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good morning welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and nina warhurst. our headlines today: regrets and recriminations — former prime minister, david cameron says borisjohnson and michael gove "left the truth at home" during the 2016 referendum campaign. or cameron comes out fighting. the former prime minister david cameron accuses boris johnson of behaving "appallingly" during the eu referendum campaign. desperate housewives star felicity huffman is sentenced to m
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days in prison for her involvement in us college admissions scandal. english high streets are set to get a share of 95 million pounds to help them compete with online retailers. all of this morning's foursomes at the solheim cup are now out on the course. with the three winnings pairs from yesterday reunited. europe start day two at gleneagles with a one point lead. a lot of sunshine to start our separate but for scotland and northern ireland, increasing cloud, rain, and strengthening winds. all the detail coming up. it's saturday 14th september. our top story: the former prime minister david cameron has criticised borisjohnson and michael gove accusing them of trashing his government with what he describes as their appalling behaviour during the brexit referendum. in his first major interview since leaving downing street three years ago, mr cameron has told the times newspaper that the result of the referendum left him feeling depressed and that he worries about it every day. here's our political
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correspondent helen catt. after years of carefully keeping himself out of the headlines, former prime minister david cameron is once again the big news in town, and that may not be welcome news for boris johnson. he and his cabinet colleague michael gove are accused by mr cameron, in his new book, of behaving "appallingly" during the 2016 referendum. he actually, in the book — i said to him "you call michael gove, who was a close personalfriend, ‘mendacious”', amusing, he has worked well with him in the past, but he doesn't always trust him. david cameron also admits that he failed, and that some people will neverforgive him for holding a referendum. he says he thinks about it every single day, but believes that calling it was right and he felt it was inevitable. he's also clearly apologetic.
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he's clearly been very traumatised by the whole experience and that comes out in it, so it's very far from a strongly self—defending, self—authenticating book. it's a really pretty honest book in which he admits to many mistakes, but not the mistake of calling the referendum. but claims made by mr cameron in his interview with the times magazine that the referendum campaign turned into a terrible tory psychodrama have been disputed by a prominent leave campaigner. as far as millions of people — 33 million people voted — 17.4 million of them voted because they wanted to leave the european union. they did not care a fig about tory psychodramas or anything else. most of them put aside party loyalties and voted on the issue. david cameron has also weighed in on the row over the suspension of parliament, describing using prorogation as a sharp practice that has rebounded. he admits, though, that there is a blockage and for that reason, the man who has become defined
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by one referendum now says holding another cannot be ruled out. helen catt, bbc news. and this morning the culture secretary nicky morgan, who served in the cabinet under david cameron, told us how she would vote in the event of a second brexit referendum. i would vote to remain. so, why are you in boris johnson's i would vote to remain. so, why are you in borisjohnson‘s cabinet? because i'm also a democrat and i think one of the fundamental tenets of our democracy is that when the public vote and over 30 million people voted in the eu referendum, there was a clear result, i know it asa there was a clear result, i know it as a result that many people don't like, it is not a result i was co mforta ble like, it is not a result i was comfortable with but i had accepted it and comfortable with but i had accepted itandi comfortable with but i had accepted it and i think it is important that when there is a result, that mps in parliament fulfil that mandate.
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let's get more on this with our political correspondent susana mendonca. she has been very open that she voted remaining the last referendum but it sets up, it is an unusual situation where she is so openly saying that were it to happen again, she would make the same decision. yes, i think it is an unusual admission that you would expect from somebody who is serving in the cabinet of boris johnson somebody who is serving in the cabinet of borisjohnson who is talking about leaving, preferably with the deal, but if not, without a deal. and here we have nicky morgan st that if there were a referendum, she would then vote for remain. i think it shows the different opinions within borisjohnson‘s cabinet and indeed the cracks that we have seen surfacing, you know, just last week we had amber rudd resigning, saying that she didn't believe boris johnson
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resigning, saying that she didn't believe borisjohnson was going for a deal. here we have nicky morgan saying this and last week when people were asking her if people —— if she was going to leave the cabinet, she was saying she wanted to stay in the room, she wasn't ruling out quitting because she was a democrat. you heard how they're talking about it. she has been asked since being on your show and she was somewhat growing back from those comments, making the point that she doesn't support another referendum, although she is there talking about voting for remain if they were another referendum, and saying that her views have evolved over time and she sees a way out to a deal. but of course the borisjohnson, he is focused on getting a deal or living with no deal, he doesn't want a referendum and that is not something he is focused on but this will encourage those who are told about the idea of another referendum, the opposition parties, and it is certainly not helpful to him as he prepares to go to the european union to try and get a deal. just a thought for us and the liberal
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democrats, because theirfoot conference starts today. we have the liberal democrats under a new leader, jo swenson, putting across a clear message on brexit, they are talking about revoking article 50, which of course was the process that started as leaving the european union. they said they would revoke that, very much a message about stopping brexit. what they are hoping is that remain voters on the tory side might come over to them but also labour voters who are worried that labour's messages are clear enough. felicity huffman, the hollywood actor known for her role in the tv series desperate housewives, has been sentenced to two weeks in prison for her part in a college admissions scandal. she paid $15,000, that's around £12,000, to falsify her daughter's exam results. here's our north america correspondent david willis. reporter: felicity, are you sorry for what you did? it's the walk—on part no hollywood actress would ever want to land. felicity huffman arrived for sentencing, accompanied by her husband william h macy, having admitted paying
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to have her daughter's test results doctored in the hope of landing a place at a top university. the college admissions scandal has seen 33 parents charged with bribing exam administrators and sports coaches via a middleman. it has also served to reinforce the view that the university admissions system here is inexorably slanted towards the rich. prosecutors accused felicity huffman of acting out of a sense of entitlement. she blamed her actions on parental insecurity, and in a statement released after the hearing wrote: felicity huffman‘s sentence will start in six weeks' time,
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meaning that, in theory, she could spend next sunday on the red carpet at the emmys. her netflix series when they see us has been nominated for a string of emmy awards. her defence team had argued for probation and community service, no time in prison. prosecutors countered, saying that being confined to a hollywood mansion with an infinity pool hardly constituted meaningful punishment. she will begin her sentence on october 25. david willis, bbc news, washington. 69 high streets in england are to get a share of £95 million in an effort to help them compete with online retailers. minsters say they want to breathe new life into historic buildings. simon jones has more. the high street is struggling with big names and small retailers alike forced out of business as more of us shop online. the government wants to reverse that trend. it says its multimillion—pound investment will help transform
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disused historic buildings into shops, houses and community centres across england, making them more attractive places to live, work and visit. towns and cities had to bid for the funding, which was announced in may. since the start of the year, an average of 16 shops have been closing every day on the high street in the uk. the £95 million cash injection will be shared among 69 towns and cities. the biggest winner is the midlands, which will receive £21 million. here in north london, tottenham high road is going to receive £2 million. that's going to be used to do up shop fronts and facades to try to boost regeneration in the area. the government says it wants to preserve buildings forfuture generations, while at the same time, making them work for the modern world. bedford is another town that will benefit. but it's a big challenge. a previous government initiative that saw the retail expert mary portas brought in to save town centres had mixed success,
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and labour says it is a decade of austerity that has decimated the high street. simon jones, bbc news. five people are now confirmed dead after heavy rain, floods and a tornado hit south—eastern spain. it's resulted in the heaviest rainfall on record in some areas. thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes, as rivers burst their banks in valencia and eastern andalucia. one of the uk's largest pawnbrokers has closed all of its stores. the owner of albemarle & bond and herbert brown has announced its looking for a buyer for some of its 116 shops with staff offered redundancy. the national pawnbrokers association says customers are being kept in the dark. as they say in game of thrones, winter is coming.... to the french town of bayeux. it's been home to the bayeux tapestry for centuries. and nowjoining it is a similar
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piece of embroidery that some avid fans of the tv show may recognise. it looks like the famous cloth, but instead of depicting the conquest of england in 1066, this carries the game of thrones plotlines. it is 87 metres long, and was crafted by 30 embroiderers in northern ireland. the tapestry is on display until the end of the year. someone has gone to a lot of time and trouble. this is bbc breakfast. the face of david cameron is on the front page of most of today's papers, with the launch of his memoir about his time inside number ten. the former prime minister says he doesn't regret the brexit referendum, even if the result still gives him sleepless nights. and he's accused the current pm, boris johnson, of behaving "appallingly" during the campaign. the book for the record is being serialised in the times. mr cameron has spoken to the paper's andrew billen, who joins us now from oxford.
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good morning to you, andrew. it is surprisingly contrite on the eu referendum, he says he regrets the outcome and says he failed. he does say all that, he also says he would do it allagain, say all that, he also says he would do it all again, in the sense that he thought a referendum was absolutely inevitable. there had been so much treaty change, so many promises of referendums from all the political parties over the years, he thought one was coming, he got the best way to win it would be to go in and renegotiate the terms in which britain is in the european union, come back with a deal from the european union, and then set it to the public. i think he thought he was a winner, and of course this time he was a loser, and a big loser. did you get a sense, on a human level, when he spoke to him, that he has a true understanding of the impact of the levels of division it has brought the country?” pressed him on this a lot, i started
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the interview by saying what a good read his book was, and he sort of purred with pleasure, when i was saying that, and i said the only thing i didn't really get from you, david, was how angry people are with you any sort of blushed a bit and said, well, itried you any sort of blushed a bit and said, well, i tried address that. i askedif said, well, i tried address that. i asked if people shouted at him. he said we had robust exchanges. at train stations and airports. i think it does know it on one level. on the other life, —— hand, he has a happily family life, he supported by good friends he hasn't lost over the campaign. ithink good friends he hasn't lost over the campaign. i think this will be a real clash with reality, this week. it probably started with my interview with him which i conducted a few weeks ago. look at the reaction on social media this morning, look at the picture of him and his lovely home, the talks that he goes and delivers and owns a lot of money, people will say, you are making money out of our national crisis, and you caused it, that is
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not fair. i did ask him what was going to happen from the money from the book, the book sales, and he said all the profits would go to his favourite charities. so he is probably not making money out of the book himself but most former prime ministers do make money because they are in demand because of their expertise. it is true, he has three homes, he sends one of his children to one of the top public schools, he has been protected from the error. but that doesn't discount the fact that he is going to go down in history as the man who accidentally caused us to leave the european union. it doesn't discount the fact that he knows reputation only the first line in his obituary will be about the european union and not about the european union and not about all his reform and instance with the conservative parties and in the country. he knows he failed.” apologise, we appear to have lost
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the link with andrew bill in there. andrew berlin is that times journalist who spoke to david cameron, his book is being serialised in the times newspaper. just checking if we got the lie sorted out but we got some problems there. apologies for that,. let's look at the weather now. good morning once again. a lot of sunshine across the uk today. tomorrow a different picture, more cloud. if it is sunny where you are, get out and enjoy it, this is your chance, because we are up against this area of low pressure to the north of the uk that will feed in more cloud through the next 2a hours. today, the cloud is spilling into scotland and northern ireland. still a lot of dry weather, still some sunshine for northern ireland through the morning, in southern and eastern scotland, but to reign which will turn increasingly persistent and heavy, readily affecting the final west of scotland. we could see
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up final west of scotland. we could see up to 50 millimetres in some parts of the highland. to the south, a lot of the highland. to the south, a lot of sunshine. temperatures today, high teens across northern scotland but feeling chilly aware we have the rain, up to 23 in the south—east of england. something else adding to the cooler feeling scotland will be the cooler feeling scotland will be the wind which stops to pick through the wind which stops to pick through the evening and overnight. also for northern ireland. the gusts in excess of a0 mph widely, but for the northern isles, 60 to 65 mph, severe gales puzzle for a time. the band of cloud is sliding south through the small hours. temperatures overnight, fairly even, just about in double figures everywhere, the wind keeping the temperatures up in scotland, despite the fact that we move into colder air of despite the fact that we move into colderairof —— despite the fact that we move into colder air of —— behind despite the fact that we move into colderair of —— behind it despite the fact that we move into colder air of —— behind it where the front. first thing on sunday, not much rain around but it does look like we will see little surge of heavier rain running and along the line at the weather front through the day on sunday and just a little bit of it? about how far north the
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weather will sit at the moment, the risk of rain all the way down into the midlands and northern wales through some parts of the day. to the north of the front, the biggest difference, the plunge in temperatures, 13, 1a, 15, and in the south, we are talking about mid 20s in some spots, we could even see 26 degrees in the odd isolated spot. at the start of the new way, let's even the start of the new way, let's even the playing field again, the pressure starts to build, a lot of fine weather, but we pick up a north—westerly air flow because of the yellow line down across the uk and eventually we introduced the blow, which is the arctic air. with the sun, some crisp mornings. little bit of frost in one or two spots first thing on tuesday and wednesday, but in the sunshine come the afternoon, they should be sunshine for the majority of the uk for much of the week ahead, things will warm up quite nicely and we can
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look forward to temperatures getting into the low 20s. so, a pretty quiet outlet as we look to the week ahead. back to you, guys. we've been talking this morning to the journalist who interviewed we've been talking this morning to thejournalist who interviewed david cameron ahead of the release of his book which has caused a sensation this morning with revelations. thank you for rejoining us, andrew billen. i wanted to ask about his thoughts on borisjohnson i wanted to ask about his thoughts on boris johnson i i wanted to ask about his thoughts on borisjohnson i michael gove, he said they had left the truth at home when it came to the campaign. 0n said they had left the truth at home when it came to the campaign. on a personal level, do you think he felt hurt? he didn't use the word beach rate but i think that is exactly how he felt and he was heard. —— he didn't use the word betrayed. their children went to the same school, david cameron godfather to one of michael gove's children. there is a
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sort of says that michael gove had broken his word. he apparently told david cameron when he decided he would campaign for the leeds side that he would make one speech during that he would make one speech during that campaign and one speech only. of course, he became one of the majorfigureheads of the of course, he became one of the major figureheads of the campaign. for borisjohnson, major figureheads of the campaign. for boris johnson, their relationship, he doesn't call it rivalry, but it was certainly more distant. he said he worked well with him when he was mayor of london david cameron was prime minister and he found him amusing, but he also said, ican he found him amusing, but he also said, i can neverfully trust him, and when i said for example, during the leadership campaign when boris johnson said they would be one chance in a million of the no—deal brexit, did you trust him on that? and david cameron said, well, i think my calculation of the odds is slightly different from his. there we re slightly different from his. there were some quite damaging stuff about borisjohnson, actually, were some quite damaging stuff about boris johnson, actually, in were some quite damaging stuff about borisjohnson, actually, in the butt. for example, he was told about the period when —— in the book. for
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example, he was told about the time that michael gove was so unpopular with teachers when he was education secretary that he decided to move him. initially, michael gove said it was fine, then he came back to him it wasn't bay. and the prime minister then use some quite sharp words which shocked michael gove. the politics is fractious and it does put a huge strain on friendships. he says now he occasionally detects the prime minister and rather less frequently detects michael gove. they are clearly no longer speaking to each other. no christmas drinks this year. reading through the lines, do you think david cameron is broken, when it comes to politics? at the time that he left, we thought he might be back at some point. has that gone? he didn't mention that at all. he is involved in charities 110w. all. he is involved in charities now. he is earning quite a lot of
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money in business, he has, you know, these three homes. but i think it was to go back in. he did mention, he actually astounded me, he thought a second referendum might be the way out of this dilemma, the sound has. isaid out of this dilemma, the sound has. i said what you can pay a lot, and he said, i'm not talking about that at all. as for him being broken, he looks in rude good health, he has happy family life, and he has that 0ld etonian ease, which i say in an admiring way, i really don't think he thinks anybody is better than him and nobody is worse than him either. there was a melancholy to our conversation underlying all that self—confidence. conversation underlying all that self-confidence. andrew billen, nay many thanks, thank you, we could speak to you all morning. we are going to have a look at the papers now. the artist mackenzie thorpe is here
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to tell us what's caught his eye. politics is going through an extraordinary time at the moment. that is where you are starting your look through. this is the announcement that high streets, government cash they are going to put into it, nicky morgan was talking to about it this morning. middlesbrough is your hometown. yeah, that's right. i looked at it from a cultural perspective, not a financial or political one. so much is lost from the community when you went to the store, you had everything. but you talk to the people, they said hello to you, and you felt some sense of belonging. and your mother went there and your grandmother went there, they know where you live. i did a picture once, two children smashed the window in the butchers and they are running down the street, and the butcher doesn't chase them, because they —— he knows the mother is going to come in on friday and he is going
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to come in on friday and he is going to get them that way. that culture, that learning right from wrong, that respect, i think that is disappearing. straightaway, people are going to say rose tinted spectacles, that you are living in a different world. no, i'm not. itry to seek that world out. i'm fed up of going to a supermarket where i don't know what i am... i know what i'm looking for, i can't find it, a machine greets me and i have to talk toa machine greets me and i have to talk to a machine, and i can't operate the machine. i am from that generation that doesn't like it.” prefer generation that doesn't like it.” p refer to generation that doesn't like it.” prefer to go to the checkout and talk to somebody. if you are on your own, that might be your only experience of going out. people say that but then they do something else. they'd probably say a lot of things you say, it is lovely having a chat with somebody over the counter, but i do my online
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shopping. yes, you could surrender and say the whole thing is evolutionary so we accept that is the way it is going to be, but yes, i'm nostalgic, it's gone out in my children's lifetime. we go to different shops in middlesbrough, but now it is exist like that. arguably, the whole of the world has opened up. of course. there was good and bad in everything. this delay that damage to artwork. 0h, and bad in everything. this delay that damage to artwork. oh, yes. tell us about this one. they says in a museum in paris, is that right? that's right. it is a new thing in the paper but it is an old thing, a period in the 18th century, somebody was stabbing that pictures and somebody found it offensive and couldn't understand it. my window got smashed and was covered in pizza because they were laughing at the work and saying it was stupid, and what are you doing it for? i rang my
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old teacher, who have now sadly died, andi old teacher, who have now sadly died, and i said to him, tom, why is this all happening? he said, mckenzie, does anybody see a pair of shoes they don't like in a shoe shop and put a brick through the window? art is to cause a reaction, it is to make something —— to make people think. i'm doing exhibition today andi think. i'm doing exhibition today and i know for a fact people will be crying, laughing, talking, asking questions, and is about community, it is not about the work, it is about themselves and their own stories, and that is what our test, i believe, are supposed to do, reflect the homes —— hopes and dreams of the village. trigger a reaction. finish us off with a nice moment. this is a moment about a koala, a mother who went back into a fire to save her baby. well, my wife
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is at the back and we were looking through the nice story, what i saw was, like, that is what she would do. there was a blaze racing through the forest and the mother koala suffered burns to her back and her fur because she was perched on a falling tree, protecting herjerry who was there. i think we are not dissimilar from animals, that instinctive, that instinctive, that nature, my wife would do that, she would be in there kicking the door down, rescuing the kids. there is hope for us all if we look upon nature. whittle met this earlier, there is certain things we are not... it kicks in. thank you. come back and join us. this is breakfast. we're on bbc one until ten o'clock this morning, when matt takes over in the saturday kitchen. matt — what's on the menu for us?
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good morning. 0ur good morning. our special guest todayis good morning. our special guest today is a radio one presenter who is also limbering up for strictly. what is that? you are not break dancing! i don't know what that is. how are you? really good. are you excited about tricky? excited, nervous, but i've been training all week. really enjoying it. for now, heaven and hell at the end of the show, what is your heavenly ingredient? for heaven, sea bass, any kind of peanuts, and for how, deal, i can't stand, particularly with boiled potatoes. any kind of small, bitchy fish that is a bit fiddly. | small, bitchy fish that is a bit fiddly. i don't like dill. two great
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chefs here as well. that is right up your alley, isn't it? if you are everin your alley, isn't it? if you are ever in doubt, in sweden, just add dill. i guess i need to take that dill. i guess i need to take that dill out. what have you got for us? lam doing dill out. what have you got for us? i am doing a vegetarian dish, chanterelle toasted i am doing a vegetarian dish, cha nterelle toasted in i am doing a vegetarian dish, chanterelle toasted in a pan with corn, love h, shallots, and other roasted jerusalem artichokes with that. no dill, no potatoes. add in what is cooking? i'm going to do a simple salad, lots of ingredients but showing how to build a compound salad with blue cheese dressing and endive. and from the wine cellar, james parkinson is in charge of the drinks. i've got super crisp red
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this hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and nina warhurst. coming up before ten we'll get the weather with susan. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. the former prime minister, david cameron, has criticised boris johnson and michael gove accusing them of trashing his government, with what he describes as their appalling behaviour, during the brexit referendum. in his first major interview since leaving downing street three years ago, mr cameron has told the times newspaper that the result of the referendum left him feeling depressed, and that he worries about it every day. and in the past hour, the culture secretary nicky morgan, who served in the cabinet under david cameron told us how she would vote in the event of a second brexit referendum. i would vote to remain. so, why are
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you in boris johnson's i would vote to remain. so, why are you in borisjohnson‘s cabinet? because i am a democrat and i think one of the fundamental tenements of our democracy is when the public vote, and over 30 million people voted in the eu referendum, there was a clear result. i know it is a result many people don't like, i was not comfortable with it but i have accepted it and i think it is important when there is a result, that mps in parliament fulfil that mandate. saudi arabian state media say drone attacks have hit two major oil facilities in the east of the country. officials said the attacks started fires at the ab—quake plant, the world's largest oil processing facility, as well as at an oilfield 60 miles away. these dramatic pictures posted on social media showed flames glowing over the ab—quake skyline. it's not clear who is behind the alleged attacks. felicity huffman, the hollywood actress known for her role in the tv series desperate housewives,
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has been sentenced to two weeks in prison for her part in a college admissions scandal. she paid $15,000 — that's around £12,000 - to falsify her daughter's exam results. the actor was also ordered to complete 250 hours of community service and pay a fine of almost £16,000. one of the uk's largest pawnbrokers has closed all of its stores. the owner of albemarle & bond and herbert brown has announced it's looking for a buyer for some of its 116 shops with staff offered redundancy. the national pawnbrokers association says customers are being kept in the dark. those are the main stories this morning. we are getting an update on the spot, is it beautiful sunshine for the golf this morning? the reason the solheim cup team liked to play on scottish soil is because they have never lost. the sun was shining yesterday, pictures
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of this morning, well, it's chilly and it's how many layers you can fit on. we will start with the cricket. now the ashes might have gone but england will fancy their chances of levelling the series at least after sam curran and particularlyjofra archer helped them to a first innings lead on day two of the final test at the oval. and here's a rarity... steve smith was out for less than a century. joe wilson reports... the 0val is surely one of cricket's grandest old stately homes, you'd almost expect a butler and there he is. joss butler would aim for morning boundaries and australia would aim for his stumps. now the fun stopped, england were all out for 29a. they prepared to bowl with motivation, after all david warner was waiting, gently reminded by the crowd he had been scoring a lot of ducks. he managed five, anotherfailure. maybe the crowd were bored of booing. booing. no. jofra archer was bowling
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with real menace. england were in business. but there was him. that is steve smith, start counting when he gets to 50. this might be the fifth ashes episode but the cast does change. england brought in a new bowler. sam curran on his ashes debut made his mark, he got paine then he got cummings in consecutive bowls, from roughly 59, he became ten feet tall. then the ultimate smith mistake, chris woake's wicket. it isa it is a measure of steve smith's status that to get him out for 80 seemed like a huge victory. jofra archer finished with six, this one can only be appreciated slowed down. rory burns held it. england will resume 78 ahead, this way to the weekend.
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they are back on at 11 o'clock this morning. now it was billed as ‘friday 13th fright night‘ in the super league — as one of four teams faced relegation in the final round of fixtures. huddersfield and hull kr survived. but it was london broncos whose luck ran out. they were beaten by wakefield, whose19—10 win saved them from relegation. for the broncos they return to the championship after one season in the top flight. maybe in a couple of days' time we can have a look and say... ..we had a good crack but to come so close and he fell at the last hurdle is devastating. we worked so hard. to come up short like that is painful. after the international break, the premier league returns today. leaders liverpool are the only side with a 100 % record — they kick the weekend off at lunchtime, at home to newcastle. newcastle will fight
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like crazy and — like they did against tottenham, for example. they had a couple of good results. now, for us, the game will be a real challenge. we'll need pretty much everybody on their toes and i hope that after two weeks — or i don't know when we had the last home game — but we need that atmosphere again at 12:30. and if we have that atmosphere, then we can do something. britain's alice tai has continued her dominance at the world para swimming championships. she won herfifth gold medal in london last night — with victory in the 50 metres freestyle — setting a new championship record. and five gold medals soon became six — as tai was part of the great britain relay team that won the a by 100 metre medley — setting a new world record time. just to let you know about the solheim cup, you can follow on the bbc sports website. it has been a good start for europe this morning
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in the foursomes. the captains have decided, there were three winning foursomes, two for europe, one for the usa, they decided to go with the same peers, put them out there to see if they can get the momentum going. it's one the way of the usa last night with two late health points that looked like they were going to europe whereas europe have at one point going in today. it is fascinating to see how tight it is and how the momentum can swing on one mess part. —— missed putt. it was amazing seeing the commentator saying he couldn't mess steve was out on less than hundred. as cases of dementia continue to rise, experts have been looking at ways that new technology can help to make life easier for those living with the disease. virtual reality is one idea under consideration — as dougal shaw found out when he went to visit a care
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home in oxford. these days bale is usually to be found in the garden of his care home but back in the 50s as they have a place to be mostly downs hell. now thanks to virtual reality he is going to relive that golden age again —— the place he was mostly in was the dance hall. this is what is called virtual reality therapy. bill has dementia and it is hoped this trip down memory lane will be a positive experience. can you remember what you write like at that time? raring to go? yes. and in many ways, bill still is. this care home has been trialling the technology
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and has found it has positive benefits for many residents. people like betty. that is the church where i was married. does that bring back memories of the day? yes, i can remember what everybody was like. many of them are no longer with us. betty is a big fan of the technology. you think, how can you do that when i am sitting here but it is beautiful. did it trigger memories? is that part of the fun of it? yes, that could be but some people might have bad memories. you have designed this to be comforting but is there a danger residents will find it disconcerting, disorientating and confusing?m find it disconcerting, disorientating and confusing? it is important when designing any immersive experience that you are tailoring it for elderly residents and dementia patients and their needs. we worked with the nhs to make sure we are designing something eurocentric that is comforting
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rather than confusing. certainly for one resident it seems a rejuvenating experience. -- one resident it seems a rejuvenating experience. “ user one resident it seems a rejuvenating experience. -- user centric. fantastic! it might be known as the beautiful game, but recently football has shown its ugly side with incidents of racist abuse on the rise. it's a problem 10—year—old balraj knows all too well after he was subject to repeated racist abuse, just for playing the game he loves. he's been talking to the bbc‘s newsround programme. i was seven, i was going to my first football camp, really looking forward to it, it went all wrong. i was eating my lunch in the changing rooms at this camp and then three of the boys, tolerant than me, came up to me, shouted at me, saying, where are you from? i said england. they said, you can't be born in england, you must be born in india or somewhere else far away. one of them
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told them what to do, having my hair, shaking their bums, calling me names. the coach asked if these kids we re names. the coach asked if these kids were bullying me and i said yes, they said ok and he didn't do anything about it. i'd start my dad —— i saw my dad and told him, i was really upset, i was in tears. when we came home i wanted to be by myself for a bit, i was scared to go back. yeah, i couldn't go back. balraj joins us now, along with his dad jasjit, and josh kelly from the campaign group, show racism the red card. i feel like after you presented that piece, you don't really need us. you are very confident on camera. talk us through your experiences and the second thing, nobody did anything when you said you were upset.” second thing, nobody did anything when you said you were upset. i was going to my first football camp and i was looking forward to it. i enjoyed the first bit but whilst i
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was eating my lunch in the changing rooms along with everyone else, in front of everyone else, they shook their bums at me, they were calling me names. they asked what i was from, i said me names. they asked what i was from, isaid england, they said, you can't be from england, you are brown. the coach took me out and askedif brown. the coach took me out and asked if they were bullying me. i said yes and they didn't do anything about it. how did that make you feel? i was surprised, about it. how did that make you feel? iwas surprised, ithought, how can anyone be as horrid as that and then i was scared because i didn't know what to do, especially with nobody doing anything about it. did you talk to your dad straightaway? it took some time because at first i was really upset but then my dad forced it out of me when we got home. when you say forced it out. coaxed. did you get a sense something was wrong? when i
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picked him up, i could tell immediately something had happened, he was not his usual self, i got him home and asked him what was happening. that is a very unpleasant feeling. this goes to the core of wanting to protect your children, there are bigger issues involved. what did you think?” there are bigger issues involved. what did you think? i had a conversation with him about racism when he was about five, he probably doesn't remember it because i knew at some stage looking different, wearing a seat turban, something might happen but that was the first incident that it had happened. it was a case of helping him process it but i didn't want him to come out the experience as a victim so how he could understand doing something about it and still enjoy sport. i got him to go to another camp about six months later. we'll bring you in josh because you work for a charity that seeks to stop this kind of
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behaviour. how common is it? to comment, in recent years we have seen it more and more and whether thatis seen it more and more and whether that is a case of it happening more and more or we are just more aware of it. we are seeing it to often. how do you deal with it? where does it start? education. we go into schools and speak to young kids and teach them about the issue of racism and why it is such an important thing to talk about. the issue of racism in football, people always say these measures like shutting down sections of the stadium does not get down to the root of the issue and stop people with racist attitudes from being racist, it is educating them that has the effect. it is one thing talking about the wider thing and education clearly is the answer long—term, medium—term, there still might be youngsters going in as your standard into a place and it is in their faces. going in as your standard into a place and it is in theirfaces. what to do in that moment is a difficult
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thing. —— is your child dead. —— as your child dead. there's never been anyissue your child dead. there's never been any issue with his weekly training and his friends. it is only when he is in the context of a people who have not come across a balraj before. you can ask questions rather than feeling like you should physically intimidate people —— you might not have come across a sikh before. you should make it an embarrassing thing to do, it is strange behaviour to feel it is your right to physically or verbally abuse someone you have never met before. how has it affected you more generally? you seem like a pretty confident young man, i would say. how has it affected you? it affected me straightaway. it was after the
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second camp because as soon as i experienced it the second time i knew, this is a common thing, it is going to happen a couple of times so i knew something needed to be done. we have seen some high—profile players like raheem sterling and danny rose top openly about the extent of this problem. when you see it happening to them and they are talking about it, does that help? yeah, it inspires me to do more and more about the issue. josh, do you think there is a turning point, it has been talked about a lot more. yes, we have seen more of these issues where a spotlight has been shone on it but whether we are on the cusp of a turning point is another matter. it is always going to be ongoing and something we have to be ongoing and something we have to work towards to lessen the impact for young people. you should never be deterred from doing what you love and if you love playing football, it is depressing to think that you should be deterred from doing that
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because of racist abuse. are you playing today? no, i have got a match tomorrow. i normally have training on saturday mornings. but you are here. i hope it goes well tomorrow. who do you want to play for? you are playing for north-east leeds, who do you want to play for? manchester city. 0h, leeds, who do you want to play for? manchester city. oh, it was all going so well! thanks very much. in a statement the football association said "we strongly condemn all forms of discrimination and encourage all fans and participants who believe that they have been the subject of, or witness to, discriminatory abuse to report it." balraj has been reporting all week for the bbc‘s newsround about the issue of racism in football, you can see all of his reports at bbc. co. uk/newsround. the weather is available. susan has the detail. a good morning to you
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once again, i am going to start off with a big thank you to our weather watchers as being our ice on the skies this morning and faultless blue skies for many this recent image from maidstone in kent. you can translate that to our satellite picture, it is a sunny start from much of england and wales. still some sunshine to be found here through the morning but for the north and west of scotland, this front close by is already bringing in some rain and come the afternoon, that rain will turn heavier and more persistent. we could see up to 50 millimetres across the higher grounds of the highlands of scotland before we're done and possibly more critically, the frontal stack to strengthen the winds to the north—west of the uk. with the wind and the rain feeling quite cool at 15 in stornoway, typically the high teens and to the north of the uk, up to 22 or 23 south. do this evening and overnight widespread gusts across northern ireland and scotland
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to click on exposed beaches but a defiant north of scotland —— exposed beaches but to the fight north of scotland. there goes the band of rain into northern england and ireland, fizzling out through the small hours, temperatures barely even “— small hours, temperatures barely even —— fairly even on the face of it. this is equal cold weather front and we are bringing in a cooler air behind it. sunday looks like it could have a new lease of life, some heavier rain getting as far north as southern scotland, some wet weather for northern ireland, northern england and then perhaps they north midlands and north wales. the biggest difference is how that weather front divides the temperatures. to the north a chilly feel, highs in the mid teens, to the south some significant one. low 20s, 25, maybe even the odd spot getting up 25, maybe even the odd spot getting up to 26 degrees. start of the new
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week, this weather front works south, pressure brings in from the south—west. we will lose that cloud and rain, which is ita south—west. we will lose that cloud and rain, which is it a lot of sunshine but we all pull in some chilly air, notice the yellow sinking south and the blue. a little taste of arctic air to the early pa rt taste of arctic air to the early part of the new week but by day, the sunshine and temperatures should recover nicely. it should feel quite pleasant. watch out for some chilly mornings, wednesday and tuesday. we start to bring in airfrom the atla ntic start to bring in airfrom the atlantic so we will lose that risk for potential frost. some pleasant quiet terminal weather awaits you for the week ahead. —— tunnel. it's the final stage of cycling's tour of britain today — riders will tackle a 165 kilometre route from altrincham. 0ur reporterjo currie is in altrincham for us.
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good morning from a glorious sunny day. in just over an good morning from a glorious sunny day. injust over an hour's good morning from a glorious sunny day. in just over an hour's time over a hundred cyclists were funded through this marketplace. it will ta ke through this marketplace. it will take them through the likes of barry, 0ldham before hundred and 66 kilometres later they crossed the finish line in the city centre. it is the first time the race has been here in manchester. we are joined is the first time the race has been here in manchester. we arejoined by the race director. give us an idea of what it is going to be like for the cyclists. there are some big hills. it is 166 kilometres and normally the final stage is a bit of a procession but it is only 20 odd seconds between first and second overall. the new kid on the block has got the greenjersey overall. the new kid on the block has got the green jersey and the italian is second overall and normally, the wood possession for
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the final day but it is offer race four. —— it is all to race four. they are coming at medium distances for a they are coming at medium distances fora grand they are coming at medium distances for a grand finale indian gate in manchester around about 3:15pm, 3:30pm. how difficult would scratch my id hills? if we would cycle up then how far would we get?” my id hills? if we would cycle up then how far would we get? i was a former pro so i would get a bit further than you but the rake is the one that is notorious. the bike riders and people in the local area will know it intimately and they are dreading it. it comes very close and tight to the finish and probably the winning move will come on the rake itself. we are looking forward to that and the riders are not.” itself. we are looking forward to that and the riders are not. i don't blame them, thank you very much. we should probably move to because it all should probably move to because it a ll starts should probably move to because it all starts at 11:15am and when they come here, we don't want to be here
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either. as the author behind tv dramas ‘shetland' and ‘vera', ann cleeves is no stranger to setting her work in some of the most beautiful parts of the uk. last year, almost a third of those who visited the shetland islands said they did so, after seeing the remote islands on tv. now, for her latest thriller, ann has returned to her childhood home of picture—postcard north devon. ann's with us now. new book, new region, new detective. yes, matthew. he grew up in north devon which is where i left for quite a long while, i moved there when i was 11 and left there when i got married. he grew up in a strict religious sect and at the age of 18 lost his faith, his family casting out because that is what happened. he comes back as a detective because
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he finds in the police force that sense of duty and honour and responsibility that he had when he was still a believer. he is coming home. one of the things that is interesting about the book, and it is not messing with the plot which i am careful about, is lecturer in the opening line, a body is discovered. —— literally in the opening line. there is no messing about, there is a body, we are a detective drama, we are off. i write traditional crime fiction and i don't make any apology but i think within that structure we can look at other issues of social justice and place. i love writing place. it is something about that notion? anyone who knows that part of the world, it is beautiful, is there something about juxtaposing of the world, it is beautiful, is there something aboutjuxtaposing a beautiful place with things that have happened and gone on? yes, with north devon but also shetland that it is very exposed, very empty,
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horizons, big skies and the contrast between that and secrets that are hidden i think are quite interesting for the writer and the reader. we are seeing images of shetland, is that onto its tenth series? vera? yes, it is filming its tenth series and it is going to look stunning because they were filming in rural northumberland. the obvious question, is it going to get its own series? it reads like a screenplay, it is so visual. i didn't write it like a screenplay but it is being optioned. i'm not quite sure what locals in north devon who have quite enough tourists altogether will make of that but yeah, it would be lovely to see it and i think they do it so well. i imagine as an author, with crime novels especially, thejoys well. i imagine as an author, with crime novels especially, the joys of inventing a whole new character it must be a delight because it is a blank page, you can do whatever you
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want. yeah, it is a bit scary though if you have readers who know you for another series. it is like when you area another series. it is like when you are a teenager and take a new boyfriend home to meet the parents. whether they will approve or not, whether the readers will approve or not. so they can be quite brutal? i think because of the television, they have been done so well, there isa they have been done so well, there is a great affection for vera and forjimmy perez and here i am bringing somebody else into the mix. it might be a bit tricky. some people would say, with something like shetland, do you think... i'm not dismissing the work. some people do watch things and are drawn to it because of the place. looking at it is one of them. i've been going back to shetland for more than a0 years andi to shetland for more than a0 years and i am passionate about it. sharing those beautiful islands with
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people who haven't visited or didn't have any sense of where the wear is terrific. the shows are so beautifully made they do look glorious, even with the dreadful weather. i'm intrigued with offers web series, wendy know when to stop? you have wrapped up shetland but vera continues. how do you know when to call time on the characters?” wa nt to to call time on the characters?” want to stop before i am bored and for the readers get bored and you have a sense of that. there is only 23,000 people in the whole of the shetland islands and i have killed offafairfew, shetland islands and i have killed off a fairfew, and the bbc shetland islands and i have killed off a fair few, and the bbc could have killed off a lot more. —— have killed off a lot more. so, north devon will get the treatment now. yes, and! devon will get the treatment now. yes, and i loved writing it. i loved going to the haunts and talking with old friends about the place. going to the haunts and talking with old friends about the placem going to the haunts and talking with old friends about the place. it is a lovely rita, a real page turner. thank you. ann's latest novel is
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this is bbc news, i'm geeta guru—murthy. the headlines at 10am: fighting back — former prime minister david cameron accuses boris johnson of acting ‘appallingly‘ during the 2016 eu referendum campaign. the liberal democrats conference kicks off in bournemouth — with the party set to decide whether to back a promise to ‘scrap' brexit. a major fires breaks out at two government—owned oil facilities in saudi arabia after reports of a drone strike. african leaders gather in harare for the funeral of the former zimbabwean president, robert mugabe — who ruled over the country for four decades. at least five people have died, and thousands of properties are evacuated after flash flooding hits spain's east coast.
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