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good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today: a major review of hospital food in england is announced by the health secretary, following the deaths of five patients who contracted listeria. the british government blames iran for attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman warning it's posing a serious danger to the region. flooded for 48 hours — we've the latest on the operation to help the village hit by this week's rain storms. worth the wait — england book their place in the world cup last—16, withjodie taylor's first goal in m months. and from hogwarts to clapham common — ijoin a down to earth version of quidditch, for muggles. no huge changes to our weather this
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weekend. it is just a case of sunglasses in one hand and raincoats and umbrellas on the other. it's saturday 15th june. our top story: a comprehensive review of hospital food in england, has been announced by the health secretary matt hancock, in response to the deaths of five patients who contracted listeria. seven nhs trusts have been affected by the outbreak, which has been linked to pre—packed sandwiches and salads. simonjones reports. with nine confirmed cases of listeria in hospital patients, resulting in five deaths, the health secretary want to know what has gone wrong. two people died at manchester royal infirmary, and two two people died at manchester royal infirmary, and one at aintree hospital in liverpool. it has not been revealed where the other two patients died. in a statement, the health secretary said:.
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here at the department of health, matt hancock was facing growing calls to act. labour want him to make an urgent statement to the commons on monday to outline what exactly was being done. they say hospital patients and staff alike need reassurance. 43 nhs trusts have been supplied sandwiches and salads from a company called the good food chain, which has been linked to the outbreaks. they got their fillings from north country cooked meats. here, a strain of listeria has been identified. both have halted production. the first patient affected showed symptoms on the 25th of april. suspect sandwiches and salads were withdrawn on the 25th of may. public health england first warned about the outbreak on the 7th ofjune. listeria typically causes mild food poisoning but can prove fatal if people are already seriously ill. it is probably the nastiest of all the foodborne bugs. nastiest in a sense that it does
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have this ability to target vulnerable people, and unfortunately kill them. far more than even nasty bugs like e.coli 157. as investigations continue, public health england insists any risk to the public remains low. iran is "almost certainly" responsible for the attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman, according to the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt. the crews of both vessels had to abandon ship after they were hit by explosions on thursday. tehran has denied any involvement. the un secretary—general is now demanding an independent investigation. we're joined now by our correspondent mark lowan, who is in the uae. politicians getting involved, donald trump and foreign secretary here as well. bring us up—to—date on the latest developments. we are in the
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uae, in the area where the japanese owned vessel, one of the two tankers head on thursday, is being tugged to, very slowly. we think it will still take a couple of days to arrive here. it will dock in the port and be assessed for clues as to what happened in the blast. the norwegian owned vessel had three blasts. first of all, the barbs and accusations, claims and counterclaims, they are flying from both sides. the us came out yesterday to fox and friends saying that the attack had iran written all over it. he has been backed up by the uae and saudi arabia. on the other hand, iran, backed by russia and turkey. these real chasms, real divisions in the region, and running through the middle of it is the world's oil industry. in these
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waters alone about one fifth of the world's crude oil is transported. that is the concern, that oil prices are spiking because of increased attention, and if it was an attack by iran could that have been the motivation by the iranians, to show that they can disrupt the oil industry despite crippling sanctions placed on iranians oil by the us. two teenagers have been killed in london in separate attacks within minutes of each other. police are investigating after one was stabbed in wandsworth shortly before 5 o'clock on friday afternoon and another was shot in plumstead in south—east london. police have made arrests in connection with each death.
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there is international concern about an outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo, which is already the second worst in history. between 2013 and 2016, the disease killed nearly 11,000 people in west africa, and last year it was detected in the drc and uganda. so far, more than 2000 people have been infected and more than 1,400 people have died. yesterday, the world health organisation said it was "very much an emergency" in the region, but not a global threat. we're joined now by dr callum semple, a specialist in child health and outbreak medicine, at alder hey children's hospital. here in uganda, authorities have been very prepared for months now. they have experience dealing with it, and different from the drc, the community here knows about ebola. literacy levels are much higher, the stability in this part of the country, unlike in eastern congo, and therefore when a family of six came into the country this week, three of them had ebola, and they quickly detected those infections and controlled it. so far there has been no evidence of transmission of ebola here in uganda. so, uganda has shown that it can be controlled and how that can be done. the big problem is still in the drc, and as long as that problem is there, it
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can easily spread across the region. thank you, and in a few minutes we will be speaking to a specialist here on breakfast. thousands of people, including rapper stormzy, joined a silent march last night to remember the victims of the grenfell tower fire. the event was held to mark the second anniversary of the disaster, which killed 72 people. the bishop of kensington told a memorial service, it was a "national shame" that flammable cladding remained in place on more than 200 high—rise buildings in england. homophobic and transphobic attacks — including harassment, stalking and physical assault — have more than doubled since 2014, according to home office statistics. the new analysis comes after a number of high profile attacks, including two women who were targeted on a bus in camden. reports of lgbt hate crime have increased by more than 1a0% in england and wales in the last five years. the company that owns the exam board, edexcel, has launched an investigation into how part of an a—level maths paper was leaked online.
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the questions were shared on social media ahead of yesterday's exam. pearson said it was "determined to identify" the source of the breach. edexcel a—level maths papers were also leaked in 2017 and 2018. people forced to leave their homes after the river steeping in lincolnshire burst its banks are waiting to hear when they can return. a state of emergency was declared in wainfleet on thursday after the equivalent of two months' rain fell in two days causing more than 70 properties to be evacuated. our reporter michael cowan joins us now. bring us up—to—date with the situation. as you can see behind me, this residential street is deluged. although residents have told us this morning that things are getting a little bit better, they have seen the water receding. 170 residents
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from this small town have been evacuated. they had been evacuated about a0 miles north of here, still within the county, to a rescue centre. last night there was some better news when the environment agency said they had managed to plug the gap of the river, where it was leaking, and that was thanks to the raf and some chinook helicopters. they dropped 270 tons of stone, sand, that kind of thing, to plug the gap. they have been successful in doing that. overnight they said there was some seepage but that was to be expected. now, the focus of plugging that gap has stopped. the real work, to get water out of homes, is beginning. just looking at the home is behind you, give us a sense of the problems they face. i am trying to get a sense of how close they are to the homes themselves. one half of the road
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there is no water, and that is fine. but directly behind us the water is going right up to people's properties. just two streets away there are fire trucks feverishly working to try and get that water out of the streets and out of people's homes. we couldn't get close enough, there is a big police gordon. we spoke to some local residents this morning, and they said the water was much much higher yesterday, and this morning they have seen a real drop in water levels. as you can see, it is still pretty bad. it is like looking at a lake, there are perfect reflections of the houses on the water. this is a very difficult situation for hundreds of residents here, and it could be months or weeks before they are back in their homes, and that is are back in their homes, and that is a very difficult situation for this very close local community. thank you very much, very interesting to look around. and we will keep you up—to—date with the weather
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situation. the reflection on the water doesn't make it look like a lake that is meant to be there. you are hearing from our deputy africa editor earlier about the outbreak of ebola in the drc. there is international concern about an outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo, which is already the second worst in history. between 2013 and 2016, the disease killed nearly 11,000 people in west africa, and last year it was detected in the drc and uganda. so far, more than 2000 people have been infected and more than 1a00 people have died. yesterday, the world health organisation said it was "very much an emergency" in the region, but not a global threat. we're joined now by professor callum semple, a specialist in outbreak medicine, at the university of liverpool. good morning. what do you make of the who comments? that it is very much an emergency, not declaring it isa much an emergency, not declaring it is a thing that needs to be assessed
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straightaway, or tackled straightaway? there is a framework of international health regulations, and the reason they are not declaring this a public health emergency of international concern is that these health regulations allow them to do things like change the way people move through borders 01’ the way people move through borders or change travel. the situation in the democratic republic of the congo is being driven by poor infrastructure and poor security, so not actually primarily a health issue that can be changed. the situation in uganda is very different. they are well—prepared, they recognise the disease, there is no greater activity that can probably be done, and they are already vaccinating. so in practical terms, declaring this and international public health emergency won't actually help the situation on the ground. it could actually hinder it restricting the travel movements of those who need to get into the area. what would be the signs if it is getting worse?
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o nwa rd the signs if it is getting worse? onward transmission within uganda and onward to other countries, particularly affecting healthcare staff. if it gets into any of the major cities in any of the other countries, that would be a huge problem. that is something that would be quite quickly identifiable, that they would be able to determine quite quickly? in central african countries that are well organised, particularly uganda, that could be recognised very quickly. the problem comes in conflict zones like drc, you don't have infrastructure and you don't have infrastructure and you are reliant more on ngos. what does ebola look like when there is an attack of this? it is a horrific disease. it starts off with flulike illness, which can be mistaken for a disease like malaria, but then people become very weak, they find it difficult to feed. severe vomiting and diarrhoea. in fact, the bleeding problems are quite rare, most people die before they get that stage. what do you mean bleeding
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problems? there is a hollywood picture of people bleeding from eyes and mouths and other orifices, that occu i’s and mouths and other orifices, that occurs in between one and 7% of people, and that his horrific. and it is highly contagious? not really. unlike influenza or measles, which you could catch from almost trivial contact, you could catch from almost trivial co nta ct, to you could catch from almost trivial contact, to catch ebola you have to be in contact with bodily fluids. that is why the safe burial is so important in africa. if you are dealing with people who are physically unwell and vomiting, clearing them up or dressing a body ready for burial, that is how you catch it. the second worst outbreak, i think that is how it is being termed. remind people what happened in relation to the first major out of outbreak. in the first outbreak there was quite a remote part of west africa, where three places
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coalesced. the disease had never been seen there before and consequently went unrecognised. the international community really was very slow to respond. lessons have been learned from that, and the problem we are seeing in the drc, the disease was recognised very quickly. it was the lack of security and infrastructure that has allowed the disease to change, and that is what has driven at this time. you have referred to the poor infrastructure, and that being the problem. what can be done?m infrastructure, and that being the problem. what can be done? it is really not a health matter. there would have to be an appetite to have a concerted improvement in the security situation. i believe there are 50 or 60 different militias, which are not organised. they are targeting areas where there has been the death of a doctor already, and it is too dangerous to deliver
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high—quality healthcare on a large scale. you are a specialist in child healthcare especially. does it affect... healthcare especially. does it affect. . . the healthcare especially. does it affect... the children are too weak to self—care, so the death rate amongst young children is particularly high. thank you for speaking to us. the time is 17 minutes past seven. let us find out what is happening with the weather with tomasz. we have been reporting on the problems with flooding this week already full there is the prospect of better weather in the next few days, isn't there? yes, there is. the problem with the weather we're having right now that different parts of the country get different areas of weather. it is one big unsettled speu weather. it is one big unsettled spell of weather that sitting across the uk and is not shifting. one place it dries out, another area
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gets very heavy rain and then a couple of days go by and they swap. it is an ongoing vicious circle. and it isa it is an ongoing vicious circle. and it is a circle, because this vicious low keeps bringing bands of rain towards us and that actually is not going to change in the short term. so we are cool and showery here where other parts of europe are in the headway. in fact, in the last day also temperatures in corsica, in the mediterranean, have got up to a0 celsius. there is extremely hot weather around in europe, there is a huge contrast between central and eastern parts of europe and us in the uk. we are more concerned about the uk. we are more concerned about the rainfall, because it has been so heavy. showers are affecting western parts of the uk early in the day and then later on in the day the showers will be moving further eastwards. if | highlight will be moving further eastwards. if i highlight the areas where we have so i highlight the areas where we have so far, there is a forecast in the background, we have had most of the rain so farthis
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background, we have had most of the rain so far this month it is around lincolnshire, the north midlands, into the north—west. this area in here has had around 200% of the rainfall. we have had all of that surface water, flooding, river levels are high as well. interestingly, scotland so this month has had half the amount of rainfall we normally get. that is what i was trying to tell you earlier on. different parts of the country are experiencing very different weathers. very hit and miss, this rainfall. showers again on sunday. you can see blobs in scotla nd on sunday. you can see blobs in scotland and the north—west and the south, very hit and miss, with some sunshine around. quite disappointing temperatures. only around 19 at best in the south and 16 in the north. a week or so ago it was around 12 degrees during the daytime. it was even colder than what we have got right now. the low pressure still with us on monday fourth it is not ina hurry with us on monday fourth it is not in a hurry to shift. this time
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scotla nd in a hurry to shift. this time scotland gets more of the rainfall on monday. where is england and out a little bit, gets a little bit warmer. the thinking is that as we go through the course of the week it will dry out a little bit, at least for two, three days, but the ground is so soggy you get a lot of surface water around. then probably from sometime later next week things might go downhill again. so incredibly changeable right now. back to you two. thank you very much. we will see you later on. it is 7:20. people from black, asiann and other minority ethnic communities are more at risk of developing some cancers and other life limiting illnesses, such as kidney failure and type two diabetes. they're also less likely to access, or be offered, hospice care services and now a new government—funded study aims to increase take—up rates across england. our community affairs correspondent, adina campbell can explain. are you comfortable? retired
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businessman dale was diagnosed with stage four lymphoma two years ago. pa rt stage four lymphoma two years ago. part of the helker is coming to this local hospice in luton. a service he and many others wouldn't normally consider —— healthcare. and many others wouldn't normally consider -- healthcare. the concept of the asian community have of hospice is a place you go to die. i didn't want to come here. there was a certain nurse at the health centre and she said just try it. then come and she said just try it. then come and tell me. and i am so grateful that i came and it has made my life a lot more comfortable. welcome, everybody. a new two and a half year study comedy first of its kind in the uk, will now look at the improvements needed to encourage more people from asian, black, and other minority groups access this type of care using more than £a00,000 of government funding. there's been quite a lot of
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relatively quite a lot of research about establishing people from minority ethnic communities who are disadvantaged in the end of life. there's not a lot about what those disadvantages look like in terms of health outcomes. there are many reasons for a low take—up of hospice ca re reasons for a low take—up of hospice care services by these communities, including cultural, language, and religious differences. and often families take on the full responsibility of care themselves. but some doctors are also unlikely to recommend this sort of support in the first place because of a lack of understanding or fear they may cause offence. uk said to one of the world's most ethnically diverse countries over the next 30 years or so. countries over the next 30 years or so. take leicester, for example, and this busy cosmopolitan high street. we hear all the time about the pressures of an ageing population,
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but there's also an increasing need to ensure our but there's also an increasing need to ensure oui’ care services but there's also an increasing need to ensure our care services also reflect a nd to ensure our care services also reflect and serve a wide range of cultural groups. these women in birmingham were brought together through a hospice service which cared for them and their children before they died. i didn't know what hospice was. i didn't have an understanding. because they had a child before his past away as life was mostly spelt in children's hospital. the quality of life of one individual is so important to embrace that we need to look at community resources. we learn a lot and now we try to give people the information. the results of the new study will be published in 2021. researchers say it will help develop real change for ethnic minority groups all over the uk, with specialist training for those working in our care services. adina campbell, bbc news. it isa it is a saturday morning. let's take a look at this
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morning's papers now. the conservative leadership race continues to be front page news. the daily telegraph reports that tory whips have hatched a plan for borisjohnson to become the next leader of the party unopposed. there are a series of votes still to come. the paper also reports on blood donors saying they're struggling to use an online booking system. the daily mail leads with the latest deaths linked to a listeria outbreak in pre—packed sandwiches and salads. public health england has been accused of keeping people in the dark, according to the paper. the guardian features an exclusive interview with two women who were attacked on a bus in london, as it reports that homophobic hate crime has more than doubled in england and wales over the last five years. and news that the chase star and comedian paul sinha has parkinson's disease at the age of a9, leads the daily star coverage.
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a quick look at some of the front pages for you. we will look in more details at the papers later on this morning. liverpool may currently be champions of europe, but a0 years ago it was nottingham forest who were basking in european football glory. and now that success is being used to inspire children in hundreds of schools. breakfast‘s tim muffet has more. with loads of hard work and self belief, nottingham forest began to win games. lots of people say they can't achieve certain things because of where they are from. it is all about getting the pupils in these primary schools to dream big and aspire to be whatever they can be. few thought nottingham forest could become champions of europe. they were struggling club at that time. but they managed it. in 1979 and 1980.
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this film tells the story and will be shown in 300 primary schools across nottinghamshire. if you look at the position forest were in, languishing in the division ii, to where we became the best team in europe, not once but twice, it is a story of how they were able to achieve that. this has been the best day ever! i really liked the video. when you think you can't do something, you actually think, maybe i can't do it, then i watch the video and i think i can do it. it taught me never to give up and to keep following my dreams. garry birtles was the captain of the team. what can kids take from that and incorporate into their lives? that the underdog can come through. nottingham is a small city compared with manchester or liverpool, compared with the greats of europe. it inspired me because we could really tell that they didn't give up
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and they dreamt it and it went through to what they dreamt about. almost ten years ago, nottingham was identified as having amongst the worst numeracy and literacy rates in the uk. since then there have been a number of initiatives aimed at improving things. as well as reading and writing workshops run by charities and local employers, nottingham has been designated a unesco city of literature to help promote a love of words and books. it also runs literary events in schools. it is great that we can run together a huge success for our city on the football field with children inspired to do what they want to do. do you think by seeing the film and learning about what happened to nottingham forest, that can help children?
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it is in the context of things that the school and other schools do in our city. i am writing about how i want to become a children's doctor. lots of people supported each other and used teamwork and they were playing football. i want to be the one who helped. nottingham forest hasn't managed to repeated success of the late 70s, but the club hopes its achievements a0 years ago can inspire young people today. still to come on breakfast... # spice up your life!# it is actually the end of their comeback tour. i think the last concert is tonight. girl power is back, as we're joined by spice girls' superfans ahead of the final show at wembley tonight. stay with us, headlines coming up.
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of today's main stories from bbc news: a comprehensive review of hospitalfood in england has been announced by the health secretary matt hancock in response to the deaths of five patients who contracted listeria. seven nhs trusts have been affected by the outbreak, which has been linked to pre—packed sandwiches and salads. public health england said the wider risk to the public remains low. iran is "almost certainly" responsible for the attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman, according to the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt. yesterday, the us military released a video which it said showed iranian forces removing an unexploded mine from one of the stricken ships. tehran has denied any involvement. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn says there's no credible evidence iran is responsible, tweeting that the uk should ease tensions rather than fuel a military escalation. two teenagers have been killed in london in separate attacks within minutes of each other. police are investigating after one was stabbed in wandsworth shortly before 5:00 on friday afternoon
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and another was shot in plumstead in south—east london. police have made arrests in connection with each death. the world health organisation says it is "deeply concerned" about an outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo, which is already the second worst in history. the international health body is working with neighbouring countries to prepare for any possible spread of the disease, but says the response on the ground "remains overstretched and underfunded". thousands of people, including rapper stormzy, joined a silent march last night to remember the victims of the grenfell tower fire. the event was held to mark the second anniversary of the disaster which killed 72 people. the bishop of kensington told a memorial service, it was a "national shame" that flammable cladding remained in place on more than 200 high—rise buildings in england. homophobic and transphobic attacks — including harassment, stalking and physical assault — have more than doubled since 201a, according to home office statistics. the new analysis comes
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after a number of high profile attacks, including two women who were targeted on a bus in camden. reports of lgbt hate crime have increased by more than 1a0% in england and wales in the last five years. comedianjo brand has been told she won't face police action for a joke she made about throwing battery acid over politicians. she has acknowledged the comments were "ill—judged". the bbc said the remarks, on the radio a show "heresy", were never intended to condone violence. the company that owns the exam board, edexcel, has launched an investigation into how part of an a—level maths paper was leaked online. the questions were shared on social media ahead of yesterday's exam. pearson said it was determined to identify the source of the breach. edexcel a—level maths papers were also leaked in 2017 and 2018. the notre dame cathedral in paris will hold it's first mass tonight, two months since a major fire which destroyed part of the building. work to stabilise the structure is still ongoing, after the roof and spire were damaged in april. the service tonight will also celebrate the cathedral‘s consecration more
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than 800 years ago. first there were cat cafes, then there were pints with puppies and now, thanks to a pop—up bar in the united states, you can enjoy cocktails with rats! cat cafe is? is at a cafe where you ta ke cat cafe is? is at a cafe where you take your cat? no, it is a cafe where there are cats. the ratbar at the san francisco dungeon lets visitors pet, snuggle and play with the rodents while sipping on rat—themed cocktails like the "ama—rat—o sour", which is garnished with fake rat's tail.
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i wonder if they serve ratatouille. the rats are provided by a local rescue centre who assure that the fury friends are completely domesticated and safe to handle. how do you rescue a rat? where do you rescue a rat from? if it is in jeopardy. you step in and you help it. it is always surprising how big rats are. some rats are big.|j it. it is always surprising how big rats are. some rats are big. i think they are less scary than smaller. small things... they are less scary than smaller. small things. .. they are quite intelligent, probably quite good company. i had a drink with a fox once on an isle of wight. it was a regular, it had some pork scratchings. if we leave a little bit of quiet time, whatever the story is, mike will say, give me something better. do you have a
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story about a lemur? no. tell us about the world cup last night. england had to wait very patiently to finally beat the argentina goalkeeper, who was very well. england have qualified for the last—16 of the women's world cup, but scotland's hopes of getting out of the group are hanging by a thread after losing to japan. katie gornall reports side by side, but in many ways poles apart. three years ago, argentina had no fixtures, no coach, and no ranking. they fought back then, and they put up a fight here. nikita parris had a chance to break through from the spot, but vanina correa was more than a match. she typified their resilience.
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just as england looked to be in for a night of frustration, jodie taylor came to the rescue. this her first goal in 1a months. as a striker, timing is everything. the floodgates failed to open, but one goal was enough. england are through to the knockout stages with a game to spare, but not without a struggle. as for scotland, they came into their first world cup knowing points would be hard to come by. in red, scotland faced one of the blue—ribbon teams, japan. the 2011 champions made a stuttering start to the tournament, but they quickly found their stride here. playing in your first world cup has to be nerve—wracking, but this was not pretty in pink. penalty, said the referee, and sugasawa picked herself up to do the rest. and, when lana clelland finally gave scotland some
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hope, it was all too late. having fought their way to france, they now need a win in their final game if they are to have any chance of staying. joe root starred with both the bat and ball as england eased past the west indies at the cricket world cup. root took two catches off his own bowling as west indies were all out for just 212. he then went on to score his second century of the tournament, and captain eoin morgan was full of praise for his contribution to the team. england's justin rose is still very much in contention at the us open, but trails gary woodland by two shots at the halfway stage. the american, woodland, shot a bogey—free 65 to reach 9 under, and the top of the leaderboard. rose, who began the day with a one—shot lead, carded a 1—under 70, to move to 7 under overall at pebble beach. rory mcilroy, who is chasing his first major for five years, is still in the mix.
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his 69 moved him to 5 under, one ahead of brooks koepka, who is chasing a third successive title. there was a long way to go, and i couldn't think — here at st andrews would probably be the most iconic places to lift a bit of silverware, i couldn't think of anywhere better. but if you don't mind, i willjust wait a couple of days. it was penalty shootout heart break for great britain men's hockey team. the team fought back to draw 2—2 with the netherlands at full time, alan forsyth scoring to take the match to a shootout. but danny kerry's side were beaten a—3 in that and will now need to win theirfinal round robin match against new zealand on sunday and hope other results go their way, in order to qualify for the pro—league semi—finals. st helens extended their lead at the top of rugby league's super league with a 38—2 thrashing of huddersfield, while elsewhere, wigan boosted their hopes of making the play offs by winning at leeds, who continue to struggle. tony clubb rounded off the scoring in a hard—fought win, 23—1a. wigan are nowjust two points off castleford, who are in fifth place.
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boxer tyson fury says his latest bout is a "very important fight" for him — as the heavyweight prepares to take on undefeated tom schwarz in las vegas tonight. we're joined now by former world heavyweight champion, david haye. thank you so much for speaking to us ahead of this big fight. why do you think this is so important for tyson fury, when he is expected to win this quite easily? anthony joshua was expected to win his last fight very easily against andy ruiz, and that didn't work out very well for him. tyson fury is out here in the us, his american debut, he wants to make his las vegas debut and put on a good show and show why he believes he is the number one in the division. he has himself a very good opponent, a big guy, undefeated, hungry. he was actually eating a snickers bar at the face—to—face
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today, just because andy ruiz, who beat anthonyjoshua a couple of weeks ago, was doing the same thing. was trying to get into tyson fury‘s head, very interestingwhat about the way the american public have been reacting. he has been very open about his dental health problems, his obsessive—compulsive disorder. what do americans make of him? —— mental health problems. they like the fact that he says it how it is. he ruffles some feathers but he doesn't care. i think people respect someone doesn't care. i think people respect someone who will speak from the heart and say it how it is. his resilience has impressed us, the way he came back from being on the floor in that draw with deontay wilder,
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and he says he expects to be on the floor again tonight against schwartz. i'm not sure if that will be the case. but in his last case he was on the floor twice against deontay wilder, one of the best heavyweight clashes i have seen in a long time. you had wilder with the big heavy punches, and tyson fury with the sleep boxing. i think he might be trying to play games with him, saying he is trying to get the knockdown. i don't think he will. i think he will put on a boxing masterclass tonight. it is live on bt sport, and people can really get their teeth into this heavyweight clash. people know anything is possible in a heavyweight clash. it has been dismantled and broken up by a mexican—american, andy ruiz junior. so now, the underdog can possibly topple the giant. it might
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happen again tonight, and it is really exciting. we're just sitting next to my care, it is charlie the studio. people who don't know much about boxing, the issue laid bare here is that when you go into the ring your career is on the line. that applies to tyson fury as well, doesn't it? something doesn't go as planned, everything can change. there is no other support where one loss could potentially end everything. you can imagine ifa potentially end everything. you can imagine if a football team has a loss and that is it, everyone writes them off and tells them they should retire. or a tennis player losing the final of wimbledon and saying, his career is over. it doesn't work like that. but boxing fans are very critical and harsh, and they don't like theirfighters critical and harsh, and they don't like their fighters to lose. tyson fury knows that, he has seen the ridicule, people turning on anthony
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joshua after his loss. he doesn't wa nt joshua after his loss. he doesn't want that. he has always said he is the best on the planet, no man can beat him. he wants to show everyone he is willing to walk through any onslaught to keep winning. i definitely believe a loss is not on the cards for tyson fury tonight, and he will do anything humanly possible. his last fight against deontay wilder, he was unconscious for seven seconds. he woke up like the undertaker and got up. it was crazy. it was remarkable. before that fight in the us, about ten o'clock in leeds, they are talking about titles being on the line, the featherweight title is also on the line. a great fight, warrington with his all—out aggressive fighter, and galahad, the slick boxer with the
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skills. a really nice blend of styles. it is a 50—50 fight, i have heard so many people putting forward good arguments for both players. that is a really good, solid clash. thank you forjoining us. the night is just getting started in vegas! it is nearly 12 o'clock! thanks, mike. that is all taking place tonight. a very mixed picture for many. sunshine for some but rain for many. yes. in fact the rainfall pattern across the uk for the last week or so has been so dramatic, some areas have had double so far this month
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what we should get. then you get 50 mild north—east, south—west, whichever direction, it is a com pletely whichever direction, it is a completely different story. the situation as far as the weather is concerned across the uk hasn't been uniform. there have been pockets of very, very bad, very chilly weather and other areas have experienced some fairly decent weather in the uk. across europe, widespread as the ones across the central mediterranean, eastern, and central europe. the temperatures are into the 30s. it has been a relentless heatwave that has lasted therefore days and days, a couple of weeks now. we are on the edge of europe where we have the cool showery very changeable weather. where low pressure is low pressure means that the air rises up and creates clouds and then it rains and the air continues rising over us, keeps building the clouds and weather fronts are swelling into the low. you can see the low pressure just out there. it has been modelling, meandering in roughly the same
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place. about a week ago it was here thanit place. about a week ago it was here than it was there, then it was there. that is why the weather fronts are moving around. roughly swelling in the same place. typical to give you an exact forecast —— swelling. if you are out all day long take an umbrella, take a raincoat just in case long take an umbrella, take a raincoatjust in case there could be a downpour, maybe even some thunder. not much changes into tomorrow. a mixture of sunshine and showers. some of us will have clear blue skies for a couple of hours in the clouds will roll in and you will get a downpour then it may be back to clear blue skies. one thing i will point out is the strength of the wind tomorrow. particularly southern and western coasts. a keen breeze blowing off the atlantic. it will feel quite chilly. 17— 18 degrees. you add that when, at a shower. you will shiver on those coasts. quite a few showers in scotland tomorrow. the showers will continue in scotla nd the showers will continue in scotland into monday. you'll see one or two showers affecting north—western areas of england, wales, northern ireland. maybe not too many of them around across
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southern areas. monday might bring a bit of a break until all that wet weather in some southern and central parts of the uk. the weather is improving a little bit. if you look at the south of the country, london, for example, temperatures rising to around 2a celsius. improving and cardiff as well. that is reflected in the north as well. after that the anticipation is that the weather will be cooling off again. overall, little change in the foreseeable future. ok. at least we can know what to wear. none of those conundrums. thank you. we'll be back with the headines at 8:00 — first though it's time for newswatch with rebecca jones. hello and welcome to newswatch. with me, rebecca jones. on the programme, why is the bbc showing a debate for contenders
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in the conservative party leadership race when most of us can't vote for the candidate we like best? and what sort of negotiations with politicians with borisjohnson were involved in getting the programme off the ground? first, the bbc has faced a barrage of protest this week following its decision to restrict free television licences for the over 75s to those who claim pension credit. the corporation has said maintaining the benefit universally would cost £750 million. but some viewers think bbc news could pay a role in plugging that financial gap. david marshall asked: why do you go to the enormous expense of sending news presenters abroad when you already have reporters based in these countries? mark had a similar thought.
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joan davis, who considered monday's decision and utter disgrace asked this. televised debates between politicians have a tortured history, with broadcasters' attempts to get or main party leaders to take part failing at the last two general elections. more recently, at the end of last year, plans for a head—to—head between theresa may and jeremy corbyn over brexit fell apart and led to disagreement. undeterred, the bbc has announced a programme featuring all the remaining contenders in the conservative leadership contest. our next prime minister, presented by emily maitlis will be shown at eight o'clock next tuesday evening on bbc one, by which time the current list will have been whittled
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down even further. but there are a couple of odd things about this programme. first, it was announced before nominations have opened so without any guarantee that anyone would take part. secondly, unlike in a general election or a referendum, the audience were to be able to act on what they see unless they are members of the conservative party. that concerned rob spencer who asks... then there is the issue of the programme's content. will it focus on policy? or the character and previous misdemeanours of the candidates? llewellyn samuels feels there's already been too much coverage of the latter.
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the bbc‘s executive producer for next tuesday's programme isjonathan munro and he is with us for now and thank you forjoining us on newswatch. let's pick up on that point from rob spencer, the decision on the winner of this contest is ultimately going to be made by conservative party members. so, what's the point of presenting the different candidates viewpoints on prime—time tv bbc one, when the vast majority of people can't vote? well, mr spencer is right. the electorate is really small for this vacancy at number 10 but we are all affected by it, it's going to be an election effectively and directly for the prime minister, notjust for the conservative party. that's actually quite rare. when theresa may took over, there wasn't an election, even amongst the members, it was effectively a coronation. you have to go back
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to sirjohn major for this. all of the audiences will be affected by who the next prime minister is. why did you announce the programme before you even knew who was standing, let alone whether they would agree to take part or not? yeah, there's always a bit of a debate about when you announce the intention to have a programme of this sort. is it early in the process or is it late? we don't want to be caught up in a clash with other events to do with the conservative party's own campaign hustings, this is an independent bbc production. we needed to work around some diary commitments there. secondly, when you're building a prime—time schedule for channel, like bbc one, you need to do this in advance. thus becomes a public thing quite soon. to get it out publicly enabled the candidates to know, even though they didn't know which ones would still be standing by next tuesday, and they will be fewer then than now, but it also enables us to plan
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properly for a peak—time show. i take your point about planning but is it also that you wanted to bounce candidates into participating? no. i don't think they have been bounced. all of them had said they will participate, which is a great position for us to be in, for the audience to see the great range of candidates, and all but borisjohnson had said that more than 2a hours ago. i don't think they have been announced. their view is that the credibility of the prime ministership is enhanced by public scrutiny. you mentioned boris johnson. you mentioned borisjohnson. the frontrunner, of course. how much of a headache has been wondering whether he would take part not? it's not a headache, we are delighted he is taking part. we wouldn't have gone down the route of having an empty chair on a podium or any of that sort. this is a serious political policy led discussion and i am not up for those gimmicks. but we would obviously, had he chose not to take part, have told the audience that we had invited him and he had declined the invitation.
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but he is coming, and it will be the first televised debate he has done and it will be fascinating for everybody. of course there's a long way to run in this selection. we're making any assumptions about who will win. absolutely. can you give us a sense of how the behind—the—scenes negotiations worked to get him to agree? i should imagine they have been quite complicated. we tried to keep them as simple as we could. you made the point at the beginning of the programme that there have been a number of debates over the last few years so we have learnt lessons from those. at no stage was this a push pull negotiation, we will only come if you do x or y. we presented a format so viewers can question the candidates directly. that is through our regional television and local radio stations. there has been no negotiation about that at all, none of the candidates have pushed back in any significant way at all on that, so it has been relatively simple, in truth. you mention format, there is no studio audience, why? we thought the most important thing was to allow bbc viewers and listeners to connect directly
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with the person who may be prime minister of this country. we can deliver a network of newsrooms across the uk where we can get viewers and listeners into our newsrooms to question the full range of candidates directly. a studio audience creates other problems. how many of the audience would be conservative party members, who as your own viewer pointed out, are the only people who can vote, or should it reflect the broader electorate? should we weight the audience in some way? that would have caused a contentious discussion between us and some of the candidates. in this example, we have a few days to go before the programme, but touch wood, a simple format seems like it has served us well. some viewers, you'll be aware, say there has been a lot of focus on personality and past behaviour, how much will that feature in the debate and how much will it actually be that policy? our objective is this is a policy—led discussion. we have not seen all the questions yet, we cannot tell
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whether they will be a huge volume of questions... but you choose the questions to be asked. that's correct. we do. yes, we will choose them on policy areas, there is so much policy to talk about. we have laid down one condition, so all questions have to be asked to all candidates, so any question about a previous record in taking drugs wouldn't be question that is allowed, it wouldn't be a legitimate question for a political debate. policy will come first. jonathan munro, thank you. if borisjohnson's media appearances lately have been rather elusive, he did invite some questions from journalists at his campaign launch on wednesday. when laura kuenssberg's turn came, she didn't hold back. you suggested brexit would be as straightforward win—win and actually it has been a chaotic mess. as foreign secretary, you offend the people at home and abroad, you have reputation
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for being cavalier with vital detail and already you are telling some supporters you will do everything to avoid leaving the eu without a deal and others that you would gladly do that, a simple question, if you want to be prime minister, can the country trust you? yes, of course, laura. the answer in that great minestrone of observations as one substantive question, which was that one crouton i picked up. he can'tjoke his way out of controversy, though. there were somejeers. as letterboxes and bank robbers. when he was challenged about remarks on muslim women and being fit for office. that response in the room prompted the bbc‘s political editor to write later on the news website...
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