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i’uns injury management. steve walsh runs a youth academy and said the sport had to change its approach. a youth academy and said the sport had to change its approachm a youth academy and said the sport had to change its approach. it is all had a set scored the goals. you think back to the days of heading but what could it do? we had to look back at the fact in the early years it is vital. we need to have a duty of care for the kids that we look after. authorities say there will be after. authorities say there will be a phased introduction of heading training for children between 12 and 16. a working sheepdog from a remote farm in northumberland has been sold at auction for a world record price. two—and—half—year—old megan — owned by emma gray — went for £18,900. the sheepdog went to a telephone bidderfrom the united states. its thought that megan's new life will be herding beef cattle. time for a look at the weather. here's alina jenkins.
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we have seen significant snow around this morning in the north of england, northern ireland and into scotland. disruptive snow as well. there has been disruption to flights and travel and some schools have been closed as well. we have seen as much as 1a centimetres in parts of northern ireland and nine centimetres in parts of northern england. the snow will generally become confined to the north of scotland. the other accumulations are possible and further disruption. the rain has been sinking south and east onto an already saturated ground. you can see the snow pushing its way northwards and the band of rain sinking its way southwards. in between patchy rain and showers and bright and sunny spells with patchy rain confined to the north of scotland. the main clearing its way from the east of england this afternoon. there will be blizzards
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questioning and gusty winds in southern and western coasts. where there is snow in scotland temperature struggling to get above freezing. this evening and overnight, there is no gradually sta rts overnight, there is no gradually starts to ease away and ice becomes a problem. further wintry showers piling and bringing further accumulations. a cold night for all of us, a cold night with recently across england and wales. more wintry showers to come tomorrow on the strong north—westerly winds. a cold day and in the wintry showers we are likely to see sleet, hail and further snow. some of the snow showers could get into parts of central southern england even. it will feel bitterly cold, particularly in the south—west of england and the channel islands. add on the wind strength and it will feel even colder. a similar day on
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wednesday, a day of sunshine and showers. this showers less frequent and more confined to western and northern scotland, northern ireland and the west of england. many having and the west of england. many having a dry day with spells of sunshine. still feeling cold in the wind and the winds touching gale force. if you are looking for something drier, you are looking for something drier, you will not find it in this forecast. thursday is the drier day of the two but more rain to come as we head towards the end of the week. all the flood warnings and weather warnings are on the website. thank you. a reminder of our top story... fears are growing that the coronavirus outbreak could become a pandemic, as more cases emerge around the world. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.
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good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news... football associations across the uk have issued new guidelines for children heading the ball. the restrictions apply for all age groups under—18, with primary school children banned from heading the ball during training with the rules applied with immediate effect. here's our football reporter simon stone. there will be no change to heading the ball in matches because the feeling is there is not a lot of heading that takes place in matches anyway, and it is part of the game. the research found there was no evidence to suggest that heading the ball by young people caused any kind of neurological issue, but the chief executive of the sfa has explained the reasoning for the changes, saying they have a duty of care to the players and to the parents for these children to enjoy the game, so they are the changes that have to take place.
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following his victory against deontay wilder in las vegas over the weekend, there have been calls for tyson fury‘s return home to be marked with a celebration. councillors in his home city of manchester met this morning to discuss potential plans for a parade and civic reception. the council has said it will have to take into consideration controversial comments fury had made in the past. well fury‘s camp is already looking ahead to his next fight — anthonyjoshua is the name on everyone's lips — and his promoter eddie hearn says he'll do what he can to make it happen. the prospect of that fight hinges on the fact wilder has the option of a rematch with fury and has 30 days to invoke a clause in his contract. should it go ahead. fury‘s promoter frank warren says it would be the biggest single sporting event in britain since england won the world cup in 1966, and former light welterweight world champion amir khan agrees. i think it can be. they are both huge names. and heavyweight boxing
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is how people know boxing as. we have not had a heavyweight big major fighter in a long time and to have that here, and have two current world champions at the peak of their career, that could be huge and i think we need that and it would be great for boxing and british boxing as well. with ajay, he has an overall good fighter, may be a little bit slower or more technical compared to how deontay wilder was. i feel that with the style of tyson fury he can break down anyone, he has the speed movement and accuracy. he will give anyone and everyone a tough fight and a tough night. ospreys and ulster‘s pro14 trips to play in italy at the weekend have been postponed because of the spread of coronavirus. there are fears the outbreak could become a pandemic as more cases emerge around the world with italy now reporting a fifth death. ospreys were due to play zebre in parma with treviso the venue for ulster‘s game against benetton. scotland's match against italy in the women's six nations was called off last weekend along
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with three serie a games. in the women's t20 world cup australia bounced back from defeat in their first match to beat sri lanka by 5 wickets in perth. india made 142 for 6 in their 20 overs over against bangladesh in the day's second match. bangladesh are 59 for 2 in the 10th over. there's live commentary over on radio 5 live sports extra and you can follow live text coverage on the bbc sport website. that's bbc dot co dot uk slash sport. many thanks, holly. let's bring you more on the coronavirus now — fears of a pandemic are spreading as the virus infects ever more people. in italy — more than 200 cases have now been confirmed and six people have died. officials are yet to find the first carrier of the virus in the country. meanwhile here in the uk there have been four new confirmed cases
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amongst cruise ship passengers who were flown back to britain on saturday. i can now speak to andy tatem who's the director of worldpop — which researches population movement in order to identify cities at high risk of coronavirus, he's also a professor at the university of southampton. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. have you been able to predict where these hotspots will be, then? we have been able to look at data on flight we have been able to look at data on flight itineraries in the early stages to identify which cities around the world we are likely to see around the world we are likely to see lots of imported cases and that is largely lined up with what we have seen. the difficult thing to predict is what happens next once those cases arrive? do they spread orare those cases arrive? do they spread or are they contained? have you been in touch with the authorities in those cities? are you able to do any sort of pre—warning?
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those cities? are you able to do any sort of pre-warning? there is an early analysis that we did, we shared them with the world health organization and the cdc and different organisations who are preparing for the spread and prioritise in different cities over others for surveillance. what do you make of the measures that are being put in place, things like lock downs and preventing travel?|j put in place, things like lock downs and preventing travel? i think the main aim is to really slow the spread of this disease. it seems likely that we will see many more cases appear in new places and existing cities, existing countries, so existing cities, existing countries, so putting in place measures that can stop people infecting each other and giving time for health systems to prepare, to give time for ultimately a vaccine to be developed is the correct measure. the suggestion today is that containment measures are not working and the risks of a pandemic, a global outbreak are increasing, would you agree with that? yes. by definition,
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agree with that? yes. by definition, a pandemic is the spread of a disease, multiple areas of self—sustaining transmission across the world and we are starting to see that already. it may be the case that already. it may be the case that this is declared officially a pandemic soon. there is that word perspective to be putting in that our health correspondence keep reiterating, by and large this is a form of flu and it is people with underlying health conditions and in some senses, people who are frail or vulnerable. i think that is what we are seen vulnerable. i think that is what we are seen from the data that does exist, there is still a lot that is unknown about this virus but the data that does exist suggest that it isa data that does exist suggest that it is a form of blue and we see the most vulnerable, the elderly, these are the ones with the highest rates
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of death and hospitalisation. and one last one, how does this compare to other outbreaks?” one last one, how does this compare to other outbreaks? i mean compared to other outbreaks? i mean compared to something recent like sars, we are seeing more to something recent like sars, we are seeing more cases, to something recent like sars, we are seeing more cases, it seems to be more transmissible, but compared to something we had in 1918, a massive pandemic killed 15 million people and i don't think we will see something of the scale of that. there is just uncertainty at the moment and being on the cautious side is the correct way to go, i think. we will have to leave it there. thank you so much. we are getting some more information in from reuters, who have more information on the sixth person who has died in italy. it is said that the person was a cancer patient in a northern town where the restrictions on movement and the lockdown has been put in place. that is the sick person who has died, a cancer
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patient. the body of a teenage boy, believed to be13—years—old, has been found in the river wear near bishop auckland. durham police say the body was found after reports a person had gone into the river near toronto bridge on sunday. his family have been informed and they are not treating the death as suspicious. the mother of martyn hett, who died in the terror attack at manchester arena, has called on venues to help shape a new law to keep the public safe. figen murray has been lobbying the government to bring in new security measures since her son's death in 2017.the home office has said it will now consult on "martyn's law" to require venues to prepare for any terror risks. our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani, reports: safiyya shaikh, convicted last friday of developing an extraordinary plot against the public. she wanted to take a bomb inside st paul's cathedral at christmas. now ministers are planning a law aimed to ensure all public
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spaces consider the threat and what they can do about it. under the draft plan, public spaces would need to review the strength of their physical security, have a plan to help protect the public from an attack and work with police experts to understand threats as they change. this new law is primarily aimed at the uk ‘s largest attractions and venues, but its supporters say could also help the smaller locations, restaurants and bars to prepare for the worse case scenario. we were talking we were talking about the need for a protective security duty from early 2017, when we started to see the nature of terrorism changing and becoming that sort of, anybody can be a terrace, can appear anywhere with any weapon against any target and of course we don't have an omnipotent state and nor should we have that, that is not a country i would want to live in and therefore the private sector need to step forward, to start to fill some of those gaps that exist. the announcement is a victory for a campaign in the name of martyn hett, one of the victims
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of the manchester arena attack. his mother, figen murray, says martyn's law will save lives. there has got to be an awakening in the general public. we cannot give the responsibility for our personal securityjust to the police and the security services. times have changed, the nature of terrorism has changed, they don't announce it any more. theyjust go and randomly attack. the most recent attack in the uk this month was a knife attack in the street in south london. an example of how complex the threat of terrorism has become. the final shape of the law won't be clear for months, but ministers say they want it to be proportionate and sensible, without being a burden on businesses. dominic casciani, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... more infections of coronavirus are reported around the world — with queues for facemasks, as governments struggle
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to contain further outbreaks — stock markets see sharp falls the trumps at the taj — the president starts a two day visit to india, hoping for a trade deal. a jury has seen footage of the manchester arena bomber salman abedi looking around the area where he detonated his device, days before the attack. workers at drive—thru restaurants may be exposed to huge peaks in pollution levels as they serve customers queuing in cars. as they serve customers an investigation by the bbc‘s inside out programme in conjunction with coventry university found pollution levels next to serving hatches many times the legal limit. unions say the results are horrendous and are calling for urgent action. jonathan gibson reports. britain's drivethru sector is booming. there is more choice than ever before, but at what cost to workers? the bbc‘s inside out programme set out monitoring equipment near to the serving
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hatches at ten drivethru restaurants across the country. recording levels of two of the biggest airborne pollutants over a two week period. all of the data that we are gathering is being sent to a server and downloaded so that we can monitorjust how much pollution there is next to the drivethru window. at this drivethru in south—east london, average levels of nitrogen dioxide, a known lung irritant, were 25% higher than the annual legal limit. so the highest we had was 182 micrograms per metre cubed. and this is quite harmful to health. at this kfc drivethru in liverpool, levels of pm 2.5, the tiny particles found in exhausts, reached 11 times the legal limit. and at this costa coffee drivethru in somerset, they peaked at 16 times the legal limit, although in both cases average levels were much lower. i think this is worrying.
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these are the particles that will definitely get to the bottom of your lung when you breathe them in. so this is well above what is typical for a city and the fact that these are being maintained for longer periods of time is concerning. mcdonald's, burger king and costa told the bbc they take their employees' health extremely seriously and have measures in place to reduce their exposure to pollution, like rotating shifts and installing ventilation. we should be taking this to the likes of our parliamentary group. i think as a priority we should be talking to the companies that we deal with who have drivethru restaurants and see exactly what they are going to do. in statements, mcdonald's and burger king said, the readings were taken in their car parks and do not reflect pollution levels inside the serving hatches, where they have measures in place to minimise exposure. is that a valid point? well, it is certainly true that there would be different levels inside and outside, but they are leaning outside, they are leaning into the areas that you have measured in and you have already shown that levels of nitrogen
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dioxide and pm 2.5 are high there. costa told the bbc that it is planning to review future signage to encourage drivers to turn off their engines when stationary. kfc did not comment. jonathan gibson, bbc news. and if you live in england you can see that investigation in full tonight during inside out, that's at 7:30pm on bbc1. it'll also be available on the bbc iplayer. according to a recent study, 4 million people in the uk are trapped in "deep poverty" — meaning their income is at least 50 percent below the breadline. the social metrics commission also reported that 2.3 million children — were affected by what it called "persistent"poverty — meaning that they had been living in poverty for at least two years. well in blackpool, one headteacher has been telling bbc news about her struggle to ensure her pupils' needs are met. sarah smith says her work involves making home visits, providing free food and even buying beds. abbie jones has been
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hearing her story. soft piano music plays. our schools are on the front line to tackle poverty, 100%. that's great. we see families day in, day out, we hear their struggles. problems with housing, they've got problems with unemployment, they perhaps can't get to school, because they can't afford to. they perhaps will not eat as well as they should, they might not heat the house. and then we then pick up the pieces here. have a good day, bye. is there anyone else that we need to collect? sarah smith's in charge of two blackpool primary schools — christ the king and st cuthbert‘s catholic academies. both are in the top 1% of the most deprived neighbourhoods in england. the day starts with a free breakfast for every child but also with help for parents,
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free milk, clothes and toys. there's a few people struggling at the moment, so it's a great help. we have had bad days, so we can come in and pick up anything. singing. low incomes, problems with health, disability and where they live are major issues for pupils here and their families. it means staff find themselves providing as much support outside school as in the classroom. i'm just doing an application at the minute to support a family living in an overcrowded house, because their children are sleeping on a mattress in the bedroom floor. so if we can get them support, so that we can make sure they've all got a bed each, they've got bedding. beds, that's just... it's just an essential that we take for granted, isn't it, you know? i mean, if i wasn't working in this job, i probably wouldn't realise the extent of the problem that we have,
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particularly here in blackpool. lindsay and sarah are making a home visit to parents. knocking. it's one of several a day. they say it is essential. morning, eddie, is it all right if we come in? yeah. but it takes senior staff away from school. ijust wanted to see how you're doing, and how things are today. yeah, i've gotta go into the job centre, 'cause i've had issues with universal credit. it's suspended the housing benefit now. stacy and eddie have three girls. the rent is £89 a week. a week, ok, so that is now a struggle? yes. because that wasn't a struggle before and we were already finding things hard, 0k. it's money the pair don't have. they both work part—time around their kids, but struggle to pay the bills. don't get upset, i'm not... i don't want you to get upset. what is it that school
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can do to provide? would another fuel voucher today be of use? anything, anything helps. school helped with gas and electric, food, they've kept us warm as a family, which has been great. and how do you feel about school doing that for you? we both work, so therefore we should be able to provide for our family. we shouldn't have to source, like, food parcels and gas and electric vouchers, it's a bit grading, to be honest. thanks for the brew, all right. what i worry about is that we stretching ourselves too thinly. i didn't expect that when i became a teacher that's what would happen but if we don't do it, the question is, who will? over christmas for the first time, chris the king and st cuthbert‘s opened their doors to families for five days. they offered a hot meal, somewhere warm to play — 1,000 people came, including mums angelagh and brooke. if i didn't have this school, i don't know where i'd be or what i'd be doing.
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they've helped me through more than just the christmas period. like, sounds silly, but like a counsellor for me. i don't think there's anywhere really to turn to. apart from school, who do you go to if you are struggling? there isn't anybody. so, it's got the ingredients again of how much you actually need. from showing 9—year—olds how to make shopping lists after school and cook for their siblings at home, to helping families change their gas and electricity providers. teaching here goes far, far beyond the classroom. sarah says schools have no choice in the face of such desperate need but is it theirjob? it should not be left to schools, 100% it should not. we need a clear message to government that schools need more funding. there needs to be a radical change and that the support that is around families is there from other services, as well. we can be a key player in that circle of support, but we shouldn't
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be the main one and at the moment, we sadly are. abbiejones, bbc news, blackpool. a government spokesperson told us that blackpool is one of 12 areas to share 90—million pounds over four years, to improve education outcomes for young people. you can see more on this story on inside out north west on bbc one at 7.30pm tonight, and elsewhere on the bbc iplayer. this may marks the 75th anniversary of ve day, and ahead of the commemorations bbc news as been speaking to some of the men and women about their memories of that time. zeita holes is one of them — she was part of an 80 thousand strong all—women group — better know as the land girls. graham satchell has been listening to her story. she laughs. archive: lord wootton pays his tribute to the grand work of the members of the women's land army, now more than 50,000, and they're all on their toes. zeita is 94. she was just 17 when she
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joined the land girls. i fancied something out in the open. archive: none of the women has had any previous experience of mechanical plants, but 96% of them pass the test with flying colours. i did lots of tractor driving. and did you look after the cows? oh, yes, i liked the cows. she laughs. did you milk them? every morning at a:30am. oof — that's early. very early. zeita spent much of the war here at the luton hoo estate. to this day, she remains proud of the work she did, the friends she made, the uniform she wore. i think you look so glamorous there, zeita. you do?! yes, you really do. oh, well, i've seen a lot worse. look at that waist! could do with that now.
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the women's land army was critical to the war effort. thousands of land girls worked on farms as more and more men joined the forces. but it was vital work, wasn't it? oh, absolutely, yes. archive: it takes more than a novice to prune an apple with a pair — a pair of pruning shears. do you think people understood that, at the time? not enough of them. did you feel cross about that? not really. she laughs. ah, me with my favourite girls. it wasn't all hard work. there was a bit of time for being young, free, and single. that one i took home for tea! you took him home for tea? she laughs. yoho, his name was. joe yoho. winston churchill: we may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoice.
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the end of the war in europe, ve day. it saw millions of people take to the streets. there were celebrations all over the country. on the 8th of may 1945, zeita joined a parade in luton. she ended up at the town hall. that's where i was, yes. and what hit did you climb? it was this big hit. the tower? yeah. she laughs. well, i had had two or three glasses of wine. she laughs. they were all spurring me on — "go on, zeita, you can do it!" yeah, there was just something in the air, you know. the war was over. zeita made friends for life in the land army. her photo collection shows reunion after reunion. on the 75th anniversary of ve day,
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in may, she will remember her friends, no longer here. it's the sort of thing you never forget. i think we did our bit. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello. we have seen some disruptive snowfall this morning across northern england, northern ireland and parts of scotland. through the afternoon in the snow becomes confined to central and northern scotland and the rain continues to slide south and east through southern england. some spells of sunshine and wintry showers in between moving quickly on the strong winds leading to blizzard conditions across scotland where temperatures will struggle to get much above freezing compared to ten or 12 degrees in england and wales. tonight the snow starts to ease away
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from scotland but further wintry showers pile in from the north and west, driest and clearest the further east you go. most places will stay just above further east you go. most places will stayjust above freezing but it will stayjust above freezing but it will be a cold night across england and wales compared to recently. for tuesday, a day of sunshine and showers but the showers will be wintry, hail, sleet, snow, notjust across the north of the uk but possibly further south. in between spells of sunshine.
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hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2: more infections of coronavirus are reported around the world with queues for facemasks. as governments struggle to contain further outbreaks, stock markets see sharp falls. a sixth person is reported to have died in italy, as towns are put into lockdown for the next two weeks. 50,000 residents will not be able to leave without special permission. the creation of sudden hot spots is telling us something. it's telling us that the infection has now spread from china to other countries, so it's only a matter of time before we call this a proper pandemic. just the two of us at the taj — a moment of reflection for the trumps as he prepares for trade talks in india. working together, the prime minister and i can reach a fantastic deal

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