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fine, i felt to that but my back is fine, i felt to have the ability to come back and right at that level. evelyn keeps saying the same thing to me and the people who were close to me and listen to me and valued at. —— eve ryo ne listen to me and valued at. —— everyone kept saying the same thing. i will not blame somebody else. i a lwa ys i will not blame somebody else. i always say that it is just not happening because of other things but it runs like this because you broke your back in the middle of the season. broke your back in the middle of the season. you have the event this season, 60,000 plus in the stadium. how much are you looking forward to that? it is an amazing venue. i have said before that i've been to so many different sports, football games, motor gp, motocross event, nothing compares to being at the speedway in that stadium. i heard it —— i don't if it is the way of the stadium being built, the air horn, the whole atmosphere but even the
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build—up in the streets leading up to it, is the event that i enjoy writing in the most. back to the rugby world cup now. the tournament in asia breaks new ground for the competition. for hosts japan it comes just eight years after part of the country was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami. for one small town in the north, this year's event will mean much more than just rugby. our sports news correspondent, chris mclaughlin reports from kamaishi. 500 km north of tokyo wise kamaishi. 35,000 people live here. they year used to be many more. —— tokyo lies kamaishi. in 2011, a huge earthquake crated a devastating synonymy and kamaishi was almost completely washed away. 0ver kamaishi was almost completely washed away. over 1,000 kamaishi was almost completely washed away. 0ver1,000 people died. 0thers left, never to return. this
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woman stayed. she sits defiantly at the waters edge. she tells me about the waters edge. she tells me about the day she almost died. translation: asi translation: as i tried to run from the mountains, i was caught up in the water. i looked up at the sky and remember thinking it looked so pretty. and then lost consciousness. she was trapped under a van but managed to scramble free and live. there are many stories like hers here. but kamaishi is rising once again thanks in part to rugby. translation: this used to be a primary and middle school. but they were completely caught up in the wave. now we have this stadium in its place. when the water return to the sea, a dream was born. a stadium would be built with a school once stood. —— were a school once stood. now that dream is
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reality. he tells me it is all part of moving on. this is everything to that town. that town kamaishi compared to other areas is further along in its recovery and i watch pa rt along in its recovery and i watch part is down to the stadium and infrastructure that comes with it. it is not finished yet though. it is an ongoing process and will be for long after the rugby world cup has moved on. but... translation: i really admire rugby. with the world cup coming here, i do not think we could not have survived the eight years. we need rugby to help us. eight years. we need rugby to help us. the message on the town memorial says it all. "just run. run uphill and tell future generations that this tsunami once reached this point and that those who survived were the ones who ran. so run. and that those who survived were the ones who ran. 50 run. run and that those who survived were the ones who ran. so run. run uphill. most quote chris mclaughlin, bbc
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news, kamaishi. and a reminder, the world cup gets underway at 11.45 tomorrow morning — with japan against russia. the tournament is wide open this year — you can catch up with all the latest on the bbc sport website. but that's it from us. we'll be back later on this evening. thank you for watching. we will see you later on. hello this is bbc news with martine croxall. (pres) there's been a big increase in the number of accidental deaths in coastal waters around britain this year.
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0n the run, a man's been spotted 200m out and battling big swells. he'd been caught out by strong currents in gwithian near hayle. this, just one of thousands of rescues performed by the rnli around our coasts this year. what happened 7 my son and a friend of his went in over here, but they got ripped straight out across the bay. i was a bit worried about them, so i went out after them. they've come back in now, have they? yeah, they've gone between the flags, where they should be. many rescues involve families and children, but there's one group most at risk by far. data shows men are the victims of the majority of coastal deaths last year, particularly young and middle—aged men. i think a lot of the time it's because their abilities are better than they are and i think humans just do that in general. so, they will say, "no, i'm a good swimmer, i will swim where i want." they might be a good swimmer in the pool, but they don't actually know how the sea is. such a raw, natural
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kind of environment. psychologist dr isabel richter has studied how people behave when they are by the sea. she says there is evidence we all behave differently when we are on holiday. there is a lot of research about tourist versus home behaviour and it proves that people on holidays perform more risky behaviour than at home. you think, "no, it is my holiday, i deserve to have fun. i was waiting for this the whole year and now i want to go out and, yeah, enjoy myself. " and as the latest statistics from the maritime and coastguard agency show, the consequences of making the wrong call on risk or ignoring safety advice can be fatal. 28 people died this year around the south west coasts — more than double the number last year. while we were filming, the jet ski was sent to help look for a man who had been reported in the water just
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around the headland off an un—lifeguarded beach. tragically, in that case, a body was picked up by the lifeboat. a sobering reminder of the dangers of the sea. lucy fisher, gwithian. and you can see more on this story on inside out: south west, available now on the bbc iplayer. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. it has been a stunning day today. queer scott —— sunny skies because of the many high pressure. the skies leading to a chilly one. and we get fog patches through the night as well. northern ireland, northwest england, southern and central scotla nd england, southern and central scotland prime places for our patches and it will be a cold night in the country. friday, a cloudy start for shetland. 0therwise in the country. friday, a cloudy start for shetland. otherwise a few mist and fog patches slowly clearing and then sunshine coming through. if anything it should feel warmer.
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temperatures whiteley getting into the 20s. we will see the weather brightening up in shetland as well as to go through the afternoon. the weekend not looking too bad weather—wise. mostly sunny and dry. the unsure wins keeping things cooler and fresher for the coast and later in the day, we will see showers move into western parts of the uk. i had of those showers will be warmer. top capture is about 2k degrees. —— ahead of those showers.
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