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good morning. welcome to breakfast with chris mason and nina warhurst. our headlines today: don't stand in our way. the warning from nicola sturgeon as the snp win an historic fourth term and look to a second referendum on scottish independence. after a poor set of local election results, labour leader keir starmer faces a backlash after sacking his deputy from key election roles. disruption continues on some of britain's busiest train lines after small cracks are found in some high—speed trains. good morning. manchester city miss the chance to win the league title
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after a dreadful penalty miss from sergio aguero in their defeat to chelsea. good morning. after being so cold for what felt like so long, chilly days and overnight frosts, finally milder weather on the way for the weekend. look out, we are all going to be dodging the showers. more for you coming up. good morning to you. it'sjust good morning to you. it's just gone at six o'clock. it's sunday, the 9th of may. our top story: the prime minister will speak to the snp leader nicola sturgeon by phone today after her party won the scottish parliamentary election by a huge margin, which left them just one seat short of an outright majority at holyrood. ms sturgeon vowed to push ahead with her plans for a second independence referendum after the covid crisis is over and said the westminster government has "no democraticjustification" to block it. our scotland editor sarah smith reports.
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across scotland, victoria's snp candidates are celebrating increasing their vote and winning a remarkable fourth term in government. kaukab stewart became the first woman of colour elected to the first woman of colour elected to the scottish parliament.— the scottish parliament. while they ma be the the scottish parliament. while they may be the first, _ the scottish parliament. while they may be the first, they _ the scottish parliament. while they may be the first, they will- the scottish parliament. while they may be the first, they will not - the scottish parliament. while they may be the first, they will not be i may be the first, they will not be the last. �* . the last. and with a pro-independence l the last. and with a - pro-independence majority in the last. and with a _ pro-independence majority in that pro—independence majority in that parliament, nicholas dough —— nicola sturgeon zas was mr cannot stand anyway another referendum. all of anyway another referendum. all of this risks treating _ anyway another referendum. all of this risks treating voters _ anyway another referendum. all of this risks treating voters in - this risks treating voters in scotland and our entire democratic process as though they simply don't matter, like they are just a sideshow. —— westminster. voters are not a sideshow. sideshow. -- westminster. voters are not a sideshow— not a sideshow. when the tourists held onto aberdeenshire - not a sideshow. when the tourists held onto aberdeenshire west, i not a sideshow. when the tourists | held onto aberdeenshire west, the hopes of an outright majority were extinguished. scott is conservative campaign saying a vote for them would stop another scottish independence referendum —— referendum. independence referendum -- referendum.— independence referendum -- referendum. , �*, ., referendum. they said it's time to move on. referendum. they said it's time to move on- we _ referendum. they said it's time to move on. we need _ referendum. they said it's time to move on. we need to _ referendum. they said it's time to move on. we need to focus - referendum. they said it's time to move on. we need to focus on - referendum. they said it's time to j move on. we need to focus on the issues. that is important for
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people'sjobs, young people's people's jobs, young people's education, people'sjobs, young people's education, or investing after everything they have done to get us through the pandemic. the pro—independence scottish greens increase the six to eight and so the prime minister cannot ignore a result that has delivered a mandate for another referendum. if westminster does refuse to grant the authority for another independence vote in the assembly land to legislate for one here at holyrood anyway and there the prime minister to take them to court if you want to try to establish that the scottish parliament and have a referendum without his permission. none of that will happen soon. the new snp government will prioritise covid and the recovery for the next few months before they try to make any moves to fulfil the manifesto promise to give voters in scotland a choice of whether they want to leave the united kingdom. sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh. our reporter alexandra mackenzie is at holyrood. alexandra, borisjohnson will call nicola sturgeon today. what topics will be on the table?
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what happens next? good morning, chris. that what happens next? good morning, chris- that is _ what happens next? good morning, chris. that is a _ what happens next? good morning, chris. that is a very _ what happens next? good morning, chris. that is a very big _ what happens next? good morning, chris. that is a very big question. i chris. that is a very big question. the next step for borisjohnson, he is planning a summit, including the four nations, nicola sturgeon obviously invited to that. she got the letter last night. first of all, he was congratulating her on that historic fourth term here in the building behind me. then the bulk of the latter, it went on to talk about unity and the broad shoulders of the united kingdom and very much working together stop and he talked about the months and the years ahead. so he was looking quite far ahead. and he was looking quite far ahead. and he talked about the vaccine programme and how successful that was, working together as part of the united kingdom. and then he talked very much about recovering from the covid pandemic and working together in that in terms of rebuilding the economy. now, nicola sturgeon will
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very much agree with that. she has said her priority is to continue to take the country through the pandemic and to start rebuilding the economy. but she said after that date she wants to hold a second independence referendum and she has said, because of the vote, because of the outcome of this election, she has said she has the mandate to do that. . ~ ., ., in england, the conservatives gained control of 12 more councils while labour lost seven, but it did better in the mayoral elections. eight labour mayors kept theirjobs, including london's sadiq khan, and the party took another two mayoral spots from the conservatives. our political correspondent damian grammaticas has the details. sadiq khan... from london this was something to lift labour's uttered spirits. i’d something to lift labour's uttered sirits. �* ., . ., spirits. i'd therefore declare seddique — spirits. i'd therefore declare seddique demand _ spirits. i'd therefore declare seddique demand khan - spirits. i'd therefore declare . seddique demand khan elected spirits. i'd therefore declare - seddique demand khan elected as the mayor of london.—
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mayor of london. applause. 5596 of the vote vote _ mayor of london. applause. 55% of the vote vote and _ mayor of london. applause. 55% of the vote vote and a _ mayor of london. applause. 55% of the vote vote and a second - mayor of london. applause. 55% of the vote vote and a second term - mayor of london. applause. 55% of the vote vote and a second term as. the vote vote and a second term as mayor. labour holding the capital on the heels of conservative wins in former labour heartlands. the results of _ former labour heartlands. the results of the _ former labour heartlands. tue: results of the elections former labour heartlands. tte: results of the elections around former labour heartlands. tt2 results of the elections around the uk show that our country, and even our city, remain deeply divided. the scars of brexit are yet to heal. a crude culture war is pushing us further apart. there is a growing gap between our cities and towns. economic inequality is getting worse. ., . ., ., economic inequality is getting worse. ., ., ~ , worse. therefore declare that andy burnham is — worse. therefore declare that andy burnham is duly _ worse. therefore declare that andy burnham is duly elected _ worse. therefore declare that andy burnham is duly elected as - worse. therefore declare that andy burnham is duly elected as the - worse. therefore declare that andy i burnham is duly elected as the mayor of the _ burnham is duly elected as the mayor of the greater manchester authority. greater _ of the greater manchester authority. greater manchester was one of seven more memo's offices so far retained by labour. cambridgeshire and peterborough too. in the west
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midlands labour's challenge. conservative dues were echoed across england's councils. conservatives have seized control of a dozen local authorities, taking southhampton from labour and has lost control of durham for over 100 years. more than 200 seats gained by conservatives, many in labour's strongholds. there is a lot of work _ many in labour's strongholds. there is a lot of work now _ many in labour's strongholds. there is a lot of work now to _ many in labour's strongholds. there is a lot of work now to do _ many in labour's strongholds. there is a lot of work now to do to - many in labour's strongholds. there is a lot of work now to do to finish i is a lot of work now to do to finish thejob with covid is a lot of work now to do to finish the job with covid and that is by no means over, get the remaining 80 million people in the country who haven't been vaccinated to be jabbed. we have got to deal with the challenges, the backlog in the nhs created as a result of the pandemic, the lost hours of children's�* education and we have got to make good to level up on all parts of the country. good to level up on all parts of the count . ., ., ,., , good to level up on all parts of the count . ., ., , ~ ., country. from the labour side angela ra ner, country. from the labour side angela rayner. elected _ country. from the labour side angela rayner. elected by — country. from the labour side angela rayner, elected by party _ country. from the labour side angela rayner, elected by party members, l rayner, elected by party members, has been stripped by sir keir starmer of responsibility for running campaigns. the story of
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these elections, conservative advances that have left labour questioning what its path forward should be. damian grammaticas, bbc news. two of the uk's busiest rail operators are warning passengers not to travel today because of disruption caused by the discovery of cracks in some high—speed trains. the issue is affecting great western and london north—eastern services — between london and penzance, bristol, cardiff, york, newcastle, and edinburgh. 0ur reporter sean dilley is at king's cross. sean, what's the problem and how long will it last? well, according to the rail industry and the company, certainly great western railway, comes into paddington through penzance and cardiff and swansea, they are saying disruption could last for some time, certainly both they and london north—east railways, to anybody coming in from aberdeen, edinburgh,
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newcastle, york into london, they are being advised possible to not travel today. they will give you an example of what a mean. there are some trains that appear to be running for .5 hours, if able to leave london and go to edinburgh, if however if they wanted to get the 7:04 i would have to change three times and it would take me about six a half hours. the advice from rail operators is if you possibly can avoid travelling today do avoid travelling today. i will stepped slightly out of shot. as you can see, it is early in the morning everyone is aware of essential journeys only, but it's pretty much much quieter than ordinarily kings cross would be at the morning. the advice from the rail operators is please, please check if you are using any of these services and the rail minister certainly shows frustration that these two major arterial railway roads from scotland right the way down to london and in the other direction from the south—west and from wales into london are disrupted. so if you can avoid it the advice is please do.
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the latest at kings cross. many thanks. it is eerily quiet there. we will check in later in the programme. detectives are continuing to question a man in his 20s over the murder ofjulia james, the police community support officer who was attacked while walking her dog in kent 12 days ago. 0ur reporter simon jones is in aylsham. simon, the police are still appealing for information, aren't they? yes, the murder investigation continues. we know that officers arrested a man in his 20s from the local area. that was on friday evening at around 9:30pm. as far as we are aware he is still in police custody this morning, though we are yet to have an update from officers. we are hoping for one late on this morning. also a property near here, about a mile from where we are at the moment, has been searched. we don't know whose property it is that we saw forensic officers coming and going throughout the day. they
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removed some items. police confirmed this searches in relation to the murder investigation. julia james was killed on tuesday 27 april. she had been working from home that day, taking her dog for a walk, when she was attacked. this has prompted a huge police operation, officers are also getting support from forces outside the area. the national crime agency are offering expertise, also those from other areas who have been searching the rural locations. also they are taking part in what has been this major police operation. now, ultimately, though, the man who has been arrested, we understand, still is in custody so we are waiting for further details on that.— is in custody so we are waiting for further details on that. thank you, simon. further details on that. thank you, simon- simon _ further details on that. thank you, simon. simon jones _ further details on that. thank you, simon. simon jones there. - the queen's cousin prince michael of kent has been secretly filmed talking about taking large sums of money for access to russian decision makers. the footage was recorded by undercover reporters from the sunday times and channel four�*s dispatches
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programme, who were posing as business—people seeking access to kremlin officials. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. he is his royal highness prince michael of kent, a first cousin of the queen. he is not a full—time working royal and does not receive any funding from the public purse. prince michael does, however, have long—standing cultural and other links with russia and it was supposedly to take advantage of those links... this supposedly to take advantage of those links...— supposedly to take advantage of those links... ~ , ., , those links... as a royal member... that two people _ those links... as a royal member... that two people representing -- i that two people representing —— posing as representatives of the south korean company dealing in golf —— gold setup a meeting with the prince. in reality they were reporters with the sunday times and channel 4. they hope in the prince could open doors for them in the kremlin. the file offered was a generous one.— kremlin. the file offered was a generous one. how about the fee, 200,000 generous one. how about the fee,
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200.000 us _ generous one. how about the fee, 200,000 us dollars _ generous one. how about the fee, 200,000 us dollars that - generous one. how about the fee, 200,000 us dollars that we - generous one. how about the fee, | 200,000 us dollars that we offer, was that acceptable? in a statement, prince michael's officer said he hadn't met president putin since 2003. his representative, the statement said, had made suggestions that prince michael would not have been able to fulfil stop buckingham palace declined to comment. nicholas witchell, bbc news. this is a story we were looking out last night wondering if it would happen by the time we came on air. and it has. debris from a chinese rocket — that had been hurtling back towards earth at 18,000 miles
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per hour — has reportedly crashed into the indian ocean. the faint spot you can see here is the so—called "space junk" passing over the us state of iowa last night. there were fears the debris would land in the us, which criticised china for letting it fall out of orbit. however, chinese state media says it has now landed harmlessly near the maldives. that was one of those stories that in my head i was visualising a hollywood style moment and it's just a little... did hollywood style moment and it's 'ust a little... , i. hollywood style moment and it's 'ust alittle... , ., _ a little... did you nervously look as ou a little... did you nervously look as you came _ a little... did you nervously look as you came out _ a little... did you nervously look as you came out the _ a little... did you nervously look as you came out the car- a little... did you nervously look as you came out the car park - a little... did you nervously look| as you came out the car park and walked into work this morning, inking... t walked into work this morning, inkin: . .. ., ., inking... i did not. later in the programme — inking... i did not. later in the programme we _ inking... i did not. later in the programme we have _ inking... i did not. later in the programme we have the - inking... i did not. later in the programme we have the man | inking... i did not. later in the - programme we have the man whose job it is to protect alice skye from falling bits and bobs. think that the technical term.— falling bits and bobs. think that the technical term. yes. what a 'ob. what ou the technical term. yes. what a “oh. what you do? — the technical term. yes. what a “oh. what you do? we i the technical term. yes. what a 'ob. what you do? we learn i the technical term. yes. what a 'ob. what you do? we learn a i the technical term. yes. what a 'ob. what you do? we learn a lot. h what you do? we learn a lot. certainly on this so far. 0r what you do? we learn a lot. certainly on this so far. or i do. we will find out a little after eight o'clock about catching bits and bobs... eight o'clock about catching bits and bobs- - -_ eight o'clock about catching bits andbobs... ._ , and bobs... catching bits and bobs with a net- — and bobs... catching bits and bobs with a net. you _ and bobs... catching bits and bobs with a net. you will _
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and bobs... catching bits and bobs with a net. you will find _ and bobs... catching bits and bobs with a net. you will find out - and bobs... catching bits and bobs with a net. you will find out about| with a net. you will find out about that. let's take a look at some of today's front pages. the mail on sunday leads on reports the prime minister has urged snp leader nicola sturgeon to "unite as team uk" after her party narrowly missed gaining a majority at holyrood in the scottish elections. the sunday national, which is a pro—independence paper for scotland, reports on those holyrood election results. it says "the people have spoken". the scotland on sunday paper hails nicola sturgeon�*s victory in the elections as historic after her party secured a record share of the vote. away from elections, and the mirror reports that a typical family of four could end up paying £960 on covid tests to go abroad — more than some holidays cost.
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£1200 test for a family of fired. a trip to portugal. the trip is costing £3500 anyway but they have just decided to go for it. too much homeschooling. they said it is worth every penny. t homeschooling. they said it is worth every penny-— every penny. i think i would be preferring _ every penny. i think i would be preferring to — every penny. i think i would be preferring to go _ every penny. i think i would be preferring to go to _ every penny. i think i would be preferring to go to the - every penny. i think i would be preferring to go to the lake - every penny. i think i would be - preferring to go to the lake street. —— lake district. here's susan with a look at the weather. it is going to be quite soggy for a lot of us, chris, don't tempt fate. it is going to be a lot milder. weather watcher is a keen this morning and up morning and —— up early. weather watcher is a keen this morning and —— up early. a beautiful sunrise. through the week ahead, as promised, milder, but also showery. some of the showers are going to be
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quite punchy as well. to thank for our change in the weather, this big old feature here, an area of low pressure. see one of those on the chart, parforthe pressure. see one of those on the chart, par for the course, pressure. see one of those on the chart, parfor the course, there is some rain around and it will be quite breezy as well. but to the east of the uk, we have pulled in some very warm air from across the continent, hence the mild night, and it will turn out to be quite warm here through this afternoon. elsewhere, you can see the yellow colour on the chart and we have all moved into milder airfor sunday. moved into milder air for sunday. across moved into milder airfor sunday. across the south of england, sharper showers clipping into southern counties. they should clear. england and wales dry for much of the day and wales dry for much of the day and we are anticipating some showers pushing up through the afternoon. scotland and northern ireland, closer to the centre of the area of low pressure, though, will have gusty winds, perhaps gusting up to 40 mph. more showers here, more cloud and perhaps even more persistent raid over northern scotland —— persistent rain. temperatures in the mid— teens the
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north, perhaps up to 21 somewhere in east anglia if the sun comes out. income those showers from the south. the southern but particularly eastern counties of england as we go into the small hours of monday, perhaps some heavy rain around here for a time. the showers towards the west more isolated. but, we have green and yellow on our overnight chart. no frost as we move into the start of the new week. that has been something we have been dodging a lot in the last week or so. there is monday. we still have a weather front to the east of the uk and that could push some heavy rain into the east of scotland for a while but overall it is the low driving thing so it stays pretty breezy and it will be showery as well. for the course of the day, heavy down paul's. you could even hear some rumbles of thunder here. more showers to come through the week of —— the week ahead as well. just
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-- the week ahead as well. just talkin: -- the week ahead as well. just talking about _ —— the week ahead as well. tut talking about space junk, it is actually called the clock that will grab its and bob �*s out of space. 50 grab its and bob 's out of space. so the net wasn't as ridiculous an idea. —— —— bits and bobs. speaking of high—tech... time for the latest technology news now — on this week's click. hey, welcome to click. this week we're going to talk about locking stuff up and keeping stuff safe, which is why lara currently has a safe on her lap. well, it's a safe with a bit of a difference. you know when you're at the dining table and it feels like everybody has a reason that they have to do something on their phone there and then?
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laughs, yeah, yeah, yeah. well, this aims to overcome that. it's somewhere to lock away your devices so that you can have some good quality family time. laughs, right! so does it have a key, a combination, or is it on a timer, what? 0k, well, that is the problem. because there are timer options, you can set it for an hour, overnight, for 24 hours, but there's also a passcode to be able to open it in an emergency, so whoever knows the passcode needs to also be the person with the willpower not to open it. right. plus, it's not exactly the sturdiest of devices, so if you got really desperate... well, you're the boss of the safe in your house, yeah? 0bviously. ok, so that's locking up your phone, now we're going to talk about something even bigger to lock up — your bike, which no matter how good your bike lock is, runs the risk of being damaged or vandalised or having bits nicked off of it. well, tom brada has been looking at the latest tech aiming to keep your cycle secure. over the past year, there has
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been a cycling boom, with shops struggling to keep up with the sheer scale of demand. but at the same time, there has been a steady flow of bike crime. last year, there were more than 80,000 incidents of bike theft, and many, many thousands more going unreported. like many people living in a big city, i often leave my poor bike left locked up outside, fending for itself. and unfortunately, over the last 12 months, it's received a lot of unwanted attention. all looks normal except, oh, where are the handlebars? there's the brake cable snipped. so, my personal woes got me thinking — what pieces of tech are out there to help keep my bike safe? first up, you have the motion sensor alarm system. this is the kinoee, and it's a fairly simple device. you attach it to your saddle post using cable ties,
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then set the alarm using a handy remote control. device beeps. and then if somebody decides to move the bike, this starts going off over 100 decibels. if you decide to move the bike once... alarm blares. ..then it gives off a single warning shriek. if you move the bike again within ten seconds, then it goes off blaring for around a minute. siren wails. right. and if you decide to keep on moving the bike, well, it simply keeps on going off. and then, you simply want to run away with it? we're gonna run away with it! it's not worth it! at 20 quid, i'd say that's a pretty effective deterrent. 0n the flipside, the batteries — they're not rechargeable so you do have to replace them every few months, and if a criminal really wants to, and they do work out a source of the noise,
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they could disable it with a bit of brute force. it probably isn't very good idea. alarm beeps. that's one. siren wails. got it! and that, is how it's done. next up, we have the skunk lock, and from its name, you can probably guess what it has in store for me. its creators claim it is the only bike lock in the world which will literally fight back. so inside the carbon steel frame is a hollow chamber, and inside of that is a pressurised gas. according to the creators, if you cut about 30% of the way inside, the gas should spray out and the sheer stench alone should be enough to send any criminals running. so, let's put that to the test. saw buzzes. that smells pretty disgusting.
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it does absolutely stink. coughs. i'm not sure whether that would send me running, but i think i am changing my mind every second. the problem with the lock is, any part of your bike that isn't still locked up, you know, like if the front wheel wasn't locked up as well, then that's not going to be kept safe by that lock. and, coughs, the gas isn't refillable, so once you've cut through that one time, you're going to need to get yourself a complete another lock. um, yeah. finally we have a piece of kit which combines some of the tech we've already seen. this is the vanmoof s3. first of all, the lock is built into the bike itself. you'll spot a little silver button here... give a kick, and the bike immobilises, and the internal alarms are activated. so a little bit like the kinoee, if you move
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the bike, it should give you... alarm beeps. ..a rather loud warning. and, like the kinoee, the more you mess with it, the louder the warning gets until, eventually, this goes into a theft mode, and that's where things get really interesting because they provide a peace of mind service. peace of mind service is, if your bike should get stolen and we can't find it in two weeks of getting stolen, you will get a new bicycle provided by vanmoof. after trying out all this tech, i wanted to find out what the professionals think. i love technology, and anything that i think will help us stop crime is music to my ears. a lot of companies come to us saying, "oh, we've got this latest product," so we run a bit of an innovation panel so what we will do is look at it, we will provide a bit of advice as to whether it's a viable product — and i invest in some of this stuff myself — but you know what?
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the best crime prevention is i don't lock my bike up, i take it home with me every day. each of these devices have their pros and their cons, and there are plenty more clever pieces of kit out there. sadly, you can never 100% guarantee the safety of your bike, but investing in a piece of tech can provide an extra layer of security and give you a little bit more peace of mind. that was tom brada smashing and angle grinding stuff! brilliant! that's a way to work out your lockdown frustration, isn't it! so, as tom said, bike shops have been doing pretty well over the last year, but in general, it's been a terrible time for the high street. so lara has been out and about this week to find out whether this could be just the moment to put some cutting—edge retail tech to the test. for some time now, retailers have been trying to combine the online experience with the physical one, to create something that people actually want to use. and here in this concept store called cornershop, a few ideas are being
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put to the test. a bluetooth beacon recognises that you've arrived via your smartphone, which effectively then become your remote control for the store. now i come to the grocery counter where i could have preselected what i wanted in the app and then it will just work as a click and collect, but if i want to have a browse, see what i might fancy, then i can do that on these screens or by using the app. on a small shelf like this, the benefit isn't going to be huge. but when this shoreditch store opens next month, it's set to become a place to experiment with lots of different retail technologies, without the risk of
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upsetting current customers or the other limitations that regular stores have. this actually works by the app knowing your location, that's through a mix of bluetooth beacons and also lidar sensors have been used to create a digital twin of the store, so putting together those two bits of information, the phone will know exactly what you're looking at and whether you might want it or not. we've got a lot of computer learning models going on, so as people engage in the stores and we learn their preferences and their behaviours, we're able to vary what they experience when they come to different touch points, so we don't just use simplistic 'just because you bought x you suddenly get y' — we take in the different combinations of signals that we get. central to the experience here is the use of data. this can provide a shopping trip starting online and continuing here, or vice—versa. but the aim is for transparency, for the customer to understand the information that they're giving and what they're going to get back in return. when customers on—board into the store, it's a very open dialogue that we have with them. you share x, you share your location and we'll do this for you, we'll seamlessly recognise you when you come in the store. but move these ideas
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out of a concept store and into a regular one and not everyone may feel so comfortable. is the customer doesn't - understand what the technology is doing, and doesn't trust what it's doing i in the background, they may be afraid to engage with it - and interact with it. so retailers need toi be really clear about why the technology is there and how it's being used. i and now onto the clothes shopping bit. here, the system is using digi.me so that you can virtually try on clothes. if i'd like to try this on, i scan the qr code, the app will already have a virtual me stored in it, so it means i should be able to try this on me, there i am! my neck is looking very long, but i'm wearing the top. but what's different about this experience is, i'm also getting to feel the fabric, i can actually see what the clothes are like in the flesh, and do that, although it might be easier to just go to a fitting room? i don't think that
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suits me, really... anyway, it was fun to try. this isn't about the ideas or the technology being perfect, though. its purpose is to learn what customers might want, or not want, from the shops of the future. did you buy the rugby shirt in the end? just curious? no, it's not very me. i thought you'd say that. anyway, that's it for the shortcut of click for this week, the full—length version is waiting for you right now on iplayer. and as ever you can keep up with the team on social media — find us on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter @bbc click. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon. bye— bye.
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hello. this is breakfast with chris mason and nina warhurst. as we've been hearing, the snp fell one seat short of an outright majority in holyrood. but the scottish green party, which also supports a second independence referendum, won a record eight seats. so how might the two parties work together? the scottish greens' co—leader, lorna slater, joins us from edinburgh. good morning to you, lorna, and congratulations on your party's performance. so what happens next and how soon do you want another independence referendum? iloathed independence referendum? what ha--ens independence referendum? what happens next _ independence referendum? what happens next is _ independence referendum? what happens next is those _ independence referendum? twat happens next is those who are independence referendum? “tr"ngt happens next is those who are new to parliament on monday morning show up looking a bit lost and we get into it and we start getting our team
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together and learning our newjobs. in our manifesto we called for an independence referendum in this parliamentary term. i think we all agree you need to get the pandemic under control and we need to make sure it's safe before we start campaigning before, during an independence referendum. now is the time to have a national conversation about what kind of country we want scotland to be. certainly the election this week we had a record turnout in scotland. two parties gained seats while all the unionist parties lost seats. think that's absolutely a clear mandate for us to go ahead and start having a conversation about what kind of country we want to be.- country we want to be. clearly that. is going to be the central argument. is there a mandate and is it justified you have another referendum so soon after the last one. they take your point there, you were talking about the vote. equally, if we look at share of the vote for the pro—independence parties and the two ballots, on the constituency boat 49%, on the list
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vote 50.1. it is in the balance, isn“t vote 50.1. it is in the balance, isn't it, and on those numbers it is slightly less than half the population. slightly less than half the population-— slightly less than half the --oulation. ~ . ., ., ., population. what we are wanting to do is ask the _ population. what we are wanting to do is ask the question, _ population. what we are wanting to do is ask the question, we - population. what we are wanting to do is ask the question, we want - population. what we are wanting to do is ask the question, we want to l do is ask the question, we want to go to the scottish people and say what kind of scotland would you like to build ausmat let“s what kind of scotland would you like to build ausmat let's have a citizens assembly, let“s to build ausmat let's have a citizens assembly, let's put together a national vision of what we want scotland to be and then go to the people is this is what is what is on the table, let“s learn from the disaster brexit, actual everybody knows exactly what they are voting for. everybody knows exactly what they are voting for-— are voting for. let's talk specifics and company _ are voting for. let's talk specifics and company nuts _ are voting for. let's talk specifics and company nuts and _ are voting for. let's talk specifics and company nuts and bolts - are voting for. let's talk specifics and company nuts and bolts of i are voting for. let's talk specifics i and company nuts and bolts of this, borisjohnson, as we know, is likely to say no to another independence referendum. so what then? would you back the snp if they were to go down this route, for instance, challenge thing this in the courts?— this route, for instance, challenge thing this in the courts? you've got that the wrong _ thing this in the courts? you've got that the wrong way _ thing this in the courts? you've got that the wrong way round. - thing this in the courts? you've got that the wrong way round. what i thing this in the courts? you've got| that the wrong way round. what the snp are proposing to do is put legislation through holyrood around a referendum and that it would be up to borisjohnson to decide if he
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wanted to challenge that in the courts. " ., , ., wanted to challenge that in the courts. " . , ., , ., ., courts. and that is a line you would be willin: courts. and that is a line you would be willing to _ courts. and that is a line you would be willing to go _ courts. and that is a line you would be willing to go along _ courts. and that is a line you would be willing to go along with - be willing to go along with pursuing?— be willing to go along with .rursuin? ., ,.,, ., .y pursuing? that is obviously something _ pursuing? that is obviously something for _ pursuing? that is obviously something for the - pursuing? that is obviously something for the snp - pursuing? that is obviously something for the snp to l pursuing? that is obviously - something for the snp to propose to parliament is the largest party and thenit parliament is the largest party and then it would be up to borisjohnson to decide whether he was going to take it to court, certainly as a pro—independence party we would support, you know, discussions around this. nothing has been put in front of parliament yet, parliament hasn“t front of parliament yet, parliament hasn't even sat yet.— front of parliament yet, parliament hasn't even sat yet. they appreciate a “um - in: hasn't even sat yet. they appreciate a jumping one _ hasn't even sat yet. they appreciate a jumping one or — hasn't even sat yet. they appreciate a jumping one or two _ hasn't even sat yet. they appreciate a jumping one or two hurdles - hasn't even sat yet. they appreciate a jumping one or two hurdles downl a jumping one or two hurdles down the road here. that is where it will go. let's lead, if i may, another further hurdle down the way. let's imagine there is some sort of court case and it doesn't find in your favour, then what, would you back a wildcat referendum, going ahead with the referenda without sanction from westminster? you the referenda without sanction from westminster?— westminster? you are definitely “uminu westminster? you are definitely jumping several _ westminster? you are definitely
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jumping several stages - westminster? you are definitely jumping several stages ahead i westminster? you are definitely - jumping several stages ahead there. theink jumping several stages ahead there. the ink isn“t jumping several stages ahead there. the ink isn't even dry yet on our... what is your instinct? irate the ink isn't even dry yet on our... what is your instinct?— what is your instinct? we have alwa s what is your instinct? we have always said — what is your instinct? we have always said we _ what is your instinct? we have always said we need _ what is your instinct? we have always said we need to - what is your instinct? we have always said we need to have i what is your instinct? we have always said we need to have a | what is your instinct? we have - always said we need to have a legal basis for a referendum. we need scotland to be recognised on the international stage so we have to go through the correct processes. i think it is really, we borisjohnson to decide what kind of country are we? are we actually a democracy or not? i know he doesn't have much respect for democracy given he illegally paroled parliament to shove his brexit l through, but we have to look at the kind of country we are. is this a union of sent or is it not? —— bill. we have a clear democratic mandate was the question. honestly, identity borisjohnson wants to ask the question because he knows he will lose and i don't think he has the courage of his convictions. i think the unionist parties don“t convictions. i think the unionist parties don't have anything to say about the union and they are afraid to campaignfor about the union and they are afraid to campaign for its bite thank you, it is nice to talk to you. enjoy your sunday. irate it is nice to talk to you. en'oy your sunday-d it is nice to talk to you. en'oy oursunda .~ .. your sunday. we appreciate your time. we will— your sunday. we appreciate your
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time. we will hear from - time. we will hearfrom the snp in about half—an—hour. time. we will hear from the snp in about half-an-hour._ about half-an-hour. fascinating to see how that _ about half-an-hour. fascinating to see how that plays _ about half-an-hour. fascinating to see how that plays out. _ about half-an-hour. fascinating to see how that plays out. let - about half-an-hour. fascinating to see how that plays out. let us - checkin check in with jane at the day's sport. reflecting on yesterday. so close again. sport. reflecting on yesterday. so close again-— close again. exactly. manchester ci had close again. exactly. manchester city had the _ close again. exactly. manchester city had the chance _ close again. exactly. manchester city had the chance to _ close again. exactly. manchester city had the chance to clinch - close again. exactly. manchester city had the chance to clinch the| city had the chance to clinch the premier league title, had they beat in chelsea. and this man, head and hands, could not believe it, sergio aguero missed the penalty that could sergio aguero has apologised to his teammates and fans for his penalty miss yesterday as manchester city blew their latest chance to win the premier league title, losing 2—1 at home to chelsea. stuart pollitt reports. in three weeks we will sign these two sides will fight to be kings of europe. this game was all about manchester city“s possible premier league coronation. just before halftime and look like the crown would be confirmed thanks to raheem sterling“s effort. would be confirmed thanks to raheem sterling's effort-— sterling's effort. sliding into steel the goal. _ sterling's effort. sliding into steel the goal. but - sterling's effort. sliding into steel the goal. but what - sterling's effort. sliding into - steel the goal. but what followed was anything _
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was anything but a selling effort. sergio aguero tried to be cheeky with a penalty. if it came density when you certain champions. instead he ended up looking a bit of a chomp. aguero later apologised for the error in a postmatch tweet saying... chelsea, needing the points are a top four finish, could suddenly see a way back, and —— hackham just could see a goal inside the post. tt is beautifully inside the corner. thenin is beautifully inside the corner. then in injury tye marcos alonso stole into steel the when, which takes the blues third in the table. chelsea have won the game! for the hosts it is still _ chelsea have won the game! for the hosts it is still a _ chelsea have won the game! for the hosts it is still a case _ chelsea have won the game! for the hosts it is still a case surely - chelsea have won the game! for the hosts it is still a case surely of- hosts it is still a case surely of when, not if they win the league. stuart pollitt, bbc news. liverpool managerjurgen klopp says it'll be "difficult, but not impossible" to secure a top 4 spot after a 2—0 win at home to southampton. thiago“s first goal for the club wrapped up the victory in injury time. liverpool are six points behind fourth placed leicester with a game in hand.
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liverpool are now ahead of tottenham in the table after spurs lost 3—1 at leeds. patrick bamford among the scorers — he“s hoping for an england call up in time for the summer's euros. elsewhere, crystal palace won 2—0 against already relegated sheffield united. hibernian are through to the scottish cup final after beating dundee united. christian doidge scored the second goal in a 2—0 win for the edinburgh side, who last won the cup in 2016. they“ll face either st mirren or stjohnstone who play later today. britain's billyjoe saunders has been beaten by canelo alvarez in the last couple of hours, with the mexican“s victory unifying the super—middleweight division. the fight was held in front of 73,000 fans in texas, the largest ever crowd for an indoor boxing event in america. saunders had been growing into, what was a close contest, before a brutal punch from alvarez in the eighth round resulted in saunders“ corner calling an end to the fight before round nine could start.
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two formula one now. lewis hamilton will be on pole position for the 100th time for today's spanish grand prix. the seven—time world champion edged out max verstappen in qualifying at barcelona to reach the milestone. a win today would also move hamilton to a record extending 98 race victories. he is top of the drivers standings as well with max verstappen just behind him on eight points behind. that is your spot.— it's been a cold and wet weekend, which means plenty of us will be looking at that government list of green countries we can visit, from england, after may 17th, without the need to quarantine on return. but it's notjust sun—seekers who are desperate to get away. many people will be looking forward to long—awaited family reunions.
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one of them is clara ferreira, who is originally from portugal but now lives in coventry. we can say hello to her now. good morning. first of all, how long has it been since you have seen the family and how long have you got to wait now? ,., ., ., ., , wait now? good morning. it has been a year and five months since i have i a year and five months since i have see my family for the last time. last time i went back was christmas 2019. so why haven't seen them since. ~ ., , ., 2019. so why haven't seen them since. ~ ., i. i. since. when have you booked your flioht since. when have you booked your fli . ht to since. when have you booked your flight to go — since. when have you booked your flight to go see — since. when have you booked your flight to go see them? _ since. when have you booked your flight to go see them? i _ since. when have you booked your flight to go see them? i booked i since. when have you booked your| flight to go see them? i booked my fliuhts flight to go see them? i booked my flights yesterday. _ flight to go see them? i booked my flights yesterday. so _ flight to go see them? i booked my flights yesterday. so a _ flight to go see them? i booked my flights yesterday. so a managed i flight to go see them? i booked my flights yesterday. so a managed to| flights yesterday. so a managed to book some annual leave from work yesterday so i will be back at the end of this month.— yesterday so i will be back at the end of this month. now, your family is near porto- _ end of this month. now, your family is near porto. i _ end of this month. now, your family is near porto. i remember— end of this month. now, your family is near porto. i remember booking l end of this month. now, your family is near porto. i remember booking a flight there a few years ago for £35. tell me how much your flight cost you yesterday. t £35. tell me how much your flight cost you yesterday.— cost you yesterday. i think you total i cost you yesterday. i think you total i will _ cost you yesterday. i think you total i will pay _ cost you yesterday. i think you total i will pay around - cost you yesterday. i think you
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total i will pay around £400. l cost you yesterday. i think you - total i will pay around £400. £200 for the flights and then all the costs for the covid test so will have to do, because they do have to take a test before a go and then on day two. 50 take a test before a go and then on da two. , , ., ., day two. so the test before you go, that has been _ day two. so the test before you go, that has been stipulated _ day two. so the test before you go, that has been stipulated by - day two. so the test before you go, | that has been stipulated by portugal before you arrive there? he: that has been stipulated by portugal before you arrive there?— before you arrive there? as well, but also england _ before you arrive there? as well, but also england requires - before you arrive there? as well, but also england requires us - before you arrive there? as well, but also england requires us to i before you arrive there? as well, i but also england requires us to take a pcr covid test, which obviously needs to be negative in order to show the flight people so we can fly back. , ., , , show the flight people so we can fly back. , ., _,, show the flight people so we can fly back. , ., _ , show the flight people so we can fly back. , ., .y , ., back. obviously you feel it is worth it. what back. obviously you feel it is worth it- what was _ back. obviously you feel it is worth it. what was your _ back. obviously you feel it is worth it. what was your feeling _ back. obviously you feel it is worth it. what was your feeling when - back. obviously you feel it is worth it. what was your feeling when you first heard that portugal was on the green list lizzie lowe i was expecting it for a few weeks. initially they said the list would be released on 1 may. but then they didn't release it on that day. so we didn“t release it on that day. so we were expecting a full height a long time. i was keeping my eye on it. they were so happy. tell us who is there, you are hoping to see. mr;
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there, you are hoping to see. my mum, there, you are hoping to see. my mum. my _ there, you are hoping to see. t“! mum, my sister, my there, you are hoping to see. t!1 mum, my sister, my grandparents, there, you are hoping to see. t“!1 mum, my sister, my grandparents, i really have missed them all. loads of things have happened during this year. as much as they tried to keep up—to—date with everything through zoo or calls it is not exactly the same thing —— zoom. zoo or calls it is not exactly the same thing -- zoom. particularly, clara, i same thing -- zoom. particularly, clara. i would _ same thing -- zoom. particularly, clara, i would hath _ same thing -- zoom. particularly, clara, i would hath all— same thing -- zoom. particularly, clara, i would hath all last- same thing -- zoom. particularly, clara, i would hath all last year. same thing -- zoom. particularly, clara, i would hath all last year it| clara, i would hath all last year it was very inconsistent, the advice and the changes and the list of nations, at one point portugal was one of the first countries you couldn't travel to and that it kept couldn“t travel to and that it kept on changing. emotionally that must have been so taxing. tt on changing. emotionally that must have been so taxing.— have been so taxing. it was. it was really difficult. _ have been so taxing. it was. it was really difficult. because _ have been so taxing. it was. it was really difficult. because we - have been so taxing. it was. it was really difficult. because we didn't l really difficult. because we didn't know if we would go when we would come back, if we would have to pointing. most of us said we would never go. because we can't afford to have two weeks off work. so we ended up have two weeks off work. so we ended up just postponing until now, have two weeks off work. so we ended upjust postponing until now, until we are sure it will be fine. so, yes, loads of things happening and
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i'm just really looking forward to going back and hugging everyone. rhshd going back and hugging everyone. and our going back and hugging everyone. and your grandparents have been vaccinated so you feel it is safe to do so. this is something i always are someone going back to their home country. what is the first snack you will seek out that you have missed in england? mr; will seek out that you have missed in england?— go i will seek out that you have missed i in england?— go on, in england? my mum's food. go on, what did she — in england? my mum's food. go on, what did she make? _ in england? my mum's food. go on, what did she make? i— in england? my mum's food. go on, what did she make? i really - in england? my mum's food. go on, what did she make? i really love - in england? my mum's food. go on, | what did she make? i really love the fresh vegetables _ what did she make? i really love the fresh vegetables that _ what did she make? i really love the fresh vegetables that you _ what did she make? i really love the fresh vegetables that you can - what did she make? i really love the fresh vegetables that you can find i fresh vegetables that you can find in portugal. just any kind. i“d fresh vegetables that you can find in portugal. just any kind. i'd love that. " , . ., , ., , that. and this delicious portuguese astries that. and this delicious portuguese pastries they _ that. and this delicious portuguese pastries they have _ that. and this delicious portuguese pastries they have a _ that. and this delicious portuguese pastries they have a breakfast. - that. and this delicious portuguese pastries they have a breakfast. i i pastries they have a breakfast. i won't be long after you, if i for the flights for 500 quid. you deserve it. thank you so much, klara. ., ., deserve it. thank you so much, klara. . «r i. deserve it. thank you so much, klara. . «r ., ., deserve it. thank you so much, klara. . ., ., klara. thank you, have a good day -- clara. as klara. thank you, have a good day -- clara- as we — klara. thank you, have a good day -- clara. as we allow _ klara. thank you, have a good day -- clara. as we allow nina's _ klara. thank you, have a good day -- clara. as we allow nina's mind - klara. thank you, have a good day -- clara. as we allow nina's mind to - clara. as we allow nina's mind to wander about _ clara. as we allow nina's mind to wander about portuguese - clara. as we allow nina's mind to j wander about portuguese dishes, clara. as we allow nina's mind to l wander about portuguese dishes, it is explore the issue further. there's only a handful of destinations on the "green" list and several million people who'd like to visit them. let's explore how that might work with the travel journalist simon calder, who is
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at gatwick airport. good morning to you, simon. that is the challenge that the list is fairly limited. the demand is perhaps unlimited, so the scramble for flights and hotels will be quite something. tt for flights and hotels will be quite somethina. , ._ something. it is. on friday afternoon _ something. it is. on friday afternoon that _ something. it is. on friday afternoon that british - something. it is. on friday i afternoon that british airways something. it is. on friday - afternoon that british airways has suddenly put on an extra flight from heathrow to faro on 17 may, it is the first time for 19 weeks that any of us will be able, legally, to go abroad for nonessential purposes. so i'm desperate to get away, frankly. i“m desperate to get away, frankly. my i“m desperate to get away, frankly. my passport hasn“t i“m desperate to get away, frankly. my passport hasn't seen any action since last year! so i've bought a ticket thinking maybe they know something that we don't. and i've something that we don't. and we paid £130 for it. they checked just now, £530, more than four times as much. there is huge demand, of
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course, from the millions of people industrially want to get back and see loved ones, but also for loads of people who simply want an escape. and the brevity of that green list has absolutely confounded the travel industry, it is wonderful that people with portuguese family can go back, there are loads of people in places like malta who is a hang on, we have pretty much the same numbers as portugal, why can't we go there? an awful lot of the travel industry are saying this is ridiculous, no he will be going to the falkland islands, to south georgia, as winter approaches. and for goodness sake give us places we can go to. i suppose that is the point. the government very cautious about the numbers and, i guess, the argument is one of the lessons of the last year is containing the virus by ensuring new variants don“t year is containing the virus by ensuring new variants don't come into the country has to be
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absolutely essential and if that means we can't go on holiday and, yes, i get it is particular to those with relatives abroad, then so be it, however hard it might be for the travel industry. sure, and there will be a law —— an awful lot of people watching who are thinking why are they even thinking about going abroad when there is a global pandemic. 0f about going abroad when there is a global pandemic. of course are seeing all of your reports about the terrifying numbers in india. people just desperately wanted to see loved ones and currently it is the number of people who depend on international travel and tourism for a job. international travel and tourism for ajob. i international travel and tourism for a job. i am at gatwick and this used to be, two years ago, the busiest single runway airport in the world. today, we single runway airport in the world. today, i“vejust counted, 16 single runway airport in the world. today, we just counted, 16 flights altogether. ten of them going abroad. the most exotic one is in belarus and half a dozen domestic flights. and this should be an airport where there are typically
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500, nearly, departures a day. every day that this go on, people are worried about their livelihoods. hagar worried about their livelihoods. how do ou do you see this panning out? i know i am asking you to stare into a crystal ball, somewhat, but the government is releasing these reviews every couple of weeks. i wonder how risky it would be for people who might crave heading to france or to spain or to greece, all very popular holiday spots in the summer, but currently not on the green list, who think, hopefully it will become fingers crossed, 0k by july or august. will become fingers crossed, ok by july or august-— july or august. sure, the way i see this playing _ july or august. sure, the way i see this playing out — july or august. sure, the way i see this playing out is _ july or august. sure, the way i see this playing out is partly _ july or august. sure, the way i see this playing out is partly because l this playing out is partly because it is worried about the uk border force being able to continue to cope because, as we heard, you have got to have a test before you come back into the uk. you have got to have bit —— pre— booked your pcr test evenif bit —— pre— booked your pcr test even if you are coming back from a green list country. you have to fill out your locator form and so on. so loads of work for them. and one
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reason the list is so short is the government simply wants to have a trialfor a few weeks. government simply wants to have a trial for a few weeks. the first review, and this was the most asked question of me yesterday, is going to be in the first week ofjune. i make that from the first to the fourth ofjune. the effects will start a week later. so you are kind of looking from the eighth to the 11th ofjune. i“m of looking from the eighth to the 11th ofjune. i'm pretty confident that the green list will be vastly expanded, but, istress, chris, this is purely a prediction, so i would be very surprised if spain isn“t is purely a prediction, so i would be very surprised if spain isn't on the list, if italy isn“t be very surprised if spain isn't on the list, if italy isn't there. if our favourite greek islands don“t our favourite greek islands don't make it, but we simply don't know and of course as you have reported all the way through this pandemic, all the way through this pandemic, all sorts of stuff can happen. and the one country that so many people are really keen to get back to because they have a family, is the united states. and i suspect that joe biden who currently bans me
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going through to america through a presidential proclamation, will actually ring us some good news when he comes over for the summit next month and that will probably be opportunity to go back to walt disney world. t opportunity to go back to walt disney world.— opportunity to go back to walt disney world. opportunity to go back to walt disne world. ., ., ., disney world. i love the idea of the presidential — disney world. i love the idea of the presidential proclamation, - disney world. i love the idea of the l presidential proclamation, excluding simon calderfrom presidential proclamation, excluding simon calder from america. presidential proclamation, excluding simon calderfrom america. thea;r presidential proclamation, excluding simon calder from america. they you for talkin: simon calder from america. they you for talking to — simon calder from america. they you for talking to us. _ simon calder from america. they you for talking to us. we _ simon calder from america. they you for talking to us. we will— simon calder from america. they you for talking to us. we will speak to - for talking to us. we will speak to you again. t for talking to us. we will speak to ou aaain. ., ., ., ,, ., you again. i love the idea of simon calder tearing _ you again. i love the idea of simon calder tearing around _ you again. i love the idea of simon calder tearing around disneyland. | calder tearing around disneyland. there is a thought, an image for the mind. we will have the headlines at seven o“clock. time now for film review. hello, and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best new movies available for viewing in the home while we look forward to cinemas reopening in the very near future.
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the mortal kombat video game series first came to the cinema in the mid—“90s during an early wave of dismal console—to—big screen adaptations that included the live—action super mario bros starring bob hoskins and the ill—fated street fighter, which teamed jean—claude van damme with kylie minogue for reasons no one could fully understand. by comparison with these stinkers, the original mortal kombat movie, directed by paul ws anderson and starring christopher lambert, wasn't bad. not great, but not terrible either. the same could not be said of the sequel annihilation, a flop which effectively killed the live—action franchise. first learned about this seven years ago, on a mission in brazil to capture a wanted fugitive.
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now, more than two decades later, we have a new mortal kombat movie, produced by saw and insidious co—creatorjames wan and co—written by greg russo, a devotee of the games who promised to stay true to the existing mythology and to give fellow fans a faithful screen adaptation. get over here! now, that's all well and good, but the film still needs to work for audiences unfamiliar with the games, so we get lewis tan as new character cole young — a cage fighter with a mysterious birthmark who finds himself drawn into a world that conveniently has to be explained to him en route. throughout history, different cultures all over the world reference a great tournament. enterjessica mcnamee“s sonya blade, who spends a lot of time doing an impression of basil exposition from the austin powers movies, ensuring that no one gets confused, although if truth be told, i did get confused a bit. kano wins!
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also along for the ride isjosh lawson's impressively obnoxious kano, a loudmouthed australian, as opposed to all those quiet australians, who accompanies cole and sonya to an otherworldly tournament encountering laser eyes, freezing stares, robotic arms, killer lizards, on—demand fireballs and lethal frisbee hats. really. while previous mortal kombat films have felt rather toothless, this reboot is an impressively blood—splattered affair, packed with much enjoyably squishy violence and moments of utterly gratuitous gore that left me feeling nostalgic for the good old days of the video nasties. gamers will doubtless argue over the presence of some favourite characters and the absence of others, but with a sequel in the pipeline, this hasn't finished the franchise. there's still time for any
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absentees to get a look in. 0n the downside, this reboot is lumbered with some clunky dialogue and uninspiring performances, with lawson too often saving the day as the only really charismatic character on screen. but considering the depressing history of console—to—screen transitions, this is, to misquote the game, definitely not a fatality. it's available to rent now from all major streaming platforms. now, last week, movie fans endured the horrors of christopher walken“s ear—scraping irish accent in the baloney—filled romcom wild mountain thyme. there are more americans at large in the emerald isle in end of sentence, an offbeat drama from icelandic director elfar adalsteins. so, what is this anyway? like, a little father—and—son fishing trip? kind of skipped over all the things that started with father—son. his bail. sorry, can you repeat that? couldn't hear you. oh, i said unless you count posting bail. i john hawkes and logan lerman play estranged father and son
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frank and sean fogle, the latter of whose mother dies while he's serving a stretch in prison. unhappily reunited with his dad upon release, sean reluctantly agrees to accompany frank to ireland following a deathbed request from his mum, who was clearly a screenwriter in her spare time and knew how to spot an off—the—peg, last—wish road movie set—up. initially, things are tetchy and hostile, but after meeting up with sarah bolger“sjewel — yes, she really is called jewel — the frostiness seems to thaw and formulaic movie bonding ensues, albeit temporarily. you wanted clark kent for a father. had clark kent, wanted superman. there“s little in end of sentence, that played at the edinburgh film festival way back in 2019, that seasoned movie—goers won't have seen before, although hawkes does a fine job of quietly portraying the loss and pathos of frank, a man whose son despises him for what he perceives as his weakness and frailty of character. # i kissed my love by the factory
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wall...# but while this largely sidesteps the blarney romance of wild mountain thyme, i'd still love to see a movie which didn't imagine every pub in ireland has a welcoming band just waiting to burst into a rendition of dirty old town, joined on vocals by a sultry local beauty while everyone sinks pints and sings along. note to film—makers — it's an island, not a theme park. # dirty old town # you can find end of sentence on digital download from monday. altogether more surprising is cowboys, the new film from writer—director anna kerrigan. joe likes cowboy hats. so what, she just wants to be like you. and you encourage it, troy. no, no, no, no. she said that she is a boy. oh, god! that she feels like she's in the wrong body, like she's like an alien living in someone else's body. like that body snatchers movie. like the body snatchers movie?
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troy, what are you talking about? steve zahn and jillian bell star as the separated parents ofjoe, played by upcoming trans actor sasha knight. joe is being raised as a girl but identifies as a boy, something which baffles and distresses bell“s sally, who thinks zahn“s troy has been putting ideas into their child's head. meanwhile, troy, who has a bipolar condition, decides to takejoe across the wild lands of montana to canada, creating a new life for both of them. did you just fart? laughs. with a supporting cast that includes the great ann dowd, whose forthcoming film mass is already shaping up as one of my favourite films of the year, cowboys is a low—key treat, a film of great sensitivity and tact, but also a genuinely engaging drama, packed with humour and heartbreak, offering real humanist insight into its characters“ strengths and foibles. you understood what we were doing! what was the plan? you were supposed to protect me!
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crucially, although it deals with some hot—button issues, cowboys never feels preachy or polemical. 0n the contrary, it's an open and honest drama, designed to be enjoyed by the widest possible audience, finding strength and positivity in the prospect of taking people as they are, with genuinely moving results. it's available on curzon home cinema and digital download now. from america to greece, with apples, the strangely satirical and unexpectedly melancholy debut feature from director and co—writer christos nikou, that was his country's entry for best international feature 0scar at the 93rd academy awards.
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set amid an epidemic of amnesia, aris servetalis cuts a lonely figure as a man who finds himself unable to remember his name, his occupation or his home address. so, he's placed in a bizarre recovery programme designed to create new memories and a new identity. to do this, he receives taped instructions for mundane tasks — like riding a bike, diving into a swimming pool or going to a fancy dress party — tasks that require photographic proof of completion, with the pictures duly posted into an album of memories. nikou describes apples as an allegorical comedy—drama born out of a personal bereavement and exploring the subject of whether we are all, in the end, simply the sum of all of those things we don't forget. there's an echo of eternal sunshine of the spotless mind in the premise, although i was also reminded of the hungarian drama preparations to be together for an unknown period of time,
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which similarly explored the mysteries of memory. as with his greek weird wave compatriots yorgos lanthimos and athina rachel tsangari, nikou balances profundity with absurdism, along with a hilarious potted synopsis of james cameron's titanic that's worth the ticket price alone. apples is on curzon home cinema now and then in cinemas when they reopen. i'll leave you with news of charlatan, a biographical drama from polish director agnieszka holland, whose impressive cv includes such oscar—nominated hits as europa europa and in darkness, but who's perhaps best known to english—speaking audiences for her brilliant “90s adaptation of the secret garden.
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in charlatan, holland revisits the young story of a young jan mikolasek, the faith healer and herbalist who diagnosed and treated patients using plant—based remedies, but who ran afoul of the czech authorities. having tended to nazis and communists alike, mikolasek has earned a tidy sum, but following the death of his key political protector, becomes a target of the regime, accused of poisoning party stalwarts. real—life father and son ivan and josef trojan, who respectively play the older and younger mikolasek, breathe convincing life into this somewhat unfathomable character, aided by a strong turn from juraj loj as the herbalist“s assistant and speculative lover
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frantisek palko. yet for all the dramatic intrigue of its source story, charlatan feels oddly episodic, like a tv movie whose broken—back structure never quite brings together its disparate elements. it's available on curzon home cinema and bf! player and through virtual cinema screenings. that's it for this week. thanks for watching the film review. stay safe, and i'll see you next week. who's that? it's nobody. good morning. welcome to breakfast with chris mason and nina warhurst. 0ur headlines today: don“t stand in our way. the warning from nicola sturgeon
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as the snp win an historic fourth term, and look to a second referendum on scottish independence. after a poor set of local election results, and now the labour leader keir starmer faces a backlash after sacking his deputy from key election roles. disruption continues on some of britain's busiest rail lines, after small cracks are found in some high speed trains. good morning. too cool for school. sergio aguero“s casually taken penalty gives the chelsea keeper an easy save and extends manchester city“s wait to win the league title. good morning. after being so cold for what felt like so long, with chilly days and overnight frosts, finally milder weather on the way for the week ahead. but look out, we're all going to be dodging the showers. more for you coming up.
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good morning to you. it has just gone seven o“clock. it“s sunday, the 9th of may. our top story: the prime minister will speak to the snp leader nicola sturgeon by phone today after her party won the scottish parliamentary election by a huge margin, which left them just one seat short of an outright majority at holyrood. ms sturgeon vowed to push ahead with her plans for a second independence referendum after the covid crisis is over and said the westminster government has "no democraticjustification" to block it. 0ur scotland editor sarah smith reports. across scotland, victorious snp candidates are celebrating increasing their vote and winning a remarkable fourth term in government. kaukab stewart became the first woman of colour elected to the scottish parliament. whilst i may be the first, i will not be the last. and with a pro—independence majority in that parliament, nicola sturgeon says westminster cannot stand anyway another referendum.
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all of this risks treating voters in scotland and our entire democratic process as if they simply don't matter, like they are just a sideshow. voters are not a sideshow. when the tories held onto aberdeenshire west, the snp“s hopes of an outright majority were extinguished. scottish conservatives campaign saying a vote for them would stop another independence referendum and now say it's time to move on. we need to focus on the issues that will secure scotland's recovery and that really is important for people“s jobs, for young people“s education, for investing in our nhs after everything they“ve done over this last year to get us through the pandemic. the pro—independence scottish greens increased their seats to eight and say the prime minister cannot ignore a result that's delivered a mandate for another referendum. well, if westminster does refuse to grant the authority for another independence vote then the snp plan to legislate for one here at holyrood anyway and dare the prime minister to take them to court if he wants
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to try to establish that the scottish parliament can't have a referendum without his permission. none of that will happen soon. the new snp government will prioritise covid and the recovery for the next few months before they make any moves to try and fulfil their manifesto promise to give voters in scotland a choice of whether they want to leave the united kingdom. sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh. 0ur reporter alexandra mackenzie is at holyrood. this scottish parliament. good morning to you. so this argument is going to rumble on for some time, isn't it, as to whether or not it is legitimate to have another referendum?— legitimate to have another referendum? , ., , , referendum? yes, absolutely. good mornin: referendum? yes, absolutely. good morning from _ referendum? yes, absolutely. good morning from quite _ referendum? yes, absolutely. good morning from quite a _ referendum? yes, absolutely. good morning from quite a sunny i referendum? yes, absolutely. good morning from quite a sunny holly i morning from quite a sunny holly ruhnau. borisjohnson is inviting all the nations to a summit to discuss the way forward —— holyrood. nicola sturgeon got her letter of invitation from ten downing street last night. first of all she was congratulated on that historic
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fourth term in the parliament behind me. then borisjohnson went on, there was no mention of independence or a second referendum. it was very much about working together for the days, 40 months, for the years ahead. he talked about the uk having broad shoulders —— for the months. that is to deal with the recovery for the coronavirus pandemic. we talked about the success of the vaccine rollout and working together as the uk to achieve that. it was only at the end of that letter he said "we will not always agree" and thatis said "we will not always agree" and that is possibly a bit of an understatement. the one thing they do agree with, nicola sturgeon does want to deal with the pandemic first, but then she has said that she does want that second independence referendum. now boris johnson has said time and time again he has no appetite for that, but nicola sturgeon has said with this mandate it is the will of the
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scottish people.— mandate it is the will of the scottish --eole. ., " . . in england, the conservatives gained control of 12 more councils while labour lost seven, but it did better in the mayoral elections. eight labour mayors kept theirjobs, including london's sadiq khan, and the party took another two mayoral spots from the conservatives. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas has the details. sadiq aman khan... from london this was something to lift labour“s uttered spirits. i therefore declare sadiq aman khan elected as the mayor of london. applause. 55% of the vote and a second term as mayor. labour holding the capital on the heels of conservative wins in former labour heartlands. the results of the elections around the uk show that our country, and even our city, remain deeply divided. the scars of brexit are yet to heal.
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a crude culture war is pushing us further apart. there's a growing gap between our cities and towns. and economic inequality is getting worse. therefore i declare that andy burnham is duly elected as the mayor of the greater manchester combined authority. greater manchester was one of seven more mayors“ offices so far retained by labour. and it won the west of england mayor's job from the tories and cambridgeshire and peterborough too. in the west midlands labour“s challenge failed. conservative cheers here were echoed across england's councils. conservatives have seized control of a dozen local authorities, taking southampton from labour who also lost overall control of durham for over 100 years. more than 200 seats gained by conservatives, many in labour“s strongholds. there's a lot of work now to do.
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we've got to finish the job with covid and that is by no means over, get the remaining 80 million people in the country who haven't been vaccinated to be jabbed. we have got to deal with the challenges, the backlog in the nhs created as a result of the pandemic, the lost hours of children's education and the, of course, we have got to make good to level up all parts of the country. from the labour side it's emerged that angela rayner, the deputy leader elected by party members, has been stripped by sir keir starmer of responsibility for running campaigns. so the story of these elections — conservative advances that have left labour questioning what its path forward should be. damian grammaticas, bbc news. let's speak to our political correspondent helen catt. helen, how has labour responded to its poor performance in most of these elections? —— abouta —— about a few days for the labour party. to what extent are they lose support and to what extent have the conservatives gain support and
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waiters labour go from here? that is the question where does labour go next. tt the question where does labour go next. , , ., , the question where does labour go next. , , . , , ., the question where does labour go next. ,, , .,, the question where does labour go next. ,, , ., the question where does labour go next. it is shaping up to be a big debate in the _ next. it is shaping up to be a big debate in the party _ next. it is shaping up to be a big debate in the party about i next. it is shaping up to be a big debate in the party about what l next. it is shaping up to be a big i debate in the party about what had happened. sir keir starmer has said he will take responsibility for these results and that the party needs to change to reconnect with voters. the question is going to be how does it change? the first move we saw last night of stripping angela rayner of her responsibility for running campaigns has already proved pretty divisive. why? she is a popularfigure, the deputy leader, because she was elected by the membership, overwhelmingly. a labour spokeswoman has defended the move by saying that the party needed to change the way campaigns were run in the future. sources of the record have suggested she needed to take responsibility for what they described as a bungled campaign. there is already a backlash to this. john mcdonnell, the former chancellor, accusing sir keir starmer of scapegoating. andy burnham, he is one of labour“s
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success stories in the election, saying he could not support this. we are expecting there will be more movement in keir starmer“s top team in the next few days. we are expecting that angela rayner will be offered a prominent role, but we don't know what that will be and that means there is a vacuum which means the airtime as being filled with talk about more division within labour. ., with talk about more division within labour. . ., with talk about more division within labour. ., ., . labour. helen catt, thanks. we will seak with labour. helen catt, thanks. we will speak with dan _ labour. helen catt, thanks. we will speak with dan norris, _ labour. helen catt, thanks. we will speak with dan norris, newly i labour. helen catt, thanks. we will. speak with dan norris, newly elected labour man at 7:30am. 11 minutes past seven now. two of the uk“s busiest rail operators are warning passengers not to travel today because of disruption caused by the discovery of cracks in some high speed trains. the issue is affecting great western and london north eastern services between london and penzance, bristol, cardiff, york, newcastle, and edinburgh. 0ur reporter sean dilley is at king's cross. good morning, sean, this would be a
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far bigger problem if more were travelling. relatively few of us are doing it because of the pandemic. do we know how long it could go on for? there is not a particular timescale at the moment, chris, because operators such as al ner who operate out of kings cross behind me and ray western railway, that would be paddington going out, they are saying safety really does come first. while both train operators say they are working hard to make sure they have staff around to help passengers who need to travel, the advice is if you can avoid it today please do avoid it. because we know that great western railway are, you know, they were the first ones to detect this. they say they have to examine their fairly extensive fleet of trains. the same would be true for lner. they are running free throughout the day. saying if you really need to travel check the time
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before you do and if you possibly can travel on another day you to do that. the rail minister says he understands people“s frustration and is urging train companies to make sure they have stuff to help. there is support if you needed, but the advice of the train operators as if you can avoid please do. thanks, sean. detectives are continuing to question a man in his 20s over the murder ofjulia james, the police community support officer who was attacked while walking her dog in kent 12 days ago. 0ur reporter simon jones is in aylsham. simon, the police are still appealing for information, aren't they? yes, this murder investigation is now entering its 13th day. a man in his 20s from the canterbury area was arrested on friday evening at around 9:30pm. as faras arrested on friday evening at around 9:30pm. as far as we are aware he remains in police custody this morning. we are yet to have an update from kent police. officers have been searching a house around a mile from here. forensic teams have been seen coming and going from the
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property throughout yesterday and then remove some items. we do not know who this home belongs to, but officers have confirmed the search is in connection with this murder investigation. julia james was attacked on tuesday of last week. she was working from home that day but had gone out to walk her dog, toby, when she was set upon. in terms of the appeal, offers are particularly keen to hear from anyone who saw anything unusual on that tuesday, someone who perhaps made people in the area feel strange, perhaps enough to cross the road or change the path they were on. ,, ., road or change the path they were on, ,, ., . ., , road or change the path they were on. . ., , ., , road or change the path they were on. ,, ., , ., , ., on. simon jones with the latest from elkeson. thank _ on. simon jones with the latest from elkeson. thank you. _ on. simon jones with the latest from elkeson. thank you. plenty - on. simon jones with the latest from elkeson. thank you. plenty to i elkeson. thank you. plenty to reflect on in the context of the election results. in a moment we will speak to an snp mp. we will talk to neil grey in a couple of minutes to explore what might happen next. but first, obviously,
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penguins. edinburgh zoo is celebrating the arrival of nine penguin chicks. they“re gentoo penguins, which is the third largest species. the first eggs hatched last week to parents muffin and mittens — and it is hoped more will emerge in the coming weeks. and we can see how the penguins are getting on right now. this is a live feed from edinburgh zoo. fun fact — gentoo penguin chicks weigh around 98 grams when they hatch, which is about the same as half an avocado. 0r, or, one onion, or, a smallapple. i actuallyjust googled how much doesn“t avocado way. six al ounces —— six ounces, apparently because of it is the same as one onion. the thing is, we're looking at these pictures, and you may be thinking, are these little nippers? and i
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think they are being sat on, hopefully. think they are being sat on, hopefully-— think they are being sat on, ho efull . . , hopefully. having lived in edinburgh for a few years. _ hopefully. having lived in edinburgh for a few years, it _ hopefully. having lived in edinburgh for a few years, it can _ hopefully. having lived in edinburgh for a few years, it can be _ hopefully. having lived in edinburgh for a few years, it can be pretty i for a few years, it can be pretty nippy. for a few years, it can be pretty ni. . _ , , , , for a few years, it can be pretty ni- . , , , , ., , for a few years, it can be pretty ni - , , , , , ., , ., nippy. yes but penguins are used to the cold. maybe _ nippy. yes but penguins are used to the cold. maybe they _ nippy. yes but penguins are used to the cold. maybe they are _ nippy. yes but penguins are used to the cold. maybe they are inside i nippy. yes but penguins are used to the cold. maybe they are inside in i the cold. maybe they are inside in their little penguin cot? _ the cold. maybe they are inside in their little penguin cot? this i the cold. maybe they are inside in their little penguin cot? this is i their little penguin cot? this is one doing _ their little penguin cot? this is one doing his _ their little penguin cot? this is one doing his favourite i their little penguin cot? this is one doing his favourite david l one doing his favourite david attenborough impression. fin one doing his favourite david attenborough impression. on the left looks like one — attenborough impression. on the left looks like one of _ attenborough impression. on the left looks like one of those _ attenborough impression. on the left looks like one of those sun _ attenborough impression. on the left looks like one of those sun bonnets i looks like one of those sun bonnets you get at the beach. good luck to the new parents, they have a lot on their plate! the new parents, they have a lot on their late! , the new parents, they have a lot on their plate!— as we've been hearing, the snp leader nicola sturgeon has said herfocus, for the time being, remains on the pandemic and scotland's economic recovery as she forms a new government. however, she's also pledged to hold a second independence referendum once the crisis is over.
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we asked people in edinburgh for their thoughts. let's speak now to neil grey, who's just been elected to the scottish parliament for the snp for airdrie and shotts. good morning to you, neil, and congratulations on your performance and that of the snp. what is next? as you are saying there, we know the focus of the scottish government in the short—term is on the pandemic and understand that. but what about the constitutional question and the road that you take now, given that we are going to face this confrontation with the prime minister in london arguing that it shouldn't happen. walk us through shouldn“t happen. walk us through how you get to a referendum actually happening. how you get to a referendum actually ha eninu. , . ., how you get to a referendum actually haueninu. , . ., happening. many thanks for your congratulations, _ congratulations, chris. it is a nest doric election result, a fantastic victory for nicola sturgeon —— historic. the highest number of constituency seats ever won by a single party and the most votes ever cast for a single party in the history of devolution. so just as we are going to have plenty of new snp
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arrivals at holyrood as well. nicola sturgeon is absolutely right. first and foremost, the response is going to be, the priorities going to be the response to the pandemic and she is getting down to business straightaway in that regard, just as had for over a year. and it will be a case of asking borisjohnson simply to respect democracy, respect the outcome of this election. there has never been as great a pro independent majority in the scottish parliament so that outcome needs to be respected. parliament so that outcome needs to be respected-— be respected. what is the 'udgement call as to be respected. what is the 'udgement cauastowhenfi be respected. what is the 'udgement call as to when scotland i be respected. what is the judgement call as to when scotland is _ be respected. what is the judgement call as to when scotland is passed i call as to when scotland is passed the pandemic?— call as to when scotland is passed the pandemic? that is going to be a 'udaement the pandemic? that is going to be a judgement call— the pandemic? that is going to be a judgement call for _ the pandemic? that is going to be a judgement call for us _ the pandemic? that is going to be a judgement call for us all— the pandemic? that is going to be a judgement call for us all to i the pandemic? that is going to be a judgement call for us all to make i judgement call for us all to make but i think clearly, the health impact of the pandemic needs to be dealt with first and then we need to take a decision. tt dealt with first and then we need to take a decision.— take a decision. it could be ten ears, take a decision. it could be ten years. beyond _ take a decision. it could be ten i years, beyond the lifetime of this parliament-— years, beyond the lifetime of this arliament. " . , , parliament. and if that is the case and that is — parliament. and if that is the case and that is the _ parliament. and if that is the case and that is the case. _ parliament. and if that is the case and that is the case. we - parliament. and if that is the case and that is the case. we need i parliament. and if that is the case and that is the case. we need to l and that is the case. we need to
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prioritise the health impacts of the pandemic and make sure we're through that and then we need to take decision as a nation about who gets to decide about the economic priorities about a recovery from the pandemic. do we want the decisions of that to be made by borisjohnson for us in scotland or do we want to be able to take the decisions for us ourselves and reject a brexit driven isolationist government? let“s. == isolationist government? let's. -- talk us isolationist government? let's. —— talk us through what happens. you have a vote in the scottish parliament, you establish there is a majority them for another independence referendum and then wait to see if it is challenged in court? is that the likely chain of events? ., ., �* ., ., , events? no, we don't want to see this challenged _ events? no, we don't want to see this challenged in _ events? no, we don't want to see this challenged in court. - events? no, we don't want to see this challenged in court. i i events? no, we don't want to see this challenged in court. i know. events? no, we don't want to see i this challenged in court. i know you don't want to _ this challenged in court. i know you don't want to but _ this challenged in court. i know you don't want to but what _ this challenged in court. i know you don't want to but what if _ this challenged in court. i know you don't want to but what if that i this challenged in court. i know you don't want to but what if that is i don't want to but what if that is what happens? the don't want to but what if that is what happens?— don't want to but what if that is what ha ens? , ., what happens? the preferred route, obviousl , what happens? the preferred route,
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obviously. is — what happens? the preferred route, obviously, is for _ what happens? the preferred route, obviously, is for the _ what happens? the preferred route, obviously, is for the united - what happens? the preferred route, i obviously, is for the united kingdom government led by borisjohnson to accept the democratic outcome of the study selections and respects the votes that have been cast... but there is no _ votes that have been cast... but there is no evidence. he said there are was matter of 67 —— a referendum six to seven years ago, generation has not got on since then and therefore, it is not happening. the uk but -- therefore, it is not happening. the uk but —— but the uk that was voted for by the people in scotland no longer exists was not we were told we would stay in the european union and that clearly, patently, has not happened. this is about respecting democracy and it is about the uk government, led by borisjohnson, going to respect the outcome of democratic elections? that going to respect the outcome of democratic elections?— going to respect the outcome of democratic elections? that is the key question _ democratic elections? that is the key question that _ democratic elections? that is the key question that needs - democratic elections? that is the key question that needs to i democratic elections? that is the i key question that needs to be asked very soon. key question that needs to be asked ve soon. , ., ., ~ ., ,., very soon. levels might look at some ofthe very soon. levels might look at some of the specifics _ very soon. levels might look at some of the specifics here _ very soon. levels might look at some of the specifics here and _ very soon. levels might look at some of the specifics here and now. i i of the specifics here and now. i know there are a million and one arguments that people make in favour of independence and against independence. —— let's look. lepers
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might look at the practicality right now. according to the tax authorities, a third of a million people were on furlough at the end of january this year. that is a scheme run by the government at westminster. in addition to that, there is the jabs that are going into thousands of people's arms the whole time, something co—ordinated around the uk. how do you persuade that person who is on furlough and has had a jab that the independence is a better than what they have got with jen the is a better than what they have got withjen the independence campaign will clearly start when a referendum campaign darts and just like every other nation in the developed world, we would have to borrow our way through a crisis such as this. the uk government _ through a crisis such as this. tue uk government has through a crisis such as this. tte uk government has had through a crisis such as this. t'te uk government has had to through a crisis such as this. tte uk government has had to borrow through the crisis so of course that is what an independent scotland would have to do. and the idea that an independent scotland couldn't handle its own immunisation programme against covid is for the birds. i think we have seen quite clearly the fantastic efforts that
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have been made by others in scotland, so i think both of those arguments fall short.— arguments fall short. would you acknowledge — arguments fall short. would you acknowledge that _ arguments fall short. would you acknowledge that the _ arguments fall short. would you i acknowledge that the government arguments fall short. would you - acknowledge that the government at westminster has done a good job as far as furlough is concerned? certainly not in terms of furlough. it was also left until the very last minute when redundancies had already been made and for the extension to furlough to be made. we have been calling all through last summer for an extension to follow much earlier, to save redundancies —— an extension to save redundancies —— an extension to furlough. it was the least you could get away with and made an 11th hour extension which unfortunately did not protectjobs and we, as i said, the snp and westminster has been calling for that tab and much, much earlier. the economic response
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to the pandemic has not been up to scratch with the uk government and he has beenjudged on that record in scotland. he has been 'udged on that record in scotland. �* ., , ., ., he has been 'udged on that record in scotland. �* ., ., �* ., scotland. before you go, we're going to talk about — scotland. before you go, we're going to talk about matters _ scotland. before you go, we're going to talk about matters domestic - scotland. before you go, we're going to talk about matters domestic the l to talk about matters domestic the top you said all politics is local but all domestic matters is local to use all the —— we saw the smile on yourface there was use all the —— we saw the smile on your face there was not we are going to talk about milk. in the midst of this carnival of democracy and big questions about our future and the constitution, you had the small matter of answering to a domestic request from your wife, is that right? request from your wife, is that ri . ht? , , ., , request from your wife, is that riuht? , , ., , right? yes, my wife, as any political _ right? yes, my wife, as any political candidate - right? yes, my wife, as any political candidate will - right? yes, my wife, as any l political candidate will attest, after the declaration is announced, it is rather difficult to get through. you have a phone calls coming through from left, right and centre, media bids and all the rest of it. she found it rather through to me after the announcement had been made to let me know that i need to bring some milk home she took to twitter to do it. she hadn't intended for it to take off the way it did. she feels rather embarrassed by that. i don't, i think it is fantastic, but my phone was like
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after that, and it was taken over. but yes, i managed to get both their milk run home on my way home. t5 a milk run home on my way home. is a ou are milk run home on my way home. is a you are splitting the difference there with the milk that you got, some skim. t there with the milk that you got, some skim-— there with the milk that you got, some skim. ., ., ., , some skim. i have to, i have twins that are 18 — some skim. i have to, i have twins that are 18 months. _ some skim. i have to, i have twins that are 18 months. i _ some skim. i have to, i have twins that are 18 months. i had - some skim. i have to, i have twins that are 18 months. i had to - some skim. i have to, i have twins that are 18 months. i had to make | that are 18 months. i had to make sure i picked it for six. t that are 18 months. i had to make sure i picked it for six.— sure i picked it for six. i asked the question _ sure i picked it for six. i asked the question and got a - the question and got a detailed answer about milk in the household. great to talk to you. mt t answer about milk in the household. great to talk to you.— great to talk to you. all i was thinkin: great to talk to you. all i was thinking was _ great to talk to you. all i was thinking was aware _ great to talk to you. all i was thinking was aware was - great to talk to you. all i was thinking was aware was the l great to talk to you. all i was l thinking was aware was the red great to talk to you. all i was - thinking was aware was the red top? i am a skim girl. somebody has gotten in touch on twitter, thanks for the penguins. it is as you
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thought, gentoo, penguins. here's susan with the weather. good morning, beautiful sunrises across the uk this morning. this is eastbourne and if you can look along the length of the coast, there is the length of the coast, there is the son are pretty ominous cloud is on horizon as well. eastbourne, i think it is still dry as we speak but barely hefty showers running into the south of the uk from hampshire cross into kent, even with a few rumbles of thunder possible in the short term. there is plenty more showers to come in the week ahead but, along with the more unsettled weather, we finally moved into milder air. that is because everything is piling in from the atlantic and we have lost that arctic influence. this big area of low pressure will bring some more organised ranges some areas today, some heavy showers, but it is also from the continent on the southerly wind pulling some very mild humid air into eastern england, hence why the showers are on the thundery side
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at the moment. they were mostly clear as we go into the mid morning. still the one in this other weather front pushing more clout of essential parts and then close to the heart of the low itself, it is showers today for northern ireland and scotland. sunshine, i think, around the murray firth but some around the murray firth but some around northern ireland will be quite heavy and accompanied by blustery wind these other sustained winds that it could last up to 40 mph across northern ireland. further south, a few showers sneaks in through the afternoon across the south—west into the midlands stopped ahead of these showers, 19—21 possible across eastern england and through the evening and overnight, it looks like the showers could start to push their way across eastern england and these could be some lively and noisy affairs to get us into monday morning. further west, the showers are more scattered and not quite as it massive, mild night across the board, the frost has gone and it looks like we have
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said goodbye to it now throughout the week ahead, it is this big fella with our weather continuing to feed in atlanticare across the uk but through the week ahead, certainly a lot more showers to content with and we have had for a while —— atlantic air stop some writer spells elsewhere but the odd heavier downpour. finally, temperatures return back to average values after we have all been a bit like those penguins, a little bit chilly, for quite some time now, you guys. let's return to one of our top stories — and that serious disruption on some of the uk's busiest rail lines after cracks were discovered in some high speed trains. great western railway and london north eastern railway have advised passengers not to travel today. our business correspondent katy austin has more. these high—speed hitachi trains had
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to be suspended after thin cracks were found in some. t5 to be suspended after thin cracks were found in some.— to be suspended after thin cracks were found in some. is actually on the body where — were found in some. is actually on the body where the _ were found in some. is actually on the body where the passengers i were found in some. is actually on the body where the passengers sit were found in some. is actually on i the body where the passengers sit on the body where the passengers sit on the underside of the train which it actually runs on. just to make sure we are very safe, we took the decision to withdraw the trains while we just make sure that we fully understood the situation and that it fully understood the situation and thatitis fully understood the situation and that it is actually safe. that fully understood the situation and that it is actually safe.— that it is actually safe. that led to ma'or that it is actually safe. that led to major disruption _ that it is actually safe. that led to major disruption on - that it is actually safe. that led to major disruption on great. that it is actually safe. that led - to major disruption on great western railway, lner, trans— pen. tt is to major disruption on great western railway, lner, trans- pen.— railway, lner, trans- pen. it is a bad situation _ railway, lner, trans- pen. it is a bad situation for _ railway, lner, trans- pen. it is a bad situation for me _ railway, lner, trans- pen. it is a bad situation for me because - railway, lner, trans- pen. it is a bad situation for me because i - railway, lner, trans- pen. it is a i bad situation for me because i have gone from a vaccine in cardiff and my appointment... t gone from a vaccine in cardiff and my appointment. . .— gone from a vaccine in cardiff and my appointment... i was going to go back to university _ my appointment... i was going to go back to university and _ my appointment... i was going to go back to university and i _ my appointment... i was going to go back to university and i can't - my appointment... i was going to go back to university and i can't go - back to university and i can't go back _ back to university and i can't go back. which is so annoying.
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they have only been on uk railways for a few years. since last night's discovery, checks have revealed similar cracks in other trains, although hitachi will not say precisely how many. the trains are all the same design, and so that is the primary focus right now — to look at that design and to ensure we fully understand the cause, and also to make sure that we can, as quickly as possible, fix them and make them available back into traffic again. following inspections, some have been cleared for use and put back into service, but lner has advised customers against travel today. all customers can claim a refund. great western railway expects disruption into next week. it expects disruption into the coming week. katy austin, bbc news. robert nisbet is from the rail delivery group, which represents the companies which run britain's railways. he joins us from suffolk. good morning to you. these are precautionary measures that are being taken but nonetheless, some people who use the trains will be feeling quite worried this morning. good morning, nina. and obviously we
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apologise to anybody who has been impacted by this and many people who work in the railway shed castration because obviously after the year we have had, and we have had many thousands of railways start helping key workers, et cetera, get to where they needed to go, but we were looking forward to welcoming everybody so this is frustrating but of course safety is a main priority here and that is why britain operates one of the safest railways in the world because regular inspections, they show up issues that need to be dealt with, then we deal with them and that is exactly what has happened here. what is gratifying to see is the speed in which these inspections are taking place. 183 trains were taken out yesterday and we understand that those initial inspections by hitachi engineers should be complete by the end of today-— end of today. so far, talk us through how _ end of today. so far, talk us through how big _ end of today. so far, talk us through how big the - end of today. so far, talk us through how big the actual i end of today. so far, talk us - through how big the actual cracks are and on how many carriages they have been found. the
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are and on how many carriages they have been found.— have been found. the cracks are small. have been found. the cracks are small- some _ have been found. the cracks are small. some are _ have been found. the cracks are small. some are referred - have been found. the cracks are small. some are referred to - have been found. the cracks are i small. some are referred to them have been found. the cracks are - small. some are referred to them as hairline yesterday. we are talking millimetres. these are on the lifting points on the underside of the carriages that are used for maintenance. so it is fair to say that this didn't pose any particular danger to passengers that were travelling on those trains, but if you don't treat these kind of issues early on than they have the potential to develop and that's why these trains were taken out of service. in terms of the number of carriages specifically affected, we don't know that number yet. hitachi should update us on that later. clearly it is more than one. clearly this is an issue they deem to be serious enough in that regular inspection overnight and into yesterday morning for those trains to come out of service.— to come out of service. yes, implications _ to come out of service. yes, implications of _ to come out of service. yes, implications of course - implications of course because so much stock has been taken out of service, how long could it take for things return to normal? tide service, how long could it take for things return to normal?— things return to normal? we are runnina things return to normal? we are running as _ things return to normal? we are running as many _ things return to normal? we are running as many services - things return to normal? we are running as many services as - running as many services as possible. we are offering a rail
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replacement services as well, where possible. we are putting extra stuff out at stations on those mainlines that are affected. and also ticket acceptance rules are being relaxed as well and, as katie said in the report, compensation for delays as well. so that is what we're doing for passengers. we are urging people to check before they travel if they are going to be using those mainlines. but with the inspection is completed initially by the end of today, we are still expecting some disruption to carry on for a few days. it's impossible for me to say exactly how long that is going to take stock we obviously going through as quickly as possible but we don't want to rush it. we want to ensure that all of those trains are thoroughly inspected and cleared and are put into service when things are ready but there may well be a knock—on effect all of those tame —— some of those timetables into next week. to some of those timetables into next week. ., . , , some of those timetables into next week. ., , ., week. to reassure passengers who miaht week. to reassure passengers who might want — week. to reassure passengers who might want to _ week. to reassure passengers who might want to travel _
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week. to reassure passengers who might want to travel today - week. to reassure passengers who might want to travel today and - week. to reassure passengers who might want to travel today and the | might want to travel today and the week ahead, any train you have concerns about have been taken out of circulation but the people want to go ahead and travel what would your advice to them be?— to go ahead and travel what would your advice to them be? check before ou travel. your advice to them be? check before you travel- go — your advice to them be? check before you travel. go to _ your advice to them be? check before you travel. go to the _ your advice to them be? check before you travel. go to the national- your advice to them be? check before you travel. go to the national rail- you travel. go to the national rail inquiries website or app or any of the abbott website of the train operating companies affected for the latest information there. please be patient. we want to make sure that this is put to bed as quickly as possible and, of course, we apologise to anybody whose journeys have been affected. we know that many have stopped and that is the last thing we want at the moment. we want to help get britain moving again after lockdown so we wanted to get this behind us as quickly as possible. get this behind us as quickly as ossible. ., , , , ., ., possible. robert nisbet regional director for _ possible. robert nisbet regional director for the _ possible. robert nisbet regional director for the rail _ possible. robert nisbet regional director for the rail delivery - director for the rail delivery group. robert nisbet being really honest there about the fact that we don't know how long it will take to get the stock back in circulation stop the impacts of the coming days could be fast. tt stop the impacts of the coming days could be fast-— could be fast. it was at york station yesterday _ could be fast. it was at york station yesterday afternoon | could be fast. it was at york- station yesterday afternoon and there were loads of cancelled trains. that was a reality. thankfully at the moment not that
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many people needing to travel. you're watching bbc breakfast. the andrew marr show is coming up on bbc one at 9am — let's find out what he has in store. i have a hunch you have one or two things to talk about this morning. yes, well, iam in the things to talk about this morning. yes, well, i am in the city of my birthplace for reasons which, if you look at any of the front pages you will be able to guess. after those fairly sensational elections i am joined by the victorious first minister of scotland, re—elected after a prognosis and passionate speech last night, nicola sturgeon. she will be in the studio with me. —— prognosis. and also michael gove, the man tossed by the prime minister to save the union. he has come up to glasgow tojoin us to save the union. he has come up to glasgow to join us as well. neighbour has had a terrible time and icepick to the scottish leader and icepick to the scottish leader and tojohn mcdonnell the former labour chancellor. and they also have mary beard, the great mary beard talking about life after the pandemic and finally andrew pollard who was director of the vaccine group about hugging, kissing, vaccines, and much else. all of that
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at nine o'clock.— hello, this is breakfast with chris mason and nina warhurst. most of the election results are now in — and one of the trends appears to be strong performances by the sitting party in each nation. so, the snp consolidated its hold on scotland, labour did well in wales and in england, the conservatives gained an mp and control of 12 councils. they did lose two mayors but the conservative andy street held his position as the west midlands mayor. let's hear what he had to say. and now we've got our plans, they are detailed, they are ambitious, they are around jobs, transport, housing, skills, protecting our environment. they and they have been laid out in great detail. remember, we have got the support of a government and a prime minister who firmly believe in levelling up stop
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and you know what? i will be banging on the door to make sure that commitment comes good. but, above all else, we have a team, broader team, that is determined that every single community in this region shares in our future success. that is so, so important to me. andy street speaking there. labour held eight of its mayoral spots and took two from the conservatives. one of those was the west of england, where dan norris won the vote. hejoins us now. congratulations to you. you thanks keir starmer for unlocking the labour vote in the west of england. what did you mean by that? tie labour vote in the west of england. what did you mean by that? he made it ossible what did you mean by that? he made it possible for — what did you mean by that? he made it possible for people _ what did you mean by that? he made it possible for people to _ what did you mean by that? he made it possible for people to listen - what did you mean by that? he made it possible for people to listen to - it possible for people to listen to labour's message and be influenced and that is why the result was so good, because people listened to what we had to say because of keir, thought about it, then voted labour. and obviously that is great for me and great for the labour party supplied what you think that for where you you are whereas labour has
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lost control of several councils and the conservatives have gained 12 councils. why did it work specifically for the west of england? we have a tendency to be ahead of the curve when it comes to political direction. when tony blair became very popular we were first in that. and we are similar in all trans when it comes to politics. so i'm hoping my result is an indication of the future. obviously we are very pleased with the result. what was significant about it is we didn't just what was significant about it is we didn'tjust win in open hand —— heartlands like bristol and bath, but outside in the countryside where the west of england has rural and remote communities, the support was very good there too. it is encouraging for us because keir starmer quite rightly wants us to appeal to all parts of society, wherever people live, where ever you work, whatever you do, labour must have a message that resonates. abs, have a message that resonates. a huge part of that is holding onto the heartlands and a big part of that is the northern working—class
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female vote plays a big part in it. to say to angela rayner you are not the right person to chair this party at the moment, was that the right thing to do?— thing to do? well, angela will be caettin thing to do? well, angela will be getting another— thing to do? well, angela will be getting another important - thing to do? well, angela will be getting another important job, i thing to do? well, angela will be i getting another important job, keir, getting another importantjob, keir, hisjudgement is very getting another importantjob, keir, his judgement is very sound, if he has made a call there is a good reason for that and angela is an important part of our party and she will have a new role just as important... crosstalk. you understand how that appears with talk of the redwall falling and the conservatives grasping that opportunity, to lose somebody like angela rayner who looks and sounds a summary from one of those places is a huge mistake, is it not? t of those places is a huge mistake, is it not? ., ., ~' of those places is a huge mistake, is it not? ., ., ~ ., ., is it not? i do not think that at all. i is it not? i do not think that at all- i think _ is it not? i do not think that at all. i think we _ is it not? i do not think that at all. i think we need _ is it not? i do not think that at all. i think we need to - is it not? i do not think that at all. i think we need to allow. all. i think we need to allow leaders to lead and that is what keir is doing. i think the public recognise you make the decisions for your team that you think overall are best. it is like going to a football match. you bring on a new player, not all the crowd agrees with that but the manager has to decide... crosstalk. if it was a football manager can you
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not see the prime minister at pmqs are saying if you're deputy leader cannot be trusted to run your campaigns and show your party, how does that look? t do campaigns and show your party, how does that look?— does that look? i do not think it is about not being _ does that look? i do not think it is about not being trusted. - does that look? i do not think it is about not being trusted. angela i does that look? i do not think it isj about not being trusted. angela is very valued by the labour party, but there is another role where she can contribute fully and strongly and she can do that and will do that very strongly. for the moment keir is making this decision because he needs to. we are in a very difficult place after a very bad general election result. we are recovering but very slowly. there is a great sense of national unity, as you mentioned just now, parties that are in power are being supported during covid, with wales, england, scotland, that is a very challenging thing. keir must do what he thinks is best and he has my full support in the labour party's. fir. is best and he has my full support in the labour party's.— in the labour party's. or, i am sure. in the labour party's. or, i am sure- would — in the labour party's. or, i am sure. would you _ in the labour party's. or, i am sure. would you say _ in the labour party's. or, i am sure. would you say to - in the labour party's. or, i am sure. would you say to the - in the labour party's. or, i am| sure. would you say to the fact in the labour party's. or, i am - sure. would you say to the fact that labour have been most successful in greater manchester, wales, the liverpool city region, areas where the big names in labour have distanced themselves from the central party? t distanced themselves from the central party?— distanced themselves from the central party? i thinki am not a
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big name _ central party? i thinki am not a big name but— central party? i thinki am not a big name but i _ central party? i thinki am not a big name but i think— central party? i thinki am not a big name but i think he's - central party? i think i am not a l big name but i think he's steamer has done a grand job, a brilliant job, as the results show it is important for us, we have punched through to reach across notjust our urban heartlands but rural communities as well. that is a significant thing. as people reflect on that they will understand that. it gives us great hope. this is very important for us and i'm proud to have been part of it. the important for us and i'm proud to have been part of it.— important for us and i'm proud to have been part of it. the wider pick doesnt have been part of it. the wider pick doesn't concern _ have been part of it. the wider pick doesn't concern you _ have been part of it. the wider pick doesn't concern you that _ have been part of it. the wider pick doesn't concern you that it - have been part of it. the wider pick doesn't concern you that it is - have been part of it. the wider pick doesn't concern you that it is the i doesn't concern you that it is the best result for the conservatives since 2008? t best result for the conservatives since 2008?— best result for the conservatives since 2008? i have been in some sirnificant since 2008? i have been in some significant general _ since 2008? i have been in some significant general elections - since 2008? i have been in some significant general elections and l significant general elections and other significant elections like the mayor collection now. it is wholly the oddest election i have fortt. i don't think it has played to labour's strengths. we have been unfortunate in that sense because we have many keen to get out on the doorstep and they have been able to doorstep and they have been able to do that. you have to accept in politics that things happen. i remember when i was in government the foot and mouth crisis happened and we got a lot of support from the public then. the public will support
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the sitting established party in the time of emergency. that is perfectly british and i understand. but it doesn't stay like that forever and i'm encouraged by my result. you wouldn't say _ i'm encouraged by my result. you wouldn't say that _ i'm encouraged by my result. you wouldn't say that the government had done a good job in terms of the vaccine rollout, economic support they have offered to people? that is not part of the reason they have gained votes? i think it is part of the reason _ gained votes? i think it is part of the reason but _ gained votes? i think it is part of the reason but not _ gained votes? i think it is part of the reason but not the _ gained votes? i think it is part of the reason but not the whole - gained votes? i think it is part of. the reason but not the whole reason of the most significant reason. the nhs has done a brilliantjob of vaccinating people. that is terrific. when the government has made decisions themselves, whether have been structures in place, they have been structures in place, they have done poorly. economically well followers of than other major economies the world. we saw what happened with track and trace, billions of pounds have been lost. that will come out on enquiries and the tories will pay the price for their errors there. at the moment their errors there. at the moment the vaccination has gone well and thatis the vaccination has gone well and that is really great, great news for our country and we really need all our country and we really need all our communities to be safe. but that doesn't stay the same. soon other things will be important, once a health concerns have gone. ok.
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things will be important, once a health concerns have gone. ok, and the electorate _ health concerns have gone. ok, and the electorate will _ health concerns have gone. ok, and the electorate will once _ health concerns have gone. ok, and the electorate will once again - the electorate will once again decide. dan norris, mayor of the west of england, congratulations on your success. west of england, congratulations on your success-— west of england, congratulations on your success._ it - west of england, congratulations on your success._ it is - west of england, congratulations on your success._ it is 20 - west of england, congratulations on your success._ it is 20 to | your success. thank you. it is 20 to eiaht. your success. thank you. it is 20 to eight- jane — your success. thank you. it is 20 to eight- jane is _ your success. thank you. it is 20 to eight. jane is looking _ your success. thank you. it is 20 to eight. jane is looking after - your success. thank you. it is 20 to eight. jane is looking after sport . eight. jane is looking after sport this morning. good morning to you. just occasionally a picture does all of the talking. yes, you may not think it by looking at him, but this man is such a legend that manchester city they are planning to erected a statue of him outside the stadium. looking like that?! statue of him outside the stadium. looking like that? !_ looking like that?! maybe not in that stance- _ looking like that?! maybe not in that stance. however, _ looking like that?! maybe not in that stance. however, sergio - looking like that?! maybe not in - that stance. however, sergio aguero had the chance to score from the spot which could have helped city when the remi litt title but instead he did this. —— however, sergio aguero had the chance to score from the spot which could have helped city win the premier league title. but he did this. aguero apologised to fans after his chipped panenka penalty was easily saved, if it had gone in city would have been leading 2—0.
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chelsea then came on strong in the second half, scoring twice — marcos alonso with the winner. city can still take the title today if manchester united lose later. and manager pep guardiola refused to blame aguero for the defeat. he is selfish because he miss it. if he scored a goal it would be how genius he is. that is a reality. i always say any penalties take one decision. left, right, short stop be convinced. but he was convinced. the first point is it is part of the, you know it. britain's billyjoe saunders has suffered the first defeat of his career after being beaten by canelo alvarez, with the mexican's victory unifying the super—middleweight division. the fight was held in front of 73,000 fans in texas — the largest ever crowd for an indoor boxing event in america. saunders had been growing into, what was a close contest, before a brutal punch from alvarez in the eighth round resulted in saunders' corner calling an end to the fight before round nine could start. lewis hamilton says it "feels like a dream" to have become the first formula 1 driver to have
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reached the milestone of 100 pole positions after qualifying on top spot for today's spanish grand prix. the seven—time world champion edged out max verstappen in qualifying at barcelona to reach the landmark. a win today would also move hamilton to a record extending 98 race victories. the race begins at two o'clock. that is your spot. thank you, jane. let's find out how the rest of your weekend weather is shaping up. susan has the details. we were hoping that the horrendous week we had was going to change a little but it is not looking to get any better soon, is it? t5 little but it is not looking to get any better soon, is it?- little but it is not looking to get any better soon, is it? is pros and cons. it any better soon, is it? is pros and cons- it will _ any better soon, is it? is pros and cons. it will be _ any better soon, is it? is pros and cons. it will be milder. _ any better soon, is it? is pros and cons. it will be milder. we - any better soon, is it? is pros and cons. it will be milder. we have . any better soon, is it? is pros and i cons. it will be milder. we have the mild air, i am a bit of a grower, whenl mild air, i am a bit of a grower, when i try to grow things, it is frosty nights and i am dodging in and out, trying to protect my plans will. we have lost that really cold air for the week ahead but we are
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going to see heavy showers. here is kent currently and there are some pretty punchy showers rolling across from hampshire into the far south—east of england as we speak. they should pull off into the north sea. given a couple of hours, it will get right here, but the story is far from over. will get right here, but the story is farfrom over. england and will get right here, but the story is far from over. england and wales will see a lot of fine weather through the middle part of the day. scotland and northern ireland lasted with heavy showers, some of them dusty and heavy and 40 mph possible across northern ireland. —— gusty. the showers will taper off in the evening but some warm, humid air across the south quarter. 19—20 the temperature today and it means that as we see some showers poking back in here to the evening and on into the night, they are likely to be heavy and rumble away to the small hours. rose towards the west, the showers become more scattered. a mild night, the frost has gone,
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overnight lows, the southern part of the uk into double figures. on monday, it will still be looking very changeable, let's say. sunshine one minute, heavy showers the next and blustery winds as well that sets us up for the rest of the week. we were talking about portugal earlier. after that weather report, i have been thinking about it even more. now let's turn to another destination which is about to become even more popular with holidaymakers from these shores — gibraltar. it's on the rather short list of places to which we can travel from england, after may 17th, without the need to quarantine on our return. fabian picardo is the chief minister of gibraltar and hejoins us now. a good morning to you. are you opening up the doors, every body is welcome, roll up, roll up? good morning, chris and nina, - welcome, roll up, roll up? good morning, chris and nina, yes, i welcome, roll up, roll up? (13mg. morning, chris and nina, yes, chip altar is open up and you will be
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very welcome to this great british rock in the centre of the mediterranean. this is a place you can enjoy a british steak asian that will be in the sun in the mediterranean. ,, ., ., mediterranean. straight in, no muckinr mediterranean. straight in, no mucking about, _ mediterranean. straight in, no mucking about, no _ mediterranean. straight in, no mucking about, no quarantine| mediterranean. straight in, no. mucking about, no quarantine on arrival? ~ , , mucking about, no quarantine on arrival? ~ , ., ., arrival? absolutely none whatsoever. we have the — arrival? absolutely none whatsoever. we have the same _ arrival? absolutely none whatsoever. we have the same regime _ arrival? absolutely none whatsoever. we have the same regime as - arrival? absolutely none whatsoever. we have the same regime as the - we have the same regime as the united kingdom and vaccinations. everybody in gibraltar, every adult in gibraltar, has had their second dose. so have the people who have had —— who have come into work in gibraltar, to work in the hotels and our restaurants that there is absolutely no need for those arriving from britain to quarantine when they come to gibraltar, they are straight in and straight down to the beach. , ., �* the beach. helped me out here. i'm sure gibraltar _ the beach. helped me out here. i'm sure gibraltar is a _ sure gibraltar is a delightful spot but vastness and scale is not what you are known for. if i have a fortnight off in the summer, as the two weeks worth of stuff to do in gibraltar? t two weeks worth of stuff to do in gibraltar? , ., , ' gibraltar? i tell you, there is 49 ears gibraltar? i tell you, there is 49 years worth _ gibraltar? i tell you, there is 49 years worth of _ gibraltar? i tell you, there is 49 years worth of stuff _ gibraltar? i tell you, there is 49 years worth of stuff to _ gibraltar? i tell you, there is 49 years worth of stuff to do - gibraltar? i tell you, there is 49 years worth of stuff to do in - years worth of stuff to do in gibraltar, it is a great place to
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be. we are a small and unique place and you will love every minute you are here and you will come back to see us again because you remember there are caves, there are teachers, there are restaurants, there are sites. there is anything you would expect to be able to do on the shores of the mediterranean but all of that in a british ambience. you feel like you are back in the british isles when it comes to how people treat you, how you can communicate et cetera. t people treat you, how you can communicate et cetera. i presented ou with communicate et cetera. i presented you with an — communicate et cetera. i presented you with an open — communicate et cetera. i presented you with an open goal— communicate et cetera. i presented you with an open goal and - communicate et cetera. i presented you with an open goal and you - communicate et cetera. i presented you with an open goal and you did l you with an open goal and you did the fall into the back of the net. fair play to you. what about demands? hotels? there is about 750 doctors that mean prices will be skyhigh? == doctors that mean prices will be s hiuh? :: doctors that mean prices will be s hi h? i: ., , doctors that mean prices will be 5 hih? ii ., , f~ doctors that mean prices will be s hirh? :: ., , j~ , skyhigh? -- 750 hotels. 758, chris, lease, skyhigh? -- 750 hotels. 758, chris, please. don't _ skyhigh? -- 750 hotels. 758, chris, please, don't forget _ skyhigh? -- 750 hotels. 758, chris, please, don't forget the _ skyhigh? -- 750 hotels. 758, chris, please, don't forget the eight. - skyhigh? -- 750 hotels. 758, chris, please, don't forget the eight. we i please, don't forget the eight. we have flights coming in from everywhere. it is a servicing city airport earlier so we have flights from all over the airport in london
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and i think this is going to be a great opportunity for people to come here and of course that is going to mean that there is going to be a lot of competition for those hotel rooms, but we want to ensure that as many people as possible come out to gibraltar and enjoy what we have to offer. gibraltar and en'oy what we have to offer. . , ., gibraltar and en'oy what we have to offer. ., , ., ., gibraltar and en'oy what we have to offer. ., i. ., ., , gibraltar and en'oy what we have to offer. . ., ., , ., , gibraltar and en'oy what we have to offer. ., ., ., , ., , ., offer. have you got any worries at all about this _ offer. have you got any worries at all about this reopening? - offer. have you got any worries at all about this reopening? clearly i all about this reopening? clearly economically it could be hugely valuable that there is still nervousness, isn't there, from scientist, about new variants and so on. other any scientist, about new variants and so on. otheranyjitters? scientist, about new variants and so on. other anyjitters? tithe scientist, about new variants and so on. other anyjitters?— on. other any 'itters? one of the thins we on. other anyjitters? one of the things we have _ on. other anyjitters? one of the things we have done _ on. other anyjitters? one of the things we have done working - on. other anyjitters? one of the | things we have done working with on. other anyjitters? one of the - things we have done working with the nhs and public health england is that public health gibraltar and the public health authority have now the ability to detect variants of concern and we do our own genomic testing in gibraltar now so we will quickly be able to identify for ourselves, from the uk, and the european authorities, whether any variant of concern manifests itself in gibraltar and then if necessary we will take whatever measures we are advised we have to.— are advised we have to. thank you for talkin: are advised we have to. thank you for talking to _ are advised we have to. thank you for talking to us, _ are advised we have to. thank you for talking to us, we _ are advised we have to. thank you for talking to us, we appreciate i are advised we have to. thank you for talking to us, we appreciate it. j for talking to us, we appreciate it.
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the chief minister of gibraltar. tell you what, if you attempted to hop on a plane to gibraltar before that interview, you will be booking it now. tt that interview, you will be booking it now. . , . that interview, you will be booking it now. ., , ., ., , it now. it was a fair sale -- sales itch it now. it was a fair sale -- sales pitch was — but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. bye for now. now it's time for this week's edition of the travel show. coming up on this week's travel show, we'll be finding out how tech could change the way we all travel in the future. and saving an underwater super plant in spain. hello and welcome to the travel show, with me, ade adepitan.
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this week we are in london's hyde park where the sun is out and it's absolutely stunning here. even the ducks and the swans have come to say hello. now, in the uk, we are slowly beginning to come out of lockdown so maybe we can start thinking about travel again. over the last few weeks, we've been looking at how the covid pandemic has affected things like our attitudes to sustainable travel and how and where we spend our money when booking online. this week we're going to look at how tech could and probably will change how we all travel in the future. dramatic futuristic music plays it wasn't so long ago that travel was a very different experience. you'd probably flick through some brochures, pop into a travel agent and write a cheque before heading out to a place you barely knew anything about, of course with little more to help you along your way than a paper map and a guidebook.
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today, technology has changed things. but what about in say, i don't know, ten years' time? if technology can change how we travel so quickly, how different can we expect it to be when we explore the world in the near future? well, one big driver for change will be what's known as the internet of things. futuristic music becomes gentler it's predicted that by 2025, 42 billion devices will be capturing data on how we live and move through the world. some say the internet of things will play a big part in a fourth industrial revolution and that the covid crisis has accelerated technological advances. the internet of things is a way of describing how more and more objects will connect with each other in an increasingly interconnected world.
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our bags will tell us where they are in the world if they get lost, for example. it's what will enable us to open more hotel rooms with our phones and once inside, use a tablet or your voice to switch the lights on, change the temperature and control the television. but that's just the start. if you're smarter about how you move people around the city and public transport becomes more smarter, then actually you need less roads and less car parks to open it up to more green spaces, so actually the internet of things and getting different systems to speak to each other has a big knock on effect for travelling in smart cities in the future. it's also a part of what will enable other technological changes to our travels that have been accelerated during the pandemic. imagine going through an airport and checking in with facial recognition. you continue on to baggage drop—off, authenticating in the same way, head—on through facial recognition security and then finally going
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through the boarding gates, doing it all completely contactless. in fact, even your passport might not be around for too much longer as you know it. right now we're piloting digital passports with air europa, for people travelling to spain, so they will have their digital information on their mobile in addition to their biometric information on their mobile as well so i think it's really speeding up innovation because we need to have these technologies to make people feel confident to travel. it's just one example of how biometrics and contactless technology will change the way we travel. though, of course, this data—hungry world will mean giving more and more of our information, which could come with a risk to our privacy. thankfully now, lots of the technology in this biometric space stores a representation of your information. so not literally every principal copy but a recipe book to enable you to validate it.
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so this for me is actually one of the positives to come through this period that will improve people's digital security overall, but we have some education issues to work through so people can feel comfortable with this technology and the benefits that it brings. technology, like having global maps in our smart phones, makes exploring the world much more simple and the technology of the future will look to make things even easier. but is that necessarily such a good thing? are we losing the spirit of adventure? whether you are in the us or injapan, these online maps have exactly the same interfaces, and i think this can give you the impression that the world is everywhere the same, it's the same pastel blandscape that you're navigating using your mobile, but also, the virtual places that we inhabit really are like places. if you have flown from london to new york but you spend the whole time
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on facebook, it's as though you haven't left your virtual environment, you're kind of cocooned in the technology. but the technology of the near future will also open up new ways to see the world. during the pandemic, some destinations took the chance to show off their location in immersive virtual reality and some people think this will accelerate the take—up of this technology in the future as well as things like augmented reality. technology might soon make the process of travel far easier, but what's really exciting is it might give us completely new opportunities for exploration that simply didn't exist before. a travel experience that reveals the history of that destination right before our eyes. for example, imagine being able to visit ancient roman baths and seeing the history of the unique place unfold in front of you
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using your mobile phone. we've been working in collaboration with the bbc r&d team up in salford and the roman baths and we've been able to really get to grips with history and bring it to life. we're looking back through the roman era where there was the fall of the roof, so through the app you can actually see the roof fall down and cave down in front of you which is really exciting, where you get to see people actually react in front of you, it was lovely. some of this technology is already available in some form, but the question is, what will really take off to become the new normal of travel? now it's time to head to spain and the waters around formentera to meet a man whose passion is the protection of some of the most oldest living organisms in the world.
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they play an important but little—known role in sustaining our planet's natural environment. the posidonia is maybe the most efficient carbon sink in the planet. i remember perfectly my first contact with the posidonia and it was in october of 1992 in this place, and i came here with a sailboat and the first thing i saw is this amazing posidonia seagrass, and i really fell in love, and since then i am completely dedicated to the study, filming and spreading the value of this plant. the water that we see is like this because of the contribution of a plant, a superior plant, posidonia oceanica is not
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a seaweed, it is not an algae, it is a real plant with roots, leaves, flowers, and this plant that arrived to this place 80,000 years ago conquered completely the underwater bottom around the shore. the posidonia is giving a lot of things to us. it's purifying the water, at the same time it's contributing to the beaches. most of the sand we have on the beaches comes from the skeletons of millions of organic things that live inside the posidonia jungle. formentera is a small island in the middle of the mediterranean, if we have stable beaches it's thanks to the underwater reefs that the posidonia is building along centuries. in this 30 years i'm witnessing how the posidonia is more and more in danger.
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we are spilling millions of tonnes of sewage waters without enough preparation from our towns and our cities. so we are intoxicating the underwater world. i think that education is really the way to change the future and it is educating the youth, and this is why in the summertime we have hundreds of kids, and they learn how to dive, they learn how to do underwater photography. they are learning the things we are doing wrong and how to do in a good way. i don't like to be using an apocalyptic message. the option to change, it's in our hands. if we don't change, maybe in ten years, most of the posidonia here and many species will be gone, but if we start changing, we have the possibility to recover the nature in the mediterranean and in many other places in this planet.
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that's all for this week. coming up next week: carmen's looking back at some of our best moments injapan, including the time she trained like a ninja. and rajan went to visit what has to be one of the strangest classrooms in the world. join us for that if you can, and in the meantime, don't forget you can keep up with all our adventures on the bbc iplayer. but until next time, from me, ade adepitan, and all the travel show team here in hyde park, it's goodbye. good morning. welcome to breakfast with chris mason and nina warhurst. our headlines today. don't stand in our way. the warning from nicola sturgeon as the snp win a historic fourth
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term, and look to a second referendum on scottish independence. a poor set of local election results, and now the labour leader keir starmer faces a backlash after sacking his deputy from key election roles. disruption continues on some of britain's busiest rail lines, after small cracks are found in some high speed trains. and a calming voice in the madness of war. we'll tell you why historians are searching for a voice of the blitz. from hero to zero. manchester city's sergio aguero had the chance to seal the premier league title, but missed this penalty against chelsea. good morning. after being so cold for what's felt like so long, with chilly days and overnight frosts, finally milder weather
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on the way for the week ahead. but look out, we're all going to be dodging the showers. more for you coming up. good morning to you. just after eight o'clock. it's sunday 9th may. our top story. the prime minister will speak to the snp leader nicola sturgeon by phone today after her party won the scottish parliamentary election by a huge margin which left them just one seat short of an outright majority at holyrood. ms sturgeon vowed to push ahead with her plans for a second independence referendum after the covid crisis is over and said the westminster government has "no democratic justification" to block it. our scotland editor sarah smith reports. across scotland, victorious snp candidates are celebrating increasing their vote and winning a remarkable fourth term in government. kaukab stewart became the first woman of colour elected to the scottish parliament.
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whilst i may be the first, i will not be the last. and with a pro—independence majority in that parliament, nicola sturgeon says westminster cannot stand in the way of another referendum. all of this risks treating voters in scotland and our entire democratic process as if they simply don't matter, like they are just a sideshow. voters are not a sideshow. when the tories held on to aberdeenshire west, the snp�*s hopes for an outright majority were extinguished. scottish conservatives campaigned saying a vote for them would stop another independence referendum and now say it's time to move on. we need to focus on the issues that will secure scotland's recovery, and that really is important for people's jobs, for young people's education, for investing in our nhs after everything they've done over the last year to get us through this pandemic. the pro—independence scottish greens increased their seats to eight and say the prime minister cannot ignore a result that's delivered a mandate for another referendum.
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if westminster does refuse to grant the authority for another independence vote, then the snp plan to legislate for one here at holyrood anyway and dare the prime minister to take them to court if he wants to try to establish that the scottish parliament can't have a referendum without his permission. none of that will happen soon. the new snp government will prioritise covid and the recovery for the next few months before they make any moves to try and fulfil their manifesto promise to give voters in scotland a choice over whether they want to leave the united kingdom. sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh. our political correspondent nick eardley is at holyrood. nick, borisjohnson will call nicola sturgeon today. 0h oh to bea oh to be a fly on the wall. much at stake. ., ., ., ., , stake. yeah, good morning. there is a lot at stake- _ stake. yeah, good morning. there is a lot at stake. i _ stake. yeah, good morning. there is a lot at stake. ithink— stake. yeah, good morning. there is a lot at stake. i think that _ stake. yeah, good morning. there is a lot at stake. i think that call - a lot at stake. i think that call will probably take place this afternoon and there will be a couple of things high on the agenda. covid
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is something borisjohnson thanks unites the uk. he has written a letter to nicola sturgeon and the welsh first minister mark drakeford calling for a summit on the recovery from the pandemic and he is emphasised in that that he thinks, if you look at the vaccine programme and various other elements, of the response to the pandemic, it shows how well the uk can work together. he thinks makes the argument for the union. nicola sturgeon is going to privatise covid over the next few weeks. she's been very clear she is heading back to work on making the decisions around the pandemic, but it was really clear in that speech she gave last night that independence is going to be a big issue over the next few years. she once had other referendum, she thinks she has a really strong mandate because there is a pro—independence majority, are pretty comfortable one in that parliament behind me. i would pretty comfortable one in that parliament behind me. iwould be surprised if that doesn't come up in some way on the corner. it is one of
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thoseissues some way on the corner. it is one of those issues that i don't think it is going to dominate our lives for the next six months, but over the next five years of this parliament it's going to be a big thing, not just in scotland, but at westminster, as well. , , ., westminster, as well. keeping you bus , westminster, as well. keeping you busy. nick. — westminster, as well. keeping you busy. nick- many _ westminster, as well. keeping you busy, nick. many thanks. - westminster, as well. keeping you busy, nick. many thanks. that's i westminster, as well. keeping you | busy, nick. many thanks. that's the picture in scotland. what about england? in england, the conservatives gained control of 12 more councils while labour lost seven — but it did better in the mayoral elections. eight labour mayors kept theirjobs including london's sadiq khan, and the party took another two mayoral spots from the conservatives. let's speak to our political correspondent helen catt. she is at westminster for us. from labours perspective, slightly better picture for them yesterday but the recriminations are starting. they seem like they are knocking lumps out of each other.— out of each other. already this morning. _ out of each other. already this morning, yesterday _ out of each other. already this morning, yesterday was - out of each other. already this l morning, yesterday was brighter out of each other. already this - morning, yesterday was brighter for morning, yesterday was brighterfor labour picking up those mayoral contest in london, greater manchester, cambridgeshire and peterborough in the west of england. but there were up more points of
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pain if you like, losing durham county council for the first time in nearly 100 years, that'll be particularly painful for the party and if you go right to the other end of england, they also lost southampton to the conservatives. there is quite a wide—ranging challenge facing the labour party so keir starmer said on friday he would take responsibility for the results, the party needed to change, reconnect with the voters looks like there will be quite a fierce debate about how exactly the party should change and that has really already started over the decision last night to remove angela rayner, the deputy leader, labour, from her role from running campaigns. she's a very popularfigure and running campaigns. she's a very popular figure and there's already been a bit of a backlash this morning. the former chancellorjohn mcdonnell accused keir starmer scapegoating everyone apart from himself. andy burnham, one of the real success stories of this set of elections for labour, said he could not support that. a labour
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spokeswoman defended the decision by saying that the party needed to change how campaigns were run in future. off the record, sources suggesting angela rayner needed to take responsibility for a campaign that was described as bungled but it certainly already sparking a bit of a backlash. we are told she's going to get a prominentjob elsewhere in labour, we don't know what that is at the moment, that leaves this vacuum to fill the airwaves with more division and infighting in labour. . ~' , ., two of the uk's busiest rail operators are warning passengers not to travel today because of disruption caused by the discovery of cracks in some high—speed trains. the issue is affecting great western and london north eastern services between london and penzance, bristol, cardiff, york, newcastle and edinburgh. our reporter sean dilley is at king's cross. we spoke with a representative from the rail delivery group earlier who said the truth is we may not have seen the worst of this yet when it
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comes to travel disruption. t seen the worst of this yet when it comes to travel disruption. i think that's right- _ comes to travel disruption. i think that's right. robert _ comes to travel disruption. i think that's right. robert nisbet - comes to travel disruption. i think that's right. robert nisbet of - that's right. robert nisbet of course making that important point. to be fair to the train operators, particularly lner because that comes down from east coast into this london terminal, and great western railways, obviously penzance, cheltenham, swansea, bristol, to be fair to them they have rather a few of these hitachi 800 trains and it's a bit of an unknown because i got to take time to assess it. they insist that safety is always going to be a top priority. gwr found these cracks during a routine investigation into maintenance. this is obviously following lner and other operators so for these train companies at the moment, what they are doing is very much heeding the governments call to have more staff on hand to help but this is the important bit. if you listen to one thing, the train companies, great western railways
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and lner are saying if you don't need to travel today, please don't travel today. more details will emerge in the coming days no doubt. there will be people doing essential journeys but do not travel unless you really need to.— you really need to. good advice there. you really need to. good advice there- many — you really need to. good advice there. many thanks. _ detectives are continuing to question a man in his 20s over the murder ofjulia james, the police community support officer who was attacked while walking her dog in kent 12 days ago. our reporter simon jones is in aylsham. simon, the police are still appealing for information, aren't they? yes, this is day 13 of the murder investigation. we know that a man in his 20s from canterbury area was arrested on friday evening at around 930. as far as we are aware he is still being questioned by police this morning though we have yet to have an update from officers. we do know that a property about a mile from here has been searched by
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police. yesterday we saw forensic teams coming and going for that they removed some items from the house and police have not said who this property belongs to. but they have confirmed it is connected to this murder investigation. and also this morning, i saw a footpath close to where i am now which has been cordoned off. there are police officers standing guard so this is very much an ongoing investigation. julia james was killed on tuesday last week. she had been working from home that day and took her dog toby for a walk when she was attacked. the police say they are still keen to hear from anyone who saw anything unusual between 1pm and 4:30pm on that tuesday. they say it someone who made people here feel anxious, who made people here feel anxious, who perhaps people felt they needed across the street to avoid that person or change their path, so officers believe that still could be tea information. there are hundreds of detectives involved in this murder investigation. they have
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carried out fingertip searches of fields and going through that property and kent police are asking other forces in the country to provide personnel to help with this ongoing enquiry. provide personnel to help with this ongoing enquiry-— provide personnel to help with this ongoing enquiry. thank you, simon. simon jones — ongoing enquiry. thank you, simon. simon jones reporting. _ it's been a long couple of days but most of the votes which were cast on "super thursday" have now been counted and the results announced. i bet it feels longer to you, chris. i'm looking forward to a good sleep, put it that way. so let's take a moment to interpret what we know so far with a man who has pored over more swings than a professional golf coach — the political scientist, professor sirjohn curtice. i suspect you had even less sleep than i have had over the last couple of days. good morning to you. paint the overall picture, as you see it, as we wake up on sunday morning in terms of what has changed and what hasn't. ~ , , , ., ., hasn't. well, i guess these are a set of results _ hasn't. well, i guess these are a set of results with _ hasn't. well, i guess these are a set of results with which - hasn't. well, i guess these are a set of results with which boris i set of results with which boris johnson will be relatively happy.
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usually, in local elections, we expect the government to lose ground. the conservatives have certainly made ground on those set of english elections since 2016 have not lost much ground from 2017, and very good year for the conservatives indeed. they have managed to narrow sadiq khan's lead a bed in a very remain part of england, london. they have put in a record performance in wales. and, while in scotland they certainly haven't stopped the pro—independence majority, that frankly was always going to happen, but the snp have at least not got the 65 seats and there helped at least in part by some apparently pretty nifty tactical supporting by unionist parties, so borisjohnson finds himself at least king of much of england, facing an administration in wales which is not reliant on plaid cymru, which labour could have
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been, and north of the border police pleased with nicola sturgeon not being able to say look what happened in 2011, we had an overall majority then, you should grant us a referendum now. for labour, in contrast, much more difficult to find a great silver lining. the fact the party in wales has put in a record equal performance and the party has certainly withstood the tide of leave voters switching to the conservatives to much more effectively than the party was able to do in england. it's also true that when we projected the english vote election results, into a national vote, vote election results, into a nationalvote, labour vote election results, into a national vote, labour are only seven points behind as opposed to 12 points behind as opposed to 12 points they were behind in the general election, but that's still a poor performance for an opposition party and, above all, there is no evidence at all of the labour party reconnecting with leave voting working class voters in areas where
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they were predominant, hartlepool was an example. the party lost ground very, very heavily so this raises some pretty serious questions about what the labour party is for. is it about what is currently got, which is young voters, graduates, social liberals, remainers, or is a stellar party of the working class in britain which is what it would like to be but frankly at the moment isn't. ~ ., ., , ., like to be but frankly at the moment isn't. ~ ., ., i. ., ,, ., , isn't. what do you make of this distinction _ isn't. what do you make of this distinction between _ isn't. what do you make of this distinction between labour- isn't. what do you make of this - distinction between labour councils which have lost ground, but the city region areas where labour have done well, but where those candidates have in some cases, greater manchester, liverpool, for example, distance themselves from the central party? distance themselves from the central -a ? distance themselves from the central .a ? , ., ., ., party? the first rule of devolution is that the job _ party? the first rule of devolution is that the job of _ party? the first rule of devolution is that the job of the _ party? the first rule of devolution is that the job of the politician - party? the first rule of devolution is that the job of the politician is i is that the job of the politician is to defend the interests of the area they represent and i think we are seeing, irrespective of the political colour of some of their city mayors, those who have established a name for themselves
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clearly andy burnham one example in greater manchester, steve rotherham in liverpool equally, andy street, the conservative and the west midlands and the tees valley, all of his high profile incumbents have made something of a job and have done well. in contrast, a couple of much less well known conservative governments, cambridgeshire in the west of england, ended up losing out, so the answer to you is if you're going to be a city mayor make sure you speak up for your area, speak up for your region. if the voters think you are doing that you may persuade some people who wouldn't normally vote for your party to do so. wouldn't normally vote for your party to do so— party to do so. what is really strikin: , party to do so. what is really striking, and _ party to do so. what is really striking, and i— party to do so. what is really striking, and i know - party to do so. what is really striking, and i know this - party to do so. what is really striking, and i know this has| party to do so. what is really - striking, and i know this has been emphasised during the pandemic because the public health measures are devolved to different parts of the uk, is how complicated a picture of the uk now is. whether it be the different nations or the english cities, it makes for an interesting observation after an election but it
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is mighty complicated, isn't it? yes, once upon a time when i was a student will use to talk about how basically the politics of the uk was pretty similar all the way from wicca to land's pretty similar all the way from wicca to lands end. those days have long been over. the truth is northern ireland departed from the british market system in the 19705, during the troubles, scotland left the british party system certainly in the wake of the independence referendum and we have a clear reminder here that plaid cymru are able to do better in welsh elections, the labour party are having to do better in wales than england, and voters in different parts of the uk are now exposed and operating within different political environments, to some degree different options, and a5 a result they are often voting very differently.— they are often voting very differently. they are often voting very differentl ., ., , ., ., ., ~' they are often voting very differentl ., ., , ., ., ., ~ ., differently. john, when you look at the situation _ differently. john, when you look at the situation in _ differently. john, when you look at the situation in scotland, - differently. john, when you look at the situation in scotland, nicola i the situation in scotland, nicola sturgeon saying there is absolutely no democratic reason to block a second referendum, is that true when you look at the percentage of votes?
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the answer is if you look at the percentage of votes, what strikes you isjust percentage of votes, what strikes you is just simply how evenly divided scotland is, so that hasn't changed. the scotland is now divided down the middle on the constitutional question whereas you only have to go back for years, there was a pro—unionist majority. to give you an idea of how neither side really at the end of the day can claim that this provides a mandate for their point of view on the constituency vote, 50.4% of the vote went to the three unionist parties but on that list about 50.1% of the vote went to the pro—independence parties. the reason we have a pro—independence majority in the scottish parliament is to do with the way the electoral system operates but, hey guys, those are the rules and that's the way it played out. borisjohnson benefited in the 2019 general election from the rules of the truth is now
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unionist nor nationalists can come away from the election in scotland confident that their point of view represents the majority view and certainly for both boris johnson represents the majority view and certainly for both borisjohnson and nicola sturgeon, any early referendum would be an incredibly big gamble. referendum would be an incredibly bi ramble. . ~ referendum would be an incredibly bi ramble. ., ,, referendum would be an incredibly big gamble-— referendum would be an incredibly bi ramble. ., ,, ., big gamble. thank you, john, always a leasure big gamble. thank you, john, always a pleasure to — big gamble. thank you, john, always a pleasure to talk _ big gamble. thank you, john, always a pleasure to talk to _ big gamble. thank you, john, always a pleasure to talk to you. _ big gamble. thank you, john, always a pleasure to talk to you. the - a pleasure to talk to you. the argument in scotland will therefore rumble on. it always feels like an injection of political vitamins talking tojohn. he knows his onions. both traditional party alliances, people will change their vote now and don't stick with one party for life any and it makes your job and hisjob party for life any and it makes your job and his job a little party for life any and it makes your job and hisjob a little bit trickier. a bit the weather. predicting the weather. susan sadly hasn't predicted any more consistent weather. , , , ., ., ., ~' weather. these guys are looking . uite weather. these guys are looking quite wistful _ weather. these guys are looking quite wistful over _ weather. these guys are looking quite wistful over here _ weather. these guys are looking quite wistful over here and - weather. these guys are looking quite wistful over here and i - weather. these guys are looking i quite wistful over here and i think that's a bit like us, the grass is always greener with the weather. so we move forward in one way with the weather for the week ahead in that it's going to be milder but there is
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something to offset that and that is the showers which will come in. you can see shower clouds on the horizon in ballymena at the moment. northern ireland and scotland probably getting the lion's share of the showers today but the ahead we are going to see some and it's because the weather will be driven by a big area of low pressure that's rolling its way in from the atlantic. close to the centre of the loan today scotland and northern ireland with a bigger proportion of showers but some pretty nasty once the moment close to the south—east of england and the remnants of a weather front will bring a bit more cloud to central areas, will bring a bit more cloud to centralareas, but will bring a bit more cloud to central areas, but across the south—east and east anglia, some very mild air. temperatures in in the mid teens overnight, through the afternoon we could get up to 20—21 when the sun comes out. more cloud on the remnants of the weather front drifting eastwards but not very much rain i think through the afternoon for england and wales. as we get into the late afternoon, early evening, that story will change. for scotland and northern ireland the
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showers close by throughout the day, blustery winds, up to 40 mph across parts of northern ireland, the best of the sun sign for scotland in the east and thicker cloud, more rain towards the west. perhaps 16 in the far north—east of scotland, 19—20 — 21 in eastern england. but with that heat and humidity around, as these showers drifting from the overnight, we could have more rumbles of thunder and heavy downpours for the south—east of england, east anglia, perhaps later in the night getting into the north—east of england too. a muggy night, temperatures into the north—east of england too. a muqqy night, temperatures in double figures. much milder across the border and finally it looks like we said goodbye to those overnight frosts. and that should be the story throughout the week ahead. this low pressure is never going to move too far on the pressure chart. monday are throwing plenty of showers are away. it will stay breezy as well but a chance of some heavier persistent rain for the north—east of scotland and that looks like it will park up across the northern
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isles later on on monday fourth or elsewhere, bright or sunny spells but some heavy showers could be rumbles of thunder, but finally, despite the showers, temperatures making a return are to average, it's been quite some time since we've been quite some time since we've been able to say that. certainly april is on the chilly side. looking into the week ahead, that's pretty much how the picture will continue across the uk, a mixture of sunshine and showers and temperatures typically sitting in the mid teens. so we went on one hand with a milder air but we lose in that we see heavier falls of rain. back to you. a little bit of everything. susan, thank you. it sounds like something from an action movie — an 18—tonne object hurtling towards earth at five miles per second, with absolutely no way of controlling it.
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in fact, it really happened a few hours ago — as debris from a chinese space rocket landed in the indian ocean. but no one had a clue where it was going to land. jacob geer is head of tracking and surveillance at the uk space agency — and joins us from winchester. good morning. you've had quite a 24 hours because this is the crux of your gig, isn't it? hours because this is the crux of your gig. isn't it?— your gig, isn't it? yes, this has been quite _ your gig, isn't it? yes, this has been quite an _ your gig, isn't it? yes, this has been quite an exciting - your gig, isn't it? yes, this has been quite an exciting time - your gig, isn't it? yes, this has been quite an exciting time for| your gig, isn't it? yes, this has . been quite an exciting time for us. we had one of these last year, as well, where the rocket body entered the ivory coast in west africa and luckily, this time, it appears the debris went into the ocean, which is genuinely where people wanted to go when a rocket like this re—enters and because it was such a large object, we track a lot of these re—entry events, this one was so big and so uncertain it had a lot of the world quite concerned aboutjust
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where it would end up. world quite concerned about 'ust where it would end up.�* world quite concerned about 'ust where it would end up. jacob, what do ou do where it would end up. jacob, what do you do when _ where it would end up. jacob, what do you do when we _ where it would end up. jacob, what do you do when we know _ where it would end up. jacob, what| do you do when we know something like this is entering the atmosphere because you can'tjust keep your fingers crossed and hope it lands on the ocean? chris suggested a giant net. what practical steps do you undertake? for net. what practical steps do you undertake?— net. what practical steps do you undertake? ., ,., ~ , undertake? for something like this, the trick is to _ undertake? for something like this, the trick is to make _ undertake? for something like this, the trick is to make sure _ undertake? for something like this, the trick is to make sure when - undertake? for something like this, the trick is to make sure when you i the trick is to make sure when you launch the object you know where it's going to come down, so you can help to protect it.— help to protect it. good tip. the issue is, help to protect it. good tip. the issue is. of— help to protect it. good tip. the issue is, of course, _ help to protect it. good tip. the issue is, of course, when - help to protect it. good tip. the issue is, of course, when you i help to protect it. good tip. the i issue is, of course, when you have something large like this, and the atmosphere is quite uncertain. you can't always _ atmosphere is quite uncertain. you can't always be _ atmosphere is quite uncertain. gm, can't always be totally sure where it is. that's why, in lots of nations including the uk we have a team of civilian and military analysts that work together to use radar and telescopes to track objects like this. i have to say, these objects are the hardest to track but actually, they are the ones which cut the most attention from people like yourselves. fin
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ones which cut the most attention from people like yourselves. on the face of it, this _ from people like yourselves. on the face of it, this sounds _ from people like yourselves. on the face of it, this sounds incredibly - face of it, this sounds incredibly anti—social from the chinese, this hulking bit of metal is trundling around the earth and then plunging towards us and they say don't worry it will probably land in the sea. or in a bit of land where nobody lives. if we discovered it was hurtling towards a major city, is there anything we could have actually done? ., ., ., , ., , anything we could have actually done? ., ., ., , done? no, not really. to be honest with ou. done? no, not really. to be honest with you- this _ done? no, not really. to be honest with you. this does _ done? no, not really. to be honest with you. this does happen - done? no, not really. to be honest with you. this does happen quite i with you. this does happen quite frequently. it's not an unexpected appearance for them to be honest, the real issue isn't so much things coming back down to earth, it happens quite often, you can predict where it's going to go to make it happen, but it's the congestion in orbit right now. things that stay in space, although we look at maybe 4—6 re—entry events every month in the uk we monitor about 500—600 conditions every month involving uk
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licensed satellites and spacecraft. that actually is the issue for us, the congestion in orbit, the numbers of new satellites meeting space every month and every year. it is just absolutely rocketed if you excuse the pun. so actually, that makes the job of trying to avoid things currently in space a whole lot harder. but things currently in space a whole lot harder-— things currently in space a whole lot harder. �* ., , ., , ., lot harder. but there are plans for the claw planned _ lot harder. but there are plans for the claw planned for _ lot harder. but there are plans for the claw planned for 2025. - lot harder. but there are plans for the claw planned for 2025. the i lot harder. but there are plans for. the claw planned for 2025. the first ever space mission dedicated to removing existing objects in orbit, so it does what it says on a ten, a clot which will protect us from things falling.— things falling. yes, that the european — things falling. yes, that the european space _ things falling. yes, that the european space agency - things falling. yes, that the - european space agency mission, the uk part of the european space agency, and we are funding a lot of that and supporting those operations from harwell in oxfordshire to operate that mission and that will remove one piece of debut in space. but that's only one piece. there are probably around 3000 working
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satellites in orbit right now providing things like the navigation of your phone and signals people depend on for their cash points or something like that. as well as 3000 working satellites, there's 120 working satellites, there's120 million pieces of debris bigger than a coin and because of the speed with which things operate in space, around 15,000 miles an hour, if that debris hits your satellite oil space station, if not a very good day. and actually, that congestion, the sheer number of objects in space, it's great to remove one object in space but more needs to be done to stop the rise of debris.— the rise of debris. these statistics are extraordinary. _ the rise of debris. these statistics are extraordinary. there - the rise of debris. these statistics are extraordinary. there was - the rise of debris. these statistics| are extraordinary. there was more launches for satellites last year than in the 50 years before it and 200 satellites are being launched a month so it's getting a bit congested up there. is it inevitable we are going to see incidents, more
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incidents, i don't know how often they happen now, where these bits of debris hurtling along and updating satellite out and affecting our day—to—day lives? satellite out and affecting our day-to-day lives?— satellite out and affecting our day-to-day lives? yes, that's what we are most _ day-to-day lives? yes, that's what we are most worried _ day-to-day lives? yes, that's what we are most worried about - day-to-day lives? yes, that's what we are most worried about and - day-to-day lives? yes, that's what i we are most worried about and that's why actually the uk is trying to fund new types of technology to track things in space, so better radar, better telescopes, track things in space, so better radar, bettertelescopes, better ways of analysing the data and also supporting these missions to go up and go to pieces of debris, old broken satellites, out of space. more importantly, we are trying to support other countries to work together as a series of nations to put in some new guidelines and rules in place so this growing number of people working in space know how to operate safely and securely. we call the rules of the road. we say to people, do you dry on the left or right question of how fast you go? who moves out of the way? it's quite
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elementary stuff, but actually it's new for the space centre and that's why we have to work with other nations to put together a really strong set of guidelines for how we operate safely in space. fascinating stuff. it's like _ operate safely in space. fascinating stuff. it's like a _ operate safely in space. fascinating stuff. it's like a highway _ operate safely in space. fascinating stuff. it's like a highway code - operate safely in space. fascinating stuff. it's like a highway code for. stuff. it's like a highway code for the heavens. it's a joy to speak to, jacob fulton what a job you have. fascinating. we appreciate your expertise. like you say, i love the thought that basically it's like a lawless m 60 going around the earth. bits of things throughout space in all nations have to go together and decide what's going where and when i what happens when it falls down. it's incredible. stay with us. more news and sport coming up.
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hello, this is breakfast with chris mason and nina warhurst. if you live in england, you're nowjust eight days away from being allowed to have a drink ora meal inside a pub, or evenjet off on a foreign holiday. and if that makes you want to embrace a friend or relative in celebration — good news — you'll be able to do that, too. the prime minister is expected to announced tomorrow that hugging will be allowed from may 17th. we can get a medical view on that — and some other covid developments — with dr fari ahmad. what is your reaction to this news
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that soon will be able to embrace each other? i think a lot of people have missed them under a lot of therapeutic benefits to hugging. what is interesting is you need to hug but use your common sense. it is useful to flesh that out and understand what it would be safe to do. it would be hugging indoors is less safe than hugging out doors and naturally not hugging people who have coughs or symptoms and to face the same direction, keep it brief. but that would be something lots of people would look forward to. some --eole feel people would look forward to. some people feel quite — people would look forward to. some people feel quite restricted - people would look forward to. some people feel quite restricted about the grey area of common sense, use your own judgment the grey area of common sense, use your ownjudgment but in the grey area of common sense, use your own judgment but in your experience to have people been sensible when the distinction has not been complete? t sensible when the distinction has not been complete?— sensible when the distinction has not been complete? i think people are sensible _ not been complete? i think people are sensible and _ not been complete? i think people
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are sensible and understand - not been complete? i think people are sensible and understand aboutj are sensible and understand about covid and what is risky and what isn't and most people have a good idea of what is it safe for them and the one to hug and them. some people don't but they probably wouldn't have paid much attention in the first place anyway. tt is have paid much attention in the first place anyway.— first place anyway. it is a bit earl to first place anyway. it is a bit early to read _ first place anyway. it is a bit early to read into _ first place anyway. it is a bit early to read into the - first place anyway. it is a bit - early to read into the implications of the recent partial unlock measures. do you think it is too soon to start moving towards indoor hospitality, mixing in the homes if we do move ahead tomorrow? thea;r hospitality, mixing in the homes if we do move ahead tomorrow? they said the would we do move ahead tomorrow? they said they would be — we do move ahead tomorrow? they said they would be driven _ we do move ahead tomorrow? they said they would be driven by _ we do move ahead tomorrow? they said they would be driven by the _ we do move ahead tomorrow? they said they would be driven by the data, - they would be driven by the data, not the dates so i think we are seeing that numbers are certainly down and deaths down and hospital admissions down so the data is moving in the right direction so i think that is reassuring. and it would allow a cautious step no so that we can start living a bit more of a normal life while not letting
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things surge back up again. the de artin: things surge back up again. the departing task force chief of the government said the virus would no longer be circulating in the uk come august. would you agree with that is it too soon to say? t august. would you agree with that is it too soon to say?— it too soon to say? i think it is a bit early to _ it too soon to say? i think it is a bit early to say _ it too soon to say? i think it is a bit early to say that. _ it too soon to say? i think it is a bit early to say that. hopefully i it too soon to say? i think it is a | bit early to say that. hopefully if things carry on the way they are going and if we are careful with all the steps we are doing and our vaccination programme keeps at the pace we are, i think the chances of that are improving. we know that in the summer we are outdoors a lot and the summer we are outdoors a lot and the virus is less effective and that would be good but that are reasons to be a bit cautious because there are new variants and most people are expecting a third wave and that might come later as the weather gets colder and people start moving back indoors again. you
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colder and people start moving back indoors again-— indoors again. you can understand how some people _ indoors again. you can understand how some people could _ indoors again. you can understand how some people could be - indoors again. you can understand how some people could be quite i how some people could be quite confused with things like surge testing taking place in bolton with increased numbers of the indian variant so people might not be sure how to behave around mixed messages. it is confusing and i think sometimes you just have to read it and try and understand how it applies to you. i think the fact that as a new variant in the north west is a little bit of a cause for concern but the response is good. this is what happened when the kent variant started. we had lots of testing and everybody in the area got tested and people that were found to have it stayed home for two weeks and the spread of it was controlled so be concerned but there are measures in place and if they are measures in place and if they are allowed to carry on then hopefully we should be able to proceed with the plan. t hopefully we should be able to proceed with the plan.- hopefully we should be able to proceed with the plan. i have had lots of people _
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proceed with the plan. i have had lots of people say _ proceed with the plan. i have had lots of people say people - proceed with the plan. i have had lots of people say people who - proceed with the plan. i have had lots of people say people who i i proceed with the plan. i have had - lots of people say people who i know who were formerly in vulnerable category and over 70 have had both vaccinations and i haven't so i am going to return to normal life. what would your advice be to them? tt would your advice be to them? tt depends what normal life means. if you have had both your vaccines and you have had both your vaccines and you are going to be going out and doing your normal interactions i think still be sensible, social distancing hasn't quite gone and mask waiting still around and still simple things like washing your hands makes a difference in meeting people outdoors is always safer to take all of those into account when you make these decisions and if you are careful, and i understand the frustration because people say can we not get back to life how it was, but everybody taking these little steps, it all adds up and all comes together to help us control how slowly we can keep it at bay. those bab ste -s slowly we can keep it at bay. those
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baby steps are _ slowly we can keep it at bay. those baby steps are working _ slowly we can keep it at bay. those baby steps are working so - slowly we can keep it at bay. those baby steps are working so far - slowly we can keep it at bay. those baby steps are working so far in - baby steps are working so far in terms of this partial lockdown. lovely to see you as ever. the post office is contacting hundreds of sub—postmasters who may have been wrongly convicted of theft and fraud — to help clear their names. it comes after last month's acquittal of 39 former branch managers, who'd been blamed for supposed shortfalls which were actually caused by a faulty it system. here's a reminder of how some of them reacted. i waited 11 years for this and i'm really, really grateful for everyone. really, really grateful for everyone-— really, really grateful for eve one. ., . ., everyone. fantastic. it's been a lona everyone. fantastic. it's been a long time- _ everyone. fantastic. it's been a long time- a — everyone. fantastic. it's been a long time. a very _ everyone. fantastic. it's been a long time. a very long - everyone. fantastic. it's been a long time. a very long time. i everyone. fantastic. it's been a i long time. a very long time. beyond m self, i long time. a very long time. beyond myself. i am — long time. a very long time. beyond myself. i am no _ long time. a very long time. beyond myself, i am no longer— long time. a very long time. beyond myself, i am no longer a _ long time. a very long time. beyond myself, i am no longer a criminal. myself, i am no longer a criminal and that is a wonderful thing to be. we can speak now to the journalist nick wallis, who has been following this miscarriage ofjustice for a long
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time and is writing a book called the great post office scandal. bring us up to date with what this latest development means because it's been overshadowed by the election results.— it's been overshadowed by the election results. when this was sli ed election results. when this was slipped out _ election results. when this was slipped out at _ election results. when this was slipped out at one _ election results. when this was slipped out at one o'clock i election results. when this was slipped out at one o'clock on i election results. when this was i slipped out at one o'clock on friday afternoon _ slipped out at one o'clock on friday afternoon i — slipped out at one o'clock on friday afternoon i was astounded because we knew the _ afternoon i was astounded because we knew the post office had prosecuted 736 people over a 14 year period from _ 736 people over a 14 year period from the — 736 people over a 14 year period from the turn of the century and we knew _ from the turn of the century and we knew that _ from the turn of the century and we knew that 45 people were definitely innocent _ knew that 45 people were definitely innocent because there convictions had been _ innocent because there convictions had been quashed at southwark crown court and _ had been quashed at southwark crown court and the court of appeal in april— court and the court of appeal in april but— court and the court of appeal in april but what we didn't know was precisely— april but what we didn't know was precisely how many other people may have also _ precisely how many other people may have also been erroneously prosecuted and for the post office to come _ prosecuted and for the post office to come out and say at least 540 of the 736 _ to come out and say at least 540 of the 736 people who had been prosecuted may well have unsafe convictions and that they will be helping — convictions and that they will be helping them with their appeal suggests that if they do take them
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and find _ suggests that if they do take them and find these people and take their cases— and find these people and take their cases to _ and find these people and take their cases to appeal the post office won't — cases to appeal the post office won't oppose them, they will say they are — won't oppose them, they will say they are innocent. that makes this they are innocent. that makes this the largest— they are innocent. that makes this the largest miscarriage ofjustice i think— the largest miscarriage ofjustice i think in— the largest miscarriage ofjustice i think in the history of this island, certainly— think in the history of this island, certainly in — think in the history of this island, certainly in english legal history. it is extraordinary the post office went _ it is extraordinary the post office went about prosecuting people on an industrial— went about prosecuting people on an industrial scale over a period of 14 years _ industrial scale over a period of 14 years at— industrial scale over a period of 14 years. at the moment the government doesn't _ years. at the moment the government doesn't think anyone should be held accountable. doesn't think anyone should be held accountable-— accountable. what would you like to see happen — accountable. what would you like to see happen now? — accountable. what would you like to see happen now? what _ accountable. what would you like to see happen now? what difference i see happen now? what difference would a judge led enquiry make as opposed to a government led enquiry which is stopping? the opposed to a government led enquiry which is stopping?— which is stopping? the government enaui which is stopping? the government enquiry can't _ which is stopping? the government enquiry can't find — which is stopping? the government enquiry can't find out _ which is stopping? the government enquiry can't find out who _ which is stopping? the government enquiry can't find out who knew i which is stopping? the government. enquiry can't find out who knew what when _ enquiry can't find out who knew what when and _ enquiry can't find out who knew what when and this is crucial. there was a period _ when and this is crucial. there was a period in— when and this is crucial. there was a period in 2013 when the board of the post— a period in 2013 when the board of the post office was made aware that they could _ the post office was made aware that they could be prosecuting people erroneously. and instead of informing the campaigning mps and the campaigners themselves who wanted _ the campaigners themselves who wanted to ask questions about
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whether— wanted to ask questions about whether there convictions might be unsafe _ whether there convictions might be unsafe board of the post office chose — unsafe board of the post office chose not to inform them and it only took a _ chose not to inform them and it only took a high— chose not to inform them and it only took a high court battle which the post office through tens of millions of pounds — post office through tens of millions of pounds at trying to deny postmastersjustice, it only of pounds at trying to deny postmasters justice, it only took the postmasters when this high court battle _ the postmasters when this high court battle to— the postmasters when this high court battle to allow the review commissioner to a few refer these to the court _ commissioner to a few refer these to the court of— commissioner to a few refer these to the court of appeal. in 2013 the post office were aware of this. the ost post office were aware of this. the post office — post office were aware of this. the post office say _ post office were aware of this. tte: post office say in the later statement the sincerely apologise for past historical failures and are taking strenuous efforts to identify individuals and an extensive post disclosure exercises taking place. but we have not heard from anyone from the post office in public on
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camera in front of a microphone since the big moment in court the other week. since the big moment in court the otherweek. t since the big moment in court the other week-— other week. i am making a documentary _ other week. i am making a documentary for _ other week. i am making a documentary for radio i other week. i am making a documentary for radio fourj other week. i am making a i documentary for radio four at the moment— documentary for radio four at the moment and we have been trying to .et moment and we have been trying to get the _ moment and we have been trying to get the chief executive of the post office _ get the chief executive of the post office to _ get the chief executive of the post office to speak to us and he is too busy— office to speak to us and he is too busy which — office to speak to us and he is too busy which given that we gave him a wind of— busy which given that we gave him a wind of at _ busy which given that we gave him a wind of at least a month we said he could _ wind of at least a month we said he could speak— wind of at least a month we said he could speak to us at any time just doesn't _ could speak to us at any time just doesn't wash. i don't know why the post office — doesn't wash. i don't know why the post office is still running scared of fronting up the responsibilities to journalists. of fronting up the responsibilities tojournalists. these people are paid by— tojournalists. these people are paid by the government, public servants— paid by the government, public servants and taxpayers money is what keeps _ servants and taxpayers money is what keeps the _ servants and taxpayers money is what keeps the post office going and they are therefore publicly accountable. i do not _ are therefore publicly accountable. i do not understand while he or his predecessor for seven years avoided any request— predecessor for seven years avoided any request for an interview from any request for an interview from anyjournalist and it's almost a failure — anyjournalist and it's almost a failure of— anyjournalist and it's almost a failure ofjournalism and are a democratic system if these people are able _ democratic system if these people are able to avoid scrutiny. they miaht are able to avoid scrutiny. they might argue — are able to avoid scrutiny. they might argue they _ are able to avoid scrutiny. they might argue they are _ are able to avoid scrutiny. tte: might argue they are being proactive in seeking out remaining postmasters
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that many of them want to bury this and put it behind them because the emotional toil has been so massive they will not seek to overturn these convictions. that is the reality. the post office have only started to look for _ the post office have only started to look for these 541 people since the court _ look for these 541 people since the court of— look for these 541 people since the court of appeal decided these prosecutions were an affront to the public _ prosecutions were an affront to the public conscience and i can understand why sub—sub— postmasters may want _ understand why sub—sub— postmasters may want to _ understand why sub—sub— postmasters may want to put this behind them but there could _ may want to put this behind them but there could be due some significant compensation and if they get their names— compensation and if they get their names cleared the record will be changed — names cleared the record will be changed and they will be due perhaps hundreds— changed and they will be due perhaps hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation. i have spoken to so many— compensation. i have spoken to so many postmasters in the past and getting _ many postmasters in the past and getting a — many postmasters in the past and getting a conviction ruins your life and your— getting a conviction ruins your life and your good name and your career and your good name and your career and job— and your good name and your career and job prospects backs and sometimes your family dynamic and i can understand why people might not want to— can understand why people might not want to bring these things to the surface _ want to bring these things to the surface again but that is an opportunity here for them to
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actually— opportunity here for them to actually improve their lives going forward _ actually improve their lives going forward but again i would understand people _ forward but again i would understand people say— forward but again i would understand people say it was such a long time a-o people say it was such a long time ago i _ people say it was such a long time ago i don't — people say it was such a long time ago i don't want to rake it up. because — ago i don't want to rake it up. because any time you go through this process— because any time you go through this process those horrible feelings are raked _ process those horrible feelings are raked up _ process those horrible feelings are raked up again and i count mental health— raked up again and i count mental health and — raked up again and i count mental health and that as well. | raked up again and i count mental health and that as well.— health and that as well. i would heartily recommend _ health and that as well. i would heartily recommend the - health and that as well. i would | heartily recommend the podcast health and that as well. i would i heartily recommend the podcast on bbc sounds. as nick said all those pointers missed along the way and seeking compensation could take a long time and some of them don't have that time. now jane with the sport. hejust he just casually took the penalty that could have given manchester city the title.
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sergio aguero has apologised to his teammates and fans for his penalty miss yesterday as manchester city blew their latest chance to win the premier league title, losing 2—1 at home to chelsea. stuart pollitt reports. in three weeks these two sides will fight to be kings of europe. this game was all about manchester city's possible premier league coronation. just before half—time it looked like the crown would be confirmed thanks to raheem sterling's effort. sliding into steal the goal! but what followed was anything but a sterling effort.
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sergio aguero tried to be cheeky with a panenka penalty. instead he ended up looking a bit of a chump. aguero later apologised for the error in a post—match tweet saying... chelsea, needing the points are a top four finish, could suddenly see a way back, and hackham just could see a goal inside the post. it is beautifully inside the corner. then in injury time marcos alonso stole in to steal the win, which takes the blues third in the table. chelsea have won the game! for the hosts it is still a case surely of when, not if they win the league. stuart pollitt, bbc news. liverpool managerjurgen klopp says it'll be "difficult, but not impossible" to secure a top four spot after a 2—0 win
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at home to southampton. thiago's first goal for the club wrapped up the victory in injury time. liverpool are six points behind fourth placed leicester with a game in hand. elsewhere there were wins for leeds and crystal palace britain's billyjoe saunders has been left with a suspected broken eye socket after his super—middleweight unification fight against mexican canelo alvarez was stopped. the fight was held in front of 73,000 fans in texas — the largest ever crowd for an indoor boxing event in america. saunders had been growing into, what was a close contest, before a brutal uppercut from alvarez in the eighth round resulted in saunders' corner calling an end to the fight before lewis hamilton says it "feels like a dream" to have become the first formula one driver to have reached the milestone of 100 pole positions after qualifying on top spot for today's spanish grand prix. the seven—time world champion edged out max verstappen in qualifying at barcelona to reach the landmark. a win today would also move hamilton to a record extending 98 race victories. do you ever get that sinking feeling that there's somewhere you're supposed to be? well, us open champion bryson dechambeau was so sure that he had missed the cut at the pga tour event in north carolina, that he flew home after his round on friday. only to be told mid—flight that he had in fact qualified to play over the weekend.
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that meant a 1,000—mile return flight from dallas back to charlotte. dechambeau is well off the pace, but rory mcilroy is just two shots off the lead heading into the final round today. he shot a third round 68 yesterday, with this birdie on the 3rd particularly impressive. i would have said think of the air mass _ i would have said think of the air mass but — i would have said think of the air mass but it— i would have said think of the air mass but it was probably a private 'et. mass but it was probably a private jet -- _ mass but it was probably a private jet -- air— mass but it was probably a private jet. —— air mass. air miles. you're watching breakfast, which is on until nine o'clock — but this is where we say goodbye to nina. now, let's get a final look
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at the weather with susan. now, let's get a final look quite the paddle here in harrogate. we had heavy rain overnight in parts of northern england but things are clearing now. the weatherfront responsible is weakening and we will see quite a lot of fine weather across england and wales through the day today. some heavier showers in kent know off into the north sea and we are left with this low pressure centre feeding pretty frequent showers through the day into scotland and northern ireland. mild atlantic air is pulled all away across the uk today its temperatures close to average for the majority and above across east anglia and the south—east, up to 20 or 21 degrees this afternoon with a bit of patchy cloud. sunshine for much of england and wales on into the afternoon and and wales on into the afternoon and a few showers for the south—west and some heavier ones perhaps for wales and the midlands into the evening. those showers are never far away
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from scotland and northern ireland. more dense cloud across the west of scotland and perhaps some rumbles of thunder and blustery winds particularly across northern ireland gusting up to 40 mph. temperatures in the mid teens widely and 20 or 21 across eastern england. but muggy and humid air is showers flooding through the evening and overnight. some heavy downpours possible and that applies towards the end of the night across the coast of northern england. i mild night, we have finally lost those frosts and that should be away things continue to the week ahead. this low pressure will never be too far away and it will never be too far away and it will keep the wind is fairly blustery throughout and will also mean we stay in atlantic air. from monday quite a lot of showers pushing into the western side of the uk and for the east more scattered although heavy rain could glance a blow to the north—east of scotland
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earlier in the day before parking across the northern isles. quite a notable breeze but temperatures healthier than the last week or so, in the mid teens and perhaps 17 or even 18 degrees we will get the best of any sunshine. the low will stay with us through the remainder of the week ahead which means days of sunny spells and scattered showers but more mild by day and average temperatures at last and we lose the overnight frost so no more dashing in and out of the greenhouse for me with my blanket. an impressive harrowgate paddle at the beginning of yourforecast. —— puddle. if you think you're one of those people who can keep a cool head in a crisis then you should watch — and listen to —
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this next story. it's about a tape recording which was taken 80 years ago, in the middle of a german bombing raid on liverpool — and we really do mean in the middle of it. our merseyside reporter andy gill has more.( in eight days in may 1941, the luftwaffe dropped 800 tonnes of high explosives and more than 100,000 incendiary bombs on liverpool. and, as the bombs fell, a bbc sound engineer climbed a tall building and recorded what he saw. st luke's church, that's a big church at the top of bowles street, is just a shell. that's been burnt out. the water mains went. there is a bomb down somewhere. the water mains went and they couldn't do anything, the firemen couldn't fight the fire. they have no water. the broadcaster gillian reynolds was a girl of five in liverpool at the time. what a hero this man was. going up on the rooftops and recording away and bombs all around him falling, falling, you could hear them. and he covered them, he covered what was happening so brilliantly.
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then i am quiet like that i am trying to seek a bit of shelter. i don't want to put my neck out too far. there is a final engine —— fire engine come along now. the people with no water can't make any tea and they have been coming out to the fireman with buckets or anything at all which would hold the water. the museum of— all which would hold the water. the museum of liverpool reopening this month is currently staging an exhibition about the blitz. one expert says the recording is an important find. tt expert says the recording is an important find.— expert says the recording is an important find. it is fascinating and i think— important find. it is fascinating and i think it — important find. it is fascinating and i think it really _ important find. it is fascinating and i think it really brings i important find. it is fascinating | and i think it really brings home the horror— and i think it really brings home the horror of war for everyday people — the horror of war for everyday people in— the horror of war for everyday people in the city. you can really imagine — people in the city. you can really imagine yourself on top of the high building _ imagine yourself on top of the high building with the fire watchers and the vibrations he must have felt as those _ the vibrations he must have felt as those bombs you can hear on the audio _ those bombs you can hear on the audio are — those bombs you can hear on the audio are going off around him and you can _
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audio are going off around him and you can imagine the fire raging and he must _ you can imagine the fire raging and he must have felt the heat from the fire and _ he must have felt the heat from the fire and the — he must have felt the heat from the fire and the smell of burning in the street _ fire and the smell of burning in the street. it— fire and the smell of burning in the street. , , . , fire and the smell of burning in the street. , , ., , ., , street. it is years on, this includes _ street. it is years on, this includes church _ street. it is years on, this | includes church mentioned street. it is years on, this i includes church mentioned in street. it is years on, this - includes church mentioned in the recording still stands, a memorial in its damaged state to those killed in its damaged state to those killed in the blitz. we do not know who made it? the recording belonged to a retired teacher in west yorkshire who used it for lessons. another teacher says beyond that information is sketchy. the teacher says beyond that information is sketch . , ., , ., , ., is sketchy. the story goes that the teacher had _ is sketchy. the story goes that the teacher had a _ is sketchy. the story goes that the teacher had a relative _ is sketchy. the story goes that the teacher had a relative who - is sketchy. the story goes that the teacher had a relative who lived i is sketchy. the story goes that the teacher had a relative who lived in | teacher had a relative who lived in liverpool during the second world war and he seems to think he had access to bbc sound equipment and made a recording but other than that we don't know much about this and who made the recording and who is narrating the story. tbtbtc
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who made the recording and who is narrating the story.— who made the recording and who is narrating the story. bbc radio want an one narrating the story. bbc radio want anyone who — narrating the story. bbc radio want anyone who does _ narrating the story. bbc radio want anyone who does know— narrating the story. bbc radio want anyone who does know the - narrating the story. bbc radio want anyone who does know the identity| narrating the story. bbc radio want i anyone who does know the identity of the blitz witness to come forward. here we go. that's about two roads away. i cringed here. it's enough to scare the pants off anybody. andy gill with that report — and you can hear more on broadcasting house, which is on radio 4 at 9 o'clock this morning. you may have spent this wet weekend scouring the internet for flights to portugal or gibraltar. they're among the very few countries you can fly to from england from may 17th without the need to quarantine on your return. but how will it work and how is the demand affecting prices? the traveljournalist simon calder is at gatwick airport.
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what would be your tip in terms of the best way to approach this uncertain period but less uncertain thanit uncertain period but less uncertain than it has been? b, uncertain period but less uncertain than it has been?— uncertain period but less uncertain than it has been? a week tomorrow after 19 weeks _ than it has been? a week tomorrow after 19 weeks of— than it has been? a week tomorrow after 19 weeks of travel _ than it has been? a week tomorrow after 19 weeks of travel abroad i than it has been? a week tomorrow after 19 weeks of travel abroad for i after 19 weeks of travel abroad for nonessential purposes being illegal we are actually going to be able to travel for fun and furthermore that is a list of a dozen nations for which you don't need to quarantine when you come back although in practice there are really only four because it's only portugal, iceland, israel and gibraltarfrom because it's only portugal, iceland, israel and gibraltar from which you can actually get there and back where you will be n and where there are no serious restrictions. that doesn't necessarily mean we will be welcomed then. portugal still has some pretty strict rules, israel
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says we will see group tours may be at the end of may, the rest of you individual travels we will not need tilljuly. iceland, you have to turn up tilljuly. iceland, you have to turn up with your vaccination card if you want a fast track again thanks to the icelandic bye minister who said you can get in with your nhsjab card and! you can get in with your nhsjab card and i know not everyone who gets the jab gets a card and tomorrow we will find out what gibraltar is planning. before the green list was announced in downing street i bought a flight to faro
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which cost £1100 street i bought a flight to faro which cost e1100 and is nowjust over £500. t which cost £1100 and is now 'ust soo.�* which cost £1100 and is now 'ust over£500. ., ., , . ,., over £500. i asked about prices and gibraltar because _ over £500. i asked about prices and gibraltar because you _ over £500. i asked about prices and gibraltar because you only - over £500. i asked about prices and gibraltar because you only have i over £500. i asked about prices andj gibraltar because you only have 740 hotel rooms and he said no, 748. but because the options are limited the prices will rise and i suppose the inevitable next question is is it worth looking beyond countries country on the green list and trying to guess who might be green next, particularly injuly and august in the summer holidays? particularly in july and august in the summer holidays?— particularly in july and august in the summer holidays? yes, i think it is 748 hotel — the summer holidays? yes, i think it is 748 hotel beds, _ the summer holidays? yes, i think it is 748 hotel beds, not _ the summer holidays? yes, i think it is 748 hotel beds, not rooms - the summer holidays? yes, i think it is 748 hotel beds, not rooms so i is 748 hotel beds, not rooms so could get quite cosy there. i have already booked my holiday for the end of may and gibraltar. but the first thing to bear in mind is that as soon as you see prices like £500 one way for a three hour flight to portugal you can absolutely bat that every airline and every holiday
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company is thinking, we could do with a bit of that, and so you will see over the next few days i am pretty sure a lot more holidays being put onto portugal and certainly not to gibraltar because i should say there is not really the room so prices should start to come down. the next review of the green list when personally i think it will be greatly expanded will take place in the first few days ofjune. that will take effect about a week later so certainly by mid june i would be very surprised if for instance the spanish islands and the greek islands and may be italy and maybe france will be on the green list. i stress that is only a production and purely speculation. and therefore there will be of course a kind of overall reduction in prices as the demand gets spread around more locations but you are at this stage taking about. thank you, simon. a
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quiet gatwick airport but one or two announcements you can still hear on the tannoy. that's all we have time for this morning, breakfast will be back tomorrow from six. bye— bye. have a lovely sunday.
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this is bbc world news. our top stories. with the elections over, the uk prime minister borisjohnson invites the leaders of scotland and wales to a summit on how to recoverfrom the pandemic. nicola sturgeon and the snp win a historic fourth term, as the party sets its sights on a second referendum on scottish independence. there is simply no democratic justification whatsoever for borisjohnson or indeed for anyone else seeking to block the right of the people of scotland to choose their own future. labour leader sir keir starmer faces a backlash after sacking his deputy angela rayner amid fall—out from the party's disappointing performance in the elections.
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but labour did win a number of the mayoral contests,

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