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this is bbc news. the headlines at 8: recognised in the new year honours list, but the cabinet office apologises, after the home addresses of more than a thousand recipients were accidentally published online. one of the recipients was taekwondo world and double olympic champion jadejones — who was upgraded from an mbe to an obe. i putly life into the sport and to be recognised at the highest level and to go to the palace to receive and to go to the palace to receive an honour is just amazing. a woman whose husband and two children drowned, on christmas eve in a swimming pool in spain, says all three could swim
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and blames a fault with the pool. more than 70 people are believed to have been killed in a car bomb attack in somalia — many of the dead were students. campaigners call for a radical overhaul of britain's railways, including majorfare reforms and an end to "nightmare journeys". and in half an hour i'll be looking back at the best films of year — films from around the world, from spectacular blockbusters, to hidden art house gems. that's all in review 2019, the year in film with me mark kermode. good evening. a list of more than a thousand home addresses of people receiving new years honours — including police officers, politicians and celebrities — was accidentally published by the government. the department responsible has apologised and said
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the information was removed as soon as the error was discovered. our correspondent katy austin reports. among more than a thousand people to receive an award in the new year honours list this year are celebrities and sports people, but also senior politicians, police and security personnel. at some point last night a list containing recipients‘ addresses was published, meaning some people were able to download the information. many appeared to be personal addresses. the document was discovered by a member of the public. i saw the new year's honours list was coming out, wondered who was on it, went to the gov.co.uk website and downloaded a csv file of all of the recipients, opened it up and it had full names and addresses of all the recipients including street numbers, names and postcodes, everything, which was quite remarkable.
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a cabinet office spokesperson said: it is believed the document was online forjust under an hour before being removed, but there are questions to answer about how it got there in the first place. earlier, katy gave this update on what action could be taken following the publication. the cabinet office has reported itself to the information commissioner's office, the information regulator, which has confirmed it will be make inquiries. confirmed it will be making inquiries. the ico can levy fines for data breaches, although to date the really big bucks have been reserved for breaches on a much larger scale
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than what appears to have happened here. however, it is certainly embarrassing for the government and in the wrong hands this information could potentially pose a security risk to certain individuals. well, household names and previously unsung volunteers are part of group to be recognised in the new year honours list. sir eltonjohn has received the highest accolade — he's been made a companion of honour. other singers feature — olivia newton—john becomes a dame, and billy ocean is made an mbe. the film directors sam mendes and steve mcqueen are knighted. four members of england's world cup—winning cricket team have also had their achievements recognised. kathryn stanczysyn reports. olivia newton—john says she's grateful beyond words to be made a dame for services to charity. a damehood too for former tv presenter, floella benjamin for her lifelong work with children's charities. volunteering always features heavily in honours list, with many who aren't household names being rewarded. i'm no hero, i was lucky, i'm here, all the heroes are dead and i'll never forget
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them as long as i live. thank you, darling! people like d—day veteran harry billinge, who becomes an mbe recognition of his work fund—raising for veterans. you know when i'm doing this collection i get a wonderful calm comes over me, because i'm doing something for the boys. back in 2012, rhian manning's one—year—old son, george, died. her husband, paul took his own life five days later. she now runs a charity in wales to help those experiencing bereavement and is now an mbe. it's starting to sink in, i still can't believe it, i'm pretty overwhelmed, i haven't slept much. yeah, bitter sweet in a way, but i'm extremely proud, i really am. in the world of politicians, some controversy. the decision to award a knighthood to the former work and pensions secretary iain duncan smith has been criticised by opposition parties over his introduction of universal credit.
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and some questions over a damehood for former director of public prosecutions alison saunders after a number of scandals. in entertainment there were knighthoods for two british film makers — steve mcqueen, who directed the oscar—winning 12 years a slave and sam mendes, who directed bond films sky fall and spectre. and in sport, eoin morgan who, captained england to victory in the cricket world cup becomes a cbe, ben stokes an obe, jos buttler and joe root both mbes. an mbe too for england star jill scott for services to women's football. earlier, i spoke to taekwondo world and double olympic champion jadejones who has been awarded an obe. she told me it was an honour. to be recognised at the highest
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level and to be going too the palace again to receive an honour, it is amazing and obviously i was so young the last time getting it, so i feel like i'll appreciate it more this time. we are watching pictures of you celebrating back in 2012, when you celebrating back in 2012, when you won your olympic title. you talked about the feeling of being at the palace, give us a sense of how the palace, give us a sense of how the day unfolds. yeah, no, it was just so special. i remember me mum and me nan and grand—dad being there and me nan and grand—dad being there andi and me nan and grand—dad being there and i remember it being very emotional and me being from a little town and then being in the palace was magical. i think you get told about this a long time before you're allowed to say anything. you've got to keep the secret. yes i was told and you're not allowed to tell
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anyone. i told and you're not allowed to tell anyone. itold me and you're not allowed to tell anyone. i told me mum and said you can't tell anyone and i know what she is like for keeping secrets, so he found it hard. so i'm glad it is out in the open and i can celebrate and be happy. what kind of a difference do you think this makes for the sport? yeah, i think i'm proud to be a woman in sport and it's getting bigger and bigger and taekwondo started off such a minority sport and to see it grow and how much funding it is getting and how much funding it is getting and recognition it is getting, it is amazing and it makes me really proud and hopefully i can pass stuff on to the next generation and make them look up to it and want to achieve great things themselves. absolutely. now of course, today's story about the honours list has been, there has been controversy, because of this
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data breach, when did you become aware of the fact your address may have been visible to people looking at that list? to be honest i didn't know until i was listening to it 110w. know until i was listening to it now. it is the first i've heard of it and now. it is the first i've heard of itand yeah, now. it is the first i've heard of it and yeah, obviously mistakes can be made and it is dangerous about people's addresses getting out, but i'm sure they didn't do it on purpose. how concerning is it to you that people may be able to see where you live and find out investigation that would be very private? yeah, you know it is scarry, but it is —— scary but it is a good job i do taekwondo! we have heard the cabinet office is trying to contact people, but you have not had any contact today? no, not as yet. you would hope to hear from them about what's been done and what they're doing.
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yes for me, it wouldn't be my address, but my mum's address, if my address, but my mum's address, if my address has gone out i would like to know. tell us about the looking ahead to the future, because tokyo 2020 could be a further olympic title for you? yes i think it is so exciting and at first i was a bit stressed about it, because there is a lot of pressure, but now going into 2020, i'm excited and just feel very privileged and honoured to have the chance to try and make history, you know, going for my third olympics and like i said, to have the chance to have that shot is just amazing and i will put my heart and soul into that and give everything i have got to get that third gold. rowenna fielding is the head of individual rights & ethics at the data protection specialists protecture limited — she told me the regulator will now be looking at how risks were managed
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before the leak. being this is the first time that the honours list has been, information has been breached like this, it is possible to publish that data securely. they will be looking at the reasons and the factors that contributed to the excess information coming out this time. so they will be looking at processes, looking at staff training, looking at the tools and the resources that staff have to do, have to use in order to be able to do theirjobs, to see whether or not those have been analysed for adequate security. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this our guests joining me tonight
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our guests joining me tonight are the broadcaster, lynn faulds wood and senior reporter at the sunday times, rosamund urwin at the sunday times, rosamund urwin. the hotel in spain where a british father and his two children died has insisted the swimming pool where they drowned was working normally. it comes after the mother of the children said all three could swim and has said there must have been something wrong with the pool. helena wilkinson reports. it was in this swimming pool where on christmas eve a father and his two children got into difficulty and drowned. but exactly what happened is still not clear. olubunmi diya, the wife of gabriel diya and the mother of comfort, pictured here, thinks there was something wrong with the swimming pool, but the resort where the family was staying issued a new statement disputing that, and it said the claims made by mrs diya were at odds with the findings of the police report. it said:
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the civil guard also said they'd been told mr diya could not swim. a spokesman said his widow confirmed that to them, saying she had not seen him swimming while they were together. but mrs diya insists her husband, son and daughter all knew how to swim and she says her children went into the pool by the steps but found themselves dragged into the middle where it was deeper. her husband jumped in to help, not long after all three were underwater. the police have described it as a tragic accident, but the wife and mother of the victims appears to still have many questions as to exactly how this happened. helena wilkinson, bbc news. campaigners are calling for a radical overhaul of britain's railways to try to improve travel. the pressure group campaign
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for better transport argues there should be a major fares reform, a single national railcard and more control of services given to major cities outside london. olivia richwald has the details. tannoy: the train to nottingham has been cancelled... leeds station this morning where passengers faced delays and cancellations. britain's trains have been described as expensive, overcrowded and unreliable by the campaign for better transport, and today the group is calling for a radical overhaul of the way the railways are run. it suggests that franchises should be scrapped and fares reformed, but it doesn't estimate how much that would cost. before today's report, the government was already considering big changes. within the next few weeks, the department for transport is expected to publish plans which it says will put passengers first and create a fairer and more effective system and that is something that people here in leeds think is overdue. there was a week about two months ago where i got about 1k trains that
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week and every single one was delayed by about ten minutes or more. every time we have ever been on a train it has either been cancelled or delayed or it is so busy. if it is more effective to have it brought back into the council and they actually have control over what is going on i think that probably could be quite good. you need the service but you can't guarantee it. and that is the biggest frustration for me personally. another suggestion is handing more control of the railways to cities and regions, something which has been welcomed by the mayor of greater manchester. if we had more control we could integrate the trains with our trams, buses, we could make it a london style integrated transport system, and that is what a city like manchester needs if we are to go up to the next level. it can't be right that it costs much more to travel around manchester than it does to travel round london. meanwhile, train fares are due to increase by an average of 2.7% in just three days' time. olivia richwald, bbc news, leeds.
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the headlines on bbc news: recognised in the new year honours list, but the cabinet office apologises, after the home addresses of more than a thousand recipients were accidentally published online. a woman whose husband and two children drowned, on christmas eve, in a swimming pool at a resort in spain, says all three could swim. she blames a fault with the pool. more than 70 people have died after a car bomb exploded in the somalian capital, mogadishu. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's ben croucher. with liverpool not playing until tomorrow, saturday's premier league action was mainly about those in the bottom half of the table. and at the very bottom norwich nearly pulled off a surprise victory against spurs. but for var — they might have managed it too.
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patrick gearey reports. they used to send canaries down coal mines and norwich know they are below sea level, but there is a still sunny optimism about their football. confidence can get you a long way. norwich one up on tottenham. it wasn't an isolated incident. spurs were slumbered and norwich aimed for the stars. one pass made it 2—0 but var is a matter of fine lines and they were on the wrong side of it, so no goal. pukki the wrong side of it. it's a game of increasingly fine margins and angles. eriksen can master them all. tottenham became level. easy for norwich now to sink into their own gloom but you never know when fortune might change. own goal, so ugly they cringed. norwich had to stand strong but at the wrong moment, zimmerman slid. spurs' penalty, harry kane,
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you know the rest... three points became one for norwich, but a performance that proves you can find light even at the bottom. west ham have been sliding down the table of late too and in the other late kick off, they were beaten by leicester city. brendan rodgers made nine changes to the team that were thrashed by liverpool on boxing day. didn't seem to bother them as goals from kelechi ihaenacho and demarai grey helped them to a 2—1win. that gap to liverpool at the top? just the 10 points now — although leicester have played two games more. elsewhere, manchester united are at burnley this evening. that kicked off 33 minutes ago. still goalless. in other results today, brighton beat relegation rivals bournemouth 2—0. there was a 2—1win for carlo ancelotti's everton away a newcastle thanks to a brace from dominic calvert—lewin. southampton and crystal palace shared the points — 1—1 the score. and watford's revival under new manager nigel pearson continued — they survived being reduced to 10 men to beat aston villa 3—0 and move within three points of safety. rory burns and dom sibley posted england's best opening partnership this year to give england hope of chasing an unlikely and record
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breaking 376 to beat south africa in the first test at centurion. burns steered england to 121—1 at the close of day three, with 255 still needed for what would be england's highest run chase. south africa were dismissed for 272 as jofra archer took 5—102. england, though, were afflicted by illness on day three. jos buttler was replaced behind the stumps byjonny bairstow, while captainjoe root also spent time off the field. northampton saints are back on top of the premiership after coming through a 7 try thriller against gloucester. cobus reinach scored the try of the match with this fantastic solo effort, running from well beyond the half way line to cross the whitewash. they survived a late fightback and three tries from louis rees zammit, too. exeter can go above the saints if they beat saracens tomorrow. leicester tigers came from behind to end a run of three straight premiership defeats with a 30—all draw with harlequins at twickenham.
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the home side had a 14—point lead midway through the second half. but tigers fought back and this try from telusa veyanu with less than eight minutes remaining helped to draw them level and end their losing streak. rhys priestland's late penalty earned bath a 16—14 win over sale sharks whilst worcester were 20—6 winners at home to london irish. in the pro 1a, edinburgh gained revenge for last week's defeat at glasgow to win the reverse fixture 29—19. the lead changed hands five times in the match. edinburgh scored first — hquones levelled the scores at half time at 7—7. the ebb and flow continued after the interval until a penalty try and darcy graham's finish earned edinburgh a bonus point win. elsewhere bennetton beat zebre whilst the all irish match up between leinster beat munster 13—6. you're up to date. lots on all those stories and plenty more including horse racing, darts and skeleton on the website and app bbc.co.uk/sport. more from us a little later on.
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the family of a swedish man shot dead in south london on christmas eve say they are in a "state of shock". flamur beqiri was shot in front of his wife and young child. police say they believe he could have been involved in crime in his native sweden. in a statement today his family said: "to have so much sadness at this time of the year is heartbreaking." at least 70 people are reported to have been killed after a car bomb exploded during morning rush hour in the capital of somalia. the blast took place at a checkpoint at a busy intersection in mogadishu. around 90 people were wounded, many of them university students. andrew harding reports. moments after the blast, an eyewitness films the scene. smoke still billowing from a vehicle, the remains of what is thought to have
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been a massive car bomb. shocked civilians move in to look for survivors. the attack was timed to catch the morning rush—hour in mogadishu. many students had been heading to classes. dozens were killed when the bomb exploded at a busy intersection in the somali capital. attacks like this are not unusual here, but they are seldom so deadly. this man said the blast caught him as he was getting out of a minibus heading to work, his leg injured. within minutes, emergency workers were at the scene. somalia, plagued by violence for decades, is still wrestling with extremism. the country's president quickly blamed the islamist militant group al—shabaab. he said their aim was to instill terror and to prevent the country from rebuilding. they will never succeed, he said. but this devastating attack is a reminder that somalia's long
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journey from failed state to stable democracy is still a troubled work in progress. andrew harding, bbc news. a navy seal diver, who helped rescue a youth football team, trapped in a flooded cave in thailand, has died from a blood infection, he picked up during the rescue. petty officer beirut pakbara had been under medical supervision, since the rescue 18 months ago, but his condition worsened and he died yesterday. one of the world s rarest birds — the spoon—billed sandpiper — has been successfully reared in captivity for the first time, raising hopes the species can be saved from extinction. it's taken almost a decade, from rescuing eggs in russia s far east wetlands — to breeding two of the birds, at the wildfowl and wetlands trust in gloucestershire. victoria gill reports. the first sign of a
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conservation breakthrough. these spoon—billed sandpiper chicks, hatched from eggs collected in the far east of russia and brought into captivity in the uk. that rescue mission was eight years ago. now, at last, those critically endangered birds have reared their own chicks — the first ca ptive—bred spoon—billed sandpipers. we have to cover up our outdoor clothes, so everything from rubber boots that we can wash on the way in, to overalls, to this very attractive hairnet, because we do not want to be taking anything in there, into the aviary, where these very precious birds are, that might hurt them or make them sick. this is their breeding aviary that they now live in. i guess they're kind of still babies, or are theyjust a few months old? they're classed as juveniles now. they would've been on their migration now, really. they would? yeah, yeah, so... but we still see them as babies. your babies. yeah.
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this long mission, though, has been punctuated by highs and heartbreaking lows. chicks first hatched here back in 2016, but they survived only a few days. it's taken just under ten years, and what feels like a lifetime of no sleep, to find the recipe, or close to the recipe, for breeding spoon—billed sandpipers in an arc, in a captive situation. there are about 50 million other water birds that use the same places as the spoonies, so if we could save it — and we're starting to do so — we can save a lot of other birds and plants and people who depend on the wetland sites where those animals survive. 2019 was the year that scientists put a very big number on the extinction crisis. a global report published this year estimated that around a million species of animals and plants are at risk of extinction. the loss of natural habitats
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in our human—engineered environment is an increasing threat, so conservationists hope this will go much further than one charismatic little bird and that protecting the spoon—billed sandpiper and the wetlands it depends on will prevent many other species from being lost. 60 years after ivor the engine first steamed onto our television screens, his creators want to shunt him out of the retirement shed and onto the silver screen. the tales of the small steam locomotive were inspired by the poetry of dylan thomas and created by hand, in a cow shed. tomos morgan reports. snow was falling in the top left—hand corner of wales. ahead of its time, it was one of the uk's first tv cartoons. "are you ready, ivor?" ivor toots his horn. some may remember the adventures of the small green steam locomotive
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who worked for the merioneth and llantisilly railway traction company limited in north wales. snowdrifts lay deep on the railway line, but ivor charged through them and split them like meringues! the programme was the brainchild of the late legendary animator oliver postgate, who wrote the scripts, filmed the scenes and voiced many of the characters, along with artist peter firmin for a budget ofjust £10 a minute. my dad would put them together using blu—tack. you'd move the foot along, take a photograph... nowadays, digital animation costs a fortune, with high—tech computers and sophisticated software bringing creations to life in 3d. ivor the engine, however, was made using paper and cardboard cut—out watercolours in a farmhouse barn in rural kent. he wanted to find a way of animating which didn't involve too much of people walking around, because that was difficult to animate. so ivor was quite good, because he had wheels. "edwinjones, we have an emergency!
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"eli the baker is out of flour!" a friendship with a welsh fireman fondly described how steam engines came to life when you rode on them, and there were strong welsh influences throughout. ivor toots his horn. he came up with the idea that there was a steam locomotive who wanted to sing in the welsh choir, and that was the starting point. he loved under milk wood and dylan thomas and he loved the whole magic and feel of how he felt about wales. "oh, dear!" although he probably wasn't the most famous cartoon train that graced our tv screens, ivor was the inspiration for oliver postgate's more successful titles... yawns. ..such as bagpuss. bagpuss gave a big yawn and settled down to sleep. after the success of daniel's recent remake of the clangers — another of his father's classics —
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on the 60th anniversary that ivor first hit television, could there finally be a comeback, but this time to the silver screen? i was interested in the idea of a live—action story of ivor, because i think although it is a children's programme, it also has a lot of interesting characters. but you need to find lots of money to do things like that! ivor felt really happy. so, after over half a century, it may not quite be the end of the line for ivor, jones the steam and dai the station. ..as he pounded down the line. i was looking out for the mice on the organ. coming up after the headlines, mark kermode takes a look back at this year's best films, in review 2019. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. saturday sunshine was in short supply today. we kept a lot of cloud across the uk. many of us stay cloudy tonight as well w some
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drizzle and mist and hill fog and some rain in northern and western scotland. the skies should clear for northern ireland and the north—east of scotla nd northern ireland and the north—east of scotland and later for the east of scotland and later for the east of england. that could allow things to turn chilly. for most a mild night. tomorrow, many spots starting with cloud, mist and murk and the cloud will break up in the midlands and east anglia. we should see some sunny spells. some rain in the far north west of scotland and the northern and western isles. mild for all of us, but particularly in the northern half of the uk and the north—east coast of scotland could see 15 degrees. some rain in the north on monday. cooler for all of us on north on monday. cooler for all of us on new year's eve.
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