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tony, we've got a bit of a treat for you this morning. is it true you are 3 chelsea fan? oh, yes. and this morning at breakfast, he got the surprise of some celebrity support from the chelsea captain cesar azpilicueta. you are an inspiration to us all. when things return to normality, we'd like you to come to the training ground and meet all the players. take care, and hope to meet you very soon. training with chelsea, no doubt no problem for a boy with seemingly endless energy. well, almost. why do you make me do this stuff? laughter. jon donnison, bbc news. something in my eye. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. thank you, good afternoon. we had to wait for thank you, good afternoon. we had to waitfor rain, thank you, good afternoon. we had to wait for rain, dry in many parts of the uk but the rain came over the
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weekend and we started today with the leftovers of some cloud and patchy rain across parts of south—east england. you can see that on our earlier radar picture but essentially today as a drying up story. fine out there for my and in a few places, there is some sunshine. northern scotland doing very well for that at the moment. this is the scene earlier on injohn o'groats. dry for many this afternoon, large amounts of cloud, some sunny afternoon, large amounts of cloud, some sunny spells and a few showers which could crop up just about anywhere but particularly through wales into parts of worcestershire, gloucestershire, down to the south—west of england. some of those shells could be heavy and possibly showery. temperatures 15—17 but a bit cool and breezy for some north sea coasts. a few showers continuing through the evening but most places dry overnight. fairly large amounts of cloud but some clear spells. quite a cool night, temperatures between 4—10. a cool start to tomorrow but a similar —looking day. large amounts of cloud around but that cloud braking to reveal some
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sunny spells. equally, just the small chance for a shower. later in the day, things start to change the state more rain into north—west scotla nd state more rain into north—west scotland and a vest north—west island. and a bit warmer than today, particularly for some of those north sea coastal counties. as we head into the middle of the week, things start to change. this frontal system pushes south—eastwards and we are likely to develop an area of low pressure somewhere likely to develop an area of low pressure somewhere right on top of the british isles. that means wednesday will be a day of showers or longer spells of rain. at this stage, the wins will be quite light so stage, the wins will be quite light so if you do get a heavy damper where you are, it could last for some time. temperatures 12—18. for the end of the week, our area of low pressure will drift a little further southwards. it will then become marooned across the bay of biscay. it will sit there spinning around. it will sit there spinning around. it will sit there spinning around. it will turn things pretty windy. a brisk easterly wind across the uk on thursday. eventually, it starts to
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scoop up some humid airfrom the south so humidity levels will rise. some outbreaks of rain will be flung up some outbreaks of rain will be flung up from the south, particularly affecting parts of england and wales. the wettest weather down towards the south. notice that warmth and humidity, 23—24 over the weekend. if you get some sunshine, it will feel pretty muggy. northern scotla nd it will feel pretty muggy. northern scotland likely to stay dry and it will be warm here as well. simon. thank you very much. a reminder of our top story: after a weekend of violence, the home secretary will make a statement later after the prime minister said anti—racism protests were subverted by thuggery. 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. hello.
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hello i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre. manchester city forward raheem sterling has joined the likes of anthonyjoshua, rio ferdinand and jofra archer in condemning racism and demanding equality across society. sterling has described racism as a "disease" — and despite criticism from the government — told the bbc he backs those who took part in peaceful rallies across the uk — following the death of american george floyd. by speaking out — the england international says he's hoping to help football change and to create more opportunities for people from all backgrounds. i don't really think about myjob when things like this happen. i think about what is right and at this moment in time, you know, there is only so much people can take. it's been going on for hundreds of yea rs it's been going on for hundreds of years and people are tired. you know, people are ready for change,
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and this is something that i myself will continue to do, and spark these debates and get people in my industry looking at themselves and thinking what they can do to give people an equal chance in this country. and hopefully other industries as well can do that as well and everyday society and the system as well. well, chris grant, one of the most senior black administrators in british sport, wants change too. he's warned the problem of racism is so bad in the country that it is like a kind of apartheid. grant has written to uk sport and sport england urging them to create a commission to help tackle the issue, where people can discuss problems without criticism. historically there have been lots of initiatives and right now there are lots of initiatives across many sports to address inequalities. but the problem is that what we are looking at is a systemic problem and you can't fix a system by dealing with things one at a time. so i'm suggesting a commission which will
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ta ke suggesting a commission which will take a historic perspective, we'll look at the roots of inequalities in sport and particularly and really importantly will hear the experiences from grassroots up of people who have suffered from these inequalities. and then it will be for the leadership of sport to see what we need to do to fix them. one of the defining images from the weekend was the statue of slave trader edward colston being pulled down and
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