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the extraordinary harry billinge. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller. as we heard earlier, a serious situation in parts of south yorkshire and derbyshire with the disruption and flooding, plenty of water where it should not be an from this view in sheffield, at least there was some sunshine out there to start the day but it was such a different story yesterday. we can replay the rainfall, all—day rain and with rent lasting that long with that intensity, of course there will be problem —— with that intensity but it was only today that it slowly eased southwards but the totals bear out what has happened. 84 millimetres in sheffield, some rain gauges had more, all of the average rainfall for november done just now, and that comes off the back of a wet
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october. putting this in context, this is average rainfall in october and the dark blue indicates 200% or more of the average october rainfall so more of the average october rainfall so already the rivers were high which is why we are seeing so many flood warnings on the environment agency including the severe warnings on the river don put it when the rain stops, the flooding gets worse before it gets better so our website will point you to the best information if you are concerned about the situation near you. onto the forecast and there is still some rain falling the forecast and there is still some rainfalling in the forecast and there is still some rain falling in parts of yorkshire, it is showery and not the intensity or duration of yesterday but you can see it here. other parts of eastern england have a bit of it this afternoon and then rush out in northern scotland which have been wintering in some spots, inverness add some snow earlier. for much of the uk, dry and sunny but quite chilly. any showers faded tonight and a widespread frost with some patchy freezing fog and icy patches on untreated surfaces. the most
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widespread frost of the season so far into tomorrow morning with some countryside places at —5 or —6. temperatures macabre in the west late in the night but that it has more rain comes in —— temperatures recover. 20—30 millimetres more and that could cause some disruption and rain and hill snow pushes through wales into north—west england, the midlands and southern england but at the moment it looks like the worst of it will stay away from the area is badly affected by the flooding. they could see some more rain but much of the north and east of the country will have a out. some rain continuing in some parts of england and wales and northern ireland on saturday evening claiming early sunday and hopefully the services will be in good shape. it looks to be dry across the bulk of the uk with the odd light shower only in parts of northern england and the midlands. still feeling chilly, as it will do next week. you will have seen this behind me, this is
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monday's rain coming in, still more low pressure and rainfall on the way. we will keep you updated with everything about the weekend weather and those warnings on our website. a reminder of our top story... warnings there's a danger to life from severe flooding in the north of england as a woman's body is pulled from floodwater in derbyshire after torrential rain. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon i'm jane dougall. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. dawid malan scored the fastest century by an england player in twenty20 internationals, to help his side level the five match series against new zealand at 2—all with one to play. captain eoin morgan made 91. new zealand fell 76 runs short of their target of 242. nick parrott reports.
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after collapsing to defeat against new zealand three days ago, england we re new zealand three days ago, england were threatening to do it again, but jonny bairstow‘s early exit did not point to what was to come. pressure can bring the best out in some people and captain eoin morgan and dawid malan were thriving under it. eoin morgan racing to the fastest half—ce ntu ry eoin morgan racing to the fastest half—century for his country. dawid malan going one better, claiming the bigger century, and only the second scored by an england player. together they were rewriting england's twenty20 record books, hitting the highest partnership and total. chasing 242, new zealand were quickly up and running. martin guptill clearing the grandstand and threatening to hurt england. but david mallan came to the rescue, sending him packing before he could do much more damage. and injust his second match, matt parkinson was turning the screw, taking three
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wickets in just five balls. turning the screw, taking three wickets injust five balls. ending using an‘s innings with three overs to spare, england will be hoping for a repeat performance in the decider on sunday. nick parrott, bbc news. so, a good win for england and an especially memorable one for dawid malan. he's recently moved from middlesex to yorkshire in a bid to make a fresh start, and his former teammate steve finn paid tribute to him after the match. isa is a brave move, what he's done, but he wants to further himself and push himself, which is impressive. in innings like this will help him along the way. he came into this series, you know, not knowing whether he would play every game, i think, and for him to take his opportunity as he has done has been really good. merseyside police have said they are aware of a poster on social media encouraging liverpool fans to "welcome" manchester city's bus ahead of their league match at anfield on sunday. the unofficial poster asks fans to "welcome" city's bus in the same manner as before the 2018 champions league quarter final first leg, when the coach was hit with missiles and so badly damaged that a replacement was needed to take the players home.
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merseyside police said they had liaised with both clubs and supporter groups and had put a comprehensive and appropriate policing operation in place. stoke have confirmed that northern ireland manager michael o'neill is their new manager. the irish fa gave permission to the championship side to approach o'neill. he's expected to take charge of stoke's game against barnsley tomorrow. it's believed o'neill will then return to northern ireland to take charge of theirfinal two euro 2020 qualifiers, before moving to stoke on a full—time basis. stoke are currently bottom of the championship. onto golf, and tiger woods has named himself as one of his captain's picks for next month's presidents cup against the international team in melbourne. woods has also picked two rookies — the current us open champion gary woodland and tony finau — and then had a bit of fun after naming patrick reed as his third pick. as captain, i'm going to choose tiger woods as the last
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player on the team. he's made, what, nine cups? and he's played in australia twice. this will be his third appearance there as a player. i am talking in the third person! i was just about to say, third person tiger is my favourite, let's see what we can do here. yeah, just having fun. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. goodbye for now. essex police are updating us on those 39 people whose bodies were found in the back of a lorry that had been shipped from belgium to essex and was discovered in essex. 39 people in that container. formal
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identification has now been carried out, and there is a list of names. essex police have confirmed with the vietnamese authorities the names of the dead. ten of them, it now appears, were teenagers. two under the age of 15, in fact. all of those victims were under the age of 50. ten teenagers, two under the age of 15. all of them under the age of 50. essex police are saying formal identification has been established through an identification commission, which was overseen by the coronerfor commission, which was overseen by the coroner for essex. and also the assista nt the coroner for essex. and also the assistant chief constable tim smith of essex police, saying this was an incredibly important process. our tea m incredibly important process. our team has been working hard to bring a nswe rs team has been working hard to bring a nswers to team has been working hard to bring answers to worried families who feared their loved one who might be among those whose tragicjourney ended on our shores. assistant chief
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co nsta ble ended on our shores. assistant chief constable tim smith going on to say, our priority has been to identify the victims, to preserve the dignity of those who have died, and to support the victims friends and families. it remained, he said, of paramount importance to us to make sure that an individual‘s next of kin were informed. they were given some time to absorb this tragic news before the police then confirmed the identities of the dead. the essex police have now confirmed the names of all of those 39 who died in that lorry. and they are saying they are working with the vietnamese authorities to work out the repatriation to vietnam of the 39 bodies. back to the election... nicola sturgeon has put brexit at the centre of the snp‘s election campaign. speaking in edinburgh, she sought to portray it as scotland's remain party, and said voting snp was the only way to escape brexit. ms strugeon said she would support a progressive alliance to keep borisjohnson out of power.
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after the campaign launch, nicola sturgeon spoke to our political editor, laura kuenssberg. you say all the time you won't allow scotla nd you say all the time you won't allow scotland to be dragged out of the eu come out of its will, it wouldn't be democratic, but people in scotland shows through democracy to stay part of the westminster system. you cannot pick and choose which votes are more important, can you? i'm not doing that. scotland did not vote for independence. we were in that referendum told that one of the reasons we shouldn't pick independence was to protect our position in the eu. circumstances have changed. the vast majority of people in scotland opted for remaining in the eu. and i do believe that in a situation where circumstances have changed so dramatically then in any democracy people have the right to change their mind. that is the issue at the heart of the selection. who decides scotland's future? do we have it decided for us by borisjohnson and the like, or do we take our future into our own hands and make our own decision. how many people voted for
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snp in the general election? we are in an election right now, we will see. nobody can deny that 62% of scotla nd see. nobody can deny that 62% of scotland voted to remain in the eu. you can make an argument about how people vote in different elections but that is an incontrovertible fa ct. but that is an incontrovertible fact. if there was a referendum in the eu tomorrow i suspect that percentage would be even higher.m is important to look at both votes. i don't think it is because you are comparing apples and pears! but 977,000 people voted snp in 2017, but 1 977,000 people voted snp in 2017, but1 million, at least, voted to leave. if you said the people of scotla nd leave. if you said the people of scotland would be dragged out of the eu against their will,1 scotland would be dragged out of the eu against their will, 1 million scots wa nted eu against their will, 1 million scots wanted to leave.|j eu against their will, 1 million scots wanted to leave. i find that a bizarre perversion of democracy. you are comparing referendum result and the general election result, and there are turnout figures to take into account. 1 million people, you said, voted to leave, but that's a much smaller of people in scotland
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who voted to remain. there was a majority, not a narrow majority in scotland, with the highest remain votes of any part of. nobody is suggesting we ignore the reasons why people voted to leave, but, nevertheless, the majority of scotla nd nevertheless, the majority of scotland is that we want to remain in the eu. it would be odd if the first minister of scotland wasn't trying to progress that clear majority view. but don't you think there is an issue at stake here about undoing what has gone before, whether that is the previous independence referendum, or the brexit referendum? in a democracy people have the right to change their minds, circumstances change, i would argue that if you lose that right we no longer live in a democracy. circumstances have changed in scotland. i think there isa changed in scotland. i think there is a more legitimate argument in terms of across the uk and other parts of the uk, where there were votes to leave. clearly parliament has been unable to come to a decision. there is an election now. if there is a majority in the house of commons for another referendum then again that is democracy. i
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understand you would find it even in scotla nd understand you would find it even in scotland that people are garnered by all of this. scotland is not the author of this brexit westminster mix. —— scunnered by all of this.“ there isn't anybody with an overall majority at the selection, you have said this morning that you would consider forming said this morning that you would considerforming an said this morning that you would consider forming an alliance with jeremy corbyn if he offers you another independence referendum. first, i lead a minority government just across the road in the scottish parliament. any leader who is in a minority situation needs to win support from other parties. i wouldn't choose to havejeremy corbyn to have the leader of the labour party. that's not my choice. the principle of the scottish people to siding ourfuture, not having it decided by westminster, is fundamentalfor the decided by westminster, is fundamental for the snp. —— decided by westminster, is fundamentalfor the snp. —— people deciding. but there is a range of issues which we would seek to progress from a end to austerity, enter welfare cuts, more powers for
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the scottish government on a range of bigger issues, more action on climate change. they see —— of these are the things the majority of scotla nd are the things the majority of scotland would like to see the snp holding the power to progress. but if labour was looking to seek a government, and they accepted the principle of having another vote on independence in scotland, you would be willing to form an alliance that would putjeremy corbyn into downing street? it would be an issue by issue support thing. let's be clear dotted if the snp holds the balance of power, effectively scotland is in an incredibly influential position. —— let's be clear... i would never put borisjohnson —— let's be clear... i would never put boris johnson into —— let's be clear... i would never put borisjohnson into downing street. but he would be jeremy corbyn in? people are worried about jeremy corbyn with good reason in many respects. then better to have snp mps in there making sure the right issues are progressing, and the right values are protected, rather than having a jeremy corbyn government without that influence of the snp. you said if brexit goes forward it means more years of
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wrangling economic uncertainty. that's exactly the same as it would be if there was another independence referendum, wouldn't it?|j be if there was another independence referendum, wouldn't it? i don't accept that. i oppose brexit. but it was never inevitable that brexit became the chaotic mess it has done. that was down to a lack of honesty before the referendum from the key advocates. theresa may trying to have all of these red lines which contradicted each other. a lack of planning... whatever peoples view on the outcome of the independence referendum, it was an informed choice with a detailed proposition. if you do the work and thinking, be honest about the trade—offs with people in advance, no countries have yet left the european union and they didn't do the planning for it. briefly, what is more important to you, staying in the eu or scotland becoming an independent country? both things are important.“ becoming an independent country? both things are important. if you had to choose? i've campaigned for independence all my life. but a decision is in our hands. independence is much more of a
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fundamental foundation of the kind of country we want to be but increasingly we want to stay in the eu was to be at the top table. like ireland. a country of similar size to scotland with a lot of opinions. and i think being independent is the way to achieve that. a teenager who murdered his girlfriend and tried to cover up her death has been given a life sentence. thomas griffiths, who is now 18, admitted stabbing ellie gould at her home in calne, wiltshire, in may, when she ended their relationship. griffiths went to the schoolgirl‘s house, killed her and tried to make it appear she had inflicted the wounds on herself. he was jailed for a minimum of 12 and a half years. detective chief inspectorjim taylor of wiltshire police gave this statement outside bristol crown court. today thomas griffiths has been sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison. after pleading guilty to the murder of 17—year—old ellie gould. ellie gould was murdered in her own
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home as a result of a violent attack by thomas griffiths. he had previously been in a relationship with her for several months. previously been in a relationship with herfor several months. having ended the relationship with thomas griffiths, ellie gould wanted to focus on her education and her hobbies. these included horse riding, which she was extremely passionate about. i am told she was considering a career in the mounted police section in the future, and i have no doubt she would have been a credit to any police force. she was an extremely popular, fun loving, kind, and gentle girl. thomas griffiths appeared to be a normal 17—year—old boy. like ellie gould, he was studying in sixth form, he had a good circle of friends, add a close family. there were no warning sides or red flags regarding his behaviour. however, his actions on the 3rd of may were truly unthinkable. the injuries he inflicted on ellie gould were horrific. not only did he end her
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life in the cruellest way imaginable, he then attempted to cover his tracks by hiding items, washing clothing, and even messaged ellie gould's phone as if nothing had happened. in murdering ellie gould, thomas griffiths has destroyed the lives of those close to her. none more so than her pa rents, to her. none more so than her parents, brother, and sister. i would like to pay tribute to them for the strength they have shown during these most unthinkable times. they have shown the most upmost composure during today's court appearance. while i know this prison sentence won't bring ellie gould back, in 12 and a half years seems insignificant given the severity of the crime and colossal loss for this family, i do hope, in some way, it buys them some sort of closure. the headlines on bbc news: warnings of a danger to life from severe flooding in the north of england. one woman has died, schools are closed. and there's chaos on
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the roads and railways. the snp seeks an alliance with other parties to lock the conservatives out of government, and promises to stop the nhs being privatised. the bbc announces plans for two election debates — a head to head between borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn, and one with all the main british parties. london's delayed east—west railway crossrail will not open next year, but services will begin to run as soon as possible in 2021. the project was initially due to be completed in december last year, but this date was missed due to a series of problems. announcing the latest delay, crossrail‘s chief executive mark wild also said the cost of the project could reach £18.25 billion, an increase of £650 million on the previously agreed total. the impeachment inquiry into president trump's dealings with ukraine gets under way again on capitol hill today.
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acting white house chief of staffjohn ‘mick‘ mulvaney has been asked to testify, but is not likely to appear. public impeachment hearings will also begin next wednesday. they will investigate allegations that the president improperly sought help from ukraine to boost his chances of re—election. he's denied any wrongdoing. how's this for dedication? an 82—year—old man has become the first briton to officially ride a million miles on his bicycle. russ mantle has been pedalling away for more than sixty—five years — averaging around 15,000 miles a year. now, he's hoping to do a million more, as tim allman reports. you know what they say? the millionth mile is always the hardest. russ mantle, joined by members of his cycling club, clocked up mile 999,995 to1 million. a very big numberfrom a man who harbours a very big affection for two wheeled transportation.
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i just love the mobility that cycling gave me. and even now, i'm stuck with a bike, i no longer have a car, i no longer have lumber to scooters. —— i no longer have la m bretta scooters. his cycling odyssey began in 1952 when he got his first bike, a coventry eagle. the crucial thing was he kept a meticulous log of every mile he rode. russ has travelled the equivalent of two return trips to the moon, or 40 circumnavigations of the globe. lots of people have a bike in the shed or in the garage, they maybe haven't ridden for a while. we really hope that hearing russ's story, and that he has cycled all the way to 82, will make people get back on their bikes. he's wound down a little
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in recent times. this year he's only managed a measly 8000 miles. but he shows no signs of stopping. just another milestone to pass. and then on to 1.1, 1.2, and so on. i shall probably finish up very close to 2 million by the time i die, when i'm 100. so, what's his secret? just an attitude of mind. an attitude of mind, he says. and, presumably, strong calves. tim allman, bbc news. it's not often you come across military hardware rolling up the high street. but one poppy seller from derbyshire has gone all—out for this year's appeal by converting his mobility scooter into a tank. 85—year—old eddie wadsworth, whose fatherjohn was killed during the second world war, has always been keen to support the royal british legion‘s poppy appeal. he says he's "thrilled to bits" with the reaction, especially from young people. he says the impressive re—fit only cost him about seven pounds. cost him about £7.
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the movie "frozen" was a phenomenon. one of the most successful animations of all time, breaking records at the box office and scooping up all sorts of awards. now anna, elsa and olaf the snowman are back, but can the sequel possibly live up to the success of its predecessor? our correspondent sophie long reports from the premiere in la. it was the story of sisterly love that became an eye—watering commercial success and a cultural phenomenon that had young and old singing... # let it go, let it go, can't hold it back anymore #. but that was six years ago, right? well... just when you thought frozen fever might finally be subsiding, it's back and so are the fans. this is hollywood boulevard and these people are frozen fanatics. all sing: # let it go, let it go, can't hold it back anymore. # let it go, let it
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go, turn away...# hours before superfa ns got to see the sequel, the excitement was in plentiful supply. i have, like, butterflies in my belly because i'm so excited. how do you feel about seeing frozen 2? i'm so excited to go. why? because the new characters and costumes, i bet they are going to be so exciting. it looks like it is going to be up there with frozen for me. it looks amazing. how do you feel at the moment? if you love something that much and you are about to see something you think you're going to do, do you feel nervous? i feel extremely nervous, i'm going to pass out, honestly. i might need an ambulance, yeah. i am excited. i've been doing some breathing exercises. keeping her calm, her mind off things. i'm, like, a little bit extremely...
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we have not been talking to her about it, to not get her wound up. so we don't faint. go north, across the enchanted lands, and into the unknown. excitement has been building since long before the trailer released. some critics claim frozen is the best disney animated film of the modern era. frozen 2 has a lot to live up to. no pressure, then. i think i'm the only one who doesn't feel the pressure. mainly because i am like anna, i'm an eternal optimist and i'm also logical, i'm a firm believer that if you bake a cake on monday and you bake a cake with the same recipe on tuesday, chances are it's going to be delicious. and everyone was involved, we had the same creative input, it was incredibly collaborative and i just trust these people. the music is out of this world in this movie. in frozen 2, the season may have changed but there will be continuity in the theme of empowerment.
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i hope they will continue to see us as they did in the first that whatever it is that makes them special and unique is the thing that will make them exceptional and they need to harness that and celebrate that. what many people loved most about frozen was how progressive it was, notjust two strong female leads leads but a modern man unafraid of powerful women. in a way, disney did what disney does best. dared us to dream. will frozen 2 be even more fearless? sophie long, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz shafernaker. it is causing all sorts of problems, especially in the north of england, as we have been hearing. here is the latest. the weekend fast approaching. we are not expecting any where near the amount of rainfall that we had in northern england in the last day or so. that is good news. in fact, some
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parts of northern england through the weekend may just parts of northern england through the weekend mayjust about parts of northern england through the weekend may just about stay dry. this is the weather front in the last 24 hours which caused all of the problems. it has fizzled out now. we have clearer skies. a gap in the weather with sunshine and clear skies overnight. this next weather front, which will bring rainfall to northern ireland and some western and southern parts of the uk, will be approaching us tonight. having said that, the weather front which was responsible for the heavy rain in the last day or so is still causing problems, there are still flood warnings in force. it takes a while for some of those rivers to respond. here are the evening temperatures. it's a needy one this evening. tonight, this is the front approaching our neighbourhood. —— it isa approaching our neighbourhood. —— it is a nippy one. this is arriving on the early hours of saturday morning and eventually into western parts of the uk. it will be slow to approach us. that means clear skies, a frost early on saturday morning. where
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there is blue, that means sub zero temperatures, even in london temperatures, even in london temperatures will be close to freezing. here is the weather front, what in belfast for a time, the rain reaches south—western scotland, wales... there could be some snow over the welsh hills for a time during the morning and early afternoon, and wet weather for central and southern england. that's about as far east as that weather front is going to go on saturday. in fa ct, front is going to go on saturday. in fact, saturday night into sunday, that weather front starts to fizzle out, then eventually slip towards the south. it looks as though some parts of northern england stay dry. here is remembrance sunday. the good news is we have some wet weather about during the course of the day, perfect conditions for the remembrance sunday services. another weather front is approaching us, which is still to the west of us on sunday. overall, these weather fronts will be marching in, carried bya fronts will be marching in, carried by a jet stream through the course of the week ahead. and on top of
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that, it'll stay on the cold side. goodbye.
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hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm martine croxall. today at 2pm. a woman dies in severe flooding in the north of england — police say she was reportedly swept away by the water. schools are closed and people are warned not to leave their homes unless it's absolutely necessary. we are live in south yorkshire where the river don is expected to remain at dangerous levels for many hours to come. the snp seeks an alliance with other parties to lock the conservatives out of government — and promises to stop the nhs being privatised. we will fight tooth and nail any attempt to expose the national health service to a post—brexit trade deal with donald trump. the bbc announces plans for two prime time election debates —

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