tv The Papers BBC News May 30, 2021 10:30pm-11:01pm BST
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hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment first the headlines. the vaccines minister, nadhim zahawi, says england will decide byjune the 14th whether coronavirus infection rates and hospitalisations are low enough to justify lifting the lockdown a week later. the royal college of emergency medicine has
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rejected a suggestion by the vaccines minister, nadhim zahawi, that covid jabs should be mandatory for all nhs staff in england. opposition politicians in israel are moving closer to forming a new government, and removing the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, from power. the newly—elected leader of the democratic unionist party accuses the eu of using northern ireland as a "play thing" to punish the uk for brexit saying it's playing "fast and loose" with the peace process. and borisjohnson marries his fiancee carrie symonds in a secret ceremony at westminster cathedral. hello and welcome to our look ahead
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to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rob merrick, deputy political editor of the independent and broadcaster and writer dawn foster. tomorrow's front pages, starting with the i leads with news that the government wants to offer all over 50 s a second jab in the next three weeks to end covid restrictions by june 21st. the financial times reports that us financial authorities are preparing to take a more active role in regulating cryptocurrencies amid growing concerns over a lack of proper oversight. the independent says nhs hospitals could struggle to deal with surge in demand from uk holiday—makers taking trips between different parts of the country. as with many of today s papers, the daily mail has a picture of borisjohnson and carrie symonds on their wedding days. the paper covers news that those with in need of hip and knee operations could have to wait two years for surgery. the guardian meanwhile claims that dozens of schools have been built
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using combustible insulation since the material was banned on high—rise apartment blocks after the grenfell tower disaster. the daily telegraph claims that plans to make covid—i9 passports a legal requirement for large events are set to be dropped by the government. so, let's begin. do you want to kick off first with this story on the front of the telegraph tomorrow morning and that is, of course, that which we have here is the story about the uk abandoning plans for covid—i9 passports? its abandoning plans for covid-19 passmrts?— abandoning plans for covid-19 passports? abandoning plans for covid-19 --assorts? , . . , ., ., passports? its clarity for quite a few peeple _ passports? its clarity for quite a few peeple and _ passports? its clarity for quite a few people and it has _ passports? its clarity for quite a few people and it has been - passports? its clarity for quite a few people and it has been thel passports? its clarity for quite a - few people and it has been the plans are quite a while. it is been up in the air with the government over when it opens up for larger events, whether we will be having what they will call vaccine passports. when it
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comes to things like football, when it comes to big stadium gigs, whether or not people will be required to bring an app to prove that they have had both vaccines or whether or not they have antibodies for coronavirus they discussed this and there have been protests about it and there have been some moves by the government to talk about it, there have been some discussions as to whether or not it will involve the nhs app and other government has said that they will not be requiring this and there have been big protests about this. lots of talks about whether or not it requires too much, orwhether about whether or not it requires too much, or whether whether or not it infringes on our civil liberties and
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because there is some vaccines where there have been so many problems of there have been so many problems of the test and trace app, we managed to get somebody vaccines in so many arms now that the government has just abandoned it and said vaccine passports will not be going ahead. we'll be able to go to stadiums and will be to open a properly without having these vaccine passports and. it raises the question of discrimination age was because a lot of people are worried it might be the younger people who will stuffed a their vaccines beyond the summer. certainly beyond the train first of if the restrictions are lifted there. we will be effectively locked out of of big events. i there. we will be effectively locked out of of big events.— out of of big events. i think that's the biggest _ out of of big events. i think that's the biggest criticism _ out of of big events. i think that's the biggest criticism made - out of of big events. i think that'sl the biggest criticism made against them _ the biggest criticism made against them and — the biggest criticism made against them and i would be very unfair to rush ahead — them and i would be very unfair to rush ahead on the 21st, even if it was technologically possible because, as you know, pointing out everyone _ because, as you know, pointing out everyone would have been vaccinated by that _ everyone would have been vaccinated by that point. i think that does mean — by that point. i think that does mean there was a case for them in
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some _ mean there was a case for them in some circumstances. further down the line. pioneering this idea that they flew line. pioneering this idea that they flew out— line. pioneering this idea that they flew out to — line. pioneering this idea that they flew out to see it in action. and a bil flew out to see it in action. and a big increase _ flew out to see it in action. and a big increase to see a portion of younger— big increase to see a portion of younger people choosing to get vaccinated and the younger people seem _ vaccinated and the younger people seem to _ vaccinated and the younger people seem to be the most vexing hesitated to think— seem to be the most vexing hesitated to think they have less to fear from covid-19 _ to think they have less to fear from covid-19 as— to think they have less to fear from covid—19 as older people. and in israel. _ covid—19 as older people. and in israel, there is been a weird incentivising to have a job so than they can _ incentivising to have a job so than they can go — incentivising to have a job so than they can go to events and their sumwrt— they can go to events and their support from the organisers and many events— support from the organisers and many events really wanted this. bay—side is a way— events really wanted this. bay—side is a way of— events really wanted this. bay—side is a way of encouraging people to believe _ is a way of encouraging people to believe it— is a way of encouraging people to believe it was safe to go to their events— believe it was safe to go to their events and unless there is some proof— events and unless there is some proof that— events and unless there is some proof that the people there with you have been_ proof that the people there with you have been vaccinated or tested negative — have been vaccinated or tested negative for the people stay away. there _ negative for the people stay away. there are — negative for the people stay away. there are two sides to the argument but it— there are two sides to the argument but it has— there are two sides to the argument but it has created a bit of a mess. they— but it has created a bit of a mess. they called — but it has created a bit of a mess. they called boris johnson but it has created a bit of a mess. they called borisjohnson in it was never— they called borisjohnson in it was never going to happen, just a softening up exercise that they may
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need against the large venues but it seems _ need against the large venues but it seems they have got a grip on that as welt _ seems they have got a grip on that as well. ., , �* seems they have got a grip on that as well. .,, �* ., seems they have got a grip on that as well. ., , �* ., ., let you ahead of the telegraph. the news story about boris— news story about boris johnson. discovering _ news story about boris johnson. discovering that _ news story about boris johnson. discovering that they _ news story about boris johnson. discovering that they had - news story about boris johnson. discovering that they had this i discovering that they had this wedding and it's brilliant. they have _ wedding and it's brilliant. they have to — wedding and it's brilliant. they have to organise running the country as well_ have to organise running the country as well as _ have to organise running the country as well as the organise the wedding. will not _ as well as the organise the wedding. will not have the honeymoon just yet, perhaps that is not very surprising but the surprising thing about— surprising but the surprising thing about this — surprising but the surprising thing about this wedding is how on earth he managed to get permission to get married _ he managed to get permission to get married in— he managed to get permission to get married in the catholic westminster cathedral and apparently he found someone — cathedral and apparently he found someone in there who decided that didnt— someone in there who decided that didn't matter because previous weddings are not taken place but there _ weddings are not taken place but there are — weddings are not taken place but there are loads of people out there were saying they've been denied cathoiic— were saying they've been denied catholic weddings because of the exact— catholic weddings because of the exact same circumstances. the master
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finding _ exact same circumstances. the master finding a _ exact same circumstances. the master finding a loop. what you have been pursuing _ finding a loop. what you have been pursuing this. is that something your— pursuing this. is that something your paper is been pursuing? i'm not sure but— your paper is been pursuing? i'm not sure but i_ your paper is been pursuing? i'm not sure but ijust— your paper is been pursuing? i'm not sure but ijust noticed that the prime — sure but ijust noticed that the prime minister managed to get clear on friday— prime minister managed to get clear on friday having run up a bill to do this and _ on friday having run up a bill to do this and ask— on friday having run up a bill to do this and ask no questions about what was going _ this and ask no questions about what was going to funded and apparently that was— was going to funded and apparently that was not doing anything wrong and so _ that was not doing anything wrong and so he — that was not doing anything wrong and so he is the master finding a loophole — wait two years before, the consequence we have been warned about to be fair that they're going to be but there was this. hip about to be fair that they're going to be but there was this.- to be but there was this. hip and knee operations _ to be but there was this. hip and knee operations will _ to be but there was this. hip and knee operations will be - to be but there was this. hip and knee operations will be majorly l knee operations will be majorly delayed and now that you're finally getting coronavirus under control, this will be a big thing for the nhs and ongoing for epilepsy on thursday
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but we will see big delays of the nhs slowly catch up with things and a lot of things that aren't majorly crucial but they will majorly impact life and slowly it will take a long time for the nhs to catch up and coronavirus will have a huge knock on effect for the nhs and take years to catch up and in turn, they'll have another on effect and it will take years of the nhs to catch up and coronavirus will have a huge fallout for peoples lives and it would take years to catch up and we still need a lot more doctors and nurses to catch up with people. advise nurses to catch up with people. also the timin: nurses to catch up with people. also the timing of — nurses to catch up with people. also the timing of lifting restrictions because there are people who are
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worried there may be another surge injune and july in a clearly worried that again, if that were to lead to more vaccination, the hope that the vaccine is as effective as they hope in ensuring that symptoms are relatively mild. but if that is not the case, then that could again affect those operations that people were just about to get scheduled. yes and there will be problems of this as well. people who have put off small problems that they feel will also be very worried about going to doctors. and people will slowly start going back to doctors and things that people have put off for a while will slowly go back to gps and calling doctors really have to catch up. that brings us neatly onto vaccines ramped up in the rest of the 21st of june. this is part of the thinking is that the government is desperately keen to hold onto its
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target of lifting those last legal restrictions.— target of lifting those last legal restrictions. , , ., , restrictions. there seems to be some aood news restrictions. there seems to be some good news for — restrictions. there seems to be some good news for the _ restrictions. there seems to be some good news for the over _ restrictions. there seems to be some good news for the over 50s _ restrictions. there seems to be some good news for the over 50s are - restrictions. there seems to be some good news for the over 50s are going | good news for the over 50s are going to get— good news for the over 50s are going to get theirs second vaccinations. but the _ to get theirs second vaccinations. but the point way straight out this is not _ but the point way straight out this is not the — but the point way straight out this is not the solution to our problem and as— is not the solution to our problem and as we — is not the solution to our problem and as we know, as they point out, the big _ and as we know, as they point out, the big increase in infections that we are _ the big increase in infections that we are currently seeing is more increases — we are currently seeing is more increases in hospitalisation is caused — increases in hospitalisation is caused by the virus spread among adults _ caused by the virus spread among adults. people who are not over 50 and therefore not going to benefit from this, — and therefore not going to benefit from this, they may have had one jabber— from this, they may have had one jabber no — from this, they may have had one jabber nojobs. they —— one jabber or no— jabber nojobs. they —— one jabber or no jabs — jabber nojobs. they —— one jabber or no jabs. the prospect of lifting restrictions— or no jabs. the prospect of lifting restrictions in three weeks' time but the — restrictions in three weeks' time but the vaccine ministers going on tv and _ but the vaccine ministers going on tv and posting about something that does not _ tv and posting about something that does not have an impact on the central—
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does not have an impact on the central problem then once again, that's— central problem then once again, that's to — central problem then once again, that's to the impression that we are in a headlong rush to lift these restrictions wins almost certainly too soon — restrictions wins almost certainly too soon and we saw three times last year. _ too soon and we saw three times last year. the _ too soon and we saw three times last year, the government made the wrong decision— year, the government made the wrong decision and _ year, the government made the wrong decision and a crucial moment and the country— decision and a crucial moment and the country paid a terrible price for tens— the country paid a terrible price for tens of— the country paid a terrible price for tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths _ for tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths and _ for tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths and do to the carelessness, may be _ deaths and do to the carelessness, may be criminal negligence. that seems _ may be criminal negligence. that seems to— may be criminal negligence. that seems to be the way we are heading at the _ seems to be the way we are heading at the moment. seems to be the way we are heading at the moment-— at the moment. what is linked to this on the _ at the moment. what is linked to this on the front _ at the moment. what is linked to this on the front of _ at the moment. what is linked to this on the front of the _ at the moment. what is linked to this on the front of the paper- this on the front of the paper tomorrow morning about pressure on hospitals for tourists? yes. tomorrow morning about pressure on hospitals for tourists?— hospitals for tourists? yes, it's a sort of an — hospitals for tourists? yes, it's a sort of an interesting _ hospitals for tourists? yes, it's a sort of an interesting angle - hospitals for tourists? yes, it's a sort of an interesting angle to i hospitals for tourists? yes, it's a i sort of an interesting angle to what is going _ sort of an interesting angle to what is going on — sort of an interesting angle to what is going on. we think about holidays, _ is going on. we think about holidays, we think about people who may or— holidays, we think about people who may or may— holidays, we think about people who may or may not be able to and the new variants — may or may not be able to and the new variants that they might bring back which is the reason for the restrictions there. and he comes to domestic— restrictions there. and he comes to domestic tourism, seaside resorts and their— domestic tourism, seaside resorts and their desperate to get breaks.
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they think— and their desperate to get breaks. they think this is going to be where people _ they think this is going to be where people cannot go abroad the dunce they were — people cannot go abroad the dunce they were pointing out here is that perhaps— they were pointing out here is that perhaps those places, they have less health _ perhaps those places, they have less health facilities in general than if there _ health facilities in general than if there is— health facilities in general than if there is an influx of people over there is an influx of people over the country and if things do go wrong — the country and if things do go wrong there's another leap in the virus. _ wrong there's another leap in the virus. will— wrong there's another leap in the virus, will those places be able to cope? _ let's go to the front of the ft don. taking more of an active roles. we have a very bizarre story about police discovery for crypto currency which only discovered what it was because electricity demand had gone through the roof and because of all those computers grinding away our hours on end, processing the formula that allowed them to create the currency. that allowed them to create the curren . y , ., that allowed them to create the curren . ,, .,. _ that allowed them to create the curren. _, still relatively new. and still
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essentially the wild west and they're still trying to bring it into a much more regulated market and people have lots of huge money because people saw it as a way to make a huge amount of money and lost a huge amount this year and so there are moves to try to regulated a lot more to try to make it a much more secure, much more regulated financial currency and wring it properly in the market so that people are a lot less likely to be exploited in the bbc did a very good documentary on it recently about how a lot of young people have been tricked and exploited using a platform like instagram and so under donald trump, there was a lot of exploitation and it was improperly regulated and so looking at the fact that there may be a lot more regulated we may see a lot less, a
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lot less exploitation and sojoe biden is looking at properly regulating and stopping a lot of this bizarre exploitation with the financial market around crypto currency and especially the mining around it. exactly as you mentioned. i know you'll be back us later. that's it for the papers this hour. rob and dawn will be back at half past eleven for another look —— but goodbye for now and next it's click.
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hey, welcome to click. this week, we want to make you feel good through the medium of music. i don't know about you, lara, but i've been listening to a lotta, lotta music in the last year. i love a good tune to run to, but i do find it quite difficult to decide what music i want. so i end up downloading one song and then just having it on repeat for the whole of my 5k. do you do anything like that? is that weird? er, no, idon't. and yes, that is weird. it's not that sea shanty, is it? no. �*cause that would be, like, too weird. i tell you what, though, sometimes i do find myself listening to a really small set of songs. for me, it's the amazing band chvrches, which i think have got me through lockdown, to be honest. i think you've got them through lockdown. yeah, that's true, that's true. it's a bit like musical comfort food, though. when i'm feeling down, ijust want that familiar sound. hmm, i may not have been doing it, but of course anyone can make a playlist with any music, to cater for any mood.
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yeah, and that is whatjen copestake has been looking at — or, listening to — playlists that have been created specifically for you based on where you are right now emotionally, and where you want to get to. we've seen how artificial intelligence is being used to compose music, from heavy metal algorithms and competitions like the ai eurovision song contest. the way we consume music is also guided by algorithms. spotify suggests artists and playlists based on our listening patterns. but could this data be used in an even more medicinal way? companies are exploring ways to use all of this data to create what they're calling prescription playlists, which they hope could one day replace some painkillers or even anti—anxiety medication. the warren youth project in hull provides mental health support to young people between the ages of 16 and 25.
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before the pandemic, it was already using music as therapy. you'll hear people talk about miracle drugs like penicillin, the breakthroughs down through the years. but in actualfact, music is the miracle drug we've always had. # being alone, being alone... a project called three—minute heroes teamed young people up with local bands to make music videos based on their lyrics. # i thought that life on this planet... - we had hurdles, but we had them representing emotional hurdles, things like anxiety and depression, stress, loneliness. and over the course of the video, our singer rory overcomes those hurdles. is it something that you see in young people in hull? it's definitely something that we see in young people at hull, and especially at the pandemic, you know, it's multiplied several times. it can be isolation. it can be drug and alcohol abuse. it can lead to problems with education and employment. jake is the first young person at the warren
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to trial medi music, an algorithm designed to pick the perfect playlist of songs to lower your heart rate. music is academically proven to affect the brain more - than any other stimulus. it's already been trialled with dementia patients in the lancashire teaching hospital's nhs foundation trust, with a reported decrease in heart rate of 22%. a trial is currently under way with a0 nhs doctors and nurses at the same trust, who are working in critical care during the pandemic. can you talk us through those devices in front of you? yeah, sure. so what we've decided to do is build our own device, which is what we're looking to move towards. it's been designed to just focus on the delivery of music with no distractions we wouldn't normally get when looking at a smartphone. then at the bottom there will be additional modules that measure heart rate variability, which is a good indicator of stress, and hopefully ultimately something that will measure cortisol via a wearable. forjake's playlist, only six songs were chosen, but the algorithm can handle up to 400. the music chosen is not
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necessarily what you'd imagine. because it didn't sound very relaxing. like, punch the clock! no, well, that's what i thought. didn't seem like relaxing music. when i went away and listened to the playlist, i think i definitely was calmer. i was definitely very engrossed while listening to it. it's a really easily accessible piece of kit. it has potential to just help as an additional tool to alleviate those pressures and those concerns that young people have around their mental health wellbeing. and for us, it's imperative that we try and deal with these emerging issues as quickly as we can, using any methodology or opportunity that we can get our hands on. music: tchaikovsky — swan lake theme. there is very little doubt the effect music has on us and its ability to capture the mind. a spanish charity called music to awaken uploaded a video tribute to former prima ballerina marta gonzalez. she was suffering with dementia and suddenly hears the swan theme from swan lake. further trials of its use are needed, but medi music estimates its algorithm,
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as well as reawakening imaginations, could cut the costs of some medicines by a quarter. motor racing is huge, but it's notjust the professionals that you may see on the telly. in the uk, over 30,000 people have what's known as a competition licence, and lots of others just head to the tracks for fun. all of them are trying to go faster, drive better and crash less. and now there's a new piece of tech out there which might just give them the edge. and dan simmons has been taking it for a spin. this is thruxton race circuit. it's the fastest track in the uk where ordinary road cars can take corners at over 100 miles an hour.
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now, for most drivers, what makes the biggest difference to their speed isn't tweaking a car. it's about their driving skills. and that usually means getting an instructor to help us improve. that is until now. garmin have come up with the catalyst. it wants to make me drive faster. my question is, can it make me the next lewis hamilton? and more to the point, is ben here out of a job? so far, my best time around the track was a 151.6. i was getting faster, but could the catalyst make a difference? now when you're driving a car round a track, you're aiming to do one thing, take corners really well.
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it's all about timing, braking in the right place and trying to keep the car on the fastest line. to help with this, the catalyst uses a camera fitted to the dashboard, along with gps and accelerometers, to work out where you are on the circuit. after three set—up laps, it analyses where it thinks improvements can be made and then coaches you in real time as you continue round the circuit. what did it say, ben? good job on braking harder. 0k. so that's what it wants me to do — apex later. it says nice work, so it's sort of encouraging me a little bit. this is my session summary, and the catalyst has picked out
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some places that it thinks that i can improve on, that i didn't really expect it to. i thought it would go for the twisty bits, but it hasn't. it's gone for the long, sweeping fast corners. look at that, church it thinks i can improve on. that run up the hill, fast and sudden braking, into the chicane. it thinks that i can do much better. so all it needed was a few more laps. that's good, that was good. catalyst: keep turning. laughter. keep turning! i said it first. yes, you did, ben, i'll give you that. the results were in. it did help me go faster. it helped me straighten out the corners and actually give a little bit more gas in some cases where i was quite willing
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to sometimes lift off. would i replace a live instructor with this? probably not. he's aware of all sorts of things going on in the car, including what's going on for me, whereas at the moment this isn't. so it's better than nothing, but it doesn't replace ben. catalyst: keep pushing. people need to understand the limitations of what it can do and understand what it can't do, and as we experienced through the day, yeah, the tyres get hot and then they go off slightly. so the lap you did three laps ago, you're not going to get near again. and so the unit telling you to keep trying for that time maybe isn't the safest thing to do. there's also one other feature which is worth mentioning. it's very easy to set new tracks using the device — you just have to drive the same route three times, and that could be anywhere,
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including public roads. now, the device discourages this through an on—screen warning set—up, and garmin told the bbc that it doesn't encourage any form of illegal activity. but what is interesting is that the device's design team haven't used geofencing to restrict its use to race tracks. back on track, we wanted to see what it was like with a pro, so we sent 2017 british gt winner seb morris around for a spin. when we think of cars of the future, we think autonomous self—driving machines. itjust told me to apex later, so it means i've obviously turned in a bit too early into that corner. and before, my optimal best was a 1.31.9 which i thought was the limit. but as it's talked me round and taught me to do a few different things, i've actually decreased that lap time. but perhaps this tech presents
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a better picture for those who enjoy driving — a collaboration between human and machine to create a better driver. but i'm surprised garmin hasn't taken the opportunity to cross—reference the data with the drivers' biometrics, using something like their watch range, to make things safer. suggest brake times perhaps, and get even more from man and machine. what was his time? 1:29.9. i'll have to do more practice! that's the end of the short version for this week, though the full length version is well worth a watch and is waiting for you on iplayer right now. and as ever, you can find us on social media, youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter, @bbcclick. thanks for watching, and we'll see you soon. bye— bye. hello. it's quiet on the weather front. clear skies across much of the country and more sunshine to
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come for bank holiday monday. in fact, the temperature could be a degree or so higher. but not everywhere, it's going to start off sunny. in fact, if you look at the satellite picture from sunday you can see a lot of cloud in the north sea. that is called haar and sea fret. and quite often it hugs the coastland during spring and summer months. that means the morning could be overcast anywhere from aberdeenshire all along the north sea coast down to east anglia and the south east. some inland areas could have a slow start as well. but by late morning or into the afternoon it should be sunny, almost everywhere with the exception of the aberdeenshire coastline were to be only 1a degrees. deep inland it will be hitting the mid—20s on monday. then on tuesday, another beautiful sunny day on the way. highs could hit 26 degrees, by wednesday we could see one 01’ two showers.
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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. is benjamin netanyahu's 12 year run as israel's prime minister almost up? a key opposition party backs a deal to end his rule. "a crime against humanity." the conmen offering fake oxygen and fake drugs, to the desperate in india, battling covid. prime minister borisjohnson marries his fiancee carrie symonds in a secret ceremony at london's westminster cathedral. and fined $15,000 for not wanting to say anything — japan's naomi osaka is told she could also be thrown out
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