tv Breakfast BBC News August 3, 2019 6:00am-7:02am BST
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good morning. welcome to breakfast with tina dahely and steph mcgovern. our headlines today: thousands spend a second night out of their homes as efforts continue to prevent a dam from collapsing and flooding a derbyshire town. prime minister borisjohnson visits those affected in whaley bridge and promises to make the area safe. because this is a major problem. because this is a major problemm fa ct, because this is a major problemm fact, you know the potential destruction that can wreak on the whole of the village below. telecoms bosses question the government's ability to deliver the fastest possible broadband across the uk by 2025. a day to remember for rory burns as he hits a first test century to give england the advantage heading into day 3 of the first ashes test against australia. and breakfast enters the robot wars,
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but can our machine overcome the heavyweight champion of the world? good morning. some dry weather on the way for the majority of the uk today. but for tomorrow, the way for the majority of the uk today. but fortomorrow, it the way for the majority of the uk today. but for tomorrow, it looks like we face the prospect of further heavy showers, particularly across northern britain. good morning. thanks forjoining us. it's saturday 3 august. our top story: thousands of people in derbyshire have spent a second night away from their homes as emergency services continue efforts to prevent a dam from collapsing. some residents in whaley bridge will be allowed to return briefly today to collect essentials. jane—frances kelly has more. the prime ministerflew in the prime minister flew in to see the dam for himself and to meet displaced residents. nice to see you. some appeared pleased to meet
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him, enjoying a diversion from the stress of the last few days, but he was also heckled. borisjohnson also met some of the emergency service crews have been working around the clock. well, it is looking dodgy, but stable is how i would describe it. they have done an amazing job. as you can tell, they have brought in about moo badz of stone, huge, huge quantities have gone into that hole and you still can't really tell that the whole has been filled. there is a major, major structural problem with the dam. ref general ci’ews problem with the dam. ref general crews have been dropping bag after bag in an attempt to hold back 300 billion gallons of water. the fire service are also hoping to install more pubs over the weekend to increase water levels. the dam was built in the 19th century and has a construction of clay surrounded by mud. in order to relieve pressure during torrential downpours, it was designed to allow water to flow over
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the top. other flow on wednesday was so the top. other flow on wednesday was so powerful, it damaged the structure. i must stress that the structural integrity of the dam wall is still at a creditable level and there are still a substantial threat to life should the dam wall fail. so oui’ to life should the dam wall fail. so our play is that we would ask for residents to complete — may continue to heed, please advise and stay away from whaley bridge. but because many remain to leave so quickly, the authorities are now allowing one resident per household to return to their homes for 15 minutes to collect pet and other vital possessions. everyone will return for good remains uncertain. well, let's speak to our reporter stuart flinders, who's in whaley bridge for us this morning. 0bviously another busy night for the emergency services. what's the latest, stuart? as you can see, the road into whaley
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bridge is still closed off by the police. the town basically lies in the bottom of a valley and it is the properties at the bottom of that hill you can see that of course are the most vulnerable. that is why those residents were moved out urgently those residents were moved out urge ntly 48 those residents were moved out urgently 48 hours ago and haven't been allowed back, although they are now, as you say, being allowed to return to their phone homes —— homes ina very return to their phone homes —— homes in a very detailed) operation, which means they can go back for only 15 minutes at a time, only one person in a property at a time. just basically to recover the kind of essentials they weren't able to take with them when they were moved out very quickly on thursday. maybe medicines, things for their pet and so on. medicines, things for their pet and so on. the actual meeting point for the residence is about four miles away from here, another town called chaplin a threat than they had a meeting there yesterday evening in which they were told by authorities that they should expect to be out of their homes for possibly the
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whole of next week. that is because the level of water in the reservoir is still very high, there is still water draining into it from the surrounding hills. they need the levels of the water there to drop by metres, but so far in the last 48 hours, the water level has dropped by only a fraction of a metre and thatis by only a fraction of a metre and that is despite the best effort of fire services from around the country have joined the operation to pump water from it. country have joined the operation to pump waterfrom it. it country have joined the operation to pump water from it. it is dry here now, it has been dry for well over 24 hours, but there is another yellow warning from the met office which means that there could be more rain, thunderstorms ahead here tomorrow. thank you very much. thank you for keeping us up—to—date stop we will speak to those who had been evacuated, and the people who are involved in the rescue operation. we will also speak to the environment minister therese coffey. three leading telecoms bosses have written to the prime minister, questioning his ability to deliver a promise to roll—out full fibre broadband years ahead of schedule.
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in an open letter, the heads of three trade bodies say the pledge will require 100% commitment from the government, including further investment in skills and a reduction in red tape and taxes. our business correspondent katy austin reports. good internet is now a priority for hotel guests like those in southend. the manager here says the speed and reliability of fibre broadband has been game changing. we have been able to increase our bandwidth and is giving the customer so much, much faster and better, much more consistent experience throughout.- the moment, most of the country can get superfast broadband. that is a mixture of fibre and copper technology that results in a download speed of 24 megabits per second or more. full fibre uses fibre—optic cables to connect the exchange direct to properties and that results in download speeds ofi gigabyte per second or more. at the moment, only about 7% of the uk
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and get full fibre. boris johnson moment, only about 7% of the uk and get full fibre. borisjohnson has said there shall be full fibre for all by 2025, eight years before the current target. three industry bodies have said the ambition is welcome. but in a letter to number 10, they have said for specific problems need solving first within i2 problems need solving first within 12 months. theyjust are not sufficient quality people to be able to dig up the streets and work on this sort of stuff, and as well as that, we also need a reduction in the amount of red tape and regulation that just slows everything down. one of their demands is for plans allowing providers access to land when landlords are not responding. a difficult ask according to one a nalyst. difficult ask according to one analyst. it requires a carefully worded piece of legislation, which ta kes worded piece of legislation, which takes into worded piece of legislation, which ta kes into accou nt worded piece of legislation, which takes into account business owners, building owners, landowners as well as telecommunication service providers, and let's face it, the
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government has other things, other pressing, urgent issues that they need to deal with. the telecoms industry is setting a challenge to the new prime minister. the government told us it is committed to creating the right opportunities for investment and speeding up digital infrastructure rollout. the home secretary, priti patel, has said she wants criminals to feel terror at the thought of committing an offence. in herfirst interview since being appointed last month, she said her mission was to restore public confidence in policing. ms patel also distanced herself from her past comments supporting the death penalty. heathrow airport is to cancel 172 flights on monday and tuesday after members of the unite union voted go on strike in a row over pay. around 2,500 workers, including engineers, firefighters and security staff will miss their shifts if the strikes go ahead. last—ditch talks will be held this weekend to avert the action and the airport is advising passengers to check its website for
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updates. russia's arctic north and far east are being ravaged by huge wildfires with up to 4 million hectares ablaze and vast areas engulfed by smoke. president vladimir putin has sent the army to help prevent the fires spreading to populated areas. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg sent this report from siberia. for weeks now, siberia has been smouldering. vast swathes of forest shrouded in smoke and many ravaged by fire. wildfires are common here, but not on this scale. in siberia, an area the size of belgium is burning. the kremlin has sent in the army, military planes doing what they can to extinguish the blaze. the fires are sparked by hot weather and dry thunderstorms. they're mainly in remote
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areas, but could the effects be more widespread? so, black carbon is black, small particles, which falls down on the ice and turns them from white to black, so the ice cannot reflect sun radiation and sun starts to heat the ice in the arctic and it melts faster. and as if fire wasn't bad enough, there have been floods too. in this town, injune, a dam burst, following torrential rain, 23 people died. now, the town has flooded again. from forest fires to flooding. so far, this has been a summer of hell for people in siberia. and it's because of wild fires and the floods that a state of emergency has been declared in large parts of
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this region. steve rosenberg, bbc news, siberia. a 55—year—old ultra—runner has become the fastest woman to travel the length of britain by foot. sharon gayter covered the 822 miles from john 0'groats down to lands end injust under 12.5 days. can you imagine doing that in this weather as well? no, you can't. .. weather as well? no, you can't... ever! that is a good point! that's four hours quicker than the previous record. she slept for three hours per night and forjust 90 minutes before the final leg. well done. i wouldn't be able to function on three hours sleep. that is amazing. well done. now, you wouldn't be surprised to hear a locomotive at a railway station, but what about a locomotion? # do the locomotion...
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this is the moment kylie minogue, alongside a team of backing dancers, caused quite a stir when she performed at scarborough‘s north bay railway station. the pop star was taking a tour of the area ahead of her sell—out performance at scarborough‘s open air theatre on thursday. is that kylie in the pink? it is so off brand for her. as a jumper tied around her waist? could you imagine if you happens to be at that railway station leisurely waiting for a train and then she p°p5 up waiting for a train and then she pops up doing the locomotion? brilliant! what a great sport. that is brilliant. sticking with the theme of trains... steam trains may have disappeared from our rail network more than half a century ago, but oui’ more than half a century ago, but our love affair with steam has never ended. heritage railways are hugely popular but now enthusiast fear they could be collateral damage in the war against climate change. coal production ends and importing it
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becomes more difficult. they came from hong kong, they came from morcombe. some of the 13 million passions hop on board a stea m million passions hop on board a steam train every year. million passions hop on board a steam train every yearlj million passions hop on board a steam train every year. i think it is the history and we cannot find it in hong kong or somewhere else in the world. i think this is very traditional. when you live in such a nice area, it is nice to get the most —— make the most of it. nice area, it is nice to get the most -- make the most of it. it is cold that keeps these heaters of history burning. that has become a dirty word. some question the cutting it out in this quest — my country can save oui’ cutting it out in this quest — my country can save our climate. people — but are we making a small effort and is going to be the bm — may be all and end all of our existence?” don't know the answer. if you like
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the heritage industry is being punished unfairly? yes, i do feel like our business is going to be punished because we are so visible. karen works the kitchen here. sons james and patrick work the trains. injobs and james and patrick work the trains. in jobs and spending the heritage ra i lwa ys in jobs and spending the heritage railways are worth around 400 million to the uk economy. well, it might look impressive, but coal is packed with more carbon than any other fossil fuel. so environmentalists say that emissions have to stop. it's the biggest threat to our climate. the government plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions almost completely by 2050. as part of the plan, coal—fired energy plants will be phased out over the next six years. demand will be cut, supply will reduce and heritage railways say that will drive up prices. that could put off even the coolest of customers. £26 for the whole trip, which i think with a reasonable price. if it was any more,
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we probably wouldn't have gone for it. you would have thought twice? yes, definitely. a committee is now asking the government to help protect the industry while keeping to climate targets. wow. it is amazing to see trains like that. we find out what's happening with the weather? where are we? good morning, susan. a very good morning to you. it is a little bit of everything in the next few days. today, a dry, quiet day for the majority of the uk. u nfortu nately, the majority of the uk. unfortunately, tomorrow, heavy showers returning and targeting northern britain where we have seen deluges in some spots in the last week and we do have that severe flood warning still in place. that is at whaley bridge. another hazard, it is pretty misty and murky across eastern scotland, northern england, down into the midlands and east anglia. just bear that
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in mind. that should gradually lift through the morning. sunshine for many hours a day gets under way. always a bit more cloud towards the west is a weather front sits close by, bringing light rain to some spots. by bringing light rain to some spots. by the afternoon, a few thunderstorms across the higher ground of scotland, one or two for northern england and spots across wales and the midlands. northern ireland have some persistent and lighter rain. the ashes at edges spin, fingers crossed we get away with a largely dry day but there is a slight few showers into the evening. —— edgbaston. a fine evening. —— edgbaston. a fine evening. if you have plans to head out, just a chance of rain for northern ireland and later on in the evening, rain pushing into the west of scotla nd evening, rain pushing into the west of scotland and north of wales. we should perhaps see quite missed denmark for sunday but humidity will start to rise as this front approaches. actually quite a muggy field with overnight lows 15 to 16
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degrees. with the humanity around tomorrow, a bit more energy to the weather front and that chance of a heavy rain across scotland first thing, but they come in the afternoon with heat from the sunshine and heavier showers for northern england, the midlands and northern ireland. to the south, largely dry in the sunshine, 25 or 26. those showers need to be watched closely because any more rain and we have already got saturated ground promises not great news. that yellow outline showing you the areas the met office is most concerned about at the moment. even into next week, these are the problem. low pressure towards the west exactly like we had last week. another one to take us into this week which means quite a few showers, they are thrown across the uk in bands and areas getting quite severe totals. the temperature of about average for this time of year. high teens or low 20s. cooler where we have the rain. and that is the way things are looking for the
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next few days. hopefully some finer weather today but more showers as we look further ahead. back to you guys. i will keep my fingers crossed. and now on breakfast, it's time for the film review. hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. here to take us through this week's cinema releases is jason. what have you been watching? jane, the action movie alert, two of the biggest stars of that genre go head to bald head. it's dwayne johnson and jason statham as hobbs and shaw in a fast and furious spin off. and a sequel to a video game that no one plays anymore, but can the flightless birds and the green pigs unite to lay an animated golden egg at
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the summer box office with angry birds 2? and long—lasting female friendship is tested by a boozy night out in dublin and the arrival of the new man on a scene. that's animals. it's august. have you been having fun? it is fun. some of the movies are a bit strange and then you get some really good ones, what they called counter programming so i have some foreign gems a little later for you in the programme. but we will start with fast and furious hobbs and shaw, attack of the ampersands, as you can see, very rarely you get two in the title. action lovers will find themselves between a rock and a stath—place. see what i did there? dwayne johnson is hobbs and jason statham is shaw. they ‘baldly‘ stare each other down and like a couple of angry easter eggs, scowling at each other. one is recruited in la and one is recruited in london and together they come together, though they do not want to, they are angry about this
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and they take on a bionic villain played by idris elba and he has invented a super virus that will take over the world. and the trouble is it has been put inside shaw's sister, princess margaret in the crown. doing something not very princess margarety here, abseiling down the cheesegrater in a chase sequence. as you do. now or never. i'm more of a "now" type of guy! on my three? sure. one, two, three! no one tells me what to do! music.
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laughs. and i guess it's kind of like that for two hours? about there? two hours, fast and furious. does what it says on the tin and it's a very popular franchise and i really enjoyed the last few with the car chases, normally they go from rio and tokyo. here we are in ukraine, london, although i did not recognise the city and quite a bit of it was shot in glasgow and i thought i didn't recognise london in that one. they go to ukraine, samoa, and there are car chases with helicopters and drones and things explode all over the place and they have to get the virus out of her or it will explode, and they want to destroy the human race but hobbs and shaw want to save the world. it's not quite as fun as perhaps it thinks it's going to be, the dialogue between hobbs and shaw doesn't really sparkle, i think the script thought this would be funny but jason statham and the rock seem to face off and neither wants to crack and neither wants to give way. no—one wants to give anything, idris elba wants to be macho in it
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as well and the person who comes out on top is vanessa kirby. they asked me not to tell you but there is a lot of celebrity cameos in the film. i am not allowed to reveal them, as if this would perk it up. oh, the film—makers said that? do not let on that there are people like dame helen mirren... is it because you are in it? i wish i was. that alone does not really perk it up. there is a lot of furious, and not enough fun. is the next film any more fun? i'm guessing it's aimed at children? is that a fair supposition? angry birds 2, the movie. it's aimed at children, drunk students, or people who play video games on their phone. so basically all the same. this is an animation, the first film was a surprise hit so of course there will be a sequel. it's very different to the first one. the first one had the birds on one island being played pranks by the green pigs on another island. the plot is really not complicated and i don't know why i'm bothering to explain it.
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then there is an eagle on the other island who is really angry and she is lobbing ice bombs at both islands and the birds and the pigs have to team up to defeat the angry eagle. so it's like a war mission movie or heist movie. where eagles dare. that's my film reference. the plot should not be complicated, it is august! it isn't. what i suggest is you let it wash over you because the bright colours and animation, it is quite funny and you have a great voice cast, bill hader, peter dinklage, jason sudekis, leslie jones. you have lots of pop songs from eltonjohn to axel f and dance off between eagles and a puppet bird who looks like big bird. and there is a plot with hatchlings who steal eggs and they are voiced by the daughters of nicole kidman and keith urban. not saying that nepotism doesn't work in hollywood. get your children young into the hollywood scene. it's deliriously silly and i surrendered myself to the sugar rush of the visuals and rather enjoyed it and my children did as well. good. that is a good recommendation. your third pick this week is based
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on a novel which i am afraid i haven't read and i am coming at it cold. i will give you a secret, i have not read it either. it is written by emma jane unsworth, a big hit, and she actually wrote the script as well that there is a connection there. normally do not do that, and you usually surrender your control but she has actually done a really good job of getting the script right. this film has been described as being like a female withnail and i and you can see why because it is about two girls who have been living together in dublin and very close relationship and they fuel each other‘s drug and alcohol taking and they stall each other‘s development and they are very co—dependent and very witty and very funny together. very hard to break into this relationship, but impending 30th birthdays loom and family responsibilities and the arrival of the new fellow named jim puts this relationship under threat. hey. hi. interesting choice.
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i suppose i'm intrigued by all these people, jotting down notes in their little notebooks not actually getting anywhere. how do you know they are not getting anywhere? because they're still here, trying, jotting down notes in their little notebooks every day. plus, it's the only place open this early with the decent wine. but the trying is the thing. i've always thought we're not defined by who we are but who we try to be. i always tried too hard at school. i always did everything too hard. who said that to you? i'm only a pianist because i sit down and do it every day. so, leave them alone.
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and holliday grainger, who we were talking about not that long ago on this programme... in tell it to the bees, where she did another good accent, i do not know what her real accent is. she had a very good irish accent in tell it to the bees. another female—powered film and as i say like withnail and i for girls, which is a very good thing. you can feel that in the sketchiness of the untidyness of their relationship. i really like this, a lot. i thought the relationship was really well done and the director is good on the atmosphere and the sensitivity of a relationship that is blooming but cannot last and is going to change and someone will getjealous. holliday grainger is fantastic in it and she has this great charm to her and she is good at doing that first flush of white wine and the colour returns to her cheeks. i thought it was well done, and a real cult classic in the making, this film. that is interesting and i look forward to it and i expect lots of people will be. i am struck by your best out this week, because i cannot believe it is 30 years! 30 years since do the right thing?
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and almost to the day, this film change the world in several ways. the first film review i ever wrote for the university magazine, which is why i do thisjob, is because of this film but even on a grander scale it changed the world. do you know how? i do not but you can tell me. michelle 0bama and barack 0bama went to see this film on theirfirst date. and that is how they forged their political sensibilities and their colour and got all the way to the white house and this film literally did change the world. it's by spike lee and of course it is set over one boiling hot night in new york in front of sal's pizzeria where mookey the delivery boy, played by spike lee, gets involved and it boils up to a race riot which is the main thing but really it is about the visuals of spike lee. but it's beautiful to look at as well, it evokes — and i watched it recently because we had our own heatwave here — and you can feel the heat of brooklyn almost coming off off the screen and the fabulous bright colours. it is terrific. the dialogue and the soundtrack is amazing. fight the power by public enemy, an all—time hip—hop track which is a powerful start, and rosie perez dancing to it. one of my favourite films of all time and one of the best
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films ever made, and spike lee is still doing this, if you watch netflix, he has two seasons of she's gotta have it on there which is his original film and that is brilliant as well. still looking at brooklyn that has very changed in those 30 years, and the gentrification that is going on, but still talking about black issues and black history, i think it is a brilliant film and it's out and the sentiments, 4k restorations of those colours you talked about, they are even brighter and more ferocious and hot. fantastic, 30 year rerelease of do the right thing. quick thought about dvd, streaming? there is a film called the chambermaid which is set in mexico city. i suppose a companion piece to alfonso cuaron's roma which nearly won the oscar. it's about a hotel cleaner in mexico city and we see her working in the hotel, the divide between wealthy and poor customers and clients and guests and the hotel staff, the picture of her is in the laundry room there, we see her trying to work her way up this hotel ladder. i thought it was brilliant and a really great performance and directed very well by lila aviles, her first film. a gem
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to find online. thank you very much, good to see you and see you again soon. enjoy your cinema going. that is for this week. see you next time. goodbye. hello. this is breakfast with steph mcgovern and tina daheley. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the emergency services are racing to remove millions of gallons of water from toddbrook reservoir in derbyshire, which is threatening to overwhelm a damaged dam, and swamp the town of whaley bridge. they are trying to lower the water level before the arrival of a storm, which is
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forecast to hit the area tomorrow. last night, prime minister borisjohnson visited the town where the police have ordered 1,500 people to leave their homes. he promised a "major rebuild" to make the dam safe. we can have a look at live pictures 110w we can have a look at live pictures now from the site. emergency services have been working overnight and the raf chinook helicopter has been working, dropping hundreds of sandbags to shore up the dam. most of that work is complete but they are still pumping water out of the reservoir. that was going on yesterday. we believe new pumps were installed overnight so that will continue into saturday. the water level has dropped by about half a metre thanks to all of the work from the emergency services, moving 4.2 million litres of water every hour with more pumps on the
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way. as we have seen in the weather forecast, tomorrow could be a tricky day as there are a showers and heavy rain storms forecast for the area. but we will of course give you the latest on all of that. we have lots of people we will talk to throughout the programme in terms of what they are doing, whether they have been evacuated or people actually trying to get the problem sorted and shore up to get the problem sorted and shore up the dam. and what happens over the next few days? the uk's telecoms industry has warned the prime minister must do more if he wants to keep his promise to deliver full fibre broadband to the whole of the uk by 2025. in an open letter, the heads of three trade bodies say the pledge will require 100% commitment, including further investment in skills, and a reduction in red tape and taxes. the government said it was committed to speeding up the roll—out. the home secretary, priti patel, has said she wants criminals to feel terror at the thought of committing an offence. in herfirst interview since being appointed last month, she said her mission was to restore public confidence in policing. ms patel also distanced herself
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from her past comments supporting the death penalty. heathrow airport is to cancel 172 flights on monday and tuesday after members of the unite union voted go on strike in a row over pay. around 2,500 workers, including engineers, firefighters and security staff, will miss their shifts if the strikes go ahead. last—ditch talks will be held this weekend to avert the action and the airport is advising passengers to check its website for updates. russia's arctic north and far east are being ravaged by huge wildfires with up to 4 million hectares ablaze and vast areas engulfed by smoke. president vladimir putin has sent the army to help prevent the fires spreading to populated areas, a task made harder by strong winds and record—breaking summer temperatures. greenpeace has called the situation "an ecological catastrophe."
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ed sheeran has entered the record books for the longest music tour ever. # darling, i will be loving you till we're 70... following a gig in germany, the singer—songwriter‘s divide tour became the biggest, most—attended and highest—grossing music tour of all time. ed took to instagram to thank his fans for their support. when it comes to a close, he will have spent an astonishing 893 days on the road, breaking the record previously set by u2 of 760 days. they're in mind he is a lot younger, no offence. i hope he has a good holiday planned now. now, have you noticed a lot of these flying around lately? they're painted lady butterflies, and huge numbers of them have
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started appearing around the uk. i actually saw one the other day. weather conditions and food sources are providing ideal conditions for the species to thrive. experts believe the phenomenon happens once every ten years. people are being asked to submit sightings online to help butterfly conservation monitor numbers of this and other breeds. let them know you found one in your attic! i bet there will be loads of people now. . . i bet there will be loads of people now... there is one, there is one! good morning. yesterday we... i love this picture of you. this is what we are going to be... this was in the blood throughout er. i'm not wearing the right shoes. was that you? was that the paparazzi capturing you? there were a few people outside. i wa nted there were a few people outside. i wanted to say hello. i
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did something interesting and lept into the air. i think you look cracking there. that is brilliant. trending on twitter yesterday. the butterflies had started, talking about butterflies. some nervous excitement. what a day in the cricket yesterday for england. rory burns, and yesterday was steve smith. he really shone in the sunshine yesterday. a real day to remember. he batted the day to record his maiden test century, meaning england are only 17 runs behind australia's first innings total, going into day 3. joe wilson looks back at day 2. england publicly opening batsmen walked into edgbaston with a friendly security guard. they were soon surrounded by australians. there is one. steve smith's catch and australia had jason roy out for ten. rory burns has his own way of watching the ball. quick, it's
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coming. australia's fast bowlers would search for any weakness. near misses, close calls. burns kept going. he was not part of the world cup squad. the trophy turned up. it belongs to everyone. joe root fell by 57, court. great reaction from the bowler for a reaction by 57, court. great reaction from the bowlerfor a reaction from by 57, court. great reaction from the bowler for a reaction from the captain. australia had a flourish. a threatened and england collapse. england have longed for a new test match batsmen who is old—fashioned, to display the dying art of sheer concentration. rory burns painstakingly made it to 100, 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration. that is ashes batting. it is nice to keep going and stay on the treadmill. how many are you going to make tomorrow? good question. don't know. hopefully i have a few more left in me and we
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have a few more left in us. while england will resume 17 runs behind and rory burns 125, not out. joe wilson, bbc news, edgbaston. transfer deadline day is fast approaching and the summer moves are beginning to come thick and fast. yesterday, manchester united reached an agreement to sign harry maguire from leicesterfor £80 million. the england centre—back is expected to complete a medical at the club at the weekend. that transfer fee of £80 million is the most any club has paid for a defender, and it's not the first time that manchester united have paid the big numbers. back in 2002, they splashed out £30 million for rio ferdinand. fast forward to 2017 and united's neighbours manchester city paid out £45 million for spurs full back kyle walker. liverpool were next to pay big for a defender. they signed virgil van dijk from southampton for £75 million. that brings us back to harry maguire from leicester city to united for a record—breaking £80
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million. is there any end to it? probably not for a very long time. it is getting bigger and bigger. tell us more about why... it is escalation inflation, i guess. that is my take anyway. i agree. escalation inflation. that was a good audition for the business job. no, that is way out of my depth. there are nine opening day fixtures in the championship today, but they face a tough job to follow on from last night's entertainment. that probably aged you a couple of yea rs! that probably aged you a couple of years! it was exciting. luton and middlesbrough drew 3—3 in their opening fixture. it all happened very early on. sonny bradley with a stunning first goalfor luton. that made it 1—1. four more goals would follow, the last of them from james collins, five minutes from time, to snatch a point for luton. they missed a penalty. it all happened. now, this is really sad. bury‘s second game of the season has been suspended by the english footbal league because the club still can't show they can settle outstanding debts. their game today against mk dons was cancelled during the week.
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they will now not play accrington stanley next weekend. stephanie frappart will become the first woman to referee a major men's european match when she takes charge of the uefa super cup final between liverpool and chelsea later this month. frappart will also lead a team that also includes assistant referee michelle o'neill when the champions league winners face the europa league holders in istanbul. she refereed july's women's world cup final in lyon. catch me if you can — the message from south africa's ashley buhai at the british open golf at woburn with plenty of brits leading the chase. the defending champion georgia hall shot a second round of 69, including four birdies to finish on 6—under par. bronte law produced a strong round to put herself into contention, she's on 7 under, and so five strokes off the leader. and charley hull, who's playing on her home course is also in the mix, she birdied the 16th, on her way, to also finishing on 7—under par. it was good. it was quite funny.
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my fiance and family has come as well. his dad was like, come on, girl! it is quite nice. they don't play golf so is quite nice. they don't play golf so it is nice they come and support me. andy and jamie murray's reunion, on the tennis court, is over for now after they lost their quarterfinal match at the washington 0pen despite having match point in the second set. kyle edmund came from a set down to give himself the chance of progressing to the last four in the men's singles. but was eventually beaten by world number 122 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. while robot was my lobby on the tv, there are still plenty of colossal metal on metal shows around the country. the sport is being increasingly used by schools, as an extra curricular way, to teach science and engineering. and the new heavyweight champion of the world is now british. i've been to the finals of robo challenge in staffordshire where we had our very own breakfast robot
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ready to step into the arena. months, even years in the making. all the battery—powered robots here we re all the battery—powered robots here were in the presence of the world heavyweight champion spectre. fresh from splashing its way to the world title in china. they have full-time robot builders over there. to compete with them and bring the trophy home is incredible. this is a well‘s most profile —— crushing robot. this is a crushing cylinder and it forces 22 tons of force from the back of the head and pierces through anything. taking inspiration, the school built robots have come here on finals
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day. there was battle after battle to win. for safety reasons, during battle, controllers a re safety reasons, during battle, controllers are to be outside of the arena, especially as the competition hots up. it is a lesson in engineering and problem—solving when the worst happens. an exploding battery seemingly the end. maybe not. life—saving surgery meant 45 minutes later it was back to its old self. i felt terrified but it was kind of funny. itjust exploded, yeah. it is indestructible. it is fine now. no matter what, you can get back from it, yes. it is life skills to be able to build something, follow instructions, come together as a team. they have to think about the science of how each intricate part comes together and just smash each other to bits. amazing! well, this is it. our brea kfast amazing! well, this is it. our breakfast bar. this is the main machine that will challenge spectre in the arena. you can see it has a chicken head at the top. it packs of the opponents into submission. that
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is the plan, anyway. it is more difficult than you may think. the buttons are so sensitive. it is like training a very difficult dog. come home! no, no... it is going to damage itself before we even start. before we take on the world champions the dark. —— spectre. three, two, one... begin! it showed its potential while dismantling the other challenger. a glance from the champ, but it was just other challenger. a glance from the champ, but it wasjust biding its time. before spinning into action, showing no mercy. get off him! oh! i lost a wheel! it is but a scratch for a brave breakfast bot. although worse was to come. hellfire, damnation and eventually slung into the pit of doom. it
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is in the pit. there we are, breakfast bot is no more. it goes into the red box, as is tradition. back to the workshop to be brought back to life. it did its best. terrible, terrible news. but, dreams do come true. brea kfast news. but, dreams do come true. breakfast vault is here! back from the dead! —— breakfast bot. breakfast vault is here! back from the dead! -- breakfast bot. we have disabled its chicken head, however,. but it is still able to dance. have
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a go, at least you cannot do any damage. you can see a big dent in the top there where the other robot sank into the metal but i think it is time now for retirement. it looks like something that could wake you up like something that could wake you up quite well in the morning, like an alarm clock. certainly. it would be difficult to sleep in breakfast bot. it might be able to fight again, possibly in a division. it does have an impressive action. a happy ending, at least. that was a good point you were making. about the students. i was so impressed how the students. i was so impressed how the students. i was so impressed how the students managed to rebuild snapping in 45 minutes because they understood how it was built and how the electrics worked.
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all of it out on the blackboards. backboards?! what year are you from? the 19705. a long time. it is touchscreens now. a5 long time. it is touchscreens now. as ever, lovely to see you. i'm just going to go get my robot some brea kfast. here's su5an with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. isuddenly good morning. i suddenly feel the need to go home and modify my little boy ‘5 pram. i don't know how that might work out. not too bad a day today. tomorrow, not the greatest of new5 today. tomorrow, not the greatest of news with heavy showers returning and it looks like they will focus on northern britain. we do still have a severe northern britain. we do still have a 5evere flood warning in place for whaley bridge and more rainfall will not be welcome. another hazard this morning, if you are taking to the road5 morning, if you are taking to the roads is mi5t morning, if you are taking to the roads is mist and fog acro55 morning, if you are taking to the roads is mist and fog across a portion of eastern scotland and pa rt5 of portion of eastern scotland and parts of northern england and down into the midlands and east anglia.
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mo5t into the midlands and east anglia. most of that will lift a5 into the midlands and east anglia. most of that will lift as the morning pans out. further west, most of that will lift as the morning pans out. furtherwest, more cloud feeding into an area of low pressure close by and the west and that brings patchy rain on and off into northern ireland. through the afternoon i think the sunshine could spark a few thunderstorms acro55 afternoon i think the sunshine could spark a few thunderstorms across the high ground of scotland, perhaps a few for northern england as well, wales and the midlands. isolated showers but we could still see the odd intense downpour and there is ju5t odd intense downpour and there is just a slight 5ingle —— 5ignal odd intense downpour and there is just a slight 5ingle —— signal that we could get a shower at the cricket but hopefully we will get away with a largely dry day. here is the low. we have seen enough of these in the last week. this one is held at bay for the start of the week by high—pre55ure but as we head into sunday it makes further inroads. through the course of the night, rainfor through the course of the night, rain for northern ireland and we5tern scotland and eventually the north—west of england. but if you had out this evening, dry for many people and by the end of the night, temperatures should be around 14 or 15 degrees. quite a muggy
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feel is this low approaching will kick off the humidity. so for sunday that will give us a chance of heavy rain and through the morning a weather front bring5 and through the morning a weather front brings the cloud but then we spark heavy showers on the afternoon and you can perhaps 5ee spark heavy showers on the afternoon and you can perhaps see the break greens to in there. some real downpours and again tho5e greens to in there. some real downpours and again those areas are mo5t downpours and again those areas are most at threat in parts of the north midlands into northern england and 5outhern scotland. and as a result, the met office have put out a yellow weather warning because these areas arejust so weather warning because these areas are just so 5en5itive now to any more rainfall. 0n into next week, we 5till more rainfall. 0n into next week, we still have low pressure towards the west so the prognosis, i'm afraid, doe5 west so the prognosis, i'm afraid, does not look better. plenty more showers to come, looking ahead to monday as well. thank you very much, su5an. now on breakfast —
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here's this week's edition of click. i love food. who doesn't? and like everything else in our live5, food has become globalised. we have access to a multitude of cuisines. out of season, a thing of the past. but the true cost of this indulgence is becoming apparent with a 5piralling public health crisis and environmental destruction. i've been to a facility in north london where our discarded food ends up. in this country, household waste makes up for at least 70% of what's thrown away. currently only half the uk'5 food waste is being processed. if it all came to a place like this it could
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power 350,000 hou5ehold5. this place receive5 about 30 lorries a day. full of waste, mostly coming from homes. this whole operation is powered by the waste that comes in here. and, 5urpri5ingly, there is actually only one machine. that's because what arrives here is just food waste in plastic bags. so all that needs to happen is the plastic be separated from the food. but that shows just how important it is that we do our bit at home first. after the food is removed from the bags, a kind of soup is created. it even has its own recipe to make itju5t right for the next bit of the process. the5e tanks behind me are actually called the digesters and they work like the human digestive system, breaking down food injust the same way. in fact, the temperature
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inside there is 37 degrees — the same temperature as the human gut. once the food is broken down, the gas produced is turned into electricity and the rest is sent as manure to the surrounding farms. but there is no denying that aside from the waste, we need to be creating more food to be able to feed the world's growing population. and to be able to do that, we need to find ways of creating sustainable and efficient farming. so we took a trip to the orkney islands off the coast of scotland to see how 5g is being used to do just that. 5g networks are starting to pop up in uk cities. but for many rural areas, even getting a basic signal remains a challenge. including in the orkney islands off the north coast of scotland, with a population of just 22,000 people. in the past, an argument against setting up mobile networks in remote locations was the high cost of infrastructure, relative to
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low population. but this could all be about to change. in a revolutionary move, the uk's communications regulator, 0fcom, is opening up part of the airwaves, or spectrum, to anyone who wants to use it. at cost price on a first—come first—served basis. mobile operators want to provide service right across the country. some places don't use all the spectrum, sometimes it might be available for others to use. we are hoping innovations will come out of it and new industries will develop. industries will not be constrained by bits of wire, and will be able to use radio. experiments to build local networks are already under way. the 5g rural first trial has brought 5g capabilities to different projects across the orkney islands. one of the most remote and under—connected parts of the uk. but while remote, the islands contribute significantly to uk exports of salmon and whiskey. salmon is one of the uk's biggest food exports, worth more than £700 million a year. many salmon farms are located offshore in scottish waters. with up to 25,000 fish in
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each cage, there is a lot of data that needs to be collected. this box monitors sensors in the water that include temperature sensors, salinity sensors and oxygen sensors, so it is seeing how oxygen is going to the fish. the oxygen levels affect when and how much the fish are fed. automatic feeding systems work off that data on a wi—fi network over a 5g connection, with four feeders running at once. just did that feed off your laptop? yes. i am connected to the barge computer via screen connect which is a total benefit to us because we can be out on site and ready to feed the fish rather than have a man just sitting and feeding them all day. he can be out working with us and helping us. and some processes are still done by hand, like checking for sea lice. that could change as well. we will be doing health checks on them and make sure they are nice and clean. that one is beautiful. so if you had a 5g connection you may not need to do this,
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where you remove the fish from the water? no. we would have hd cameras that could monitor the condition. 56 brings a couple of elements that maybe we didn't have with 4g. of course it has higher bandwidth. but it also brings low latency, meaning that the time the signal takes to go back and forth becomes much much faster. we can deploy it in areas that we may not have been able to before. it is all now coming together into a single infrastructure, providing solutions that maybe over 46 was only a dream. while only 22,000 people live in 0rkney, a further 200,000 tourists come to visit its whiskey distilleries and famous neolithic sites every year. many arrive by cruise ship including this disney one, dropping off hundreds of passengers. by selling access to bespoke wi—fi networks over 5g, the local community could pay for the masts needed to get network access all year
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round. so we are standing in the middle of the ring of brodgar and you can see two masts from here. if you look over here, there are two masts up there. we are running from that right now. fantastic. can we see? so... that's us connected now. that is the full signal. number 15 is queueing up. signal strength is impressive. other applications like augmented reality tour guides are being tested, which tourists can also buy while visiting. is it possible to see you have a signal or a connection to your network here? no, ijust have emergency calls. i have no 4g, no 3g. this is a 5g connection. oh, wow! is this something you would want to use? yes. especially if you have children as well. i think it's a good idea. for important sites at this, yes. the 5g network is also being tested on windfarms. the orkney islands produce over 130% of its electricity demand
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through renewable energy, selling the excess back to the national grid. with sustained winds over 100 mph during the winter and farms in remote locations, having sensors delivering data in real—time to a central point can help keep the turbines running in dangerous conditions. these turbines are now connected to a smart grid which mixes renewable energy with battery technology. before, they were connected by copper wire to telephone lines, making them vulnerable to damage from lightning strike. we're hoping that the 5g system will minimise the amount of outages that the project can have. are you can imagine that if we were connected by a simple wire, that can fail and that will stop generation. and we do not want that. we want to be able to provide power whenever it is windy and send it to scotland where it can be used. all these projects are still in the pilot stage. but with 0fcom opening up the airwaves, they could soon become reality. in some places like 0rkney
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where spectrum is not intensively used, we want people to be able to use spectrum as a way of deploying new services, be it in rural areas where people are doing new and innovative things or inside factories or enterprise offices as we go toward more industrial it and new 5g services we just want people to be able to do it and do it. 0fcom will assess each bid for parts of shared spectrum by 0fcom ensure there is no interference with other users. it will start taking bids for these shared case uses towards the end of the year. so we have seen how new ways of farming and even creating food in a lab can solve one problem — but we still need to be wasting less at home. so i have been taking a look at some technology that
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aims to help. these smart tags and containers are still in preproduction. they are designed to ping you reminders about your leftovers. as for your supermarket shopping, you can track that using apps like kitche or nowaste, which alert you to food that is about to go off, and keep track of how much your wastage is costing you. snapping a picture of your receipt creates a digital pantry. kitche did seem better at deciphering the text than nowaste. kitche also suggests recipes for cooking soon to expire food, although you would need to add more ingredients as well. the result made this seem a bit of a novelty to me. we've seen a few smart fridges that let you take a peek inside remotely, but those will set you back thousands. fridgecam is trying to give the same convenience for a couple of hundred quid. the idea is that it will snap
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a picture every time you close your fridge door, so you can see what is inside from anyway. it also uses image recognition to keep an eye on the product — that is the aim anyway. in reality, in this type of fridge at least, the camera viewjust wasn't wide enough to show more than one or two shelves. as for those snaps, it will tell you who has been opening the fridge. these apps may encourage us to think about how we treat food a bit more, but changing our lifetime shopping and eating habits might be a harder nut to crack. that's it for the short version of our sustainable food special. the full programme can be found on the bbc iplayer. you can keep track of the team on youtube, facebook, instagram and twitter at @bbcclick, and of course we will be back next week. thanks
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for watching. good morning. welcome to breakfast with tina dahely and steph mcgovern. 0ur headlines today: thousands spend a second night out of their homes as efforts continue to prevent a dam from collapsing and flooding a derbyshire town. prime minister borisjohnson visits those affected in whaley bridge and promises to make the area safe. because this is a major problem. in fact, you know the potential destruction that can wreak on the whole of the
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