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or so in the south—east of england. this is bbc news the headlines at six tributes pour in forjack charlton — who played in england's world cup winning football team and managed the republic of ireland — after his death at the age of 85. another one of the 66 world cup squad to die but, you know, obviously he will be remembered very fondly. he was a great character. open air theatres, live music venues and swimming pools re—opened today, in the latest easing of the lockdown in england. labour calls for the uk government to clarify its position on face coverings, after the prime minister said a ‘stricter‘ approach was needed in england. bosnia has marked the 25th anniversary of the sreb—ren—it—suh massacre, in which eight—thousand bosnian muslim men and boys were murdered.
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and it's a grim day for norwich city as they're relegated from the premier league after a 4—0 loss to west ham. the england football legend jack charlton has died at the age of 85. the former centre half — who was a member of england's 1966 world cup winning team — as well as a former boss of the republic of ireland — passed away on friday night following a long—term illness. his former team mate from the 66 world cup winning squad, sir geoff hurst, has said this was "another sad day for football.
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jack was the type of player and person that you need in a team to win a world cup. he was a great and loveable character and he will be greatly missed." andy swiss looks back at his life. few have blended courage and charisma quite like jack charlton. as a player, a manager and as part of english football's most famous family. bobby charlton with the corner. jack! perfect goal. charlton grew up in northumberland and after a brief spell as a miner, opted for a career in football, along with his younger brother, bobby. but while bobby's attacking flair soon made him a star, jack's defensive qualities were rather less glamorous. jack charlton. came in like a brick wall and he's hurt. he got an elbow in the face. for all his bravery, he always admitted he was no
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match for his brother. people try to compare us and i used to say, you shouldn't compare us. i can't play. i can stop other people playing but i can't play. bobby can play. he is a creative player. but there's a place in the game for both types. and it was a point he proved very successfully. charlton's power helped him score goals as well as stop them. he spent his entire playing career at leeds united, winning the league title in 1969. he wasn't called up for england until he was nearly 30, but soon made his mark, scoring his first international goal against finland in 1966. oh, and jacky charlton's got it. and it's a goal! and a month later came his defining moment — both he and bobby part of the team which lifted the world cup. the brothers were now both international celebrities. after 35 caps and more than 600 appearances for leeds, charlton eventually retired as a player in 1973, before embarking on the next stage of his career. he was first a manager at middlesbrough, where his passion and personality proved
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an instant hit. if the ball's coming towards you and he's going back, there's no way you're going tojump. he guided them to promotion before spells at sheffield wednesday and newcastle united. but it's as the republic of ireland's manager that he'll be most colourfully remembered. after taking them to their first ever world cup in 1990, charlton's team produced the shock of the tournament by reaching the quarterfinals. ireland! they are in the last eight and the party can begin! the english hero was now an irish one as well. at the 1994 finals, despite receiving a touchline ban, he guided ireland to the last 16 before two years later, he resigned and effectively retired. away from football, charlton was a man who enjoyed the rural life, especially as a keen fisherman.
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while his garrulous nature and ready wit made him a chat show stable. you are the same age as me actually, would you leave? or i'm the same age as you. i was told you were a bit older than me. laughter. i remember going to a cricket match and watching you reporting, i was only 15. his relationship with his brother had become strained after a family dispute, but on an emotional night in 2008, he presented an award to the player he still regarded as the best. when we were kids used to go to the park and play, i would go home for dinner and he would stay out all day. bobby charlton is the greatest player i've ever seen. and he's my brother. but while he often lived in his brother's shadow, jack charlton's achievements, like the man, stood tall. one of english football's biggest and best loved characters. the former england goalkeeper, peter shilton paid tribute to his teamate.
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i was very fond ofjack, and very sad, obviously to hear he has passed away, another one of the 1966 world cup squad to have died, but he will obviously be remembered very fondly. he was a great character, really, jack. and the start of mine, and played against him for the great leeds united team and he was very underrated as a player, you know, he ws very dominant in the air and he had more ability than people gave him credit for, but it was just his character and the way he was that made him so fond and, you know, he was a good leader as well. well, here to discuss jack charlton's legacy is a fellow leeds legend and host of the bbc‘s look north harry gration. thank
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look north harry gration. you very much for being us thank you very much for being with us this evening. sad news when anybody dies but an incredible career to look back on. what has been the impact he made at leeds? 0h, what has been the impact he made at leeds? oh, i think we have technical problems. we will try to come back. it was all working so well. it a lwa ys it was all working so well. it always happens when you're just about to speak to somebody. 0h, always happens when you're just about to speak to somebody. oh, i think harry is back. harry, let's try again. the signal is a bit ropey. you are used to that, aren't you? how are you, harry? i am you? how are you, harry? iam in you? how are you, harry? i am in good form, thank you. sad, obviously, because we have lost some absolute greats of english football, make no mistakes. he is on the same level as just about anybody, as far as i am concerned. i was privileged because i interviewed him many, many times. i worked with a few coaches as well a few times and the thing jack a lwa ys a few times and the thing jack always gave you what you did not
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know what to expect. he could give you controversy or just know what to expect. he could give you controversy orjust be quite obstinate at times as well but i think it is particularly sad because i know he would have loved to have enjoyed leeds united being promoted to the premier ship which i'm sure will happen in the next few weeks and alongside the loss of other greats leeds united fans have suffered another times. such as norman hunter. so i think the world of leeds united are certainly surrounded, as far as he is concerned. it is a 20 plus year playing career at the one club. that is almost unimaginable in the days of football now. listening to the lovely piece you did listening to him say i could not play but i could stop others playing. i remember one occasion which sums him up, they were playing in an intercity is cup game, it may well have been a semifinal. i believe the team they were playing
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was a local one and i remember he was a local one and i remember he was irritated by the antics of their centre forward to such an extent in the end that he lost his cool com pletely the end that he lost his cool completely and he chased, and i'm not exaggerating, he chased the centre forward from one end of the park to the other, got his own back and got sent off but it was worth every single moment. we talked a bit earlier today about his achievements asa earlier today about his achievements as a manager. and judging from what peter shilton were saying, in some ways the later success overshadow the quality of his playing. he was famously modest about his playing and didn't make the same impact as brother made on the pitch but dupont, in a sense, his qualities as a player had been underappreciated? very much so. you've got to bear in mind that the leeds united signed what she was a part of a 22 years was one of the meanest defences ever
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in at the history of football. and he was very much a pivotal part of that. also remember that he scored, i don't know, probably eight or nine goals a season as a centre half. you to go up and stand on the goal line next to the goalkeeper really irritate the goalkeeper no end. and he would score goals that were so, so important. he was completely fearless. yes, he was no nonsense. i don't think it was one of these players who would dribble way out of trouble. he would kick the ball out of trouble and let others get the ball back. that is how we played is that bond that is why leeds united fa ns that bond that is why leeds united fans absolutely adored him week in, week out, year in, year out. it was said to me earlier that he was one of the team that rose to prominence. he was saying that, yeah, he could be quite rough with
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journalists but also, he must have been great for a quote. 0h, he was fantastic. i got to know him reasonably well towards the end andi him reasonably well towards the end and i can remember when i made my first ever appearance on television for look north and he contacted me, we we re for look north and he contacted me, we were working together at that night and he contacted me and said, happy, you are much better run radio. itjust happy, you are much better run radio. it just about happy, you are much better run radio. itjust about sums it up loved his weight. that is why everybody liked him. he told it was and, yes, if you fancy going fishing rather than watch the players train he went fishing. but we have lost a great. make no mistake, we have lost a giant today. we saw the tributes today. there was a match tomorrow. presumably they will be considering what kind of tribute they can make. there is bound to be a massive tribute, as there has been to norman hunter and others. it has been very,
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very sad, but jack held a very special affection in the hearts of leeds united because he was part of that the 22 years. they won the championship and they won the european as well. i'm sure the club will do something. i'm sure they will do something. i'm sure they will try to tie it in of all things are equal. they will get their promotion back to the big time in the course of the next couple of weeks. i am sure that his name will be featured in that and will be on the minds and be lips in the heart of every single leeds united supporter. it isa supporter. it is a great pleasure to speak to you despite the sadness of the occasion and thank you for talking to us this evening. he also covered for many years sport for look north and bbc south today.
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0pen air theatres, live music venues and swimming pools can re—open today, in the latest easing of the lockdown in england. however many pools are remaining shut, with operators complaining they weren't given enough notice to prepare properly. charlotte gallagher reports. back in the water, finally. these swimmers in south east london are some of the first in england to return to the pool after a wait of almost four months. it's just gorgeous to soak up the turquoise, be in the water, we have the sky, the birds, it's absolutely fantastic. it's not completely business as usual, though. the lanes have been made wider to allow for social distancing and swimmers are being asked to avoid back stroke, so they don't bump into each other. for those in the industry, its good to see people in the pool again. all the stresses and the strains of life, getting in the water is about as far away from normal life as you can get. it's real escapism. so, it's mental health as well. there's been a lot of studies showing how swimming benefits more than any other sport around mental
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and physical health. but you'll probably struggle to go swimming this weekend. only four out of more than 100 outdoor pools are open today and the industry body, swim england, is warning that a third of lidos will stay shut this year because it's just not financially viable for them to open. other outdoor events are allowed from today, too, like open air theatre, team cricket and horse trials and venues are adapting to allow visitors and their much—needed cash back. we are usually a wedding venue and we've decided... we've had to pivot because all of our weddings have had to be cancelled this year and moved to next year. so we're doing a number of outdoor movies and concert nights. we are going to be doing an orchestra night and then on sundays, we're doing pub in the park. many businesses and customers are hoping to make the best of the shorter summer season. charlotte gallagher, bbc news.
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the belgian government is enforcing a ten day mandatory quarantine period for all travellers who have recently been in leicester, because of coronavirus. the city has been added to belgium's list of so called "'red zones', along with other cities in spain and portugal. the new rules were announced early this morning — with immediate effect. labour has called for the government to clarify its position on face coverings after the prime minister said a "stricter" approach to their use in england was needed. they're already mandatory on public transport. but senior sources have indicated the government may follow scotland's lead and make them compulsory in shops too. in wales, first minister, mark drakeford has warned that people might engage in more risky behaviour, if they routinely start to wear face coverings. mr drakeford said he didn't think the evidence on the benefits of wearing masks was yet "decisive" evidence does not point to,
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as i say, a straightforwardly one direction on this. i saw evidence last week, a survey done in people in a public setting where the research said people not wearing face masks behaved responsibly, people who were wearing face coverings were more likely to ignore social distancing, more likely to do things that acted as they wearing a face covering, as i say, confers immunity on you. that is one evidence. there is other evidence, i am sure. that is what i am saying, what we do is to weigh it all up, take advice from our chief medical officer, when the weight of evidence changes, if it does, we would change our policy but we're not going to change our policy on the basis of individual interviews with scientists who have particularly strong views on the subject. we have to look at it in the round. things do change. we are learning a lot older time and if we learn that wearing face coverings in public should be made mandatory, then we will certainly follow that evidence in wales.
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trish greenhalgh is a professor of primary care health sciences at the university of oxford. she called for the widespread use of face coverings back in april. the evidence was very strong in april, it is even stronger now. every single country that has introduced either mandatory or strongly recommended face coverings in public places has seen a subsequent big reduction in new cases. a recent study from germany where they introduced face coverings at different times in different regions of germany and they have actually now a quantitative estimate of how much the face coverings make a difference and they are saying that it will reduce the number of new cases by 40% a day and that will, of course, add—on, so will have much less of a sort of geometric increase in the second wave.
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what would you say to somebody like mark drakeford who has argued that the evidence just isn't there. you are a scientist, and mark drakeford hardly used the phrase correlation is not necessarily causation. to you, you would know that other factors can come into play. what do you think is the tipping point? well, other factors can come into play, of course and one of the things about that german study is that they very carefully controlled for other factors. i think if face coverings cause harm, then at least one of the hundred or so countries that introduced face coverings might have seen an increase, but we haven't seen any country where face coverings were introduced where things got worse. in every single case, they got better. so, the evidence is extremely clear. i am very interested that ministers, and indeed, one or two scientists are saying, no, for example,
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this study that the minister referred to about people doing what they call risk compensation. it hasn't been published. it is not there in the scientific literature. it is talked about, but the only study that has been published in the scientific literature where somebody invented a kind of gadget to measure how far away people stay or come towards you when you are wearing a mask or not wearing a mask showed that people give you a wide berth if you are wearing a mask, so the only piece of science that has actually been published in the scientific literature says exactly the opposite to what the minister has just said. wales started a phased re—opening to holidaymakers today. tourists can now stay in accommodation that doesn't have shared facilities. places like campsites, where you do have to share washrooms, will remain shut for another two weeks. tomos morgan reports. in the middle ofjuly, 0xwich bay and the gower peninsula should be packed with barbecues,
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swimmers and those just wanting to get some of that famous welsh tan. but tourism has been put on hold due to coronavirus. from today, the tides are beginning to change as self—contained accommodation opens across wales. it's a cautious response from the day—trippers on the beach. i would like to go away but i do feel very anxious about going and i do think this hasn't gone away and there's a good chance by everyone getting back together that it will come back. i think i would quite like to go round to pembroke, not too far. it's been a long time not been able to go anywhere, not being able to do anything. it would be good for everybody and for the children as well. because of its unique location overlooking the sea, the 0xwich bay hotel is usually fully booked with weddings during the summer months. it has been a big task. i think we wanted to be sure that we were hitting everything
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we needed to hit with the safety measures both for staff and customers. with restaurants and gatherings still of the menu for now, getting rooms ready for overnight guests will have to do. we're really excited, actually. i mean, hospitality is all about customers so we are so excited to be able to welcome people back. it will be really nice to see them, albeit at a bit more of a distance than usual. so, as hotels like this one, b&bs and self—catering open across wales today, just two minutes down the road campsites like this one and others in wales won't be opening for at least another two weeks. today marks the start of a phased reopening of a number of different businesses across wales. on monday it will be the turn of outdoor hospitality to reopen as well as hair salons for those in much need of a trim. the following week it will be playgrounds and after that it will be campsites,
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museums and cinemas. alljust in time for the summer holidays to begin. tomas morgan, bbc news, on the cover peninsula. the foreign office say they are supporting the family of a british man. police say there are investigating the death of two men in my bayer who have died. thousands of protesters are marching through brighton in support of the black lives matter movement. many of the demonstrators are wearing face masks and holding up placards with slogans including ‘decolonise everything' and ‘defund the police'. ceremonies have been held in bosnia today to mark the 25th anniversary of the sreb—ren—it—suh massacre, in which thousands of bosnian muslims were murdered. the killings were carried out by bosnian serb forces in 1995 during the fighting triggered when the country declared itself independent from yugoslavia. the killings were the largest mass murder of the conflict — and the worst in europe since the second world war. guy delauney has this report.
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it has taken a quarter of a century but these victims of the srebrenica massacre are now being laid to rest. surviving family members are here to pay their respects as their loved ones are buried alongside a round side 7000 other people and there is still room for 1000 more victims whose remains have yet to be identified. coronavirus limited attendance at the commemoration so world leaders offer their thoughts via video message. for many a sense of shame persists that genocide was committed in the presence of international peacekeepers.
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the united nations and international community failed these people. this will haunt history forever. never again was a regular refrain but other speakers showed that promise has long been broken. 25 years later we don't seem to have learned very much in a lot of places. even as you have honoured the difficult political compromises in those accords, and most crucially kept the peace, it is more important than ever to remember that in bosnia and across the world, real democracy requires a genuine commitment to an inclusive society. the bosnian serb military leader planned the massacre. under his orders men and boys were separated from women and girls. his men systematically murdered them over the following ten days. eventually, the international tribunal in the found him guilty of genocide but some
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ethnic serbs still loved him as a hero and genocide denial is common among their political leaders. that view is repugnant to the families of the victims. we will haunt you. and we will never wear down. one of us will always be there to haunt you. it is our right and duty. remember this. there is not a place where we will not find you and haunt you. my second message is to those who deny genocide. you will not succeed. you will not tire us. you will not scare us. generations of our children will continue our battle. genocide denial seems ludicrous, but deep divisions are unlikely to change until everyone
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accepts the truth about the past. five people have been killed after attackers stormed a church in south africa, reportedly in an argument over its leadership. pictures released by police show dozens of suspects lying on the ground after being arrested. the south africa police service say they rescued men, women and children from a ‘hostage situation' at the church on the outskirts ofjohannesburg. 30 people have been arrested and more than 25 firearms have been seized. in the united states, leading democrats have condemned donald trump's decision to cancel the prison sentence of roger stone — his long—time friend and political ally. senator elizabeth warren said mr trump was the most corrupt president in history. mr stone was due to begin a forty— month jail term next week. he was convicted last november of obstruction, witness—tampering and lying to congress during an investigation into russian interference. the white house said
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mr stone had been treated unfairly. freya cole reports. a former donald trump adviser and a self—proclaimed "dirty trickster", roger stone was due in prison next week, but old—time friend president donald trump has used his commuting powers to stop the sentence from going ahead. traitor! roger, your hair transplants are showing! the 67—year—old was convicted of lying to congress, obstruction and witness—tampering linked to the robert mueller investigation of russian interference in the 2016 election campaign. but a statement released by the white house said: . and mr stone has big plans for his new—found freedom.
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i am going to do three things. i'm going to write another book about this experience, because people need to understand the extraordinary abuses in ourjudicial system. i am going to work as hard as i can to help general flynn get exoneration, because the refusal of thejudge in his case to dismiss his case and try to drag it through the summer is outrageous. democratic senator elizabeth warren, however, has said the donald trump has abandoned the rule of law and made a mockery of our democracy. it's not the first time president trump has flexed his powerful commuting powers. in this case, he has freed a long—serving ally who has vowed to do everything he can to get mr trump re—elected. america's biggest theme park, disney world in florida has reopened, despite a surge in coronavirus infections across the united states.
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the resort is following social distancing measures, with a reduced number of guests and a strict cleaning regime. wearing a face covering is mandatory and temperature readings are being taken on entry. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello, there. high pressure is dominating through this weekend, which is why it is staying dry in most areas through the rest of today. some build—up of cloud for england and wales, but some sunny spells, as well. a little more cloud on that westerly breeze into scotland and northern ireland, still a few showers mainly towards the north—west of scotland. but the winds are lighter today. 17 degrees for scotland and northern ireland, warmer through the midlands towards the south—east of england, where the cloud will break away during this evening to leave a lovely end to the day. more cloud overnight, though, further north. across northern scotland we are going to find a bit of rain for a while overnight. that should have gone by the end of the night. these are the temperatures come the morning, probably a little bit
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cooler i think in some rural areas. a bright and sunny start for much of the country and more sunshine to come across wales, the midlands and southern england. a bit of fairweather cloud elsewhere, perhaps. this rain not really arriving into northern ireland and western scotland until the evening. ahead of that, a lot of dry weather. those temperatures should be higher on tuesday, peaking at 2a or so in the south—east of england. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines... tributes pour in forjack charlton, who played in england's world cup—winning football team and managed the republic of ireland, after his death at the age of 85. 0pen—air theatres, live music venues and swimming pools reopened today, in the latest easing of the lockdown in england. labour calls for the uk government to clarify its position on face coverings, after the prime minister said a "stricter" approach was needed in england. bosnia has marked the 25th anniversary of the srebrenica
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