again sharing the queues. hoping he can bring the slow—moving brexit crisis to an end. delay means defeat. delay means corbyn. kick the can again and we kick the bucket. after three years and two missed deadlines, we must leave the eu on october the 31st. applause time and again he mentioned his double victory as mayor of london, pitching himself as the man to beat labour. injeremy corbyn, we have a man who is far to the left of ken livingstone in his nihilistic determination to hike taxes to penal rates, to attack wealth creation. my friends, we cannot let them anywhere near downing street. he carries baggage, though, and plenty of it. mrjohnson can you suggested brexit would be a straightforward win win
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and actually it has been a chaotic mess. as foreign secretary, you offended people at home and abroad you have a reputation for being cavalier with vital detail and already in this campaign you are telling some supporters you will do everything to avoid leaving the eu without a deal and others that you will gladly do that. a simple question, if you want to be prime minister, can the country trust you? yes, of course, laura. i think perhaps in that great minestrone of observations there was one substantive question which was that... one crouton that i picked up, was you think i have been somehow inconsistent. somehow inconsistent, laura, in saying i don't want a nodal outcome, but i think it is right for our great country to prepare for that outcome. i think what most
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people understand... applause if we make the preparations now, we will carry the conviction with our friends and partners that we are indeed able to make such an exit, if we really have too. if we really have to. he can'tjoke his way out of controversy though. there were somejeers. when he was challenged on remarks made about muslim women and being fit for office. if sometimes in the course of trying to get across what i genuinely think, i use phrases and language that cause offence, of course i'm sorry for the offence i have course but i will continue to speak as directly as i can. not so direct when asked if he had ever used cocaine, he wouldn't answer. i think what most people in this country really want us to focus on. in this campaign if i may say so, is what we can do for them. it is borisjohnson‘s to lose but there are
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plenty of others trying to shove him off the stage. the final launch to date makes ten candidates in the race. other voices in the tory party are ready to argue for change. this is a phrase that i've not used very often, but he is the man for me! the home secretary, after the big promotion as well. as we face the challenges that are unlike any we have faced before, this calls for a new kind of leadership from a new kind of leader. a leader is notjust for christmas orjust for brexit. we cannot risk going with someone who feels like the short term comfort zone choice. i would say i am a change candidate. borisjohnson is a yesterday's news. not if he can help it. brexit! mrjohnson believes there are plenty more chapters in his story.
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there is a long way to go in this race. you cannot touch it! but whether you love to hate him or hate to love him, borisjohnson and the resistance he provokes will simply not be ignored. while conservative candidates were making theircampaign, making control of government to avoid the uk leaving the eu without a deal was rejected by 309 votes to 298. let's listen back now to some of the debate in the commons. mr speaker, it paves way for apartment to take further action, it paves way for apartment to take furtheraction, including it paves way for apartment to take further action, including to prevent no deal should the house that necessary. and crucially. if they're foolish enough to try and pursue a no—deal
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brexit without getting the consent of this house, or to get parliament into no deal, then parliament will have the means to prevent that. into no deal, then parliament will have the means to prevent thatm is the nature of what the houses been asked to support the date that is the issue. it is the concentration of control and emotion from an individual and the speaker together. it is the scope of that which is potentially so widespread, it is at odds with the manifestos that both front benches stood, it is, in essence, an attempt to circumvent some of the attention within the party. —— contention. our political correspondent ben wright is at westminster. we start with that vote, and that the motion was overturned, where does this leave the desire of those
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who try to seize control and make sure parliament gets its a? it is back to the drawing board for them. they had to come up with a pretty audacious way of seizing control of the parliamentary agenda and two weeks' time. because the government controls the business of the house, but this was pushed by later and backed by other opposition parties to carve a day's business on the 25th ofjune, during which mps are trying to push legislation that could have the effect of stopping a no—deal brexit. perhaps by instructing the government to go and seek a further extension of a deal had been passed by the end of october, which is when we are currently set to leave the eu. so thatis currently set to leave the eu. so that is how it could have panned out if the motion at past, but it didn't andi if the motion at past, but it didn't and i got a majority of 12, largely because a number of labour mps decided not to back their own party. they either opposed the motion or abstain. at the moment, there is no
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parliamentary mechanism for them to intervene on the brexit process as it unfolds through the summer and into the autumn. and i think all mps are very aware that the clock is running down quickly. meanwhile, there is the business of the tory leadership contest and we heard from the final two candidates today. we have ten candidates as of today, that would change tomorrow when one oi’ that would change tomorrow when one or two of them are knocked out and the first round of voting by mps of the first round of voting by mps of the task of whittling down this field of ten to just two would just go to the vote of the wider membership and we did finally hear from borisjohnson, membership and we did finally hear from boris johnson, the membership and we did finally hear from borisjohnson, the front runner in this race. he has been keeping his head down and uncharacteristically quiet, but that has not harmed his chances or his prospects, the number of his public backers have increased, he launched his campaign officially, making a
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pretty safe statement i think, on what you want to do for the country if he becomes prime minister and six questions from journalists before running off again. he pleaded pretty safe and considering the position he's in, many people believed that boris johnson's this he's in, many people believed that borisjohnson‘s this race is his to lose. because he set a record of imploding before and there's quite a long way to run in this race. you have sajid javid as well, presenting himself as the antithesis of boris johnson. the change candidate saying that the conservatives need a different messenger at the top of the party and he, with his background and experience, represents a change. the ten candidates to become the next conservative leader have set out their position on why they should be the next prime minister. with me to discuss where the campaign lies ahead of tomorrow's crucial first vote is the guardian columnist dawn foster.
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at westminster is jason groves, political editor at the daily mail. thank you very much forjoining us. i thank you very much forjoining us. ,we thank you very much forjoining us. , we have been gradually working our way to the candidates we heard from borisjohnson way to the candidates we heard from boris johnson today and way to the candidates we heard from borisjohnson today and sajid way to the candidates we heard from boris johnson today and sajid javid and what did you think of them?|j think and what did you think of them?” think borisjohnson was extraordinarily cage like, we know he likes to pay up the image of the troublesome rogue, he plans very clearly what is going to say and it is very clear that he has a lot of backers who have come together to make a very slick media strategy for him and that involves reining in his outspoken behaviour. he did not say very much in his speech and when he came to questions, he only took six from journalists and it is his race to lose, so the idea is to get him past the initial stages without a
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big incident, but they can turn that over to the members. such about getting him past that and that involves reining in his personality. will come to sajid javid in a minute, but let's get your thoughts on the man widely considered to be the front runner, but many people after that campaign launched today say he was pretty dismissive of the questions that were put to him and played it safe. yes, he took six questions but he did not answer them. he probably only answered a couple of them and he was extremely dismissive of any questions about his past conduct, pass comments he may have made and anything that might get him into trouble. he played a very safe today. he did not learn very much about what he would do is prime minister other than deliver brexit, which he says he will definitely have done by halloween. and that is understandable because he is in poor position and does not want to mess it up. and so it was a pretty safe
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launch, it was not boris unleashed. asking for your thoughts on sajid javid, the home secretary, he had a very contrasting approach today, much more personal approach and branched a lot wider than brexit. he is in branched a lot wider than brexit. he isina branched a lot wider than brexit. he is in a different position, he does have to take a few risks. there still a little bit of life left in his campaign. he played it as the outsider, made a lot of the fact that he does not have an old school tie, that he went to the comprehensive main street and the contrast with boris johnson comprehensive main street and the contrast with borisjohnson in particular in one or two of the other candidates was made clear. both were going on at westminster that interrupted and the home secretary was looking about as relaxed as i've seen them. i think he is enjoying this campaign and make a little bit further yet. we do
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have this first vote tomorrow and a couple of candidates expected to fall by the wayside, what do you think we can expect to see? when we see people pass the threshold, we are going to look at who might leave first, and probably esther, who is an outsider anyway. she did not fall particularly well on tv, had an altercation and trying to run a very different campaign, really struggle to get mps on the side, trying to go for the social media angle and homestead that will net him a few more people. seeing one of those two leave is most likely the moment where is everyone else is pretty safe it can expect to go onto the next stage. members of the party will be weighing up what they want and a leader in carefully analysing what is being said about the approach to brexit and so on. what do you think is going to be crucial among the minds of mps that to make the decision? they are looking for
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two things and they are combined. they're looking for someone who can get us out of this brexit mess and somebody who can be jeremy corbyn and those two things are linked because the general view among mps, especially after those european elections where nigel was researching is that unless they deliver brexit, they cannot win an election and if they can deliver brexit quickly, it will be pretty well— placed. they're looking brexit quickly, it will be pretty well—placed. they're looking for who they think is best placed to actually face down the eu and, if necessary, take down parliament. —— face down parliament. and the final thing for the conservative party, jeremy corbyn and his shadow cabinet, what would they be hoping to see? what is the ideal for them? i think if boris does actually win, they could play very well for labour, there is a lot of talk about him being popular, but we look at
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his favorability across the spectrum, he is still very unpopular. even when you compare him to theresa may and jeremy corbyn, who were quite divisive, he is still pretty unpopular with a lot of conservative voters. so boris may be the best choice for them, where some of conservative voters. some boris may be the best choice for them, where someone likejeremy hunt may keep the core vote, but bring more people onto the side. it may be different with other people think. we still have six weeks to follow all the ins and outs of this, but it is great to have the thoughts of you all. shouting and confronting each other was some the scenes we saw today, get your little flavour of what we saw today. while this is all going 0h saw today. while this is all going on and we will find out how the story of the tory leadership and ongoing brexit debate are covered in the front pages.
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at ten a0 and 11.30 this evening in the papers our guests joining me tonight are the sun on sunday's political editor, david wooding and polly mackenzie, director of the centre left think tank demos. the headlines on bbc news. boris johnson launches his campaign to become the next prime minister with a promise to deliver brexit and win a general election. sajid javid become the last of the ten candidates to set out his campaign pitch calling the former foreign secretary, yesterday's news. in other news the uk government promises to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 in a bid to tackle climate change. sport now for a full round up,. missing the tour de france after
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fracturing his right femur and ribs and a high—speed crash, the collision happened before stage four where he hit a wall at 60 kph when he took his hands off his handlebars to blow his nose. he was later airlifted to the hospital, the 2012 olympic gold medallist broke her own femur during her career and it has been giving her reaction. i think it's the only way to go forward after an entry like this and all the best people around you, keep them close, he is in the best hands and he will have the best support. this focus on what he can do and some more goals to get them back on the bike. it did take place today and adam has become the new leader and adam has become the new leader and taking a jersey for seconds clear of dylan. the cricket world
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cup finally got back under way today after rain washed out two matches earlier in the week, with the victory for australia over pakistan and david warner scored his first international since serving a year—long ban for his part in the ball tempering scandal, foisting teddy not posting total, but they look like they may reach it after some big hitting. but, wasn't to be? late wickets, including this run outside the 41 runs short, the second defeat as they take on their arch rivals, india, australia now on points as new zealand at the top of the table. confirmed his head coach of the british and irish lines for a third time he will stand out as the coach after the world cup finishes in november. he would take charge of
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the lands from next summer and leap into south africa in 2021. he has already taken the lions to victory. in the past. germany made it to winds of the world cup after a 1—0 winds of the world cup after a 1—0 win over spain, and in group eight, nigeria picked up theirfirst win over spain, and in group eight, nigeria picked up their first win of the tournament, beating south korea 2-0, it the tournament, beating south korea 2—0, it gave nigeria the lead on the half—hour mark and then, the former bbc women's footballer of the year doubled their lead with this brilliant second victory and their last game against france, it will likely be enough to take them through. the hosts france are hoping to make it two wins out of does not, they're playing more weight with over 20 minutes played, still goalless and you can watch live coverage on the red button and the
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bbc sport website. andy murray says he isa bbc sport website. andy murray says he is a bit to be back playing singles tennis by the end of the year. he is due to play doubles in queens next week, the proper competition for having that surgery 0h competition for having that surgery on his hip, singles again and he thinks it is possible before the year is out but he has ruled being ready in time for the us in august. the former world heavyweight, tyson fu rey the former world heavyweight, tyson furey says anthonyjoshua is finished. after he lost his heavyweight belt to andyjunior at the start where they will likely have a rematch at the end of the year, tyson fury has said a performance like that is hard to return from. i thought he would win 0h return from. i thought he would win on points, and try to knock them out in the first few rounds, realised he couldn't but go for a points victory. people are like no, it's going to get knocked out. but tough loss, body types mean nothing in
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boxing. i've been champion, but we come to the i'll have more for you in sports day and half past ten, back to you. the prime minister has announced plans to cut the uk's carbon emissions to almost zero over the next 30 years to help tackle climate change. it would mean, among other things, millions of people switching from petrol and diesel cars to electric vehicles and taking fewer flights. if the plans are passed, britain would become the first major economy to adopt such a legally binding target. here's our science editor david shukman. this is a huge moment in the effort to tackle climate change, a radical vision to shut off the gases that are raising temperatures. no more sights like this, of exhaust fumes pouring into the air, and no more gas burning in our homes for cooking or for heating.
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these are the men, and here is the metal. the country that led the industrial revolution got rich with the help of coal, but using it released carbon dioxide that's still in the atmosphere, and adding no more of it is one of the prime minister's final moves in office. well, i believe that we have a moral duty to leave this world in a better condition than what we inherited, and that's why today we are announcing that we will be ending our contribution to climate change by 2050, and legislating for a net zero emissions target. so, what is a net zero target? well, it means running the economy without adding two levels of greenhouse gases. offshore wind turbines are key to that, and there will be a lot more of them, and it also means making big changes in our everyday lives, like in this eco—house. first off, triple—glazed windows, and walls that are incredibly thick and well insulated. amazingly, this place has no
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central heating at all, instead the natural warmth of the room is drawn off through these extractors, taken into this device, where it's used to heat up fresh cooler airfrom outside, which is then warmed up, and released through this pipe up here. the result — a temperature of 21 degrees, for virtually no power, and with technologies that are available right now. what about the cost of all this? if we are all going to switch to electric cars, for example, who pays for the chargers? the treasury is worried that the bills will mount up. supporters say cleaning the air will benefit everyone and reduce costs for the nhs, but one of the teenage school protesters says everything's too slow. 2050 is far too late, unfortunately. we urgently need to actually take immediate action, rather than having this over the course of nearly 30 years.
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so, what's the international view of britain's action? well, china is the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, dwarfing whatever we produce. but it's also investing the most in clean technologies, with the world's biggest fleets of electric buses. even so, the chinese economy and others are set to quadruple in size. so whatever we do, may not make much difference. global warming and addressing global warning is overwhelmingly about how do you deal with four chinas, four indians, four africas within 30 years, oh, and another billion and a half people as well. a map of global warming, despite every effort, temperatures keep rising around the world, with the risk of the impact becoming more severe. britain hopes that taking a lead will set an example that others will follow. joining me now is sarah lunnon from environmental campaign group extinction rebellion.
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thank you so much forjoining us, starting with your thoughts on the proposed targets today. thank you. we should have done this 30 years ago, we needed a target to reduce to zero, and we squandered the budget and 30 years is too late they had to zero carbon, we are condemning our children to a very bleak future if we had for this. but if we do need to look forward to, rather than backwards, do you welcome the fact that they are trained to move faster now? i welcome the commitment toward zero carbon, but we really have to ratcheted up, the commitment gives us ratcheted up, the commitment gives usa ratcheted up, the commitment gives us a 50—50 chance to raise it to 1.5 degrees, we have been asked to put everything we cherish and to this
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50-50 everything we cherish and to this 50—50 chance, you would not put sure children in a car if it had a 50—50 chance of getting to the destination and we are being told that that is the best on offer. it is immoral and it is condemning our children to a bleak future as i said before and we are asking them to solve the problem in 30 years' time. we have to do something very different. we have acted, we have made huge changes in the past, and that is so we have to do now. it needs a very different response. telus, the approach we need to be taking instead. very clear demands, tell the truth about the emergency that we are facing. the conservative leadership candidates, they have all talked about brexit, but the real crisis is the environment and very few of them have mentioned that. the bbc have not held them to account on what their views are on the climate
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crisis, so we have to give them the truth. we are to aim for a chance of 1.5to zero truth. we are to aim for a chance of 1.5 to zero carbon 2025. that is equitable and fairand 1.5 to zero carbon 2025. that is equitable and fair and with in the carbon budget that we have left. it does not rely on the unicorns of carbon stories and save us. this can be done in a way that is accepted by the citizens, and we would do it to the citizens, and we would do it to the means of a citizen's assembly where people determine how we will do it, how will we will move forward in it to take the country with us. this is a final thought, how prepared do you think the general public is prepared for the drastic measures that may need to be taken? he did the understand and would be happy to make the changes that would be needed in their own lives?m would be a remarkable transformation in public opinion, since the school strikes, since the april rebellion,
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public opinion has shifted hugely. people now note that the environment is second or third in terms of the most important issues facing the country and i think that's only going to rise. and what that does allow the government to do, if they acknowledge that, they would then be able to take much more radical action, theresa may's proposals are, it is historical, she's actually operating under an ordered framework and we need to do something much more. thank you very much for your time. it is been a very wet day for parts of england and wales and east of scotland, it is the slow pressure thatis scotland, it is the slow pressure that is still responsible and spiralling around it, there are a lot more warnings and force flood
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warnings that come to those in a minute, but look at how this weather system develops through the night and another 20 to a0 mm of rain is expected widely, certainly not a cold night in some parts of northeast england in southeast scotland, legacy of the 80 mm possible. the warnings are in place of the southeast of scotland, primarily here and there will be flooding there and lots of standing water in the section elsewhere. not just in eastern scotland but wales as well but we had a months worth of rainfor as well but we had a months worth of rain for the past few days, very lively showers to come to the afternoon or tomorrow as well across central and southern parts of england where he could get 18 degrees, but but actually north breeze, ten or 11. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... boris johnson launches his campaign to become the next conservative leader with a promise to deliver brexit by the end of october.
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sajid javid become the last of the ten candidates to set out his campaign pitch calling the former foreign secretary yesterday's news. 298, 300 nine. mps reject an attempt by labour to give mps the power to stop a new prime minister pushing through a no—deal brexit against their wishes. the uk government promises to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 in a bid to tackle climate change. sir philip green's retail empire has been saved after landlords approved a plan to shut shops and slash rents. nhs fraud squad is investigating gps
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that they're charging the nhs for ghost patients. rather has been launched after a number of patients registered a 3.6 million more. gps charge the nhs an average of £150 a year for each patient on their list. joining me now is beccy baird form the health care charity the king's fund... thank you for being with us, how surprised ready to find this issue of ghost patients being a problem? it's not a mere issue, there's a lwa ys it's not a mere issue, there's always been a discrepancy between a number of people on the elect oral oi’ number of people on the elect oral or local registers are those registered to gps and it's not surprising people moving don't tell gps they moved so numbers take a lot to catch up. there are some people live registered as temporary patients while students at university and had not necessarily move their registrations, it could ta ke move their registrations, it could take a while for people that moved abroad to catch up and that the gp know they're not there any more so
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it's always been an issue and it ta kes a it's always been an issue and it takes a while for their records to catch up. the fact that the fraud squad as they are called is now involved should i just squad as they are called is now involved should ijust there's an element of deception going on among gps, could not be right?” element of deception going on among gps, could not be right? i would be very surprised if it is, especially in many cases, it's a process to register and be registered, the complicated administrative process that requires lots of records to be amended, he runs about 15 pages, on the guide on how to register and be registered patients. ithink the guide on how to register and be registered patients. i think it's in a district —— an issue of records taking a lot to catch up and i would be surprised if there was underlying friday. at there are however attacks and some of the cases they looked at showing anomalies as if to say there is something in a few cases which have raised suspicion.” is something in a few cases which have raised suspicion. i would be interested to see what they find because i think it's important to know the process to an register a patient is quite complex, so when agp has not seen the patient for
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about five years or the screening service for example gets that the present doesn't live there any more, the pb practise have to contact the patient, find out if they are still living in that address and if they have not heard back within six months they will un—register them. there are reasons why people did not a nswer there are reasons why people did not answer official letters to confirm where they are late living are not living so as not the easiest process and we have and be —— with these exercises, they did not disadvantage people who find it quite hard for people who find it quite hard for people who find it quite hard for people who do not read english well oi’ people who do not read english well or people who live in houses and multiple occupancy and may not get their mail delivered particularly effectively, we did not want to not them off the gps because it knocks 0h them off the gps because it knocks on screening and immunisation, they will not get caught for flu vaccines oi’ will not get caught for flu vaccines or cervical screening. looking forward , or cervical screening. looking forward, obviously to avoid it happening and money being claimed twice over perhaps are where it's needed, what's the solution to what's quite a complicated process?
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i think what's quite a complicated process? ithink gps what's quite a complicated process? i think gps are not overwhelmed with edits made is trade as a point and they have clunky information systems in many cases, said supporting gps to have it really easy operating systems and making sure it's an easy process is not the main priority for them, then a lot of things i need to be doing, it's important to keep accurate list, but it's a difficult process and providing the support to do itand process and providing the support to do it and acknowledging there will also be always be a delay, not between patients moving. thank you very much indeed. more now on labour's failed attempt to avoid a new conservative prime minister taking the uk out of the european union without a deal of 31 october. mps rejected the motion by 309 votes to 298. the ayes to the right 298, the noes to the left 309.
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the ayes 298, the noes to the left 309. the noes have it. unlike. with me to discuss what steps the new cosnervative prime minister would have. doctor alan from you kate kate —— change in europe. i apologise for mispronouncing your name. thank you for being with us. before we get into the nitty—gritty, remind us of significance and be a mother though today because it was a bit complicated. this is similar attempt to elect and paste it in april and march to take control of the order paper of the house of commons said they could decide what was going to be discussed in the house of commons
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and it has failed narrowly and ultimately it leaves their options open for mps from here on in until october. it doesn't leave the many options, they are now racking their brains to address think so no deal as they want comes off the table. the only sure—fire and clear way now to stop a note to brexit would be to a vote of confidence, nuclear option for many conservative mps, so that's why today they look action in the face and saying this is the last chance, not necessary a last chance to stop the but last chance potentially to stop no idea what they said the conservative party so that a big moment. what's the process of labour as a presumably be placing the motion of no—confidence. is unlikely to come up the summer recess of august before a holiday, but early september or october, there will be a choice for mps today basically because we all a prime minister the plane to take their
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position on a note of brexit. and mps have to make a choice, did they sustain that government and office ordid sustain that government and office or did they pull the rug under their government and declare note of the confidence and we would have to sex for a new prime minister a general election. the things always come down to numbers, and if labour try to go ahead with that no—confidence vote how we things play out and what would they have to do to rally the troops? if all of the opposition parties notice one, we are talking less tha n parties notice one, we are talking less than a handful of mps needing to vote against the government to bring it down, up to two or three mps. i think the labour party led wa nt mps. i think the labour party led want at least half a dozen conservative mps to sign up to the idea before they go for it, but we saw for example dominic greif saying if the conservative government —— government is going down the path of no deal it will not support the government and their other mps to say the same it only takes two or
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four of them to cause problems, and potentially remove any majority for the government that scene is pretty much the prime minister taking office. i was going to ask a connection to the boats today, five conservatives voted against their owh conservatives voted against their own with, they defied the weapon essentially, how significant are these numbers i guess they would have to build a little.” these numbers i guess they would have to build a little. i think it's time in the end he voted with labour 0h time in the end he voted with labour on this, and that's the sort of base number that we've had for these boats on brexit. the sort of remaining wing of the conservative party. it's unlikely all of them would vote that because we are really talking about potential for the string and court of government be only a few of them, it really feel that —— no deals about ideas especially those that that advocate a second referendum might be the most likely people to do that, people who get the strongly about it, it only takes a few of the mps, and that's where the focus will really be, as he got into september and october, will they cite a that
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button on the government. we may speak to you again in the coming months, doctor alan, thank you. the electoral commossion has issued a warning to the brexit party over the way it has collected donations saying the way the party collects money from supporters creates "a high risk of it accepting impermissible donations." during the european elections, the party was accused of getting around declaration rules by accepting multiple sums online below the £500 limit. the party said it had not infringed any rules, but would "embrace" the recommendations on checking donors after the watchdog said it had made the party aware of its "legal responsibilities". the london bridge inquest has been hearing from a senior m15 officerfor the first time about the information the security service had on the attackers before the 2017 attack in which eight people were killed. our correspondent richard lister sent this update from the old bailey.
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the senior mi five officer was giving evidence holiday admitted extraordinary efforts by the court to preserve his anonymity, he was in a witness box that was completely surrounded by a green curtain. the court also ordered that almost all electronic devices in the room be turned off so even the coroner had to make notes with a pen and paper. now, the officer made clear that apart from a couple of brief suspension that the investigation because of other priorities, the attacker who is not at the leader, had been under very close surveillance for almost the whole period from about mid 2015 until the active —— i talked to place. he conceded while they had tried and failed to put more surveillance and place where the three attackers were known to have met, at the time and five did not realise that actually that was a meeting place for them, and he did concede it was a potential investigative opportunity, but he suggested that i wasn't
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really anything else they could have done 2a 191 at the attack and he said simply there was no evidence of what being planned. he said the attacker was bailey —— belly on their radar and was only a friend and the other plot and attacker wasn't on their radar as well, they we re wasn't on their radar as well, they were totally unaware of him and he said a review of the operation, the investigation of him that was carried out by a senior mi five officer and panel of experts concluded it had been well and effectively run a he said even if they had known that he was renting a van and filling it with gravel, they said they probably would have been ain't nothing about it because it could have had any number of explanations for example the attackers that he was helping a neighbour move house and this officer will be cross—examined for some of the families who are bereaved and the attack tomorrow. one of britain's biggest retail groups, arcadia, owned by sir philip green has been handed a lifeline by landlords who've agreed to cut rents for stores
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in the troubled empire. arcadia owns a raft of big names from top shop and dorothy perkins to miss selfridge. the business has 566 stores in the uk and ireland and employs 18 thousand workers. let's speak to our reporter, nina nanji. the children's charity, the nspcc, has apologised for the way it which it cut ties with model munroe bergdorf. the nspcc ended the relationship on friday, two days after announcing that the transgender advocate would be part of a three month lgbtq+ campaign. the nspcc chief executive peter wanless said he has now given bergdorf a "full, frank and unreserved apology". the statement said the decision was nothing to do with the model being transgender, but that the board had decided an ongoing relationship was inappropriate due to statements by bergdorf on the public record, which were specific to safeguarding and equality. the driving force behind the decision
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the board took was concern around the lack of process that our organisation used. bergdorf has now tweeted in response: "i appreciate the formal apology nspcc. this situation has been extremely stressful and unnecessary. " the headlines on bbc news... boris johnson launches his campaign to become the next prime minister with a promise to deliver brexit and win a general election. sajid javid become the last of the ten candidates to set out his campaign pitch calling the former foreign secretary yesterday's news. in other news the uk government promises to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 in a bid to tackle climate change. an update on the market numbers for you here's how london's whirlpool the major home appliance company has been ordered to recall around half a million
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of its tumble dryers over concerns that they could catch fire. the move is unprecedented. the company was first issued with a warning four years ago after its hotpoint, creda and indesit dryers were found to have a fault. the government has blamed it for at least 750 fires over an 11 year period. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has the story. this is something lots of us do once a week or more. pull out a wash and stick it in the tumble dryer but no—one expects it to end like this. mark studley‘s whirlpool dryer caught fire last year in somerset, causing £8,000 worth of damage and he says if his family had been asleep it could have been much more serious. it's one of 750 fires in the last 11 years caused by whirlpool brands like hotpoint, creda and indesit. the company had been dealing with their problem dryers for more than four years but the government doesn't think
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they've done enough, unless whirlpool can convince them over the next a8—hours that they've got a bigger plan then, for the first time ever, the office for product safety and standards will force the company to issue a recall. whirlpool say they're still in discussions with the government but that anyone who has a machine that has not been modified shouldn't use it and should get in touch with them immediately. merseyside fire service deal with around 30 tumble dryer fires a year. it can very quickly take hold in the kitchen and it can very quickly engulf a house. people who do think they may have a product that is due for a recall, they should really check up on that. if they're in any doubt, they should unplug the appliance. if half a million tumble dryers are recalled on friday, those customers will be entitled to a replacement or a full refund. colletta smith, bbc news.
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police in hong kong have fired rubber bullets and tear gas at people protesting about a new extradition bill in what's the worst unrest in the territory for years. the bill would allow extradition of suspected criminals to mainland china. but many fear beijing has a lack of human rights for suspects and could use it for political gain. china insists it is to simply stop criminals fleeing justice. hundreds of thousands of demonstrators blocked key roads around government buildings successfully delaying today's debate on the proposed law change. rupert wingfield hayes reports now from the protests. this was the centre of hong kong this afternoon. scenes of mass violence, the like of which have not been seen here since the 1960s. the day had been tense from the start — huge crowds surrounded hong kong's legislature — determined to stop any discussion
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of the hated extradition bill. the object of their anger, this woman — hong kong's chief executive carrie lam. last weekend, hundreds of thousands of people had taken to the streets here demanding she scrap a bill that would allow hong kong people to be extradited to china but she is refusing to budge. why is she quite so adamant, quite so determined? you would call it arrogance on her part, stubbornness. no, she isjust doing all this at beijing's order. she is just some little puppet of the beijing regime. today's protesters were almost exclusively young, aggressive and boiling with rage that their government is giving away their freedoms. it seemed only a matter of time before things turned violent and so they did.
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few here have ever experienced the searing pain of being tear gassed. you could see the shock and confusion. i think there are lines that we can have the freedom from fear, that we are every day facing right now, so i guess we feel angry and we do not get respected by our own government. by early evening, police had begun to gain the upper hand — launching barrage after barrage, driving protesters away from the government quarter. what we are witnessing here in hong kong tonight, with this operation to clear the streets, is a hong kong government determined not to allow another protest movement to establish itself and occupy the centre of the city like it did back in 201a and a government that is determined it seems to push ahead with an incredibly controversial extradition law regardless of the consequences. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong.
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a former gang leader who served ten years in prison for a shooting has thanked the police chief who locked him up. carlus grant once ran what officers called derby's most violent criminal gang, and was jailed in 2009. jeremy ball reports. this path here i used to walk every day down here to go to basketball. carlus grant's not proud of the path he chose right here almost years ago. and i took this journey up this path, went into the estate, and that's where all the madness happened, if you like. carlus started dealing drugs, then bought his first gun after rivals tried to kidnap him. i've made various drug sales on this bridge as well. before long, he was running a violent gang that was cornering the city's cocaine trade. yes, i terrorised the community. ifeel like in some respects, you know, the damage that we caused the community is kind of irreversible now. we had seven firearms that were accessible, i had a silver nine millimetre pistol. it's far from a glamorous lifestyle. there was about to be a shoot out.
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i had a firearm in my hand, i was trying to load my firearm, his came out, shot his gun from far ranged, the force of the pellets sprayed in my face. i've still got one lodged in my head here. carlus was jailed for ordering a shooting at a party here 11 years ago. the victim survived but police were worried it would spiral out of control. andy hough set up a dedicated team to tackle gangs and guns, then became derby's chief police officer. at that time, carlus was about as dangerous as you can get. he and his colleague were the head of our most serious and viole nt gang. so now, after ten years behind bars, carlus wants to prove he's changed his ways and today he's agreed to meet andy hough face—to—face. i do want to say thank you for giving me that opportunity. without that opportunity, like i said to you before, i don't think i would have found a way out. it started by me going to prison. but it's your journey. but it's my journey. i feel like i've got another chance at life. and how can i not be grateful?
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carlus has the potential to have so much influence. he can show them that that's not a life you want to take and he can be a very positive role model if he wants to be. now they want to use carlus as a mentor back at his old youth club. but he knows he'll need to work hard to regain this community's trust and that he'll be judged by actions, not words. jeremy ball, bbc news, derby. prince harry says a new initiative to bring sport to disadvantaged communities across the uk will notjust "change lives", it will "save lives as well". young people in living in disadvantaged communities are said to be far less likely to take part in sport than more affluent youngsters. the new project called made by sport wants to raise £a0 million to boost the work of charities delivering sport in poorer areas. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson.
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in south london, the duke of sussex and some boxers but it could be any sport. the point is, more facilities like this are closing down rather than opening up and that is deeply concerning for those who have found their identity through sport. pushing myself with boxing is what made me find my motivation in boxing and it has given me my idea that this is my career, this is what i'm going to do. that is why charities like made by s port are needed to give the children an opportunity to be able to do these sports that maybe their parents cannot afford to fund for them to do. sport gives us patience... discipline, strength. made by sport aims to raise £a0 million from private and public funds for existing sporting charities. invest before it's too late urges this supporter. if you're spending money at the symptom end, just take a moment and think about what an effect you can have so that we don't have the situation which we have now, which is young people lost without a purpose. this is going to change lives and it will save lives.
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i had to do the equivalent when i was in prison. this man tries to stop young people following his route into crime. after the classroom lessons, the reward is cricket. made by sport will expand his work, in theory. the value will be, if we can get things done, and if we can reach the disadvantaged and disengaged young people and communities. for me, that's where the value is because we have set out with this coalition, a commitment has been made but it is time for action. anthonyjoshua is a supporter. if sport teaches life lessons, he would say, you do not lose your purpose just because you lose a match. joe wilson, bbc news, in south london. the actor and explorer, sir michael palin, has received his knighthood at buckingham palace. sir michael was knighted for services to travel, culture and geography. he collected the honour
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from the duke of cambridge. afterwards sir michael said he's resisted the temptation to crack a joke during the investiture. it's 50 years since monty python first aired on the bbc. so far, sir michael is the only python to be knighted but he said john cleese has turned down the chance. right before the weather, he has a nice one, a primary school. a primary school has provided around the clock care for a duck that became lame after an illness. jimmy the pekin duck waddles around st stephen's c of e primary school in willington, county durham, in a wheelchair made from pipes and hoses. the school is hoping to build a pen forjimmy, who is actually a girl, so she can call it her home permanently. there is a whole other story in there, but she looks very lovely and very happy. now time for a look at the weather. good evening, many parts of england and wales had about a months worth of rain in the last
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few days, we need the rain but coming all at once is causing problems. in fact some parts of eastern england, and lincolnshire, we had seen twice that you average rainfall in the last few days and there is more to come. there are flood warnings out on the river is and with more resistant wayne to see this evening, overnight and tomorrow, chances are well the river levels continue to rise at least a further flood warnings issued as well as that we had met on this one is the raining bead and an amber warning up into southeast scotland, coming back to that but you see how wet it looks throughout the night as the rain progress is north. hopefully evening a little in the south and east towards doran, and it's drier northwest of scotland and then i placed a bar than island. but it's mild across the board and murky in the hills, so for the driving commute in the morning, let that had a persistent rain and strong when a looks miserable. as i say, the met office amber winding encompasses southeast of scotland, 80 mm of rain
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possible through the night and through the day on thursday, but equally we could see rainfall amounts across the north east england as well, so here is while there is a risk of further river fighting and flash flooding at lower levels with lots of standing water. it looks miserable throughout the rush hour here, that rain spreading its way gradually northwards, and west into the central belt of scotla nd west into the central belt of scotland as well. and then for this outcome it look sense of another weather front swing south and turn shirey, to be torrential downpour as well. as a go to the afternoon, that warmer here, 80 degrees with the north breeze feeling well for the past the here, come friday low pressure most of the atlantic northwest, we pick up a cyclist when, instead of the northeastern, so it starts to feel warmer between the showers and rain, in different areas that feels as if on friday we will see the rain and a wet weather across northern ireland. but again, everywhere else, there is shirey, sled living heavy torrential downpour with hail and thunder but
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hello, i'm kasia madera, this is outside source. tears gas and batons on the streets of hong kong's as the protests against a plan to extradite suspects to china turned violent. two men are seriously injured. britain sets out an ambitious target to cut greenhouse gas emissions to almost zero, by the year 2050 it will put us on track to be the first major economy to put this commitment into law. it is an ambitious target, but it is one that is crucial that we achieve. also in britain — the front runner to be the next prime minister launches his campaign saying brexit must happen this time, or else. delay means defeat. delay means corbyn.
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