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with these wonderful bears. the incident has prompted an internal investigation at whipsnade zoo, which is a world leader with a wide programme of conservation projects. meanwhile, talks are already under way to find cinderella a new companion. jon ironmonger, bbc look east. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. at least we had a respite from the persistent rain today, that we still had a few showers. but, as we go into sunday, we have another band of rain coming in, it will be a chilly start. we have had some showers through the day, those will continue through the evening and then fade away under the starry skies, temperatures will fall close to freezing. we had a foster last night in scotland, and it will be more generally chilly overnight with ground frost in many central and northern areas. although further west, we now have the next band of rain coming into northern ireland by morning. it turns wet quite quickly for northern ireland. a bright start further east and holding onto some drier weather through the day, but
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the rain pushes its way eastwards, pushes into western scotland, western england, wales. for a time, there will be some quite hefty downpours and some quite gusty winds as well. temperatures will not be any great shape, 13 or 1a at best because of all the cloud. it turns showery for northern ireland later and is certainly a day of heavy showers on monday. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... former bbc director general lord hall resigns as national gallery chairman, saying continuing in the role would be a "distraction", following the inquiry
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into panorama's interview with princess diana. wider surge testing has been rolled out in parts of london and the north east due to a rise in coronavirus cases linked to the indian variant. the first convoys of humanitarian aid have arrived in gaza, hours after a ceasefire between israel and palestinian militants came into effect. whipsnade zoo launches an investigation after two brown bears escape from their enclosure and are shot by wardens. and, get your best sequins out, the final rehearsals are done and the pyrotechnics are ready — the eurovision finalists compete tonight after a pandemic—enforced break. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday.
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hello, welcome to sportsday. i'm austin halewood. coming up this evening... the season keeps getting better for stjohnstone. they add the scottish cup to their league cup triumph. 90 minutes from the premier league, brentford book their place in the championship playoff final. and it's more gold for adam peaty at the european swimming championships. an outstanding swim from myself, i don't like to be arrogant but i could not have done that any more. that gives me a confidence in my own strength. hello and welcome to sportsday. there's only one place to start
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tonight and that's in glasgow, because stjohnstone have been crowned scottish cup champions. they beat hibernian 1—0, and it's the icing on the cake of a brilliant season for stjohnstone, having already won the league cup. our sports news correspondent, chris mclaughlin, was at hampden park for us. green against blue in scottish football's showpiece final, no rangers or celtic inside this time. and with covid numbers rising in glasgow, no fans either. small towns and johnston were looking for the cup double. sean really�*s winner secured in the league cup back in february... and he was at it again on the half hour at hampden park. that is the first blow of the scottish _ that is the first blow of the scottish cup _ that is the first blow of the scottish cup final! - that is the first blow of the scottish cup final!- that is the first blow of the scottish cup final! whether club from perth _ scottish cup final! whether club from perth ready _ scottish cup final! whether club from perth ready to _ scottish cup final! whether club from perth ready to upset - scottish cup final! whether club from perth ready to upset the l scottish cup final! whether club . from perth ready to upset the odds yet again? well, they have the perfect chance to put it beyond hibernian later on, a foul and a penalty given. i hibernian later on, a foul and a penalty given-— hibernian later on, a foul and a penalty given. hibernian later on, a foul and a enal liven. , , penalty given. i good save but he is there! and what _ penalty given. i good save but he is there! and what about _ penalty given. i good save but he is there! and what about this - penalty given. i good save but he is there! and what about this a - penalty given. i good save but he is| there! and what about this a double save from the _ there! and what about this a double
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save from the goalkeeper? - there! and what about this a double save from the goalkeeper? the - there! and what about this a double l save from the goalkeeper? the saints stood firm at the other end, the oldest trophy in association football back in the hands of the men from perth.— football back in the hands of the men from perth. very special, for a club like saint _ men from perth. very special, for a club like saint johnstone _ men from perth. very special, for a club like saint johnstone to - men from perth. very special, for a club like saint johnstone to do - men from perth. very special, for a club like saint johnstone to do the i club like saintjohnstone to do the double win. not many teams outside the old firm managed to do it, so a small club like saintjohnstone doing it. small club like saint johnstone doin: it. , ., doing it. delighted for them. the whole team. _ doing it. delighted for them. the whole team, the _ doing it. delighted for them. the whole team, the manager, - doing it. delighted for them. the whole team, the manager, it - doing it. delighted for them. the whole team, the manager, it is l doing it. delighted for them. the | whole team, the manager, it is an amazing _ whole team, the manager, it is an amazing achievement. you always take that. if amazing achievement. you always take that. ::' ,,. amazing achievement. you always take that. ::' , ., ., that. until 2014 saint johnstone had never won a — that. until 2014 saint johnstone had never won a major _ that. until 2014 saint johnstone had never won a major honour. - that. until 2014 saint johnstone had never won a major honour. now - that. until 2014 saint johnstone had i never won a major honour. now today, it is a cup double for the club who regularly play in front of crowds of around 4000. a phenomenal achievement and once again in scottish football it is the saints who go marching on. it is scottish football it is the saints who go marching on.— who go marching on. it is saint johnstone's — who go marching on. it is saint johnstone's cup! _ who go marching on. it is saint johnstone's cup! it _ who go marching on. it is saint johnstone's cup! it is _ who go marching on. it is saint johnstone's cup! it is a - who go marching on. it is saint johnstone's cup! it is a saint i johnstone's cup! it is a saint johnstone's— johnstone's cup! it is a saint johnstone's season! - johnstone's cup! it is a saint johnstone's season!- johnstone's season! chris mclaughlin. _ johnstone's season! chris mclaughlin, 33c- johnstone's season! chris mclaughlin, bbc news i johnstone's season! chris mclaughlin, bbc news atj johnstone's season!“ mclaughlin, bbc news at hampden park. two titles in three months
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really is an incredible story. there was a brilliant game earlier in the championship play—offs. brentford came from a goal down to beat bournemouth and book their place at wembley for the final. so the bees are just 90 minutes away from the premier league, but as michael redford reports, it was anything but straightforward in west london. these brentford fans have been here before, nine play—off campaigns were not a single promotion. is this to do it all changes? before they could dream of wembley, they had to fight back against bournemouth, trailing 1-0, back against bournemouth, trailing 1—0, brentford had to score, so much so, they forgot how to defend. nobody close to the striker, nobody catching him. nobody close to the striker, nobody catching him-— catching him. from brentford's corner, bournemouth - catching him. from brentford's corner, bournemouth has- catching him. from brentford's l corner, bournemouth has struck! catching him. from brentford's - corner, bournemouth has struck! a corner, bournemouth has struck! penalty, from 12 yards out, he doesn't miss. comment composed, the same cannot be said for the goalkeeper. all the bournemouth defender who did not see the striker coming and didn't see red moments
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later. with a man advantage, brentford levelled the tie with a moment to remember. and if that roar from the crowd felt loud, well, it was nothing compared to this. sending brentford to wembley for a second successive season, they will be hoping the ending will be different this time around. michael redford, bbc news. so, who will a face at wembley? so, who will they face at wembley? the second leg between barnsley and swansea has just got underway. it's1—0 on aggregate to swansea. 0-0 at 0—0 at the moment. meanwhile, it's going to be another season in league one for sunderland. they lost their play—off semifinal to lincoln city. lincoln arrived at the stadium of light with a 2—0 lead from their home leg, but that was wiped out by first—half goals from ross stewart and charlie wyke. lincoln hit back after the break through tom hopper to win the tie 3—2 on aggregate. they'll face blackpool in the final at wembley next sunday. now for a quick look at some
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of the day's other sports stories. cameron norrie's through to the final of the lyon open. he thrashed eighth seed karen khachanov 6—1, 6—1 injust over an hour. so the brit's now preparing for his second atp tour final injust three weeks. but a tough test awaits, he'll face number two seed stefanos tsitsipas in the final. the greek beat 19—year—old italian lorenzo musetti in three sets. tsitsipas has already won the monte carlo masters and reached the final in barcelona. italy's lorenzo fortunato won stage 14 of the giro d'italia. behind him, colombia's egan bernal shook off his main rivals on the final ascent, extending his overall lead to a minute and a half over britain's simon yates. in rugby league, holders leeds rhinos are out of the women's challenge cup — they were beaten by st helens in the semi—finals. saints ran in four tries to win
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the tie by 20 points to 12. carrie roberts crossed the line twice, as did amy hardcastle here. and they'll play york city knights in the final after they thrashed castleford tigers 32—4. savannah andrade scored a hat—trick of tries. the final will be live on bbc two on the 5th ofjune. and there are three matches in super league today. wigan warriors narrowly beat salford red devils. warrington thrashed castleford. and we're into the second half of catalans against st helens. the hosts are 20—6 up with ten minutes left there. britain's adam peaty has added another gold medal to his extensive collection. the latest one was in the 50 meters breaststroke at the european championships in budapest. peaty had already won gold in the 100 metre version in budapest and managed to make it double gold over the shorter distance.
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that was his 15th european title. so things are looking good ahead of this summer's olympics in tokyo. an outstanding swim from myself. i don't like to be arrogant, but i could not have executed that any more. that gives me immense confidence in my own strength where the speed is at. it will only get easier knowing these next few months after we have to get back down again, recharge and as fast as little as we can come back into the hole, back into the trenches as we like to call it. we will come out all guns firing for the olympics. now, the monaco grand prix returns this weekend after it was cancelled last year due to the pandemic. and the fans have already had plenty to cheer about in the principality. monaco—born charles leclerc taking pole at his home race for the first time. but a dramatic ending saw lewis hamilton end up seventh as nick parrott reports. the return to monaco saw the return of the fans, and the perils of racing on a tight and twisty street circuit. schumacher did not even get
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to qualify, crashing in final practice, leaving his mechanics too much to do. lewis hamilton was struggling to get his mercedes going, and like his team—mate what as, he was quickest in the opening session. the ferrari was looking feisty, taking the top spot in the second session and then galloping into provisional pole. hamilton appeared to be feeling the pressure, clipping a barrier ruined his charge before he could have another go polythene came to a premature end. leclerc�*s crash securing him poll ahead of the stuff in. hamilton ended up seventh, his lowest good position for over three years. this was a job for us over the decisions we made going into today and the car was really hard to drive today. i was really hard to drive today. i give it everything i could, itjust was not one of those days for us. i was not one of those days for us. i was quite emotional in the car, but now it _ was quite emotional in the car, but
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now it is _ was quite emotional in the car, but now it is time to put everything togethen — now it is time to put everything together. and i managed to do so, so i'm incredibly happy. but it is tomorrow_ i'm incredibly happy. but it is tomorrow that we score points. with overtakin: tomorrow that we score points. with overtaking so _ tomorrow that we score points. tn overtaking so difficult in monaco, it will take another spectacular turn of events to deny leclerc or. in victory. the british sprinter adam gemili says �*all hell would break loose' if athletes are banned from protesting against racial discrimination at this summer's tokyo olympics. the international olympic committe forbids any kind of demonstration or what it calls �*political, religious or racial propaganda'. well, gemili says it would be unfair for an athlete to be stripped of a medal. i would hope it would not get to that of any athlete. i have an athlete who puts in a good performance on the track would get to keep their medal. but if the ioc, if it comes to doing that and being that brutal, that's when i said all hell would break loose because if you try to take an athlete's medal away, for something that he is not cheated on the track, i think that
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is completely unjust.— is completely un'ust. finally, the third round — is completely un'ust. finally, the third round of_ is completely unjust. finally, the third round of golf's _ is completely unjust. finally, the third round of golf's us _ is completely unjust. finally, the third round of golf's us pga - third round of golf's us pga championship is well under way in south carolina, and once again, phil mickelson is proving that age is just a number. the leaders tee off within the hour at kiawah island. but already on the course it's been a nice start for england's tom lewis — he's four shots off the lead on one under par — that's two underfor the day. ian poulter has just started his third round. he's a shot further back on even par. a lovely shot into the second hole there. but it's been another disappointing day forformer champion rory mcilroy. he bogeyed the first hole and never really recovered. he's now five over par. well, you can keep across all the latest from south carolina on the bbc sport website. but that's all from sportsday. now it's time for click.
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welcome to click. hope you're doing ok. this week, we're going to be talking a lot about taking photos. so, lara, you know how we have all been looking for new hobbies to help fill the time during lockdown, yeah? i've been very busy colouring in with my eight—year—old. oh, lovely! so she's got her colouring—in book and you've got an adult colouring—in book and you sit next to each other, do you? no! i only do the children's ones because i think the grown—up ones are too fiddly! anyway, what have you been doing? chuckles
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well, let me tell you, you know those amazing photos of the stars in the night sky that you can get by taking a long—exposure photo? well, i've kind of been getting into that, and it turns out that astronomy as a whole has become a much bigger deal in the last year. i suppose it's something you can do in your back garden when you're on your own and can't go out. exactly! so you might think that you'd need a big dslr and a telescope to get those kind of shots. but no. turns out you might already have everything you need in your pocket. so, i wanted to find out more about this, so i asked tv host, space journalist and author sarah cruddas to try a bit of astrophotography on her smartphones. it was looking up at the night sky as a child which inspired my lifelong love of space. but whereas in the past, capturing images of the night sky required expensive kit, now all you need is the latest
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smartphone, a bit of luck with the weather, and enough time

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