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we will see some rain as well. on monday, the rain will come in the form of showers, really, just working their way eastwards across many areas. i think some spots will stay dry with some spells of sunshine. temperatures — no great shakes. 15 to 21 degrees, but down here to the south west, you can see another area of very wet weather. and it looks as if we are going to develop an area of low pressure, just a bit like the one we saw last week, lots of white lines on this chart, lots of isobars. that shows the winds will be pretty brisk, we will see some outbreaks of heavy rain driving across many parts of the uk. it is going to be very gusty out there, we will easily see wind gusts of 30, 40, maybe 50 mph but i think in some spots, the gusts could get a little bit stronger than that. and what about the temperatures? well, again, none too impressive for this time of year. 13 degrees in aberdeen, a high of 21 in london.
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good evening. three countries have been added to the quarantine list in the uk. from 4am this morning, anyone arriving from croatia,
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austria, and trinidad and tobago will now have to isolate for 1h days. in scotland, the measures also apply to arrivals from switzerland. many people on holiday in these countries, which have seen a spike in coronavirus cases, tried to change their flights at the last minute to beat the deadline. our correspondent, frankie mccamley, is at gatwick airport. as you can see, it's definitely not business as usual here at the airport. the hustle and bustle and huge queues we are usually used to during august are simply not here, but those people who are here are definitely optimistic. they really wa nt to definitely optimistic. they really want to get away and they are hoping their holidays will not get cut short. people say they are desperate for a holiday after months of lockdown.
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after weeks of uncertainty and changes to quarantine rules in popular tourist destinations, flying out of gatwick airport this evening, there is relief. these holiday—makers finally have somewhere to go, portugal. we initially wanted to go to spain, then we rebooked for croatia because spain went into lockdown. then croatia got put into quarantine yesterday so we quickly switched to portugal. we had to pay quite a lot extra. on thursday night, it happened really quickly, so the flights were booking really fast and the villas were relatively low level prices and, by thursday evening, they had skyrocketed about £1000 for a bill of ten. the minute quarantine was lifted, we booked that day. we did. within about two hours. for those who had already taken the chance and headed to towns in croatia, as they return, they now
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face 1a days in quarantine. croatia, as they return, they now face 14 days in quarantine. after france had no croatia, no holiday can be guaranteed as being safe and, if you go outside the uk this summer of this year, even, you can expect something like this to happen. most of the flights on saturday morning. if they'd given 48 hours, we would all be back, but now we have to quarantine for two weeks, so it's a pain. some haven't yet made it back from the country. it shouldn't be 14 days, we should probably stay at home for seven to ten days and then get tested. you feel like it's a punishment. despite packed beaches in croatia, it's the spike in coronavirus cases which led to the restrictions there as well as in austria and trinidad tobago. many 110w austria and trinidad tobago. many now question, is this worth it or should they risk the british weather instead 7
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tougher coronavirus restrictions came into force in some areas in north—west england overnight. socialising with other households is now banned indoors and outdoors in 0ldham, blackburn and parts of pendle in lancashire. 0ur correspondent, luxmy gopal, reports from blackburn. new rules here in blackburn in a very localised lockdown. different households here are already banned from meeting in their homes and gardens but, from today, they are not allowed to meet in public spaces either. it's left some residents confused. you hear rumours that this and that is happening and you are not sure which is the truth. i've heard about them but i don't know where they are. i don't know how you police it. if you live in one area, how do you stop somebody travelling to another area 7 how do you stop somebody travelling to another area? in blackburn, different wards aren't a different restriction so, on a boundary, people on that side can meet friends ata people on that side can meet friends at a pop but people on that side
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can't. it's the same down the road in kendal, lancashire. this is splitting up communities and confusing residents who live on the same road. —— kendal, lancashire. the government should work with the community to eradicate this pandemic as quickly as possible, and local lockdowns are not the answer. but the new rules in blackburn, pendle and 0ldham don't stop residents going to pubs or restaurants. in wales from today, people can open up their bubble with up to four households, double the praise it and aren't loud, and up to 30 people can have a socially distanced wedding indoors after wedding or civil partnership. in scotland there have been 123 new cases of covid—19 detected in the last 24 hours, most linked to a food processing plant in cooper, angus. in north—west england, 0ldham council says it is glad to have avoided a full leicester star lockdown. —— leicester star lockdown. —— leicester style. the captain of manchester united,
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harry maguire, has pleaded not guilty and has been released from police custody in greece, following a disturbance at a bar on the island of mykonos. the england defender was one of three men arrested on thursday. the police say the accusations against the three include bodily harm and the attempted bribery of an official. 0lly foster reports. after two nights in police custody, harry maguire, seen here at the rear in the light blue shirt, based the regional prosecutor on the island of cirrus today. he is now free to return to the uk but his legal team are due back in court on tuesday to try and clear the manchester united captain's name. he was arrested with two other men on the neighbouring island of mykonos on thursday night. lease their claimed they had to break upa lease their claimed they had to break up a fight outside the bar. three men were accused of assaulting and verbally abusing an officer before a altercation at a police station. yesterday he was taken by boat back to the island to spend another night in a police cell for his appearance in court this
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morning. what isn't clear is the exact nature of the charges harry maguire faces. the file opened against the three men also alleged one of them attempted to bribe an official to stop harry maguire has had a rapid rise in the game, a key player for had a rapid rise in the game, a key playerfor england, had a rapid rise in the game, a key player for england, reaching the world cup semifinals two years ago. he became the world's most expensive defender when hejoined he became the world's most expensive defender when he joined united he became the world's most expensive defender when hejoined united for £80 million last summer. the club released a short statement after the captain's court released a short statement after the ca ptain's court appearance, released a short statement after the captain's court appearance, saying the adjournment will give their lawyers the time to fully assess the case, and they have confirmed harry maguire has pleaded not guilty to the charges. the russian opposition leader alexei navalny, who's acutely ill, has arrived for medical treatment in germany. mr navalny, one of president putin's fiercest critics, has been in a coma since drinking a cup of tea which his supporters believe was laced with poison. russian doctors had initally suggested his condition might be the result of low blood sugar. 0ur berlin correspondent, jenny hill, has the details.
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oblivious to the political storm around him, alexei navalny arriving in berlin for treatment. the man who took on vladimir putin is in a coma. he collapsed on thursday during a flight over siberia after drinking what his supporters claim was a poisoned cup of tea. iam sure i am sure that they can treat him and do everything to eliminate may be this toxic agent from his body, i hope that the germans, with a high level of medicine... we have no such opportunities in russia as german doctors have. mr navalny is one of vladimir putin's fiercest critics, an anti—corruption campaigner with powerful enemies. his supporters claim he was poisoned last year but lived to tell the tale. now they believe the russian authorities have tried to silence him again.
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that is something the kremlin denies. it was a german ngo which organised mr navalny‘s transfer to berlin, though it is believed western political intervention finally persuaded russia to let him go. he is a healthy, strong man with a good constitution. the night before the attack, whatever you want to call it, he was swimming in a river, and there is this media we have all seen from the plane where he gets this incredible pain and is screaming. doctors here say it will ta ke screaming. doctors here say it will take time to examine mr it might navalny. not be too late to establish whether he was poisoned and harder still to discover by whom. it's not the first time an opponent of vladimir putin has come to berlin with suspected poisoning. two years ago, a distant was treated in the very same hospital. this could be the latest in what some here say is an increasingly provocative pattern of behaviour. tonight, as a man fights for his
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life, that is putting pressure on is already a tense relationship between russia and the west. cricket, and zak crawley has become one of the youngest players to score a double century for england. the 22—year—old was eventually out for 267 in the third test against pakistan in southampton. helped by an impressive innings of 152 from jos buttler, england have piled on the runs. they are 561—7 in theirfirst innnings. that's it. we're back with the late news at 10pm. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye.
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hello. this is bbc news. let me bring you some breaking news coming in from police in hampshire.
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this is an incident of the cost at marchwood marina in netley at around 10:10am. the police said they and the coast guard marine accident investigation branch are investigating following a collision between a boat and a buoy in marchwood marina. 12 people on board and subsequently ta ken marchwood marina. 12 people on board and subsequently taken to hospital. sadly, one of the passengers, a 15—year—old girl, was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital. the next of kin have been informed and they are being supported by specialist officers from hampshire police. enquiries are ongoing into the circumstances that led to the collision and their asking anyone who may have witnessed it, at marchwood marina in netley at around 10:10am, or perhaps captured some footage, please can they contact the
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police immediately on 101, the nonemergency number and quote 554 and today's date. but don't worry if you can't remember all that, if you we re you can't remember all that, if you were at netley at the marchwood marina this morning and you saw anything that could help police investigating the collision. between a vessel and a buoy. 12 people on board the vessel had to be taken to hospital in one of those passengers, a 15—year—old girl, unfortunately pronounced dead in hospital. and we will bring you more on that as we get it through the course of this evening. let's return to the main story. people living in 0ldham — and parts of blackburn and pendle — will no longer be allowed to mix with anyone from outside their household from this weekend. the extra restrictions are to stem the spread of coronavirus — but workplaces, childcare facilities and businesses, including restaurants and pubs, will remain open. earlier the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham,
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he said there is been criticism of police action to enforce some of these measures, particularly the decision to shut down a children's birthday party on friday evening, but he said the public have to cut the police a little slack because it is achieving the objective. i think we're beginning to see the numbers move which saw a noticeable full in the number of cases this week and we have begun to see falls in other greater manchester boroughs as well. so people will remember we had the restrictions introduced about three weeks ago and i would say we've begun to see that these restrictions are now working, so fingers crossed, shaun, we can see more boroughs released from these measures soon. the one frustration is, in the case of wigan, i am not sure why the government didn'tjust release him immediately, instead they've said next wednesday. i think sometimes the abritrary nature of these conditions confuses people. but, on the whole, we think it was right to these restrictions in and hopefully people can see now that they were put in for a good reason. yeah, we were hearing, over the last 24 hours, we talked to him yesterday,
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he was talking to bbc breakfast this morning, your colleague your colleague was saying that one of the issues was that the kind of central government people needed reassurance that there was going to be sufficient enforcement of the measures. is that something that greater manchester police and the local councillors have responded to that? has that helped? well, you will have seen perhaps in the news that greater manchester police have been enforcing the measures. they're in a bit of a no—win situation because sometimes they get criticised for not doing enough by some people and then when they do enforce the measures they get the criticism back the other way. so it's a really challenging position that front line police officers are in at the moment, but they are enforcing the measures because they are required, people are required to follow these rules, and as i say, we can see the effect of it in the figures and what i continue to say to people is, i know how frustrating it is and we all feel it,
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but it's for a good reason, and that's protecting everybody‘s health and hopefully moving greater manchester back into a safer position. yeah, i mean, in reference to the enforcement, i was just picking up on an article from the manchester evening news on its website this morning, but there has also been this story, which you will have certainly seen doing the rounds on twitter this afternoon, that greater manchester police has been described as raiding a children's birthday party. i'm sure they didn't raid it but they did go along and they did have to tell people to leave. this was, i think, ten past eight last night at a property in swinton because there were more than two households meeting in one place. i mean, it's a really difficult one that, isn't it? they're getting flak on one side, they will get flak on the other if they don't enforce it, as you were saying. what's your sense? is it kind of 0k to go to a household like that when you've got kids there? you know, when the infection rate of children, we are told at least, are less serious than they are with adults. as you have said, shaun, it is a difficult one, isn't it?
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the police are getting criticised both ways. the rules are the rules and as i said before, i know how frustrating it is for people but, say, we'll turn a blind eye there then other people will say, why there and not over here? it's an impossible position that they're in and ijust think people have to give them a bit of a benefit of the doubt here. i'm pretty certain they didn't raid a children's party, i've not had all of the details of that case particularly, they've just got to use theirjudgment. but they are being required not to allow gatherings and that's the law that the government has passed down and the police have to enforce it. so people need to cut them a bit of slack, i think, at the moment, this is for all our best interests that they are doing this and the quicker we get these case numbers now, the more we can get back to some sort of normal life.
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you've worked in central government, you're obviously a former cabinet minister yourself, you're flying the flag for greater manchester from a local government side of things. are you encouraged by what the government had to say, i think, when it put out a statement, was it on thursday afternoon? from matt hancock, saying that in future we are going to try and have more of a dialogue with local authorities, with people like you, as a directly elected mayor, so that they feel they have more input in the decisions and also help to direct exactly where these regulations are introduced, when local lockdowns are necessary? because i guess we're going to see more of this over the coming months. yes, i think that is a welcome, in some ways, change from the government because a lot of these things have been imposed throughout this without consultation. and we've certainly been saying as greater manchester, look, talk to us, we know our communities, we know what will work, and actually don't go straight to lockdown as the first sort of suggestion. as you said, shaun, we've been able to keep businesses open in 0ldham and that is a significant victory for 0ldham council because they were worried about the fragility of the 0ldham economy. so what we've got instead are more targeted measures. again, i know they're
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frustrating for people, but it's much better than going into a lockdown situation where busineses have to go close. and, yes, i would say to the government let's carry on working in that way, across party lines. these restrictions are tough for everybody. i won't be making politics out of them. i hope they won't either. let's agree together what's the right thing to do in all of our different communities. and certainly here in greater manchester, we don't think lockdown is the right way to go, where people's businesses are shut and they're asked to stay in their homes, that's a really difficult place for anybody in a big city region like ours to be in, we don't want to be there. we think we can do other things in advance to stop that from happening. and, actually, the evidence from here, shaun, says that can work because we are bringing those cases numbers down in most of our boroughs now. andy burnham speaking to me earlier. the government has released its latest uk coronavirus
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figures. 18 more people have died with the virus, that will be people tested positive within the last 28 days. bringing the total number of deaths in the uk to 41,423. the government also said that there have been a further 1,288 lab—confirmed cases of coronavirus — bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 324,601. the governor of california has appealed for assistance from canada and australia, as hundreds of wildfires continue to spread. at least 175,000 people have been forced to flee their homes — and six people are known to have died. sophie long reports from los angeles. vast infernos blaze throughout northern california, claiming at least five lives, destroying hundreds of buildings and an area bigger than los angeles.
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copy, we're going in now. satellite images show the smoke cloaking most of california creating the worst air quality on the planet at a time when people are fighting a respiratory pandemic. and yet, this is political. but there are massive fires again in california. maybe we're just going to have to make them pay for it because they don't listen to us. we say, "you got to get rid of the leaves, you got to get rid of the debris, you got to get rid of the fallen trees..." but most of the blazes were sparked by what's being called a trifecta of fire conditions. a freak summer lightning storm, the most intense for more than a decade, collided with a heat wave recording record temperatures, and the resulting flames fanned by high winds. if you are in denial about climate change, come to california. 11,000 dry lightning strikes we had over a 72—hour period leading to this unprecedented challenge. california is no stranger to scenes like this but the ferocity of these fires so early in the season has astonished many of the thousands
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fighting them on the front line. temperatures are expected to ease but the fires are now generating so much heat, they are creating their own winds — pushing them in multiple unpredictable directions, threatening tens of thousands of homes. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. six years ago, the life of the pakistan schoolboy, ahmad nawaz changed forever when his school was targeted by taliban gunmen. the attack left more than 130 children dead. ahmad — then aged 14 — only survived by playing dead. the road to recovery has been long, but ahmad's life is about to change again — he's accepted a place to study at oxford university. bbc asian network's shabnam mahmood reports. that was a horrible day.
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i will never be able to forget the things that happened on that day. december 2014, over 130 children and their teachers died in an attack by the taliban on a school in peshawar, in pakistan. my friends being killed, of course, in front of my eyes, and that's one of the pictures i will never be able to forget. ahmad nawaz, who also lost his younger brother in the massacre, was shot in the arm. it shattered the bone at that time, and i had to go through 11 surgeries. so severe were his injuries, he was flown to a birmingham hospital, which specialises in trauma surgery. i met him shortly after his operation. he explained how he'd played dead to stay alive. i kept quiet and showed myself dead to them, because the blood was so much, and my shirt was fully red and my face also was fully red, so therefore they think he has died. having made the uk his home,
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ahmad is determined to do well. now, he has secured a place at oxford university to study philosophy. ifeel extremely proud having come from such an atrocity that happened a few years ago. i feel this is a success not only for myself but also all the people who were shot in that attack. like his friend, nobel peace prize winner malala yousafzai, who also survived a taliban attack, ahmad is no less ambitious. i would also like to help people through my own organisation which i am setting up to try and empower people to eradicate this problem of extremism from the world. going to oxford university is a dream come true for the teenager who lived through one of the deadliest terror attacks. i think my survival was a miracle in a sense, and now i am just trying my best to make sure that
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i can do something in the second chance that i have been given. shabnam mahmood, bbc news. now continuing a very long tradition indeed. a baby gorilla has been born at bristol zoo. these photographs — taken just hours after the birth on wednesday — show kala — a nine—year—old western lowland gorilla — cradling her newborn. staff said both were "doing well" and that it would be a while before they knew the sex, because they needed "a few looks before they are certain." i guess also mum may not be too keen to let them do a proper examination andi to let them do a proper examination and i am sure she would make her displeasure very well known if they misjudge that one. 0lder viewers may remember the name alfred the gorilla. alfred was in bristol zoo
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from 1930 and apart from a period in the mid—90s there have always been guerrillas. almost a symbol for the zoo. time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. after what has been an unseasonably blustery spell of weather, the winds are gradually easing and will continue to do so through the rest of the weekend. still pretty breezy out there at the moment, some showers around, some slightly longer spells of rain moving out of northern ireland into north—west england, parts of wales. but as we go through tonight, many of the showers will fade, i think some will return later in the night through south—west england, parts of wales and northern ireland. and so a relatively cool, fresh feel, particularly in northern scotland. 9 degrees for stornoway, 15 the overnight low in norwich. and then for tomorrow, a bit like today, we will see some sunny spells, but also some showers, those showers most frequent across northern ireland, southern scotland, northern and eastern parts of england. some could be heavy and possibly thundery. those winds continue to ease, temperatures just 14 degrees in aberdeen, very cool in the north of the uk, 23 the high in london. we look further ahead, monday brings some showers.
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for tuesday, it is likely to turn very wet and very windy. hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: manchester united captain harry maguire pleads not guilty and is released from police custody, following his arrest on the greek island of mykonos. uk tourists who've been on holiday to croatia, austria and trinidad and tobago now have to isolate for 14 days when they get back. being in croatia, there were only a few options, which were to get to slovenia or to get to italy, and neither were possible. after france and now croatia, no holiday can be guaranteed. hundreds of thousands of people in north west england are told not to socialise with anyone outside their household to stem

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