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welcome to bbc news. the headlines this hour. british airways says flights are returning to normal after technical problems because the cancellations and severe delays for short—haul passengers. cancellations and severe delays for short-haul passengers. it is my wedding, but there will be people trying to get to paula relatives, get to births. we booked because of how important it was. theyjust don't care. lisa darbyshire say it is now safer residents to return to their homes in whaley bridge after their homes in whaley bridge after the town was evacuated at the end of last week over fears about its
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damaged dam. british food industry calls for competition laws to be relaxed to prevent food shortages in the event of a deal brexit. severe weather warnings for cornwell lead toa weather warnings for cornwell lead to a music festival, 50,000 people expected to attend, been cancelled at the last minute. those are your headlines, and a moment will be joining the for sportsday. coming up, at 7pm, beyond 100 days follows president trump as he travels to el paso and dating who are still reeling from shootings at the weekend. he says he wants to strengthen brother background checks for people trying to buy guns. after apn we will discuss the applications ofa apn we will discuss the applications of a no—deal brexit with two uk food producers with different takes on the matter. at 10:a0pm ad element 30 pm, our regular look at tomorrow's
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front pages. donna i hope you will stay with us through the course of this evening. now, though, letsjoin the team for sportsday. hello, i'm 0lly foster, here's what's coming up on sportsday tonight: the clock‘s ticking, the premier league transfer window shuts in less than 2a hours. who's going to beat the deadline? celtic need to be the remaining champions cluj, to get to the group stage. they play the first leg of their qualifying tie tonight. and we hearfrom carl frampton after the freak accident that has delayed his bid for another world title. chaotic, chaos, madness. but ofa shambles, a bit of a joke. also coming up in the programme: the final round of the inaugral w—series is at brands hatch
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on sunday and there should be a british champion. hopefully we can carry the momentum we have taken from the whole season so we have taken from the whole season so far into the last race at sea, seal the championship. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm 0lly foster. we're a couple of days away from the start of the premier league season, tomorrow at 5 o'clock the summer transfer window shuts, and you know on experience that some deals will go down to the wire, and potentially there are some huge ones in the offing. 0ur reporter austin halewood has been keeping across all the transfer chat today, it was a frenzy on social media last night, butjust it was a frenzy on social media last night, but just a it was a frenzy on social media last night, butjust a sense that if few clocks have gone cold on some of
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those names that were being linked with. yes, the transfer market took off with harry maguire's move to manchester united a few days ago. with one day to go any transfer window for the premier league, there could be some huge stories still if any of these four are on the move. let's start with christian eriksen, one year left on his tottenham contract but he has said he was a new challenge abroad. he has been linked with manchester united in the last few weeks but we now know that has broken down. he was one of united's top targets but they have pulled out because he wants to go overseas, and by foreign markets open longer, he could still move this summer. he just won't be to old trafford. another big mover would be this man, philippe coutinho, he moved to barcelona from liverpool for a massive £142 million in january last year, but just for a massive £142 million in january last year, butjust not working out. barcelona have told him
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he can fight another club either personally or alone, so manchester united, tottenham and arsenal have all been linked and i last few days, but it doesn't look as though he will be back in a premier league anytime soon. spurs wanted to loan him for the season we now understand that interest has ended. paulo dybala in the corner look surplus to requirements i give enters, so interest from the premier league and some really good reasons. he scored 57 goals in 128 appearances, its got 11 more in 35 champions league matches. manchester united and totte n ha m , matches. manchester united and tottenham, they both had transfer fees agreed withjuventus, but it looks like paulo dybala's personal terms at the complication about the ownership of his image rights have stopped a dealfor ownership of his image rights have stopped a deal for both clubs, so ownership of his image rights have stopped a dealfor both clubs, so he could be staying put in italy. and
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other major outgoing from the premier league would be romelu lukaku. premier league would be romelu lu ka ku. the striker premier league would be romelu lukaku. the striker is not happy at manchester united. he has been fined for taking himself off to train with those old club, so it looks like italy could be his destination. juventus were interested, but into the milan look to be the frontrunners. we understand a deal is close after lukaku's agent are met with both parties. united are happy to get rid of him, but they just want that £75 million back that they paid everton two years ago. sometimes itjust they paid everton two years ago. sometimes it just takes they paid everton two years ago. sometimes itjust takes one deal, one like this to happen at the other is just out to come through like dominoes. you can follow all the developers of the bbc sport website, but those are the four big names to watching next wedding for hours or so.
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let's head to madrid now and speak to spanish football writer eduardo alvarez. evening, eduardo. first up, what's he latest with barcelona trying to offload phillippe coutinho? it seems to have gone cold on the last five or six hours, but even though it looks like he was safely going to england, not sure to which club, but now it looks there is not an exit for coutinho and less than a day for something you actually be decided. we know how all these tra nsfers decided. we know how all these transfers feed off each other, we wait for one to go and we get a domino effect. christian eriksen was to go to real madrid, he was to come to go to real madrid, he was to come to spain, can you see that going through? yes, as you mentioned, there is some kind of domino effect going on, it seemed like real madrid wa nted going on, it seemed like real madrid wanted to sign paul pogba and then manchester united would sign
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christian eriksen and tottenham would sign someone else, maybe coutinho, but none of these tra nsfers coutinho, but none of these transfers seem to be taking place, and our eriksen has said that he would rather play in madrid. from what i hear the spanish media, it looks more tangible, a move to atletico than real madrid. a logjam somewhere. spurs apparently have gone cold on a possible deal. what is going on with gareth bale? that is anyone's guess. not even gareth bale knows what is going to happen at the eight of the transfer window. real madrid are playing a friendly against ellsberg, and they have not called gareth bale for this one, he has stayed in madrid. again it looks like the welshman is out of favour, he should be so, but his salary almost 20 million euros per
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year, it is way too high for most european clubs to take him. year, it is way too high for most european clubs to take himm year, it is way too high for most european clubs to take him. it is only the english premier league tra nsfer only the english premier league transfer window that shots tomorrow, spain, france, germany open until the end of the month. italy for another ten days. looking at italy, paulo dybala, one of the world layers, one of the great players, should be coveted by many clubs, can you see that stalling and then perhaps one of the giants in spain coming in? i would be surprised if he stays atjuventus. i would not be surprised if you go somewhere else in the premier league. less than a day left, and even though most english clubs have been the biggest movers and shakers in these transfer window because of the money that the premier league generates, it is really a short timeframe for most of these signings to actually happen.
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talking about the domine effect, romelu lukaku, if you goes to enter milan, they seem to be close again, united could come to athletic bilbao it seems to be that united have approached them to have a replacement. the fact that the english transfer window closes before all the rest makes that most english clubs, they either have a replacement for whatever player they sold or they are going tuesday boot for the rest of the transfer window. it is going to be difficult for a spanish or attorney team to sign a top player from an spanish or attorney team to sign a top playerfrom an english club in the next couple of weeks. if lukaku in fact the next couple of weeks. if lukaku in fa ct leaves the next couple of weeks. if lukaku in fact leaves for milan, that is because cap united have already a replacement, and williams would be excellent. —— because united. watch this space. let's round up some of the other transfer news today.
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the england striker danny welbeck is close to joining watford. he's been without a club since leaving arsenal at the end of the season. the colours are considering a move for david louise, the brazilian did not train with the blues today. and west ham are close to signing the striker albionjoe betty, 22—year—old swiss international who scored 15 times in 35 matches last season. celtic face romanian side cluj in the first leg of their champions legaue qualifying tie tonight. neil lennon dismissed the suggestion from dan petrescu, who claimed his side will need a miracle to progress. two wins in their next two ties will ensure the scottish champions reach the knockout stage. a totally different animal, this is away from home. we are very motivated, but we are very worried and respectful of the opposition. we
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are as prepared as we can be, said saturday we have had that had a lot of footage and watched both games against them, so it is all on the night and how we approach the game. we have to be mentally strong and good concentration. we richard masterson spoken on a couple of issues to our sports editor, including what football can do to tackle racism inside premier league grounds. we are determined to tackle discrimination, and you are right, we did have unsavoury incidents at premier league grounds, and one incident is one too many. i think those incidents do make you step back and ask you whether you are doing right, enough, and that is why we are working with the fa and with government to work out some measures where we can do better in this area.
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carl frampton has been talking about the freak accident that forced him to pull out of a fight next weekend . the former world champ broke a bone in his hand when a free standing pillar in his philadelphia hotel fell on him. he says he could have been killed. chaotic, chaos, madness, but ofa shambles, a bit of a joke. when you thick about what happened, a freak accident. it was difficult, i was feeling sorry for myself, but right now i am angry, why it happened, not angry that it was accidental, someone looked into it, but why are things of that size hanging around hotel lobbies and not screwed into the floor? people are saying it, but lucky i hit my hand are not my head, i have lost potentially a shot at a world title, i have lost 12 weeks away from my wife and kids. i am a
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dream more than anything. i felt like i was going to put an unbelievable performance. i felt like it was going to be a performance that people sat up and said, he is back to his best. it wasn't to be, but it is what it is. iam wasn't to be, but it is what it is. i am ready to have a bit of a rest, ta ke i am ready to have a bit of a rest, take time off and rest with my family and then i will be back. world title shot in my next fight, i will do everything i can to win that fight. let's have a look at some of the day's other headlines kyle edmund play the russian eighth seed daniil medvedev in the second round later, he came through hsi first round match against nick kyrgios in straight sets . andy murray and feliciano lopez also progressed in the doubles.
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the world championjudd trump has knocked ronnie 0'sullivan off the top of the world rankings. he did that by beating joe perry to reach the quarterfinals of the international championship in china. it's six years since he was last number one in the world jack no still an injury concern, unable to put a timeframe on his return. the exeter player flew home from a training cap in italy last week. the final world cup squad of 31 is named on monday. and mickey arthur, who has been tipped to take over as england head coach when trevor bayliss steps down next month — is leaving his role with pakistan. he's been in charge for the last three years but his contract isn't being renewed. he the inaugral w—series, a motor—racing championship just for women, draws to a close at brands hatch this sunday. british driverjamie chadwick tops the standings by 13 points. i spoke to her earlier about her success and how the series has been recieved.
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it has been a great season so far, but i think two and eight at the home race is obviously great. hopefully we can carry the momentum we have taken from the whole season so far into the last rays and seal the championship. what have you made of this series? for me, i loved it. it is obviously very different to anything we have done before. for those who don't know, it is all female, single seater, which is unheard of in our sport. very different, but i have absolutely loved it. that is partly because of the success, but also as the series goes out has been fun to be a part of, and hopefully we can finish it off on of, and hopefully we can finish it offona of, and hopefully we can finish it off on a high. as you have travelled over the past few miles, what kind of reception have you had, what feedback have you had from motorsport fans? the feedback has
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been so positive. that is part and parcel why i have enjoyed it, but really i think it has taken my career from really i think it has taken my careerfrom one step really i think it has taken my career from one step to the next, and that has come as a result of what the series has managed to do, so it has been fantastic and it is nice to have so much positive support, particularly going into my home race this weekend. there was a lot of negativity around it, saying that this was merely segregation and that this was merely segregation and that it would be knocking female drivers back in the sport rather than helping them develop. yes, i think there was a lot of negativity when it was first launched, but hopefully a lot of that has quietened down, they are seen what it is all about, it is a positive thing, i thick it is a positive step has changed my career, so we have to see the light in these situations and from my point of view i figured has been a fantastic experience. 0ne that i am glad i took. what do you have to do at brands hatch? finished
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fourth to take the title? yes, try to do the maths, not sure, i have to finish on the podium to guarantee it. i think my focus is just try to win the race and then see what happens. like any other race, we wa nt to happens. like any other race, we want to go in i do the best we can. you have raised in various series against men and beaten men, have you talked about your career and this being a step towards the next thing, what direction do you think the series is going? well they are beat weeks, will it get bigger, and what about yourself? i think the series is planning to expand, for ourfirst year it has been incredible what they have done, and i have no doubt that they will probably make another step forward as years go on. from my point of view, i think ijust want to continue progressing, give myself the best opportunity to make it to the best opportunity to make it to the next step. i unfortunate i have a great relationship with williams f1 asa a great relationship with williams f1 as a development driver and aston martin, to hopefully i can tie and those rose to whatever i do, but at
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the moment my focus purely on this weekend. how many years away is it feasible to see you in f1? that must be the pinnacle. that is the million dollar question. not sure, at the moment my focus is obviously the immediate future, i do not want to rush anything, we try to get to formula 1 and mess any development steps that i take on the way. realistically we are looking at maybe two or three years, four yea rs, maybe two or three years, four years, but i don't know right now. i wa nt to years, but i don't know right now. i want to keep progressing i do the best i can. after announcing her retirment, australian olympic champion sally pearson says she's been overwehlemed by the messages of support. having won gold in london in the 100m hurdles in 2012, she was unable to defend her title four years later in rio because of injuries which prompted her decision to quit the sport.
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yesterday n australia, when i announced my retirement from my sport, it was i guess you could say eight you success. there was incredible support from the whole of my country, the press where they are, and everyone was really supportive. yes a lot were sad, but a lot of them understood and wished me well for the rest of my career, i don't was really quite overwhelming, the amount of people that i feel i may have touched or inspired or whatever they were doing in their lives. that was really overwhelming andi lives. that was really overwhelming and i suppose ni way a satisfying moment for me to know that i may have left some kind of legacy behind. now that i get to reflect on what i have done, it is quite remarkable. as athletes, we do not get ourselves time to do that because the days pass

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