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you're watching bbc newsroom live. it's11am and these are the main hello this is bbc newsroom live. stories this morning... the headlines... will the budget boris johnson chairs his still be going ahead? be first cabinet meeting delivered on time? following yesterday's reshuffle. it remains unclear the new chancellor attends whether new chancellor, rishi sunak will deliver the budget cabinet meeting following yesterday's reshuffle, as planned in less amid uncertainty over than four weeks time. the budget taking place the high court rules that a former police officer — who made critical remarks about transgender people on social as planned on march 11th. media — did not break the law. police in new zealand say they've found the body of stephanie simpson, the british woman who's been a test on policy figures to start, missing since monday. as borisjohson tells his cabinet they must repay the trust of the people who voted for them. coronavirus is not on the rise outside of china despite a sharp spike in hubei province, according to the world health organization. register is much more vocal inside cases of mumps in england number ten than they were arriving are at the highest level here at number ten earlier. the in a decade, with the steep rise being largely driven by outbreaks first meeting gets under way after in universities and colleges. yesterday's drama. and coming up shortly —
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coronavirus is not on the rise how one of naples most powerful outside of china despite a sharp spike in hubei province, mafia bosses ended up hiding out according to the world health organization. in a lancashire caravan park. police in new zealand say they've found the body of stephanie simpson, the british woman who's been missing since monday. cases of mumps in england are at the highest level in a decade, with the steep rise being largely driven by outbreaks in universities and colleges. sport now, and we have a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good morning. the high court rules that fallon sherrock said making her debut in the darts premier league a former police officer was an experience she'd never forget who made critical remarks about transgender people on social after becoming the first woman to play in the competition. media did not break the law. she was the first female to beat a man in the world championships in december and had glen durrant in all sorts of bother in nottingham. she took a 6—4 lead in the best of 12 contest with the crowd that's the song for cheering every double. the new bond film, recorded by billie eilish. but durrant took the final two we'll find out how it's gone legs for a 6—all draw. down with the critics. she said she's excited to see what the rest of 2020 has in store. and here she is standing with defending champion michael van gerwen posting on social good morning. media afterwards, welcome to bbc newsroom live. "what an atmosphere, what a night," as she continues to produce
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the performances at the meeting of the new cabinet, borisjohnson has called on the biggest stage. arsenal's women keep on his colleagues to "repay doing the business, too, the trust of those who voted just three points off the top for us." of the women's super league the meeting follows the reshuffle that saw sajid javid with a 3—2 win at struggling liverpool. quit his job as chancellor, it was 2—all at half time who refused to sack his with rachel furness scoring parliamentary advisors this impressive effort to equalise for liverpool. to stay in the role. two goals from vivienna miedema the departure of mr earned arsenal the win. sajid means this man, we knew it was going to be rishi sunak, has got a very difficult game. the keys to number 11. this is a tough place here he is arriving to come and get results. with the new chief secretary they are a good team, to the treasury stephen barclay, liverpool are a good side who was the brexit secretary. the new chancellor has less and very well structured. they have some good players than four weeks to prepare and they capitalised on our mistakes for his first budget, which is due to take and we made it difficult place on march 11th. for ourselves but in the end although a downing street we showed a little bit of spirit source could not confirm to the bbc whether that to come back and win it. date was still fixed. as he prepares, mr sunak we're into the quarter final stage will do so with less of the welsh open snooker with seven autonomy than his predecessors, after number 10 said there would be of the world's top ten still going strong. a joint team of economic advisers ronnie o'sullivan's looking in good shape. he didn't even drop a frame in his for both the chancellor and prime minister. last 16 win over soheil vahedi. our political correspondent he'll play mark selby later. world champion judd trump nick eardley reports. will meet shaun murphy. you can watch that o'sullivan—selby borisjohnson's reshuffle had been match on bbc two wales, red button and online
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billed as fairly modest, from one this afternoon. maybe even dull, moving a fewjobs around, bringing some it's been nearly five years new faces into government. since rory mcilroy started a tournament as world number one, reporter: hello, chancellor. but things don't always but he didn't look troubled as he go according to plan. started the genesis invitational sajid javid had only been chancellor in la with a 3—under par for seven months and he had been expected to stay. opening round of 68. he said he was feeling good but behind closed doors, after making two eagles, the prime minister asked him to sack including this one on the first hole all his aides and share his advisers — his tenth. with number 10. matt kuchar leads going into today's the chancellor said no, resigned, then headed home to explain why. second round on seven under par. the conditions that were attached in the women's australian open england's jodi ewart shadoff was a requirement that i replace has a share of the lead at the halfway stage. all my political advisers. she was overnight leader, you know, these are people who'd but she's now tied with former world number one inbee park on 10 under. worked incredibly hard, on behalf of notjust toronto's difficult start the government, but the whole to their first super league season country, done a fantasticjob. i was unable to accept continued with a third defeat those conditions. in three — this time i don't believe any at wigan. self—respecting minister would accept such conditions. the wolfpack, who were without kiwi superstar and, so, therefore, ifelt the best sonny bill williams, as he has returned to new zealand thing to do was to go. for the birth of his fourth child. reporter: good afternoon, chancellor. rishi sunak gets hisjob and is due liam farrell scored two tries to deliver the budget in less than a month. in wigan's 32—10 win. after their one—run final ball
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defeat to south africa in the opening t20 international, the pm has even more power now. england have the chance the question is, what to respond in durban. will he do with it? nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. it starts at four o'clock and seamer let's get the latest chris jordans been explaining just from helen catt who joins us now how you come back from such from downing street. a narrow defeat. that's the nature of t20 cricket, it can go either way, it has all been admirably it is high risk cricket. everyone is on edge. tight—lipped. ministers arriving things can go your way this morning for the new meeting. it and it can't but it's important to stay level mentally. isa this morning for the new meeting. it is a smaller cabinet. all ministers have an honest assessment of your own performance and then try coming up the street this morning refusing to answer the questions bbc and come and give maybe a 10 or 20% post to them. the only one to reply more next game. now many people will be training for the london marathon right now. about whether sajid javid was forced imagine then flying to a different continent every day out, was the chief whip, who said for the next week or so and running another. that's what one group have been doing no. the domestic agenda is what in the world marathon challenge. cape town, antartica, borisjohnson will be hoping to perth, dubai, madrid, discuss today, to move back onto the forteleza and finishing things that he wants to achieve and in miami yesterday. denmark's kristina madsen won government. the follow—up from in a new record time,
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yesterday's shuffle will still be averaging less than 3.5 hours per marathon, felt. sajid javid's refusal to sack quicker than any of the men in the race, too. that's all the sport for now. his advisers and he has no been you can find more replaced by the former secretary to on all those stories on the bbc sport website, including build up to the weekends premier league football. the treasury. he perhaps doesn't have the experience and longevity of more after 12. others. for some, that has been seen asa others. for some, that has been seen as a consolidation of power by downing street. there will be a joint ministerial team with the treasury. as i said, borisjohnson will be keen this morning to try and move the conversation back onto what a former police officer's allegedly he plans to do in government with transphobic tweets were lawful, the high court has ruled. the cabinet. here is what he had to harry miller was contacted say to his new team. congratulations by humberside police injanuary last year after a complaint about his tweets. he was told he had not committed a crime, but it would be recorded as a "hate incident". to you all for retaining the great he's speaking been outside the high court. offices of state. it is great to see everybody here. we're here to mrjustice knowles was very clear. deliver for the people of this we have never had an gestapo or a country who elected us to them, the
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people's government that has to get stasi in great britain, but the on with delivering the people's actions of humberside police came priorities. we must get on with a way too close for comfort. this is a basic work. you know what it is. we watershed moment for liberty. the police were wrong to visit my work are going to cut crime, tackle place, wrong to check my thinking, homelessness, tackle waiting lists wrong in their attempt to force me in the nhs. how many hospitals are wriggling to build? how many police officers are we going to recruit? to stonewall and labour party trans many nurses will be recruiting? right ledge. humberside police said they were following the guidelines, 50,000, that's right. how many more and the police agreed. none of that matters. the college of policing is buses? 4000 beautiful british built, a private company that issues guidance with all the legal protective weight of a delia smith low carbon buses. all those things we we nt cookbook or an owen jones low carbon buses. all those things we want to achieve, but of course, protective weight of a delia smith cookbook or an owenjones rant. miller versus humberside serves as a they won't make any difference in rallying cry. women comedians, themselves. this is about improving themselves. this is about improving the quality of everybody‘s life across our whole country. it is about uniting and levelling up and students, even politicians rediscover what it is like to think, making sure that everybody, we are a then go forth and tweet without
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fear, but this judgment also serves conservative government, we believe an opportunity, we believe that asa fear, but this judgment also serves talent should be able to express as a chilling effect on the police. itself. we are going to unleash the if you act as big brother on behalf potential of this entire country. we of rainbow warriors and the grievance mobs, beware. fair cop is have to repay the trust of people who voted for us in huge numbers in watching you. we stand here today december 2019 and who are looking between the twin dragons of liberty and law. you, police, stand behind a forward to us delivering. thank you so forward to us delivering. thank you so much for what you have done so five. i know you're absolutely full chocolate fireguard called the couege of energy and determination. can i chocolate fireguard called the college of policing guidelines. it make one final port or point? we are will not shield you, you will get burned. fair cop's advice to chief co nsta ble burned. fair cop's advice to chief constable is less. uphold the law, and if you have to choose between putting the pedal down any low—carb the guidance of the law —— guidance in way, if you know what i mean. or the law, for the sake of liberty, putting the pedal to the metal and choose law. thank you. accelerating. interesting to watch the body language there. let's go colourful language there, twin
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back to helen. rishi sunak nodding dragons of liberty and the law. at the prime minister and laughing katyjon went is a transgender at the prime minister and laughing at hisjokes. activist who runs a support group at the prime minister and laughing at his jokes. 0ne at the prime minister and laughing for trans people called at hisjokes. one of at the prime minister and laughing at his jokes. one of the people accused by critics as having a lot gender agenda and has worked with police diversity panels. shejoins us now live. of the say in the seating plan is dominic cummings. he is one of the it's a very interesting case and a very interesting dilemma. where do you stand on this? between the two prime minister's most senior advisers and he has very distinct poles of law and liberty, as he ideas about how whitehall should run. this government has very or said, actually. istand poles of law and liberty, as he said, actually. i stand firmly in the middle, and i love colourful been very keen on the idea of language, but there is a big difference between using language message discipline. 0ne that has an intent of hate, and been very keen on the idea of message discipline. one of the key things that lead sajid javid to language that can be interpreted as resign yesterday as the idea to have heat, and that is one of the big one centralised team of advisers dilemmas between incidents that are not hate crimes, but are interpreted thatis one centralised team of advisers that is shared between number ten and number11. in as hate or seen as taking offence or that is shared between number ten and number 11. in some ways, they are almost rivalled para— basis. in creating nonpersonal victims, if we can call it that. i would be the some ways, you could say why not? kind of person who would happily debate and discuss with harry 0thers., you kind of media tension between the two, so that when number miller, including humour, including colourful language, and i personally ten says, politically, we want to do wouldn't take offence, but that is
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my choice not to take offence, so i this, and number 11 ten says, politically, we want to do do see that it is a very difficult this, and number11 can ten says, politically, we want to do this, and number 11 can say you can 01’ this, and number 11 can say you can or you can't. this idea of keeping tightrope that everyone is walking, the government more unified and this line between levitate and this shrinking the power. this morning, kind of language. where does this leave in the police in forming a judgment over whether something is dominic cummings was uncharacteristically quiet. an non—crime, hate incident, because as you've described it, it is hard good morning, mr cummings. to find the line? it is almost are you responsible for sajid javid resigning yesterday? are you now in charge? are you running number 11 impossible, and it is too late to as well as number 10? are you the cromwell of british politics? police intent after this incident thomas, that is. is this a complete takeover? is this a takeover? has become a hate crime, and already does this mean spending continues? a hate crime that might result in sorry, everyone. i've got to go. violence and or murder, and then you are you writing the budget now? might want to look at the back catalogue of hate incidents against someone. i can understand the reasoning behind building up a pattern of hate incidents in order to be able to see, this has been leading to this, and i can advisers to advise it is the prime understand the dilemma of a number of hate incidents actually creating minister who signs off on all these a hostile environment and society decisions. it is borisjohnson who for people like myself, but where it has made these decisions. the has not been directed at an cabinet meeting is still continuing.
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individual, i think there needs to bea we are waiting for them to come out individual, i think there needs to be a greater degree of leniency and understanding, and to celebrate that after that inaugural meeting. they have got a lot to get through, not in britain, we should still be a bastion of free speech, but that least the possibility of that budget does not mean we should be enabling on the 11th. hate speech. i don't think, i can't see all of harry miller's earlier tweets because he was taken off the body of a missing british woman has been found twitter, and twitter is one of the by police in new zealand. last media platforms that has the stephanie simpson is thought to have gone on a hike last weekend in the mount aspiring national park least degree of control over it, in the country's south island. which is good and bad, and we have the police have previously found items belonging to to run the risk of the bad in order the 32 year—old from essex. a little earlier i spoke to run the risk of the bad in order to preserve that freedom to speak. to our sydney correspondent, shaimaa khalil. do you basically feel the high court the search for stephanie simpson has been going on for a week, has come up with the right outcome, from monday when she was reported missing because she failed to keep an appointment, as in to support guidelines which say we have to clock all these to late afternoon today, friday. incidents, but to uphold the right we understand her body to freedom of expression in this was found in the pyke creek, in a canyon in the pyke creek area. case of harry miller? yes, i do. i think it is ok to clock them, to this is nowhere near where she had gone hiking. continue to the record them. i think we understand from mark kirkwood, the officer in charge, it is extreme to visit someone's
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that she had gone off workplace. i was visited by the the hiking track into a waterfall, police for a moment of humour once, suggesting that her body had washed andi police for a moment of humour once, up into that canyon. and i think when you're humour gets policed, that is problematic, particularly when you have visited he said, however, there are no suspicious circumstances ina particularly when you have visited in a workplace or a home by two in her death, that this appeared police sergeants as i was once, to be told my humour had crossed the to be a sad accident and her body line. i think that is very dangerous is now being referred to the coroner. territory, but i would be quite any idea of exactly why it has taken happy to have information around so long to find that body? that held on file so that if after the police have said 1000 pieces of humour that had led that this is a very dangerous toa 1000 pieces of humour that had led and very big terrain. to a hateful incident, that would be it's a very mountainous area. 0k. to a hateful incident, that would be ok. that is proportionate. it is disproportionate doing the visiting we understand 50 people have been involved in that search. helicopters, drones, in face around that, so i think they dog teams, all have been have come out with the right involved in that search, but it has taken that long judgment. i think the exuberant by the nature of that terrain. response of harry miller outside court talking about walking and thin we know that her family, her mother and otherfamily members, line of becoming a gestapo, that is have travelled to new zealand an extremist language that we are because they said at some point far from, an extremist language that we are farfrom, andi they were at their wits' end. an extremist language that we are farfrom, and i think the language they didn't know what happened. of nazism and fascism around free they travelled.
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they were at the search site speech is language that has been close to where the body was found and they were able weaponised and not helpful. if we wa nt to weaponised and not helpful. if we want to have a reasonable to identify her in the end. discussion. trans—lives are not up for debate, nevertheless, the next the high court has ruled that allegedly transphobic tweets version of their gender recognition from a former police officer act is. if that is the case, we need were lawful and humberside police interfered with his right to freedom of expression. reasonable discussion, and of people harry miller from lincolnshire, weaponised either side of the challenged police guidance on hate incidents against transgender people argument with language and responses after he was officially logged for comments like that, it doesn't help. it is he made on social media. mr miller claims the guidelines, fascinating talking thank you for issued by the college of policing, have had "a chilling effect" sharing your views with us this on freedom of expression. morning. pop star billie eilish has our legal correspondent recorded the title track for the newjames bond film, no time to die. the us singer, who turned 18 last clive coleman is there. month, is the youngest artist in history to write and record explain what the issue is and what a theme for the franchise. the song was released at midnight, has been decided in quote. in terms at the same time as a new trailer for the film, starring daniel craig. of the issue, this police guidance name? bond, james bond. actually arose out of the stephen lawrence case and the idea was that
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the police would clamp—down on hate incidents. what happened in this case is that harry miller, who is a man that believes that a man cannot become a women and vice versa, he says that he blogs and he tweets in response, really, to a debate that he says the government has invited in relation to the reform of the gender recognition act. that is the act that sets down very stringent when his secret finds its way out, it will be the death of him. criteria whereby someone can get a gender recognition certificate to let's speak now to register as the sex they feel mark o'connell, author of catching bullets: memoirs themselves to be. he blogs and of a bond fanjoins me. tweets pretty graphically using swear words at times. injanuary of you are going to be prickly about this music. i really like it. it is last year, trans—women reported him to the police. the police went to a strong song and a strong bond his place of work. he wasn't song, and this girl hasjust actually there. he was interviewed a strong song and a strong bond song, and this girl has just turned 18. this is not the sound of an over the phone by a police officer 18—year—old, it is a rich addition and told that if he didn't stop doing what he was doing then he
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to the bond jukebox. are you a billy could be prosecuted. this challenges eilish van in any case? my friends the guidelines and the way the andi police applied them. the judge found eilish van in any case? my friends and i watched her glastonbury set, and i watched her glastonbury set, andi and i watched her glastonbury set, and i thought i knew the chin. she that the guidelines, the logging of has this us pop powerhouse, and it non—crime hate incidents, they can isa has this us pop powerhouse, and it is a really canny marketing move that people have done because anyone under 30 has heard of her. she is a be turned up on an advanced stable. what do you think, the way disclosure, where employers who are employed to work with vulnerable she fits into this? she does reach groups can carry out those checks. into the bond dna with a brass and they do have a consequence. it has strings at the end. it will reach been found that the regime is very well. there has been to oscars entirely lawful but the way that it for the bond songs before, no was applied by the police in the pressure, not that there was matter. case of harry miller was a it is the sound of the artist first, disproportionate interference with his right to freedom and is andi it is the sound of the artist first, and i think a good bond song, we should hear the song of the artist expression. that is very strong language from the judge and is going first. actually watching the visuals to be very controversial. people will be very concerned by the ruling is good, it is incredible the way today. the judge the song builds. it doesn't need to
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will be very concerned by the ruling today. thejudge said will be very concerned by the ruling today. the judge said the effect of the police turning up had his work reach for the bonds moments, because because of the effect of his her voice is so sultry. there is a political opinions must not be underestimated. to do so would be to real sunset tone about it. not what you'd expect from a 17—year—old. it undermine a cardinal democratic freedom. in this country, we have is interesting that her brother, who works with her and produced it, she never had a gestapo. we have never is 18, he is early 20s, and they lived in an 0rwellian society. some people will take this to mean from grow up and daniel craig area. you thejudge that the can hear all the others in there as people will take this to mean from the judge that the kind of blogging and tweeting that harry miller was well, and i think that is their doing was completely acceptable. mission. they don't know any other that will divide opinion. many bond as well. a just the people will feel no, this is not mission. they don't know any other bond as well. ajust the daniel craig persona of bond, the acceptable. we have spoken to complexity, something intense and brooding. there is a lot of transcripts and researching the story of course. these incidents narrative in the story, in the lyrics, and it is possibly the best lyrics, and it is possibly the best lyrics that daniel craig has had, andi should be locked, they think, not lyrics that daniel craig has had, and i am notjust saying that as an excited bond fan. it is a real rich simply to protect transgender people, but to protect everybody. piece of work. it is coming fairly highly controversial, and we will get both sides of the opinion throughout the day. thank you very soon now. early april, end of march. much for explaining it to us. any controversy, or is it settling china has reported more
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than 5,000 additional cases down? what controversy? it looks of the coronavirus named covid—19, and a further 121 deaths, almost all of them in the province of hubei, the epicentre of the outbreak. beautiful, the cinematography.” but the number of new confirmed think they have a potential hit, as cases outside hubei has they say. time will tell, as well as now reportedly dropped for ten consecutive days. the province has been subjected die. get your tickets now. to an intense quarantine, with tens of millions of people the us attorney general, william barr, has criticised largely confined to their homes. donald trump for tweeting about high—profile criminal cases stephen mcdonell is our handled by his department. its work has come under intense correspondent in beijing. scrutiny in recent days following the announcement it would seek a shorter prison sentence for mr trump's long—time 0ne one thing friend, roger stone, 0ne thingi one thing i wanted to pick up with you is the question of the medical who was found guilty of lying to congress. staff involved, because we have had in an interview with abc news, mr barr insisted he always numbers of infections and deaths acted independently and urged the president to end his social media commentaries. among those who are cheating coronaviruses and is. of course, if you are that far away from somebody that has the coronavirus and you are
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to have public statements and tweets made about the department, trying to help them, you are about our people in the department, potentially exposed. we have had our men and women here, about cases pending in the department, and aboutjudges before whom we have some numbers released. we've got cases, make it impossible for me more than 1000 nurses, doctors, who to do myjob and to assure the courts and the prosecutors and the department that we're has been infected. at this stage, less tha n has been infected. at this stage, less than ten of them have died, but doing our work with integrity. who knows what that could go on to and i'm not going to be bullied be? itjust or influenced by anybody. who knows what that could go on to be? it just shows who knows what that could go on to be? itjust shows how important this work is and how tough it is. there's and i said at the time, whether it's congress, a lot of footage going around on newspaper, editorial boards, social media showing medical staff asleep on tiers and on the ground. or the president. they are exhausted and are being com pletely they are exhausted and are being completely swamped by the number of the headlines on bbc news... cases. that is why they have come in with reinforcements, thousands of medical teams from the military to it remains unclear whether the new try and help bolster the effort. chancellor will deliver the budget bolstering the effort, what is the overall picture and mood in china infour chancellor will deliver the budget in four weeks' time. it was found tonight? there was confusion on wednesday and thursday over that that former police officer did not spike in numbers and the different make the law with his trans—phobic way of defining infections. what do
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people feel? to the feel that the tweets. police in new zealand say they've government is getting on top of found the body of stephanie simpson, the british woman who's been this? the news that there were 5000 extra cases in hubei province missing since monday. following 10,000 yesterday, it sounds like a lot. what we're trying to explain is that this is because ofa to explain is that this is because of a new way of categorising those the royal bank of scotland has announced that it's who are definitely infected. if you to change its name to natwest plc have the symptoms of the coronavirus, if you have had a ct in a major rebranding. scan showing a infection, you don't have to then have done a lab test. you will be put in that category. as best as we can measure, around three quarters at least of that 5000 extra natwest is one of the bank brands rbs owns. it also owns ulster bank. today are due to this new form of it's thought that the name categorisation in terms ofjust a change is designed to help break its association with the financial crisis. the bank was rescued by the government in 2008 in the aftermath of that. definition, really. possibly, it is it is still 62% state—owned. not as bad as it seems in that today it also said profits doubled to £3.1 billion facebook‘s boss mark zuckerberg says sense, although it is still a very he accepts tech giants may have serious situation in hubei. when you to pay more tax in europe in future.
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facebook — and other tech giants — go outside of hubei to the rest of have been accused of not china, assuming the numbers at least paying their fair share of tax show a pattern, they mustn't be able in countries where they operate. facebook paid just £28.5 million in corporation tax in the uk in 2018 — to catch everybody, of course. the despite making £1.65 billion in sales here. authorities know this. but if we broadband, tv and phone customers look at the pattern, it seems to will be given the chance to avoid price rises when their contracts end show that it is going down. and that under rules that come these measures being put in place by in on saturday. uk watchdog ofcom says users could save £150 a year on broadband alone once they have these measures being put in place by the chinese government, quite checked out available heavy—handed at times, restricting alternative deals. around 20 million customers people's movements on transport, are out of contract stopping people going back at work, with their suppliers and could switch to something cheaper. some people working at home. the streets behind me are pretty empty. now for a valentine's day tale, shops are closed, restaurants. most but not a happy one, i'm afraid. people are just staying indoors, not a story today on our website wanting to be exposed by being in highlights how some people can fall contact with others to the foul of dating sites, coronavirus. all of that does seem and as that's the way many of us to be slowing the spread of this disease and that is the most connect with potential partners these days the chances of it positive news to come out of today. happening are increasing. new research by cybersecurity company eset shows that half meanwhile, more than 1,500 people of people believe that loneliness on a cruise ship that spent around valentine's day leaves them two weeks at sea after being turned at a higher risk of catfishing. away by several countries over coronavirus fears have started disembarking in cambodia. jake moore is a cyber security further tests were done expert from eset who carried out
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on passengers displaying flu—like the research. symptoms before the green light was given to leave. no—one on board was found to be carrying the virus. they were welcomed onshore can you explain the term cat by cambodian prime minister hun sen, who said the "sickness of fear" fishing, which is not immediately was greater than that obvious? this is when someone of the coronavirus. here's what some of creates a fake, online identity and the passengers had to say about being on dry land again. usesit creates a fake, online identity and uses it for nefarious purposes. this could be to trawl the person, or it we are very, very pleased could be to trawl the person, or it could be to trawl the person, or it to be in your country. could be around financial gain. what it's good to step on land. thank you very much are the things people should look for welcoming us. out for a? if you go on the profile we have a long journey ahead. of someone, they look nice and it it will be good to be home. licks to their instagram account. but the crew and everybody on board this gives a good history. —— it has been absolutely marvellous. fantastic, really good. links to their instagram account. is glad to be here. going back now to that safe, can you trust that?” manchester in the uk. would say looking at social media we've been on the ship for more and seeing if it corresponds with than a month in total. so, we came to cambodia a couple of weeks ago, that was great. obviously, good to be back now. their dating profile, and then you would see that their followers would be lower than you would expect. you
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can get there profile image and threw it into reverse image search, jackson carlaw has been elected as leader of and that would find the image if it the scottish conservatives. mr carlaw, who's been interim leader has been used elsewhere. if it is since the resignation of ruth davidson in august, being used on other dating sites, beat the only other candidate, michelle ballantyne. which should make the alarm bells 0ur scotland correspondent wing. it may be used in our stock james shaw is with us. photo. —— the alarm bells ring. wing. it may be used in our stock photo. -- the alarm bells ring. what it was a pretty emphatic win from is the single piece of important advice she would give someone to him. he got 75% of the votes. his avoid catfish and? you shouldn't be sending money to someone you have never met, but the problem is that opponents had she really only they are very convincing entered the contest because she thought it should be a debate. mr storytellers. they might be doing this to two or three people at once. it can go over weeks and months kyla had been with davidson's sometimes, so i want to make sure deputy. he has a long history with people are aware of the fact they the conservative party in scotland. shouldn't be sending money to anyone. it might sound crazy that he was a member when he was a teenager back in the 1970s. for many people would send money to people they've never met, but these people are convincing. what they do is they yea rs, teenager back in the 1970s. for many years, he was a car dealer, he gain trust with their victim, and wasn't a professional politician. thatis gain trust with their victim, and that is what we are seeing right but hejoined now. thank you very much forjoining
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wasn't a professional politician. but he joined the scottish payment, us, good advice. became an msp in 2007, and since then has risen to prominence as ruth davidson's deputy and then as the in other business stories we're following, shares in nissan fell interim leader, he was up against nearly 10% to their lowest in over a decade. nicola sturgeon. he has provided, i the fall came after the struggling japanese carmarker announced sharp cuts to to its annual profit forecast. it also said it wouldn't pay a dividend for the second half guess, incredible opposition to the of the financial year. nissan has been badly shaken by the scandal surrounding snp and the scottish parliament. i former boss carlos ghosn, and by a slump in sales. think the really, really important thing about his job french media giant vivendi think the really, really important thing about hisjob in the next is planning to sell shares think the really, really important thing about his job in the next few in its universal music group months is that he will lead the in a couple of years time. opposition to the snp's push for a it's its most—prized asset. universal is the world's biggest music label — second independence referendum. its global stars include taylor swift, drake and lady gaga. and another topical story from us. if the getty mandate, really, a sales of engagement rings are up, confirmed mandate for that second not unexpected you might say, but referendum. from the point of view you might be surprised to hear that poundland claim to have sold 40,000 of them. of unionism in scotland and from the twice as many as last year. point of view of the prime minister, they are called "bling rings" and "man bands" and cost a pound. they are meant to be used jackson carlaw has a very important as "placeholders" for proper
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rings, says poundland. job. that is all the business news, apart from a quick look at the markets. we see a slight rise from the ftse 100 we just have a statement out now from the college of policing regarding the outcome of that court see a slight rise from the ftse100 index, and we were going to show you rbs shares which are down, but we haven't managed to enter that into case. a statement that says it is the market data board. we will do that next hour. pleasing that we signed the guidance a group of british business people as lawful and extremely important in helped the italian mafia make millions of pounds through fraud. protecting people. the position is that's according to an ex—mafia boss who's spoken exclusively from prison to the bbc. clear, we want everybody to be able gennaro panzuto is a state witness whose evidence has helped convict to express their opinion as passionately as they wish without former camorra associates in naples. this report from dominic casciani. breaking the law. the statement continues, a priority for the police is protecting people from physical harm. heat incidents can be a precursor for this type of crime and without recording them police can lose sight of what is happening in the secrets are being unlocked. a rare insight into one of the world's most their communities and potentially lose their confidence. that is an powerful mafia gangs.
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i'm meeting gennaro panzuto, a camorra leader who murdered and is now confessing all. interesting outcome there from the translation: one thing i do remember couege interesting outcome there from the is the dull thud of the bodies college of policing which, of course, is one of the targets of the falling after you've shot them. case. it seems that a humberside police's interpretation of the they're asking you to kill somebody. guidance is what the judge and the did you not think that's the wrong thing to do? high court has criticised and where that case has one. we will get more translation: no, when you grow up in a context like mine, for lots of kids like me, on that shortly. it's normal. panzuto was a teenage the royal bank of scotland street thief who rose through the ranks to become a boss. has announced that it's to change its name to natwest plc in 2006, he was suspected in a major rebranding. of multiple murders rbs group has reported a near doubling as clan warfare erupted. of annual profits and says it plans to change its name later this year. new rbs chief executive alison rose called the results the at the time gennaro panzuto was, sure, a dangerous criminal "start of a new era" for the bank. in naples, in italy. cases of mumps in england are at their highest level in a decade. public health england says he went on the run to northern the increase has been largely driven england, where local businessmen by outbreaks in universities hid him on this caravan park and colleges amongst young adults who missed out on the mmr vaccine and helped him make money for the mafia. when they were children. tim muffett reports. and many universities and colleges have seen outbreaks. they'd set up companies to dodge tax
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on goods sold both at home and in naples by the camorra. i would literally be screaming, from being in pain... it's known as carousel fraud. lectures, essays, the odd party and mumps — flora, ben and 0llie's second year carousel fraud is really, at leeds university hasn't gone quite to plan. really profitable, a good tool even to money laundering or to move money i went to bed normal, like, normal, from a country to another. doing fine, everything fine, so it's really important and then i woke up and then, to organised crime groups? bang, my face was just yeah, it's a paradise. puffed out, so swollen. were you surprised as in 2007, panzuto was captured. to how painful it was? i got prescribed morphine, he took the rare step of cooperating it was that bad. it just started out with just with prosecutors, telling them about his british helpers. pain in my ear and jaw, but no—one was arrested. and then it kind of started swelling, so painful. in his home city, naples, panzuto's evidence has helped the fight against the camorra. like, yourjaw pretty much locks and i could open my mouth this much. brushing my teeth, felt a lump round here, and it started swelling up. we're out on patrol with police yeah, i had a pretty fat face. on some of the toughest estates. other students who've had all the mob leaders are injail, mumps have been sharing but the clans, many before and after photos. led by teenagers, are still active. the number of cases in england this is police patrol. is at its highest level in a decade yes, it's a place where drugs are sold? and many universities and colleges this is a constant daily battle have seen outbreaks. for these police officers
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there were more than 5000 laboratory on naples' flying squad, trying to stop these types of crime, confirmed cases of mumps last year — drug dealing, and the fear almost five times the number is that the money made seen in 2018. here is funnelled into some of the most dangerous crime last month alone, there were nearly groups in the world. three times as many cases as the previous january. in a prison at the other end today's young adults were born of italy, panzuto thinks the camorra is finished. in the late ‘90s and early 2000's. but why did he turn against them? now, that was when the measles, mumps and rubella vaccination was incorrectly linked to autism, translation: for love of my partner. creating a panic amongst parents. for love of my children. now, the link has been proved to be false but many children missed what's the personal price out on their mmr jab. for you in doing that? too much. the cohort of young people who weren't vaccinated are now at university, getting to know each other, sharing their bugs, and that's meant we've seen this huge he will soon be released, but will increase in cases. always be looking over his shoulder. around half of mumps cases last year dominic casciani, bbc were amongst unvaccinated people, according to public health england, news, northern italy. but many, like flora, ben and ollie, did have the mmrjab, and the follow—up booster and yet you can see more of that story on our world: confessions they still got mumps. of a mafia killer on bbc the challenge is that the mumps news this weekend.
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element of the vaccine now it's time for a isn't quite as effective look at the weather. as it is for measles and rubella. the more people that are vaccinated, the harder it is for the bug to get turning ominous, and a bit of rain around and be shared in the first place. so, even if you had two mmrjabs, from that. there is a weather front you could still potentially get that has gradually worked its way mumps, partly because a lot of people did not and therefore through scotland, and brighter skies the virus is more prevalent? in northern ireland, with rain in precisely. mumps typically passes with no lasting damage. england and the south—west. further those who've had an mmr jab east, a drier afternoon until later are less likely to suffer serious complications. on when the rain arrives. sunshine on rare occasions, it can lead and showers following behind a finish of the day in the north. then to hearing loss, viral meningitis and infertility in men. we get into storm dennis, and the warnings from the met office in anyone unsure if they've had an mmrjab or a booster is advised to see a doctor. england and wales, you have to be up any england and wales, you have to be up with vaccinations, it's never too late to catch up. a ny early tim muffett, bbc news. england and wales, you have to be up any early to see —— early to see any good weather. it is going to be one of those days, so take it easy if you're travelling. gusts of wind, we will be taking a closer look later at the chance for beer or very high, and notjust saturday, otherwise case. for the moment, but persisting in parts of wales and
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into sunday. this leads to the amber let's ta ke otherwise case. for the moment, let's take a look at the weather. warnings. it is wet and it is windy both today and into the weekend. there is not much difficulty in this particular forecast. timing does make a difference. get ahead of a tangible stay dry in the south—east. a mixture of sunny spells and showers for scotland and northern ireland, and then the weekend. this is when we get involved with storm dennis. there amber weather warnings from rain and the wind will from england the met office. the amount of rain is the concern. there is rain for and wales into sunday. many of us on saturday, and itjust keeps on coming across the high ground, particularly in the north of england, into wales and south—west of england. 0ne england, into wales and south—west of england. one or two drier and brighter interludes, but the strength of the winds will also cause disruption. we are looking at 50,60,
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you're watching bbc newsroom live. it's midday and these are the main stories... the high court rules that a former police officer who made critical remarks about transgender people on social media did not break the law. melo verses humberside serves as a rallying cry. discover what it is like to think and go forth and treat without fear. the new chancellor attends cabinet meeting following yesterday's reshuffle amid uncertainty over the budget taking place as planned on march 11th. a test on policy figures to start, as borisjohson tells his cabinet they must repay the trust of the people who voted for them. police in new zealand say they've found the body of stephanie simpson, the british woman who's been missing since monday. cases of mumps in england are at the highest level
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in a decade, with the steep rise being largely driven by outbreaks in universities and colleges. and coming up later — how one of naples most powerful mafia bosses ended up hiding out in a lancashire caravan park. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the high court has ruled that humberside police unlawfully interfered with a man's right to freedom of expression after turning up at his place of work to discuss his allegedly "transphobic" posts on twitter. harry miller was told he had not committed a crime, but his online activity would be recorded as a hate incident. the court said this response was disproportionate. legitimate and important. the ruling upheld the police guidelines, calling them legitimate and important. clive coleman, our legal
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correspondent, has been following the case. in terms of the issue, this police guidance actually rose up from the stephen lawrence case. the idea was that the police would damp down on non—crime hate incidents before they developed or escalated into serious hate crime. everyone says that is a very good idea. but what happened in this case was that harry miller, who is a man that believes a man cannot become a woman and vice versa, he says that he blogs and he tweets in response, really, to a debate he says the government have invited in relation to the reform of the gender recognition act. that is the act which sets down very stringent criteria whereby someone can get a gender recognition certificate to register as the sex they feel themselves to be. he blogs and tweets pretty graphically, uses swear words at times. and, in january of last year, a trans woman reported him to the police.
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humberside police went to his place of work, he wasn't actually there, he was then interviewed over the phone by a police officer and told that if he didn't stop doing what he was doing, he could be prosecuted. he has challenged both the guidelines and the way that the police have applied them. what has happened today in court is that mr justice knowles has found that the guidelines, the regime, this logging of non—crime heat incidents... by the way, it is not like these things have no consequence. they can be turned up on an advanced disclosure and barring check which employers who are employing people to work with vulnerable groups, children and elderly people carry out. they do have a consequence. mrjustice knowles has found that the regime is entirely lawful but the way it was applied by humberside police in the case of harry miller was a disproportionate interference with his right to freedom of expression. very strong language from the judge
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and i anticipate that this is going to be hugely controversial and trans groups i think i going to be very, very concerned by the ruling today. mrjustice knowles says that "the effect of the police turning up at his place of work because of his political opinions must not be underestimated. to do so would be to undervalue a cardinal democratic freedom. in this country, we have never had a gestapo or a stasi. we have never lived in an orwellian society." some people will take that to mean that the kind of blogging and tweeting that harry miller was doing is completely acceptable. that will divide opinion. many will feel, no, it is not acceptable. trans groups, and we have spoken to trans groups researching this story, of course. they say, these incidences should be logged by the police, not simply to protect transgender people, but to protect everybody.
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mr miller echoed the words of mrjustice julian knowles, who made the high court ruling, as he spoke to reporters outside the royal courts of justice. we have never had a gestapo or a stasi in great britain. the actions of humberside police came way too close for comfort. this is a watershed moment for liberty. the police were wrong to visit my workplace, wrong to check my thinking. wrong in their attempt to force me. the college of policing released a statement. they say, "it is pleasing that today's judgment found that the college of policing's guidance on the recording of non—crime hate incidents is both lawful and extremely important in protecting people. "hate incidents can be a precursor to these types of crimes
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katyjon went is a transgender activist. she said police have two steering careful course between the law and free speech. there is a big difference between using language that has an intent of hate and language that can have an interpretive heat. that is one of the big dilemmas between incidents that are not heat crimes but can be seen as taking offence or creating nonpersonal victims if we can comment that. i would be the kind of person who would happily debate and discuss with harry miller including humourand discuss with harry miller including humour and colourful language, and i
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personally wouldn't take offence. that is my choice not to take offence. it is very difficult tightrope that people walking. where does it lead the police and forming a judgment over whether something is a judgment over whether something is a non—crime hates incident? as you have described it, it is hard to find the line? it is too late to police the intent after the fact we are build—up of incidents have become a crime, indeed a crime that could result in violence and or murder. you might want to look at the back catalogue of heat incidents against someone. i can understand the reasoning behind building up a pattern of hate incidents in order to see, oh, this has been leading to this. i can understand the dilemma of the number of hate incidents creating a hostile environment for
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people like myself. where it is not directed at an individual, i think maybe there needs to be leniency and understanding. in britain, we should still be a bastian of free speech but we should not be enabling hate speech. i can't see all of harry miller's previous treats because he was taken off twitter, and twitter is one of the last social media platforms that has the least degree of control over it. that is both a good and an ill. i think we have to run the risk of the ill to have that freedom of speech. do you feel like the high court has come up with the right outcome, and the sense of supporting guidelines and saying that we have to clock these incidents, but also saying we have to uphold the rights to freedom of expression, in this case of harry miller? i think it is ok to continue to record them. i think it is
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extreme to visit someone's workplace. i was visited once by the police for a moment of humour. i think when you're humour gets policed, that is problematic, particularly when you are visited at a workplace or at home by two police sergeants, as i was once, to tell you that your humour had crossed the line. i think that is dangerous territory that i was happy to have that information held on file because, if after a thousand pieces of humour that had been held on file, that was checked. i think parts of it i disproportionate. i think they have come out with the rightjudgment. think they have come out with the right judgment. the rather exuberant response of harry miller outside the court, talking about the gestapo, thatis court, talking about the gestapo, that is the extremist language that we are farfrom. i think that is the extremist language that we are far from. i think the language of fascism around free
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speech is language that is being weaponised and is not helpful either. if we want to have reasonable discussion. tra ns—lives and not up for debate. nevertheless, the next version of the gender recognition act is. we need discussion around that. if people weaponised either side of the discussion around that with language and responses like that, it does not help. borisjohnson has held his first meeting with his new—look cabinet where the prime minister called on his colleagues to ‘repay the trust of those who voted for us.‘ the meeting follows the reshuffle that saw sajid javid quit his job as chancellor — who refused to sack his parliamentary advisors — to stay in the role. the departure of mrjavid means this man —— rishi sunak has got the keys to number11. here he is arriving with the new chief secretary to the treasury stephen barclay, who was the brexit secretary. the new chancellor has less than four weeks to prepare for his first budget, which is due to take
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place on march 11th. although a downing street source could not confirm to the bbc whether that date was still fixed. as he prepares, mr sunak will do so with less autonomy than his predecessors, after number 10 said there would be a joint team of economic advisers for both the prime minister and the chancellor. let's get the latest from political correspondent, helen catt who joins us now from downing street. what can you tell us about this cabinet? i can tell you that the first meeting of this new look small cabinet is over. we have seen new faces, the new attorney general, the new northern ireland secretary. they have all left number ten this morning after this new look cabinet. it was much smaller. what boris johnson has done is get rid of some of those ministers who were attending cabinet, so it is a smaller number of people around the table. there is the suggestion that
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what boris johnson table. there is the suggestion that what borisjohnson wants to do is move on after the drama of yesterday, the drama of losing sajid javid in this way and move on to what the government is trying to do. that is its domestic agenda, particularly the chief whip, who was the only one to answer questions from the press this morning. he said sajid javid was not pushed out. i think certainly and cabinet, this is likely to be what they talked about. borisjohnson likely to be what they talked about. boris johnson started likely to be what they talked about. borisjohnson started his meeting, this is what he told his new look cabinet. it is great to see you all and congratulations on achieving or even retaining the great offices of state that you hold. that is no mean feat and it is great to see everybody. we're here to deliver for the people of this country who elected us to save them, the people's government and have to get on with delivering the people's priorities. over the
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next few years, we need to get on with error basic work. you know what it is. we are going to cut crime, tackle homelessness, tackle waiting lists in the nhs, and how many hospitals are we going to build? how many more police officers are weak recruiting? 20,000. and enosis are we recruiting? exactly. and how many we recruiting? exactly. and how many were buses? 40,000 beautiful british low carbon buses. all those things we want to achieve. —— 4000. this is about improving the quality of everybody's life across our whole country. it is about uniting and levelling up and making sure that everybody, we are a conservative government, we believe an opportunity and we believe that where there is talent, talent should be able to express itself. that is
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why we think the better infrastructure, better education, we are going to release the potential of this entire country. the prime minister sounding bullish and the new chancellor sitting alongside him smiling and nodding. he needs to demonstrate it is not the annex, number11, it is demonstrate it is not the annex, number 11, it is not number ten a. it isa number 11, it is not number ten a. it is a fiscally responsible chancellorship that he is about to run. you saw some chancellorship that he is about to run. you saw some of chancellorship that he is about to run. you saw some of the tensions that there have been between number ten and the treasury in the last few weeks. sajid javid particularly annoyed by the moniker that was given to him, chancellor and name on they. what happened yesterday day with the reshuffle, the amalgamating of the two teams of advisers, the treasury not having a separate team of adviser any more, the idea that this could further limit the influence of the treasury. there
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will be people who say that this is a good thing and it means message discipline and singing from the same hymn sheet. there will be others who say you need tension between number ten and the things they want to do politically and the treasury and the things that can be done financially. there are certainly issues around that to be looked at, and we may have had the cabinet reshuffle yesterday but there are stilljunior ministerial appointments being made at the moment and we will see what happens and if anything further happens and if anything further happens with advisers, any further restructuring. a few months ago, there were rumours of a bigger white hole overhaul. a bigger cabinet overhaul actually, and that didn't really co m e overhaul actually, and that didn't really come to pass. we will see what happens in the coming days. many thanks from that we have got lots on coronavirus, on the mumps numbers. right now we are going to
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say goodbye to our viewers on bbc two. headlines now on bbc news. the high court has reeled that the police acted unlawfully when they investigated a man's alleged the tra nsfer investigated a man's alleged the transfer big tweets. the court says the actions were a disproportionate interference for freedom of expression. borisjohnson interference for freedom of expression. boris johnson has chaired his first cabinet meeting. it remains unclear whether the new chancellor will deliver the budget as planned police in new zealand say they have found the body of stephanie simpson, the british woman who has been missing since sunday. the world health organization has told the international olympic
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committee there is no case for cancelling or relocating the tokyo 2020 olympics over the coronavirus. several sporting events including the world indoor athletics and chinese grand prix have been postponed as a result of the outbreak in china. it just reinforced our itjust reinforced our confidence that the measures being taken by the releva nt that the measures being taken by the relevant authorities are properly addressing the situation along with china and that we will be able to ensure that the games go ahead and they go ahead in a way that is safe for the athletes and the spectators. rory mcilroy will tee off at around quarter to eight this evening in the second round of the pga tour event in california, hoping to build on his strong start. he made two eagles on the opening day to lie on 3 under par — that's four shots behind
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leader matt kuchar. mcilroy said he was feeling good too — taking part in his first tournament since becoming world number one for an eighth time. and in the women's australian open england's jodi ewart shadoff has a share of the lead at the halfway stage. she was overnight leader, but she's now tied with former world number one inbee park on 10 under. england captain eoin morgan says his side have lots to learn leading up to this year's t20 world cup. england lost the first of three t20 internationals against south africa on wednesday. the second takes place in durban at 4 o'clock. bowled chrisjordan has explained how they'll come back from that one run defeat. that is the nature of it. it is high risk cricket, everybody is on edge. things can go your way and they dance, but it is important to stay nice and level mentally and have an
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honest assessment of your own performance and try and get ten or 20% next more in the next game. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. the body of a missing british woman has been found by police in new zealand. stephanie simpson is thought to have gone on a hike last weekend in the mount aspiring national park in the country's south island. the police have previously found items belonging to the 32 year—old from essex. a little earlier i spoke to our sydney correspondent, shaimaa khalil. the search for stephanie simpson has been going on for a week, from monday when she was reported missing because she failed to keep an appointment, to late afternoon today, friday. we understand her body was found in the pyke creek, in a canyon in the pyke creek area. this is nowhere near where she had gone hiking. we understand from mark kirkwood, the officer in charge,
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that she had gone off the hiking track into a waterfall, suggesting that her body had washed up into that canyon. he said, however, there are no suspicious circumstances in her death, that this appeared to be a sad accident and her body is now being referred to the coroner. any idea of exactly why it has taken so long to find that body? the police have said that this is a very dangerous and very big terrain. it's a very mountainous area. we understand 50 people have been involved in that search. helicopters, drones, dog teams, all have been involved in that search, but it has taken that long by the nature of that terrain. we know that her family, her mother and otherfamily members, have travelled to new zealand because they said at some point they were at their wits' end. they didn't know what happened. they travelled. they were at the search site close to where the body
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was found and they were able to identify her in the end. the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in china has continued to rise but there are doubts over the true scale of the epidemic. as china deployed the military to combat the virus, officials said a further 121 people died yesterday. it signalled a marked decline on wednesday's dramatic increase but the world health organisation is concerned over the way cases are being counted. meanwhile, more than 1,500 people on a cruise ship that spent two weeks at sea after being turned away by several countries over coronavirus fears have started disembarking in cambodia. further tests were done on passengers displaying flu—like symptoms before the green light was given to leave — no one on board was found to be carrying the virus. they were welcomed onshore by cambodian prime minister hun sen, who said the "sickness of fear" was greater than that of the coronavirus. here's what some of the passengers had to say
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about being on dry land again. we are very, very pleased to be in your country. it's good to step on land. thank you very much for welcoming us. we have a long journey ahead. it will be good to be home. but the crew and everybody on board has been absolutely marvellous. fantastic, really good. glad to be here. going back now to manchester in the uk. we've been on the ship for more than a month in total. so, we came to cambodia a couple of weeks ago, that was great. obviously, good to be back now. cases of mumps in england are at their highest level in a decade. public health england says the increase has been largely driven by outbreaks in universities and colleges amongst young adults who missed out on the mmr vaccine when they were children. tim muffett reports. i would literally be screaming, from being in pain...
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lectures, essays, the odd party and mumps — flora, ben and ollie's second year at leeds university hasn't gone quite to plan. i went to bed normal, like, normal, doing fine, everything fine, and then i woke up and then, bang, my face was just puffed out, so swollen. were you surprised as to how painful it was? i got prescribed morphine, it was that bad. it just started out with just pain in my ear and jaw, and then it kind of started swelling, so painful. like, yourjaw pretty much locks and i could open my mouth this much. brushing my teeth, felt a lump round here, and it started swelling up. yeah, i had a pretty fat face. other students who've had mumps have been sharing before and after photos. the number of cases in england is at its highest level in a decade and many universities and colleges have seen outbreaks.
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there were more than 5000 laboratory confirmed cases of mumps last year — almost five times the number seen in 2018. last month alone, there were nearly three times as many cases as the previous january. today's young adults were born in the late ‘90s and early 2000's. now, that was when the measles, mumps and rubella vaccination was incorrectly linked to autism, creating a panic amongst parents. now, the link has been proved to be false but many children missed out on their mmr jab. the cohort of young people who weren't vaccinated are now at university, getting to know each other, sharing their bugs, and that's meant we've seen this huge increase in cases. around half of mumps cases last year were amongst unvaccinated people, according to public health england, but many, like flora, ben and ollie, did have the mmrjab, and the follow—up booster and yet they still got mumps.
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the challenge is that the mumps element of the vaccine isn't quite as effective as it is for measles and rubella. the more people that are vaccinated, the harder it is for the bug to get around and be shared in the first place. so, even if you had two mmrjabs, you could still potentially get mumps, partly because a lot of people did not and therefore the virus is more prevalent? precisely. mumps typically passes with no lasting damage. those who've had an mmr jab are less likely to suffer serious complications. on rare occasions, it can lead to hearing loss, viral meningitis and infertility in men. anyone unsure if they've had an mmrjab or a booster is advised to see a doctor. with vaccinations — it's never too late to catch up. tim muffett, bbc news. more disruption is likely this weekend with another storm forecast. the met office says storm dennis "is likely to bring very heavy rain, flooding and disru ption". phil avery has the forecast — phil,
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how bad is this one likely to be? storm ciara brought damaging went and heavy rain. that has saturated the ground, any more rain falling on thatis the ground, any more rain falling on that is going to because impact. winds damaged and listened things. we are likely to be hit by winds this weekend. night quite as strong as last week, but we are likely to see destruction. the biggest issue is going to be the rain. we have several weather warnings out for a and rain. we got amber warnings for england and wales and, more recently, southern scotland. southern scotland also has been included for the weekend. the southern uplands and these pirates, northern england into wales and central wales, the south—west of
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england. as we head on into saturday and sunday, these places will be included into that rainfall is moisture piles in there. these areas highlighted by the amber warning are likely to see some flooding. through friday, this is storm dennis behind me. friday will see another weather front which is sweeping across the country today, bringing very strong winds and deals to the north—west. by winds and deals to the north—west. by the middle part of the afternoon, it will be stretching through the middle areas to the south—east. it will stay dry until after dark, but it is very blustery and there will be snow on the hills. the rain eventually reaches the south—east as we had to tonight and then we will start to feel the first impacts of storm dennis. heavy rain here and a rise in temperatures, and it'll be quite chilly again across the north. on saturday, it deteriorates and tones wetter and widespread gales as
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with go through the day. southern scotland, northern western england, and parts of wales will be affected on saturday. a very mild stay but it might not feel like it because of the strength of the winds and the rain. the winds will possibly get up to 60 and 70 miles an hour. this is storm dennis, still battering the uk as we head on into sunday. the weather slips to the south—east and sites to affect the south—east corner, hence that weather warning for parts of the south—east. further north, there will be some sunshine around. very windy with some widespread gales. some of that will turn to snow, and still very mild in the south—east. as we move to sunday night, it looks like we will see a suite of potentially damaging winds through scotland. 75 a maybe 80 miles an hour winds. the impacts of storm dennis will be felt with heavy
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hello this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines... the high court rules that the police acted unlawfully when they investigated a man's allegedly transphobic tweets, saying the force's actions were a "disproportionate interference" on his right to freedom of expression. boris johnson chairs his first cabinet meeting following yesterday's reshuffle. it remains unclear whether new chancellor, rishi sunak will deliver the budget as planned in less than four weeks' time. police in new zealand say they've found the body of stephanie simpson, the british woman who's been missing since monday. coronavirus is not on the rise outside of china despite a sharp spike in hubei province, according to the world health organization.
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cases of mumps in england are at the highest level in a decade, with the steep rise being largely driven by outbreaks in universities and colleges. jackson carlaw has been elected as leader of the scottish conservatives. mr carlaw, who's been interim leader since the resignation of ruth davidson in august, beat the only other candidate, michelle ballantyne. our scotland correspondent james shaw has the latest. first of all, we should say it was a pretty emphatic win for mr carlaw. of the around about six and a half thousand votes, he got 75%. in fact, michelle bannatyne had said she really only entered the contest because she thought that there should be a debate. it shouldn'tjust be a coronation of mr carlaw who had been written davidson's deputy, the interim leader of the party since she resigned in august. but he has a long history in
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the conservative party in scotland. he was a member when he was a teenager back in the 1970s for many years. 25 years. he was actually a car dealer, he was not a professional politician. he joined the scottish parliament, became an msp in 2007, and since then has risen to prominence, really, as ruth davidson's deputy, and then as the interim leader. he was up against nicola sturgeon, leader of the snp and first minister at first minister's questions every week, and has provided, i guess, a credible opposition to the snp in the scottish parliament. i think the crucial, the really, really important, thing about jackson carlaw‘s job in the next 12 months is that he will lead the opposition to the snp's push for a second independent referendum. they will see the next scottish parliamentary elections in 2020 if they get a resounding win as a mandate, a confirmed mandate, really, for that second independent referendum,
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so from the point of view of unionism, in scotland, from the point of view of the prime minister borisjohnson, jackson carlaw has an incredibly important job over the next 14 months or so. seventeen jamaican men who were deported from the uk on tuesday have been released from an army processing centre in the capital kingston. they had all been convicted of criminal offenses and given prison sentences of 12 months or more. greg mckenzie has more. for 24—year—old chevron brown, the last 12 months have been what he describes as "a living hell" — deported from britain for a string of driving offences. he came to the uk at the age of 14 and settled in oxford before being deported back to jamaica. my accent will tell you, i'm notjamaican, i'm onlyjamaican by blood because i was born here. they are actually tearing families apart, they are ripping fathers away from their children, they are making our
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pa rents stressed. they're making the kids stressed, which will lead to further problems down the road. on tuesday, the home office resumed deportation flights back to jamaica, saying its priority was "keeping british people safe." these pictures show the 17 men being released from an army processing centre in the country's capital, kingston. i was seeing some very distraught family members, i saw a mixed reception for them. but importantly, i saw grown men crying. i don't take no pleasure in saying that. the fact that even one man came out from the families i was talking to, and actually had a child since, now that child hasjust had daddy ripped away from him entirely. and the question is — why? on that flight was 33—year—old rupert smith, a first—time offender. he left behind a wife and three children. there's a lot of emotions to put to — but i can't find a word that's suitable enough to put it altogether.
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it's in a sense, i'lljust say the whole feeling's empty. while the home office says it doesn't comment on individual cases, it has defended the deportations, making no apology whatsoever for seeking to remove what it says are "dangerous foreign criminals" from the uk. greg mckenzie, bbc news, kingston, jamaica. now for all the business news. time for the business news. royal bank of scotland is changing its name later this year to natwest. natwest is one of the bank brands rbs owns. it also owns ulster bank. it's thought that the name change is designed to help break its association with the financial crisis. the bank was rescued by the government in 2008 in the aftermath of that. it is still 62% state—owned. today it also said profits
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doubled to £3.1bn. facebook‘s boss mark zuckerberg says he accepts tech giants may have to pay more tax in europe in future. facebook — and other tech giants — have been accused of not paying their fair share of tax in countries where they operate. facebook paid just £28.5m in corporation tax in the uk in 2018 — despite making £1.65bn in sales here. broadband, tv and phone customers will be given the chance to avoid price rises when their contracts end under rules that come in on saturday. uk watchdog ofcom says users could save £150 a year on broadband alone once they have checked out available alternative deals. around 20 million customers are out of contract with their suppliers and could switch to something cheaper. royal bank of scotland group has reported a near doubling of annual
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profits to £3.1 billion and says it plans to change its name later this year. the bank reported profits of £3.1 billion for 2019, nearly double the £1.6 billion seen the year before. our business editor, simonjack, has been speaking to alison rose, the bank's chief executive. well, we have launched a new vision for the bank, setting out a new strategy, and now feels the right time to rename our group to natwest group. it aligns to the majority of our customers who know us as natwest, around 80% of our customers, their are no change for our a customers or colleagues who continue to interact a customers or colleagues who continue to interact line with us as royal bank of scotland and natwest. so in a way, it isjust a tokenistic gesture to hope we forget we bailed you out ten years ago, is that right? no, not at all. it is all about simple flying and setting the strategy for the future as we move into a new era, defining
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a purpose led bank, it feels like the right time for the name change of our group. for our customers, there is absolutely no change. royal bank of scotland is our brand in scotland. it is an incredibly important brand for us, it has been around for almost 300 years, and natwest is the brand our customers know us as in england and wales. a lot of people say, we own 62% of this bank, and therefore we expect a good service, and yet the number of branches have gone down from over 2,000 ten years ago to about 800 now. some customers really value those branches. you are withdrawing that service when, for taxpayer owned bank, it will seem to strike a lot of people as odd. the vision that i'm setting out today is really to make sure that we are championing potential of people, families and businesses right across the country. we have a branch network of over 800. we also have mobile vans, community bankers and our connection with the post office. we think that is about the right shape and size based on our customer base today, and that branch network is very important to us, and we recognise that. so for me, it is about making sure we have a footprint and points of presence that are fit for purpose, that are relevant to our customers,
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and that will continue to evolve as customer behaviour evolves. as you can see, the increased use of digital, increased use of mobile, but we think the network is about the right shape and size. in other business stories we're following... shares in nissan fell nearly 10% to their lowest in over a decade. the fall came after the struggling japanese carmaker announced sharp cuts to to its annual profit forecast. it also said it wouldn't pay a dividend for the second half of the financial year. nissan has been badly shaken by the scandal surrounding former boss carlos ghosn, and by a slump in sales. french media giant vivendi is planning to sell shares in its universal music group in a couple of years time. it's its most—prized asset. universal is the world's biggest music label — its global stars include taylor swift, drake and lady gaga. and a topical story from us. sales of engagement rings are up — not unexpected you might say — but, you might be surprised to hear that
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poundland claim to have sold 40,000 of them. twice as many as last year. they are called "bling rings" and "man bands" and cost a pound. they are meant to be used as "placeholders" for proper rings, says poundland. we have a 100 index flat. royal bank of scotla nd we have a 100 index flat. royal bank of scotland shares down 8% now, following the result of its name change, and brent crude is doing well at 1.19%. a group of british business people helped the italian mafia make millions of pounds through fraud. that's according to an ex—mafia boss who's spoken exclusively from prison to the bbc. gennaro panzuto is a state witness whose evidence has helped convict former camorra associates in naples. this report from dominic casciani. the secrets are being unlocked.
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a rare insight into one of the world's most powerful mafia gangs. i'm meeting gennaro panzuto, a camorra leader who murdered and is now confessing all. translation: one thing i do remember is the dull thud of the bodies falling after you've shot them. they're asking you to kill somebody. did you not think that's the wrong thing to do? translation: no, when you grow up in a context like mine, for lots of kids like me, it's normal. panzuto was a teenage street thief who rose through the ranks to become a boss. in 2006, he was suspected of multiple murders as clan warfare erupted. at the time gennaro panzuto was, sure, a dangerous criminal in naples, in italy. he went on the run to northern england, where local businessmen hid him on this caravan park
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and helped him make money for the mafia. they'd set up companies to dodge tax on goods sold both at home and in naples by the camorra. it's known as carousel fraud. carousel fraud is really, really profitable, a good tool even to money laundering or to move money from a country to another. so it's really important to organised crime groups? yeah, it's a paradise. in 2007, panzuto was captured. he took the rare step of cooperating with prosecutors, telling them about his british helpers. but no—one was arrested. in his home city, naples, panzuto's evidence has helped the fight against the camorra. we're out on patrol with police on some of the toughest estates. all the mob leaders are injail, but the clans, many led by teenagers, are still active. this is police patrol.
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yes, it's a place where drugs are sold? this is a constant daily battle for these police officers on naples' flying squad, trying to stop these types of crime, drug dealing, and the fear is that the money made here is funnelled into some of the most dangerous crime groups in the world. in a prison at the other end of italy, panzuto thinks the camorra is finished. but why did he turn against them? translation: for love of my partner. for love of my children. what's the personal price for you in doing that? too much. he will soon be released, but will always be looking over his shoulder. dominic casciani, bbc news, northern italy.
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you can see more of that story on our world: confessions of a mafia killer on bbc news this weekend. just a line in on tesco. the competition watchdog has given a rap over the knuckles after finding the companies lent on landlords to prevent them from selling to other supermarkets close to their own stores. the competition markets authority said tesco's may have reduced competitions at shoppers are worse off by their action. it says the supermarket chain had found 26 breaches when reviewing its land agreements, and it has promised to fix the contract. just looking for the statement from the cma executive director. it is unacceptable that tesco had these unlawful positions in place for over a decade. this makes it harder for other
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supermarkets to open doors next to it supermarkets. shoppers could have lost out in the future. we want the ability to fine businesses if we find they are in breach of our orders. that is why we have called on the government for more powers. that is coming in from the competition and markets authority. the headlines on bbc news... the high court rules that the police acted unlawfully when they investigated a man's allegedly transphobic tweets, saying the force's actions were a "disproportionate interference" on his right to freedom of expression. boris johnson chairs his first cabinet meeting following yesterday's reshuffle. it remains unclear whether new chancellor, rishi sunak will deliver the budget as planned in less than four weeks' time. police in new zealand say they've found the body of stephanie simpson, the british woman who's been missing since monday. let's return to our main story — the prime minister has held the first meeting of his new cabinet
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this morning, following a reshuffle that saw sajid javid quit his role as chancellor. a little earlier, i was joined by cindy yu from the spectator and anne mcelvoy from the economist to chew over all the political implications of the last 24 hours. there are not going to be huge changes. all four of the great officers of state are going to stay the same, and then lo and behold, sajid javid resigned. he was offered the chance to stay, but he had to sack all his advisors, and hejust walked out. that was the biggest excitement of the day, but other things like julian smith's sacking. it was not expected... from northern ireland. from northern ireland, exactly. the reshuffle was much bigger than expected. i'm hearing a lot of discussion this morning about whether sajid javid's departure was an accident or a kind of design to trap ham and ambush of design to trap him and ambush and given no option but to go. how do you stand on that? there is an agatha christie story in which someone puts a wire
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across the stairs in the middle of the night, so it could be murder, or it could be, "oh, god, that was such bad diy." and i think that the implausible deniability is that if you say to someone, sajid javid is a very proud person, he has stood his corner a number of times with borisjohnson. if you say, you can stay but you can't have your five and 20 knights, that was never going to work. the only question was whether he was going to accept it for a while. i love your five and 20 knights. there are only three of them, aren't there, because only were only three orfour? good point, but symbolically it is very important. if you think about where chancellors fit also in the international system, you would go after ecofin and g7, and you're going to have these germans with a retinue of people telling them what to do, but not only that, but to advise the leader with the country with a lot of heft, information and data, and you don't have that. i think you think that makes you look a bit daft, and that is really what sajid javid has said,
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in no uncertain terms, in what i thought was quite a stirring farewell, he said that this was not a good direction for the government to go. and there is a lot of discussion about whether it is or isn't a good direction. all this stuff about chino, the chancellor in name only. the kind of 10a, and annexing of number 11. cindy, where do you stand on the wisdom or other wise of saying we are going to have a joint economic team of advisers between ten and 11? we are in uncharted waters at the moment. number 11, as anne says, there has always been a checking mechanism on the government's direction, and sajid javid has stood his corner the manifesto, running up to the election, sajid javid was the one who put fiscal rules on boris johnson's spending taps, and that is properly one of the tensions they had between themselves and dominic cummings. now we have a new chancellor, who is incredibly competent from all who know him, and the civil servants like him too at the treasury which is always a good sign. but he has only been an mp forfive years, so how much heft is he going to be able to bring in any opposition to dominic cummings and
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boris johnson if they want to keep the spending taps on again? already, the times is reporting that number ten is going to try to push that boundary a little bit more, and say, loosen those rules, we're going to cut taxes as well as. cutting public spending. we are going to have to does this hand in glove work. this is the policy area and, as we have pointed out, that lies beneath the personality clashes or who is in charge issues. where do you stand on this question of rishi sunak? how credible can he be as an independent money strings voice? the aim is to change the dynamic. it is kind of easy to pick apart the number ten position. and say, in terms, this assertive and autocratic move. i think there is a set of philosophical underpinning which is that you need quite bold policy in the wake of brexit. you've got to decide. you place your bets in one direction
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or another, and there is a bit of irony. a lot of people say, "poor sajid javid" because they don't like borisjohnson. actually, if sajid javid wanted to spend the money... he is less inclined to be an austerity figure than perhaps sajid javid, who is a bit more in the tradition of tory chancellors. there's that irony there. i think what boris johnson's view is, certainly driven by dominic cummings, but borisjohnson is, in the end, the difference between the organ grinder and the monkey. and if you're boris johnson, you want to place your bets in a clear direction, whether it is wise to listen that —— loosen that spending corset, we don't really know, but we do know that he intends to do it and he thinks that that is what he needs to do, particularly to deliver on his prospectus, i think that is going to happen. whether anyone likes it or not. going to other appointments and departures, what can you read into them?
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some people are saying, there go the people that didn't back boris for the leadership, for example. i think a case in point isjulian smith, former northern ireland secretary. he got power—sharing up and running again. that is an incredible achievement. yet because he was a remain... he stood have a bit of a wobbly face last year when he thought no deal might be happening and he did come on the airwaves and say this might be a bad idea for northern ireland. he is out despite the very competent things you can see that people were saying that this is a very good secretary. now brandon lewis, who is a former immigration minister and chairman of the party, he is now there. but he was widely tipped to be sacked altogether, so is northern ireland now, another office just to shove someone that you don't want to see around and instead of putting competent
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ministers and there? where do you stand on this issue of compliance over competence, the criticism from some quarters? i think there is a degree of truth in it. that said, if you're a prime minister with a big majority and you have come through... let's not forget, this didn't come out of the blue. this came after a year where everything was contested, cabinets were having to be balanced. boris johnson is simply saying, i don't want to do that again, i don't have to do that again, i went to the country and the country give us a very clear indication that it wanted me to do the job, and what i say kind of goes. the risk of it is that number ten often has shorter term political goals than perhaps the fiscal scenes. five or longer years. that's sort of balance in the system has definitely been watered down. if you are the kind of person saying, you know, it had to be the way it was before, this is not the way it was before. that is what boris
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johnson is premiership is saying. it is not the way it was before, it is higher risk and it does concentrate power more at the centre. therefore, all of the blame and all of the credit goes to number ten, whatever the balance. that is the opportunity and the risk. it used to be that unusual and exotic pets were the reserve of the rich and famous, but the number of people keeping such animals in their homes is on the rise. there are concerns many people don't understand the realities of what it takes to care for them, meaning thousands are being abandoned every year. jonny mea reports. you might think it's madness to have a dangerous wild animal as a pet, but it's entirely legal. all that's required to keep some breeds in your home is a licence from the local council. in fact, people have kept exotic pets for decades, but demand has spiked in recent years. surveys have found about 700,000 reptiles might be getting kept in households, but that might be an underestimate. along with a boom in exotic pets, animal rescue units are reporting a rise in some species
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being neglected, mistreated and even abandoned on our streets. it looks like a north american rattlesnake. a six—foot snake hiding in the engine of a van in west london is still a rare sight. the boom in the exotic pet trade is largely fuelled on social media websites. one of the biggest sellers are marmoset monkeys, which are being bred and sold in britain. although you need the right paperwork before you can own some exotic pets, surprisingly, this doesn't apply to marmoset monkeys. there is a lot of money in it. and you'll see adverts about single ones being sold very frequently, hand—reared, selling ones that are pregnant or breeding pairs, so encouraging people to get them and then breed them and then probably sell on the young as well. there is growing concern about the uk trade in monkeys and the disturbing circumstances many of these animals are forced into after they are sold. native to brazil, this geoffroy‘s marmoset monkey was discovered distressed and confused outside
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an estate in tower hamlets. it's believed she had escaped from a flat or been abandoned by her owner. two years on and we tracked down freya, as she is now called, to her new, more suitable home. chuck norris, he's from north london... i'm finding them in every form of bizarre, crazy circumstance that you can think of, whether it's in peoples homes, sitting rooms, outdoor sheds. i've rescued one of the marmosets in here from a drugs raid in new milton. there are hundreds of monkeys for sale every day across the country and online. unless new rules come into force soon, many more will be abused and abandoned. jonny meah, bbc news. there'll be more on inside out london next monday at 7.30pm on bbc one, and everywhere else on the bbc iplayer. next, ben brown is here with the bbc news at one. now the weather.
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hello there. the weekend is nearly upon us and we await the arrival of storm dennis. we have a number of yellow weather warnings in force for wind and rain, but also some amber where warnings for heavy rain affecting parts of england and wales during the course of the weekend. heavy and persistent rain will be across northern and western areas, across northern and western areas, across the pennines, northern england, central wales, north across the pennines, northern england, centralwales, north to south there, and also the mourners of south—west england, but on sunday, heavier rain transfers to the north. looks like the south downs will take part in that as well. that is storm dennis behind me, and that weather front will spread across the country during the course of this afternoon. so in the rain will be quite heavy, reaching central areas by around the middle pa rt central areas by around the middle part of the afternoon. ahead of it, staying dry until after dark, and behind it, windy with scattered showers, wintry on the high ground.
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the rain reaches the south—east and east anglia as we head through the overnight period and see more rain pushing towards the south—west. to the north, lengthy clear spells, so could be quite chilly overnight. milder or further south, temperatures in double figures. in the saturday, storm dennis arrives, turning wetter and windier across the board. that rain is heavy and persistent, piling into northern and western areas, hence the amber warnings across some areas. further south—east, very blustery with heavy showers moving through at times. temperature, double values across the south, but if you take into account the wind, it could be 60 mph in places with 70 mph plus on the coast, and it won't feel that mild. lots of isobars on the charts, as we head on into sunday as storm dennis continues to bring wet and windy weather. some of the heaviest of the rain and persistent rain pushing into southern and eastern areas, moisture piling into the south
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downs, hence the amber warning. very windy and widespread gales, rain turning to snow over the scottish mountains, mild again in the south. sunday night, we see a sting in dennis's tale, as a string of isobars run through scotland, bringing winds of up to 80 mph. stay tuned for the forecast, as tom dennis is to bring heavy rain, strong gales and disruption. —— storm dennis.
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