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you're watching bbc news at nine with me, carrie gracie. the headlines: hundreds of flood warnings remain in place across the uk — following a weekend of torrential rain brought by storm dennis. it's going underwater slowly — the kitchen, living room, so... but we got the three dogs out, so that is all that matters. lam iamjohn i am john maguire in the village of nantgarw in south wales, this road yesterday was a river, people are returning to their homes for the first time this morning to assess the damage. iam i am jayne mccubbin i amjayne mccubbin in i am jayne mccubbin in york, where there are 16 flood warnings in place, with water levels are still rising and expected to peak as
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almost as high as the devastating floods of 2015. other headlines: love island will air for the first time tonight following the death of its former host caroline flack. hundreds of americans are on their way home after being quarantined on a coronavirus—hit cruise ship off japan, raising questions over whether the british passengers will be taken off too. amazon is forced to withdraw unsafe car seats from its website — after a bbc investigation multiple noncompliant products for sale. a leading cancer charity launches a campaign to ban sunbeds in england. and coming up in sport — former manchester united goalkeeper harry gregg, who survived the 1958 munich air crash, has died at the age of 87.
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good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. communities around britain are facing another day of flooding and travel chaos as storm dennis continues to batter the country. almost 300 flood warnings are in place — including five severe warnings in worcestershire, shropshire, and herefordshire, which indicate a danger to life. the heavy rain is causing travel disruption with some roads being closed, and damaged rail lines meaning cancellations and delays. our news correspondent graham satchell has this report. a helicopter hovers over the welsh town of crickhowell. from on board, you can see the coast guard getting ready to rescue people trapped in their caravan. it was a weekend of devastating floods and emergency rescues.
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in nantgarw near cardiff, the river taff burst its banks. it left cars submerged, more than 100 homes flooded. the fire service made journey after journey, bringing out families with young children, and the more elderly on stretchers. make some space! my dad, who's 96 — it's his 96th birthday today — the only thing i've managed to save is his medals from the war. within minutes, two or three minutes, itjust filled the house. and what is the state of the house currently downstairs? totally, absolutely wrecked, ruined. everything, i've lost everything. it'sjust full of mud. in pontypridd, claire showed us the inside of her home. she had three feet of water in her front room. claire does have flood defences, but more than a month's worth of rain has fallen in south wales injust 48 hours. it stop the water, but the water's just coming over the top. but the levels of water were up towards the gate, so the gate did stop it, but then itjust came over the top of the gate and over
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the top of the wall. storm dennis battered the whole country all weekend. this is glasgow and the river clyde. whoa! my god. oh, my. at tylorstown in the rhondda valley, a dramatic landslide. 0n the welsh border at hay—on—wye, watch as cars slowly start to drift away, lifted by the power of the water. newcastleton in the scottish borders, the clean—up here now well under way. but a0 people were forced from their homes. it was biblical, the amount of water through here, tragic. in tenbury wells in worcestershire, a late—night rescue — again families evacuated as the river teme burst its banks. it's going underwater slowly — the kitchen, living room, so... but we got the three dogs out, so that's all that matters. back in wales, spare a thought for the landlord of the chainbridge inn near usk.
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stuart only took the pub over in october. it can't be good, no, but i'm going to keep my head up, keep my chin up and paddle forward as they say, and i will be here for the summer and i will be open for the summer. it's not going to beat me. it will be a day of cleaning up, and in some parts of the country, nervously watching rivers as they continue to rise. graham satchell, bbc news. environment secretary george eustice said the government is investing in betterflood we are seeing more of those events, but we do not take it lightly, we are doing a lot of work to try to manage flood water. it is the biggest element of spending in my department, we will be spending 4 billion over the next five years, and in particular, what we want to do, which is very relevant to areas like the west midlands
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and worcestershire, is try to manage water better upstream, so using nature based solutions, natural dams, natural flood plains, so that we can hold water upstream and prevent it getting down to some of those lowland towns like tenbury wells, which have been most severely affected. let's speak to our correspondents who are in different areas that have been badly hit by storm dennis. first to our news correspondent kathryn stanczyszyn, who's in tenbury wells in worcestershire. yes, good morning, youjoin me yes, good morning, you join me at the 0rmiston academy, this is tenbury wells' high school, and it has been turned into an evacuation centre. dozens of people came here, there is a hole me were inflatable beds were blown up, blankets were used, and there is a large kitchen area where people have been having breakfast this morning. we know that 70 businesses were evacuated, and more
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than a0 homes as well, some people chose to stay elsewhere, many came here instead, and i have been looked after. we know that the level of the river teme, which burst its banks, reached just ten centimetres off the highest ever recorded level, back in 2007, but once people have been telling me is that it seems that the impact has been greater for some reason, that where the water has travelled, the sort of impact on businesses certainly seems to be greater. it was pretty isolated yesterday because of the bridges, you weren't able to get out of tenbury wells. the water has receded quite a lot this morning, and many of the streets that were completely impassable yesterday, you now can actually walk up and down. i am joined by the representative from the volunteer group, because as well as the fire service and emergency services, there is a volunteer search and rescue. this is another
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room in the school that you have been using. we are a class in this area as the wet area or wet room for us area as the wet area or wet room for us guys, area as the wet area or wet room for us guys, so area as the wet area or wet room for us guys, so it is where our volu nteers us guys, so it is where our volunteers who have been out in the floodwater in full ppe, we can come back here and keep decontamination quite low in one area. a bit of a mess room as well, people drinking coffee. yes, coffee, food, getting some rest. you have been up for how long? i was here since yesterday at three o'clock, through the night, knocking on doors, just advising people whether they want to be evacuated or stay, giving them advice, really. if they do want to be evacuated, we evacuated people yesterday, brought them to the high school for them to come in and get their heads down here, food and drink, you know, keep their morale up, really. is it shocking, the impact? i think people were taken by
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surprise. definitely, it is unprecedented, the water around here, people who now tenbury well, it has come up to the main bridge, thatis it has come up to the main bridge, that is closed, and on the high street, sometimes waist height, but it isa street, sometimes waist height, but it is a lot of water. and of course vulnerable people, some people have stayed in their homes, you have been going to check on them through the night. yes, one lady who is wheelchair access, on the second story of a building, they wanted to stay, they were happy to stay, other families with children there, they are so families with children there, they are so high in the town, they think the water will not get to them. and now, of course, it is starting to recede, people returning back to their homes, talking about how brilliant it is that there have been volu nteers brilliant it is that there have been volunteers like this coming together in the community to help. there has been flooding in other parts of the
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country as well, including in south wales, let's cross tojohn maguire in pontypridd. thank you, i amjust in the small village of nantgarw, which was right in the centre of all the weather events here, it was a red warning, declared as a major incident by local police. this area, 0xford incident by local police. this area, oxford street, water would have been here 2a hours ago, waist deep, and you can see the damage it has left in its wake. they were just paged you can see the damage it has left in its wake. they werejust paged up and dumped back, all now filled with mud, just have a look inside, and we now, with floodwater coming inside a car 01’ a now, with floodwater coming inside a car or a house, it absolutely taints what it touches. just behind us, all of the buildings here, all of the homes were evacuated, people coming back for the first time to try to assess the damage. you can see the emergency services would have put these ribbons up, plastic ribbons upon the doors just to warn people,
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is to let their colleagues know that the houses have been cleared. this carjust the houses have been cleared. this car just abandoned here the houses have been cleared. this carjust abandoned here by the floodwaters, by the riverjust in the middle of the road. power was restored since we have been here, but something like 2000 homes across south wales were without power. i wa nt to south wales were without power. i want to look at another vehicle, this one abandoned, dumped, as i say, by the water, not by people. look at that, the other side of the flood defences, that is where the river taff is, it broke its banks further on upstream, and as i said, turning 0xford further on upstream, and as i said, turning oxford street here into an absolute deluge, a river. boats were used to get people out of their houses and to get them to safety last night. earlier on this morning i spoke to the leader of the local council, andrew morgan, and he told me this was an unprecedented event.
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the scale of the flooding across the whole county has been phenomenal. the amount of property is flooded, damage to infrastructure, three bridges have been damaged and will need replacing, flood defences have failed ina need replacing, flood defences have failed in a number of areas, need replacing, flood defences have failed in a number ofareas, and a numberof failed in a number ofareas, and a number of homes have been damaged, some up to the first floor. we're probably looking at 200 businesses as well, so in terms of our county and our council, it is the biggest flood event for 30 more years, and right across the county, it has stretched resources. this council is named after the three rivers here, they were all in flood, so that gives you an idea of the scale of the issues, thousands of people involved from all across the emergency services, the volu nta ry the emergency services, the voluntary sector as well, trying to firstly turn back the floodwater, but when they realise that the game was up, to make sure that they got people to safety. flood waters have receded, people returning to their
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homes for the first time to assess the damage, but i know in the north of england, in turn one, the waters are still rising, and we can talk 110w are still rising, and we can talk now to jayne mccubbin. as you say, still rising down here, 16 flood warnings in place from the environment agency, and the water levels are expected to peak at their highest levels since there was devastating 2015 floods at around about 10:a5 this morning. have a look over here, and you will see what has happened. the river 0use is about 100 metres away from us, all of this in the foreground is a public car park in the centre of york. you can see the pay and display machines over there in the distance, see how far the river has come in. as i say, the highest level expected since those 2015 floods. an awful lot of money was invested then
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into the foss barrier, and if we used a camera on the top of the satellite truck, you will be able to see where we are. on one side of us, we have got the river foss, on the other side the 0use, and where they meet is the barrier. that can try to control some 50 tonnes of water every second, to try to stabilise the rivers where they meet and prevent flooding. i'm told by the environment agency, who are in the area, that it is absolutely doing itsjob, area, that it is absolutely doing its job, because at the moment there are no houses or premises flooded further upstream. so that is good news, but they are preparing for the worst. the council has been out all weekend, handing out some a000 sandbags, going down into the drains and making sure they are clear, doing all they can to try to make the city resilient — that is the key word, resilience. they say they are doing a good job so far, just waiting to see how bad things get.
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just yesterday, the environment secretary was in york, having a look at how things were going, saying they would keep a watchful eye on it, because even without rain, the waters are expected to rise. but so far, so good, and york, i am told, is still open for business. spare a thought, though, for tadcaster albion, the local football team thought, though, for tadcaster albion, the localfootball team in this area. it has been going for 125 yea rs, this area. it has been going for 125 years, but they say that this season could be their last season because of the continued flooding, notjust from storm ciara last weekend but also from dennis, storm and i are really struggling. they have thrown out an appeal for financial help this morning, saying they really might not be around much longer if events like this, which were once considered a once—in—a—lifetime event, continue to happen with this kind of severity and frequency. back to you. that is sad news about
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tadcaster albion, thanks obviously tojohn tadcaster albion, thanks obviously to john and kathryn tadcaster albion, thanks obviously tojohn and kathryn as well in other parts, storm damaged country. and for the latest information on storm dennis in your area, you can find out more, on your local bbc online pages, or tune in to your local radio station. the met office is buying a supercomputer capable of quicker and more accurate forecasts. the project will cost £1.2 billion over the next decade. the met office says it'll also help our understanding of the effects of the changing climate. it will enable us to deliver more accurate, even more timely, more localised predictions for both weather and climate that will enable people to make better decisions ahead of time in the case of severe weather. the headlines on bbc news: hundreds of flood warnings remain in place across the uk — following a weekend of torrential
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rain brought by storm dennis love island will air for the first time tonight following the death of its former host caroline flack. hundreds of americans are on their way home after being quarantined on a coronavirus—hit cruise ship off japan, raising questions over whether the british passengers will be taken off too. in sport, harry gregg, survivor of the munich air disaster, has died at the munich air disaster, has died at the age of 87. he was one of the busby babes at manchester united and w011 busby babes at manchester united and won 25 caps for northern ireland. totte n ha m won 25 caps for northern ireland. tottenham are up to 50 in the premier league thanks to an injury time winnerfrom son heung—min premier league thanks to an injury time winner from son heung—min at aston villa. and england ended their tour to south africa with victory in the t20 decider, captain eoin morgan man of the match as they chased down a mammoth 223 to win. more on all of those stories in the next half hour.
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itv will tonight screen the first episode of love island since the death of its former presenter caroline flack. she took her own life on saturday. the show had been pulled for two consecutive nights as a mark of respect. meanwhile, fellow itv stars have been paying tribute to her, as simon jones reports. enter the flack! # ready for your love... caroline flack became synonymous with the show love island, though she had stepped back from presenting it after she was accused of assaulting her boyfriend. tonight, love island will return with a tribute to her. but some have called for this series to be scrapped completely. itv, though, said after careful consideration with caroline flack's representatives, the show will go on. it added, "she will be forever in our hearts," a message echoed on last night's dancing on ice. we'd like to begin tonight's show by taking a moment to remember caroline flack in light of yesterday's awful news. we wanted to say that our hearts go out to her family and friends.
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many of us here on the show knew caroline as a friend and we will all miss her terribly. as she recently posted, "in a world where you can be anything, be kind." caroline! this was caroline flack in happier times, winning strictly come dancing in 201a. recently, she had struggled, after her relationship with her boyfriend, lewis burton, became the subject of a court case. she denied assaulting him but was banned from contacting him. he denied being a victim and didn't want the prosecution to go ahead. it's led to questions about the decision to persist with the case and about the pressures faced by tv celebrities from the press and social media. an online petition calling for a government inquiry into the british press and their practices has attracted more than 200,000 supporters, while love island fans prepare to say an emotional farewell. simon jones, bbc news. if you or someone you know has been affected by the issues raised in this report,
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you can find help and support on the bbc‘s actionline website. 78 british passengers and crew remain stranded on a cruise ship that's been quarantined offjapan because of coronavirus. meanwhile, hundreds of american passengers who'd been on the diamond princess have been flown out by their government and arrived home in the united states where they'll be placed in quarantine for a fortnight. an additional 99 people have tested positive for coronavirus on the ship, japanese media said today, citing new figures from the health ministry. that takes the total number of positive cases on the diamond princess to a5a. let's speak to our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes, who's in tokyo. rupert, a sharp rise suddenly in the number of infections. yeah, this is
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more bad news, i have to say. again, another really large increase in the number of infections on board that ship today, 50a people tested, 99 of them positive, about 20% of those tested today, and that follows 70 new cases yesterday, 67 the day before, and we are now in day 13 of what is supposed to be a quarantine. if you talk to public health experts about this, they say it points to the fact, or at least the strong suspicion that this quarantine aboard the diamond princess cruise ship is not working properly and that infections are probably still continuing to happen on that ship. that is, of course, the reason why the us government and others are now moving to take their people off. the us carried out and evacuation last night, two aircraft have recently touched down in california with
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those people on board. the australian government is organising an evacuation flight for later in the week for its 200 australians on board, and other countries are following. what we haven't heard of yet, not a clear answer, is anything from the uk government as to what it will do about those 80 something, i think 80 odd british people, including 57 passengers stuck on board that ship. rupert, some of those passengers naturally getting frustrated. 0h, very much so. people have been taking to social media to express their concerns, you know, over the last few days we have noticed very much that when they are on social media talking to friends and about the situation on board, that it and about the situation on board, thatitis and about the situation on board, that it is very noticeable that the anxiety level, fatigue, just rising in those passengers as they wonder
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what is going on. last night, the removal of 380 americans certainly has changed the mood there dramatically, and people who are not being evacuated are feeling like they are being forgotten or left behind. rupert, thank you. meanwhile, here in the uk, health officials are to tell schools that they do not need to close or send staff and pupils home, if there's a suspected case of coronavirus. public health england is expected to issue new guidance today. it's expected to say that if a case is confirmed, health protection teams will get in touch with the head teacher. and in hong kong, armed robbers have stolen hundreds of toilet rolls, as panic buying caused by the coronavirus is creating shortages or masks, toilet roll and disinfectant across the territory. police said a truck driver was held up early monday by three men outside a supermarket in the mongkok district who took toilet paper worth nearly £100. toilet rolls have become hot property, and supermarkets have found
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themselves unable to restock quickly enough, leading to queues and shelves stripped bare within moments of opening. the french foreign minister has warned the uk to expect a bruising battle with the european union in negotiations for a trade deal after brexit. speaking at a conference in munich, jean—yves le drian said he believes the two sides will "rip each other apart" when talks begin next month. he said it would be difficult to achieve the british government's aim of reaching an agreement by the end of the year. translation: i think that on trade issues and the mechanism for future relations, which we are going to start on, we are going to rip each other apart, but that is part of negotiations. 0ur assistant political editor,
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norman smith, is in westminster. is not cheerful language! sorry, norman, could you start that again? ijust think, you know, the language gives us a clear sign of how bruising these trade talks are going to be, because if you listen to the french defence minister, you get a clear sense that the eu and britain are pulling in opposite directions, the eu clearly want in the uk to align to existing eu rules on environment, workers' rights and taxation, the british government in response in no, we don't want to align, we want the freedom to diverge, and we are after the same sort of deal that countries like canada and japan have, we are not looking for special treatment, but we don't want to be stuck with eu rules. the other thing which the french defence minister flagged rules. the other thing which the french defence ministerflagged up as the issue of fishing, and this is really shaping up to be a real
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showdown. now, obviously, french perspective, flourishing is a crucial industry, but borisjohnson has made very clear that he expects, after brexit, british waters to be first and foremost for british fishing boats. the french minister saying, no, there will be no compromise, they want access for french boats, pointing out that something like 70% of the catch of british fleets is actually exported to the rest of the eu, and i think there was an implicit threat there that if we seek to plight up on fish, they may say, you simply can't land your fish in fish, they may say, you simply can't land yourfish in eu ports. i think we are shaping up for some very difficult talks. the question is whether this is all bluff, a bit of pre—fight position, or is this actually the outlines of what could be very, very difficult talks indeed. norman, why haven't they began yet? 0bviously, all the shadow—boxing is one thing, we keep being told time is short and it will
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being told time is short and it will be difficult to get a deal done by the end of day, why haven't we started ? the end of day, why haven't we started? the bottom line is that the 27 countries need to sign off on the remote for the negotiating package, the european parliament has approved a d raft the european parliament has approved a draft negotiating mandate and so i expect they will be good to go by the end of the month, and actually tonight david frost, our chief negotiator, will set out the british position in a lecture in brussels, so we are, position in a lecture in brussels, so we are, if you like, getting to the end of the pre—sparring stage, and we will soon be moving into the actual negotiations. hmm, thank you, norman. harry gregg, a survivor of the munich air disaster of 1958, has died. he was 87. gregg played under sir matt busby at manchester united and was capped 25 times for northern ireland. one of the so—called busby babes, he was dubbed the hero of munich for his actions after the disaster. having survived the impact, he managed to free himself before helping pull others to safety from the burning wreckage,
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including a mother and baby and team—mate sir bobby charlton. in a moment the weather, but first let's here's victoria derbyshire with what she's got coming up in her programme at ten. good morning. this morning, children and teenagers who look after their pa rents, and teenagers who look after their parents, siblings. new research today, seen by our programme suggest that young carers spend an average of 25 hours a week looking after loved ones, the equivalent of a £12,000 a year part—time carers job. so why is it kids are having to do these adultjobs? why is it a cce pta ble these adultjobs? why is it acceptable for a 13—year—old to be administering medication for that sick parent? for a teenager to have to deal with a parent having an epileptic fit? for an 11—year—old to miss sometimes a quarter of her lessons in any year because she is the only one looking after her mum?
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if you care for your mum or dad, or your child looks after you, please do get in touch this morning, send us an do get in touch this morning, send us an e—mail, and join us live at ten on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online, and we will also bring you the latest on the weather. that sounds like an important programme with tuning in for. victoria mentioned the weather, all important, carol. this morning. i'm going to start off with flood warnings, the environment agency have five of them in operation. just under 300 flood warnings, flooding expected and you must take action. we have met office warnings for wind across the north of scotland, here we could have gusts as much as 70 miles an hour, for the rest of scotland and northern england, northern ireland, wales and the south—west, gusts up
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to 60 miles an hour. these will ease as we go through the morning but we are still looking at blustery winds today blowing in a packet of showers, some will be heavy and thundery with hail. this evening and overnight at blustery winds bringing in showers, wintry in the northern half of the country, the risk of ice on untreated services and very similar weather today for tomorrow. feeling chilly, more rain in the forecast on wednesday and thursday. hello, this is bbc news with carrie gracie. the headlines... hundreds of flood warnings remain in place across the uk — following a weekend of torrential rain brought by storm dennis going underwater slowly. but we got the three dogs out, that's all that matters. love island will air for the first
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time tonight following the death of its former host caroline flack. a further 99 people have tested positive for coronavirus on a cruise ship off the coast ofjapan — 78 british passengers and crew remain in quarantine on board the ship amazon is forced to withdraw unsafe car seats from its website — after a bbc investigation finds multiple non—compliant products for sale and coming up — as a leading cancer charity calls for a ban on sunbeds — we hear from one woman who says she lost her ear to her tanning addiction. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. well — it comes as no surprise that a number of the papers lead with questions surrounding caroline flack's death.
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the love island presenter was due to stand trial next month. the former chief prosecutor spoke to bbc brea kfast chief prosecutor spoke to bbc breakfast this morning, explaining how the cps would have come to the decision to continue the prosecution. at the end of the day, they follow the evidence, the complainant withdrew his support for the prosecution but undoubtedly, they thought they had enough, they had a 999 recording, they had body worn cameras one by the police, they had medical evidence, they would have had other evidence, they have to ta ke had other evidence, they have to take domestic abuse seriously because we as a country have said we
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should take domestic abuse seriously, when you have three quarters of a million reports to police every year. the most read stories, let's look at these, plus brexit trade warnings. the flood threat, let's look at the most watched stop the turning addiction story. i won't tell you about that. but let's look at the second most watched. rather beautiful film, very sad, second most watched. rather beautifulfilm, very sad, love second most watched. rather beautiful film, very sad, love story in russia. the film maker and photographer won an award, world press photo award for the photo at the top of that, really about the lives of the lgbt community in
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russia under the social stigma and the risk of physical attacks that increased in the country since the law banning so—called gay propaganda in 2013. i won't tell you about all the things that couple say about their lives. it has a sad ending, rather beautifully shot and important film. take a look if you have a moment. that's it for today's morning briefing. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sally nugent. good morning... we start with a footballing legend, we use that word so much but in the case of this man, so true. harry gregg, a survivor of the munich air disaster of 1958, has died. he was 87. gregg played under sir matt busby at manchester united and was capped 25 times for northern ireland, where he passed away surrounded by his family. he was dubbed the ‘hero of munich‘ after helping
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save others from the wreckage after the crash, including a mother and baby, and teammate sir bobby charlton. gregg spoke to bbc sport in 2018, on the 60th anniversary of the crash. united were a broken club, like most clu bs would united were a broken club, like most clubs would have been. and i say broken, and completely and totally, financially, they had lost so much in so many. it's a long, long, long time ago and i would be telling lies ifi time ago and i would be telling lies if i said i thought about it all the time. in fact, if i said i thought about it all the time. infact, i know if i said i thought about it all the time. in fact, i know what i did, i know who i saw. i remember the baby andi know who i saw. i remember the baby and i know when i found bob and all the rest of them, i know i was very fortu nate. the rest of them, i know i was very fortunate. you could not live with it. you could not live with it every day, you would go completely and totally insane.
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manchester united have tweeted a tribute, saying... "it is with deepest sadness that we have learned of the passing of former player harry gregg 0be. the thoughts and prayers of everyone at the club go out to harry's family and friends." some of michael wright spoke to me some time ago. i remember working with him in the 70s, great character, when harry spoke you had to listen, he was that type of man. a genuine man, spoke his mind, told the truth, would not have anything else but the truth. very sad, i knew he wasn't too well. still very sad to hear that he has actually passed away. you touched on what he did. at munich. absolutely unbelievable. brave man as a goalkeeper and a
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brave man of the field as well. what he did at munich was incredible. —— sammy mackle roy. tottenham are up to fifth in the premier league they were leading 2—1, when villa defender bjorn engels looked to have salavaged a point for his side. but in the 9ath minute son heung min scored the winnerfor spurs. arsenal have moved into the top half of the table after a a—0 win at home to newcastle. nicolas pepe amongst the scorers — that's only their seventh league win of the season. celtic are still ten points clear of rangers at the top of the scottish premiership. a 2—1victory at aberdeen was their seventh league win in a row — kristofer ayer with the winner. celtic manager neil lennon described it as "a magnificent three points".
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rangers beat livingston 1—0 in a game that was put back 2a hours due to a waterlogged pitch. scott arfield's second half winner left them with a glimmer of hope of catching their old firm rivals. it's football all the way on most of this morning's back pages. the guardian features a shot of son celebrating his late winnerfor tottenham and also report that arsenal manager mikel arteta had been in touch with pep guardiola, and says manchester city are "suffering" after that two—year ban from the champions league there's a different take in the daily express, with the headline "juve got to go", suggesting that guardiola will leave city to take over atjuventus. the daily mail have better news for city, saying their star players will stick with the club, despite the ban. british number three kyle edmund has won his first atp event for 16 months. he beat italy's andreas seppi in straight sets, in the final of the new york 0pen. he said it was down to a lot of hard
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work throughout the year, and a lot of ups and downs that you don't see behind the scenes. england's cricketers rounded off their tour to south africa with a memorable win in the final t20 international. they pulled off one of the highest run chases in the history of the shortest format of the game. with a target of 223 to win, openerjos buttler got them off to a quick start with a half century. and captain eoin morgan produced a man—of—the—match performance, hitting 57 offjust 22 balls, as they won by five wickets to take the series. coming up later, there's live commentary from tonight's premier league match between chelsea and manchester united on bbc radio 5 live — coverage begins at 7 o'clock. and over on sports extra it's chelsea against liverpool in the women's fa cup,
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followed by the draw for the quarter—finals. that's all the sport for now. france's controversial new pensions bill comes before parliament in paris today. it's the biggest overhaul of the pension system since the second world war, and the centrepiece of president macron's programme of reform. but it's also become the focus for his left—wing opponents, as hugh schofield reports. alexis louvet drives a bus from a north paris depot. he spent much of the last three months on strike against the pension reform. in the current system, he enjoys a special status. he can retire at 57. but he insists it's not that that he's trying to protect. translation: the impact would be to lower the level of people's pensions. already, many pensioners are living in absolute misery and this law would make things even worse. it's not acceptable. since early december, the country's been in ferment over pension reform. the rolling transport strikes may have stopped,
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but there have still been weekly protests as the government negotiated the final touches to its draft bill. it's already been several months in preparation, but now, finally the pensions reform bill is coming before the national assembly. given president macron's huge majority here, there's no question that it will eventually become law. but the whole process could still take several months, more time for the opposition and the protests to make themselves felt. the government says it's time for the protesters to stop and let the democratic system proceed. the truth is pensions are only part of it. for many on the left, like these university lecturers protesting about cuts, president macron's whole programme is wrong because they say it favours business and the rich. all those people who are, like, on strike, they are notjust about..."| want a good pension." they are about "i want a good life, i want a life with dignity, i want a life where i'm not, like, counting money, euro by euro."
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polls show that pension reform is not popular. people feel anxious about losing protection. for the left, that makes it a very useful cause, a banner headline for all the other reasons they oppose president macron. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. anne—elisabeth moutet is a columnist at the sunday telegraph. she joins us now from paris. i know some of the unions were calling for a big day of boycotting transport. what's happening? there has been so much time in which everything was locked down and it's already caused so much to the strikers who have not received pay when they are on strike. during the
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day it doesn't mean the reform itself is not viewed with fear and hostility but lots of people in france. what is going to happen in terms of the parliamentary debate and presumably the vote that follows, will this reform go through? it will go through because the parliament, there is a massive majority that mr macron 12 and a half years ago. the debate however will be, the position is up in arms, the constituents are up in arms, many people are running in the municipal elections and they are afraid of losing them and it's a reform in which it is totally unclear, there is a vote on a bill that hasn't been through committee, but it's being run through parliament and that is completely unclear in terms of position, it's so vague unclear in terms of position, it's so vague and so contradictory even
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the mps don't quite know what they are voting on. and so presumably the next moves in this, it sounds like sound and fury on the floor of parliament but actually, it will go through, he will get his way. people like the bus driver that we saw in oui’ like the bus driver that we saw in our report will face a later date when they can get their pension. yes, in effect, that is true. that was supposed to be a movement in which everyone had the same system but there contradictory negotiations. you already have something like 1a out of 30 plus categories of people who did not have the same pension as everyone else who had been guaranteed a separate treatment, the date when all of this starts is different depending on professions so it's more complicated than the supposedly simple universal regime that people
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we re simple universal regime that people were supposed to get at the beginning. in a word, a system that was supposed to simplify exactly going to complicate? it's more or less the case, exactly, yes. thank you. the headlines on bbc news... hundreds of flood warnings remain in place across the uk — following a weekend of torrential rain brought by storm dennis love island will air for the first time tonight following the death of its former host caroline flack. a further 99 people have tested positive for coronavirus on a cruise ship off the coast ofjapan — 78 british passengers and crew remain in quarantine on board the ship now — back to our main story — there are still five severe flood warnings in place across england after storm dennis caused devastation across the uk. rachel maskell, mp for york central, said a little earlier that not enough has been done by the government to protect against floods.
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i've been out talking to residents and of course they are incredibly stressed, not knowing exactly what's going to happen their property. a lot of measures have been put in place, temporary measures, sandbags and tarpaulin to make sure water doesn't ingress into property but some properties will flood in the city. residents are also frustrated and angry the fact that we are over four years since the floods of 2015 on boxing day, many resilient schemes and community schemes are still not in place and that will protect whole swathes of houses. there is a mix of emotions. people feel it's inevitable they will be flooded today and it's how they can mitigate that? it's interesting, someone mitigate that? it's interesting, someone tweeted me when we were in the calder valley before the weekend, how is it that china can build a hospital in a week, when we can put in properflood defences
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after the last very serious floods of 2015? you sure this restriction. absolutely, there's no excuse for this, we know with climate change, with greater frequency of weather events we see flooding in the country and we need a proper strategy around sustainable management of our conditions, particularly around flooding and here in york we benefit from that. amazon has withdrawn potentially unsafe child car seats from its sites worldwide, after they were discovered for sale by bbc panorama. it follows an investigation by trading standards. here's our business correspondent katy austin. a child car seat destroyed in a 30mph crash test. it was carried out for surrey trading standards, in 2013, who then alerted amazon about similar products listed on its uk site. we took down products from amazon.co.uk that were not compliant and unsafe. rachel greer, a former amazon product safety manager also recommended that similar seats be taken down from sites in the us and europe.
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she says her bosses refused. i was told that there was not proof that they were non—compliant in those countries and that that would not be happening. those car seats were tested and were shown to result in bodily harm to the infant that would have been in them. six years after the car seats were withdrawn from amazon uk, surrey trading standards has begun a new investigation, after panorama found what appeared to be similar products still for sale. amazon has now withdrawn them worldwide. amazon later said... it says it is contacting customers who purchased them... it says...
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katy austin, bbc news. you can watch more on that story on panorama tonight on bbc one at 8:30. a leading cancer charity is calling for a ban on sunbeds, after it emerged many tanning salons in england don't need a licence. the subject is one close to the heart of bbc reporter laura may mcmullan, after she was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma five years ago, following years of sunbed use. two weeks ago she had her final scan, and has been declared cancer free. she has this report. a bronzed, healthy glow but in reality there is no such thing as a safe tan. for years, i was addicted to sunbathing and using sunbeds and was diagnosed with malignant melanoma in 201a. i do not think people realise how dangerous melanoma can be.
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it starts with a mole or, in my case, a little red spot on the back of my leg. within six months it had spread to the lymph nodes in my groin. anthea smith was also diagnosed with melanoma. it started with a little spot on her ear and for her it has led to life—changing surgery. my whole left ear has been amputated and then, second operation, i had my whole inner ear, middle ear, all my salivary glands on my left side, all my lymph nodes, full temple bow taken from my skull. like me, she used sunbeds for many years. nobody should have to live with what i am living with, all for a tan. the guilt that i feel to my husband and children that this was all self—inflicted but it was self—inflicted with no level of knowledge of the dangers. so people younger than me continue to use them, i think, not knowing any of the dangers.
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melanoma cases have increased by almost 50% in the last decade but it seems people are still getting mixed messages. that is why gillian nuttall, founder of melanoma uk, has launched a campaign to ban sunbeds. we felt that we owed it to families of patients who have passed away to actually get up and do something so we took the lead from australia and brazil, they have already banned sunbeds and we thought, you know what, we're going to do what our patients are asking us to do and see if we can do the same. i took these concerns to the sunbed association. let's be clear, there is no link between the sunbed use and melanoma. we have asked for a roundtable meeting to discuss this very point. they will not meet with us. i have to question why. the research they refer to is flawed, it has been proven to be subsequently flawed, and they will not listen to that and we have to say, why not? you are saying that oncologists,
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consultants, dermatologists all around the world, they are all wrong? what i'm saying is, they are all using the same research which itself is flawed. the evidence linking sunbed use to melanoma and other skin cancers is incontrovertible. there is a clear link, there is no argument to say that there is not. according to cancer research uk, more than 86% of skin cancer cases are preventable, with an overexposure to uv rays causing irreversible damage. laura may mcmullan, bbc news. you can see the full story on "inside out west midlands" tonight at 7:30 on bbc one, and of course, on the iplayer. the travel restrictions imposed on those living in china is having an impact on the travel and hospitality industry across the world. chinese people now make up1 in 8 of tourists globally. our trade correspondent dharshini david has been to 0xfordshire to see how some of the most popular attractions
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have been affected. and we must warn you, there is some flash photography in her report. the birthplace of sir winston churchill, and a stunning example of baroque architecture. blenheim palace, just outside 0xford, would normally attract 50,000 visitors in february. but this time, demand is down as travel restrictions in china hit. in the last two weeks it will be quite significant, this would have been a busy period for chinese new year tourists and we expect across february to lose 5000 chinese visits, about 10% of the natural february audience. it's a similar story in the historic university town a few miles away. the blend of heritage, culture and access to luxury shopping that makes this area so attractive to chinese tourists. 0ver a00,000 visited the uk last year. but that's dropping sharply.
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0ne property here told me it typically sees 50 customers a week from china for its walking tours, now it's not seeing any. nearby the plough inn shot to global fame when the chinese president xi and former prime minister david cameron stopped by for a pint in 2015. as the coach parties followed, the pub was bought by a chinese investor, earning him a slice of the £10 billion tourists spend in the uk every year. a draw here is sitting at the same bar with a plate of fish and chips as their leader. that's what it is. they wanted to emulate the leader. they take all the selfies and it's just so i suppose they can go back home and say, we've done it, we've been there. in recent weeks it's been, the last three weeks, zero. no chinese tourists at all. it's just one of those things. i hope this virus then gets sorted out pretty sharpish, we can get back
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to seeing more visitors. even bicester village, a shopping spot for tourists looking to avoid high import taxes on luxuries at home, feels unusually quiet. its owners refused to comment, retailers here confided sales are down sharply. with bad weather not helping. 2 million people across the uk rely on tourism for a living. the virus that is exerting a high human cost thousands of miles away, is having a considerable financial side effect here. president trump welcomed nascar fans to the start of the daytona 500 in florida with a lap around the track in the presidential limousine, the beast. he led the a0 racing cars around the track before pulling over to let the real race get underway. the daytona 500 is often known as the super bowl of stock car racing and has been the nascar season opener since 1982. president trump follows in the tyre tracks of ronald reagan and george w bush who also attended
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nascar events at the florida speedway. a visibly upset sir eltonjohn has been forced to cut short a concert in new zealand afterfalling ill with a mild case of pneumonia. the musician lost his voice mid—way through his set at auckland's mount smart stadium on sunday. sir elton appeared to break down in tears as he leaned on his piano and shook his head. the audience applauded the singer as he walked off stage, helped by several assistants. he does look absurd. —— he does look very upset. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king.
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sta u nto n staunton is moving away, things gradually improving, river is taking some time to respond to the rainfall. 116 millimetres fell in south wales, among the ‘s worth of rain falling at the weekend. five severe flood warnings in force from the environment agency, a number of flood warnings in place, the number starting to come down. staunton is moving away to scandinavia, quite a few isobars here in the charts, her scotla nd few isobars here in the charts, her scotland gusts of 60—70 miles an hour, the wind gusts moving as we go into this afternoon. there are some showers in the forecast, quite heavy at the moment in south wales, the south—west of england. drifting further east, plenty of dry weather with sunny spells in between the showers, more frequent showers coming into scotland, northern ireland, sunshine towards the east of scotland, maximum temperature 8-11d. of scotland, maximum temperature 8—11d. through tonight we continue with showers, those will be wintry
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over higher ground, some snow here. so perhaps for the north pennines, elsewhere clear skies going into tomorrow morning. 0ne elsewhere clear skies going into tomorrow morning. one or two showers coming in overnight lows, 1—3d. throughout tuesday, zero showers in the forecast. showers moving their way west to east, merging together to give longer spells of rain across north—west england, wales, drifting south and east, heavy downpours associated with that and some squally winds, something to bear in mind. sunshine either side, squally winds, something to bear in mind. sunshine eitherside, wintry showers across scotland into the afternoon. maximum temperatures on tuesday 5—11d. into the middle part of the week high—pressure starting to nudge its way in, things becoming u nsettled to nudge its way in, things becoming unsettled for a time during wednesday before further rain moves its way in from the west. dry and bright start to the day on wednesday. cloud increasing outbreaks of rain moving as the day goes on, snow over higher ground of
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scotland, rain turning heavy, temperatures 7—10d. 0r scotland, rain turning heavy, temperatures 7—10d. or the rest of the week, continuing to see quite u nsettled the week, continuing to see quite unsettled weather, sunny spells of rain at times, strong winds likely, temperatures 7—11.
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hello, it's monday, it's ten o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire, and we're live from new broadcasting house. storm dennis brings another weekend of misery and devastation, dumping a month's worth of rain in some areas. more than 300 flood warnings are still in place including five severe warnings in england, which mean there is a danger to life. also, research seen by this programme shows young people spend an average of 25 hours a week looking after mums, dads and brothers and sister. this morning, we'll talk to children and teenagers about why they are having to do the job of caring whilst also trying to go to school. love island is set to return to our screens this evening following the death of its former presenter caroline flack, but many questions still remain over whether more needs to be done

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