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this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. covid disruption at the euros — england find out later if two of their players are available for tonight's game against the czech republic — both are self—isolating after coming into contact with scotland's billy gilmour, who's tested positive. white working class pupils have been failed by decades of neglect in england's education system — according to mps. anger and division in spain as prime minister pedro sanchez prepares to pardon nine jailed catalan separatists. on course for an end to lockdown in england onjuly the 19th. the health secretary says the covid data looks good at the moment. i hope that we can take the steps on the 19th ofjuly that are pencilled in for then, because the data is
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looking encouraging. under—18s who want nude pictures or videos of themselves removed from the internet, can now report the images through an new online tool. and the australian government criticises a proposal to list the great barrier reef as �*in danger�*. the un says not enough has been done to protect the reef from climate change. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. two england players could miss their
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next game after coming into contact with billy gilmour, who has tested positive for covid. england are through to the next stage, but scotland must win tonight. fierce opponents in their national shirts, but friends and club mates after the final whistle. england's ben chilwell and mason mount were seen interacting with scotland's billy gilmour at the end of the match at wembley, and it's understood they spent more time chatting in the tunnel. gilmour�*s now tested positive for covid—19. he'll miss scotland's must—win game against croatia tonight. and chilwell and mount are in doubt for tonight's outing against the czech republic, as they self—isolate as a precaution. none of gilmour�*s team—mates will be doing the same — a fact which did not escape england coach gareth southgate. i don't want to cause a drama for scotland, but if you're all in the dressing room together, where does everything stand? so, it's... yeah, i don't know, is the honest answer to that. our medical people are
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dealing with all of this. after monday's results, england are guaranteed a place in the last 16 of euro 2020, but will go through as group d winners if they win against the czech republic. the entire squad had lateral flow tests on monday, which were negative. the scottish fa say that public health england decided that no other scotland players, apart from gilmour, had to self—isolate. but public health england said they hadn't held detailed discussions with the scottish football authorities. a real blow. and if billy gilmour's out now, of course, you have to think, who's he been mixing with? will we get any further news that he's been mixing and close by some other players, and they might be testing positive and might have to self—isolate, as well? covid—19 has hit other teams in the tournament, and it may yet prove more damaging still. john mcmanus, bbc news. sally nugent is at wembley. the
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ositive sally nugent is at wembley. the positive test _ sally nugent is at wembley. tie: positive test for sally nugent is at wembley. tte: positive test for billy gilmour, coming 48 hours after that man of the match performance against england, nobody has been deemed as a close contact, despite sharing a changing room with his team—mates, before and after the game. he was seen hugging scotland manager steve clarke as he was substituted in that match, and then pictures emerged from their training base, with gilmore playing table tennis alongside the scotland captain andy robertson and john mcginn. but again, none of them have been described as close contacts, despite scotland being in consultation with nhs england. that is the big question. there is no doubt that billy gilmour will be a huge mess for scotland against croatia in that must win much later.— for scotland against croatia in that must win much later. sally, mason mount was — must win much later. sally, mason mount was excellent _ must win much later. sally, mason mount was excellent on _ must win much later. sally, mason mount was excellent on friday - must win much later. sally, mason l mount was excellent on friday night. you would have thought he would be in the england team tonight, although england are through. ben chilwell, less so. do you know why they are having to isolate? what
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have england said?— have england said? well, it is a really good _ have england said? well, it is a really good question, _ have england said? well, it is a really good question, victoria. | have england said? well, it is al really good question, victoria. if you wetch— really good question, victoria. if you watch closely what gareth southgate said last night, i think he may— southgate said last night, i think he may be... what is the word, bemused — he may be... what is the word, bemused about the situation as well. we are _ bemused about the situation as well. we are told _ bemused about the situation as well. we are told there will be updates today _ we are told there will be updates today. we know that the england camp are in_ today. we know that the england camp are in close _ today. we know that the england camp are in close contact with the public health _ are in close contact with the public health england about the situation with those two players. they are tested _ with those two players. they are tested in — with those two players. they are tested in different ways, they both have the _ tested in different ways, they both have the different tests, the fast ones _ have the different tests, the fast ones on — have the different tests, the fast ones on the more reliable covid tests. _ ones on the more reliable covid tests. all— ones on the more reliable covid tests, all the time. we know everybody is being tested and everybody is being tested and everybody is being tracked. and we still don't _ everybody is being tracked. and we still don't know for sure that there two players won't play some part tonight — two players won't play some part tonight. we are expecting an update at some _ tonight. we are expecting an update at some point this morning. but i thihk_ at some point this morning. but i think if_ at some point this morning. but i think if you — at some point this morning. but i think if you could read into... gareth— think if you could read into... gareth southgate is so brilliant with the — gareth southgate is so brilliant with the press, if you could read into that — with the press, if you could read into that very cool exterior, you could _ into that very cool exterior, you could see — into that very cool exterior, you could see that maybe he was a bit perturbed — could see that maybe he was a bit perturbed by the situation for england — perturbed by the situation for england being so very different to
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the situation for scotland. as you said, _ the situation for scotland. as you said, england are through so maybe the pressure is off. but if they finish — the pressure is off. but if they finish top, _ the pressure is off. but if they finish top, there is a difference between — finish top, there is a difference between finishing top of their group and second in their group, going ahead _ and second in their group, going ahead and— and second in their group, going ahead and looking up the path through— ahead and looking up the path through to the next stage. so, team selection _ through to the next stage. so, team selection is — through to the next stage. so, team selection is going to make a big difference. he selection is going to make a big difference-— selection is going to make a big difference. ., , ., , difference. he said harry kane is auoin to difference. he said harry kane is going to start- — difference. he said harry kane is going to start. harry _ difference. he said harry kane is going to start. harry kane - difference. he said harry kane is going to start. harry kane will. going to start. harry kane will start, the pressure is on him. but i wonder if we could see jack grealish start, perhaps a slightly more adventurous side who started, because they are through? adventurous is the key word there. i think— adventurous is the key word there. i think a _ adventurous is the key word there. i think a lot _ adventurous is the key word there. i think a lot of— adventurous is the key word there. i think a lot of people there is a clamour— think a lot of people there is a clamour forjack grealish to start. you would — clamour forjack grealish to start. you would look at the situation they are in— you would look at the situation they are in at— you would look at the situation they are in at the — you would look at the situation they are in at the moment, even if they take the _ are in at the moment, even if they take the decision to remove a couple of players _ take the decision to remove a couple of players from the situation, why wouldn't — of players from the situation, why wouldn't he start jack grealish? all of the _ wouldn't he start jack grealish? all of the talk— wouldn't he start jack grealish? all of the talk about harry kane and gareth _ of the talk about harry kane and
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gareth southgate, he has been asked so much _ gareth southgate, he has been asked so much about harry kane. if you listen _ so much about harry kane. if you listen to — so much about harry kane. if you listen to what people are saying about _ listen to what people are saying about this english team, maybe harry kane isn't _ about this english team, maybe harry kane isn't a _ about this english team, maybe harry kane isn't a problem. the problem is that the _ kane isn't a problem. the problem is that the players are around him. so southgate — that the players are around him. so southgate gives him unconditional backing. _ southgate gives him unconditional backing, he will play, he is his man and he _ backing, he will play, he is his man and he has — backing, he will play, he is his man and he has his confidence. maybe the problem _ and he has his confidence. maybe the problem is _ and he has his confidence. maybe the problem is elsewhere? you got to think. _ problem is elsewhere? you got to think. here — problem is elsewhere? you got to think, here tonight, at wembley, they are — think, here tonight, at wembley, they are already building up for it. everybody— they are already building up for it. everybody is already getting a bit giddy— everybody is already getting a bit giddy about what the team selection might— giddy about what the team selection might be _ giddy about what the team selection might be tonight. you have to say, this is— might be tonight. you have to say, this is southgate's chanced to be a bit more _ this is southgate's chanced to be a bit more adventurous, perhaps try something — bit more adventurous, perhaps try something new, looking ahead to the later rounds of the competition. 30 later rounds of the competition. so we later rounds of the competition. s: we had later rounds of the competition. sr we had waking up, i went to bed so early, waking up and england are through and there has been no tension at all, it's amazing. john, back at hampden, scotland have to when all they are out. if they get through, it is the first time in the
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history, it means so much? it does. after all of— history, it means so much? it does. after all of the _ history, it means so much? it does. after all of the expectation - history, it means so much? it does. after all of the expectation leading l after all of the expectation leading into the tournament, scotland have not qualify for a major men's tournament in 23 years, there was huge hope with the players that scotland have in their squad, genuine matchwinners, that there was reason to believe that they could reach the knockout stage for the first time. they got off to a bad start against the czech republic and have been playing catch—up ever since. when you consider the impressive goalless draw against england at wembley, steve clarke will be keen to stress those positives. yes, billy gilmour will be a big loss for the side, such was the standard of his performance. he was instrumental in that result against england. as he said, that was only his first competitive start for his country, billy gilmour. he didn't help them qualify for the tournament, so there is no reason scotland can't put in a big performance here against croatia later. as a steve clarke said, this is a chance for someone else to step up is a chance for someone else to step up and become a national hero. what they will have to do is score, if
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they will have to do is score, if they are to get that much—needed win and reach the knockout stages, something they haven't done at this tournament so far. while steve clarke has them set up and hard to beat, they are tough, they are resilient, and very well organised, it is in front of goal that they are struggling. they need to score goals and that is something they have to do. they have done it in the tournament so far. as i say, billy gilmour will be a loss. i think we can expect some news to come from extra tests as they look to contain any possible spread, because we are not sure how billy gilmour did contract coronavirus. as things stand, their match here goes ahead and they need that win. that is the bottom line for scotland later. white pupils from poorerfamilies have been let down by "decades of neglect" in england's education system, according to a report from mps. the chair of the education select committee conservative mp robert halfon, described it as a national scandal. the government said it was committed to making sure no child was left behind. our education correspondent, branwenjeffreys has this report.
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harry now runs a successful vintage clothes business. but after school, he did one low—paid job after another. unless you've been given an opportunity or you've got a family that can help you out, you're going to be stuck in those jobs, literally. just dead ends, do you know what i mean? i was never going to go anywhere. terrible wage. and i always knew i kind of had to have my fingers in other pies. i always had to do something else on the side to make extra money. relentless hard work means harry has his own shop. but mps say others are let down by a system that sees only poverty, not place or circumstance. if it was just about poverty, why is it that other ethnic groups on free school meals outperform white working—class pupils on free school meals? you're saying to poor white communities, who are struggling, who are underperforming compared to every other — almost every other — ethnic group, you're saying they are people of white privilege. this report calls for a fundamental
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rethink in what schools and education deliver for white working communities, because, as it spells out, for decades there's been evidence that too many children have had their life chances limited by what they see around them, what they're able to experience by the place that they grew up in. it's really important that children appreciate their heritage. claire runs schools across mansfield. they offer basic skill courses for parents, but start shakespeare at primary level. if you want to break that cycle of third, fourth generation unemployment, you need to bring your parents and your community with you. the traditional academic route absolutely has a place. but i do think that there needs to be a rethinking around what education is for. their secondary school has kept many practical subjects. mps say this is crucial.
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for all the pupils here, school is just one influence. i feel like a lot depends on your family, what your family has done previously, and if you want to follow what they've done. i've never had a person - in my family go to university. so it would be a big step, and it's quite a big - thing on my shoulders. this school is trying to teach future skills. the government says it's levelling up, increasing technical education. but the real test will be if these pupils get good jobs when they leave. branwen jefferys, bbc news, mansfield. spain's prime minister pedro sanchez is set to pardon nine catalan separatist leaders. they were jailed over their role in a failed bid for independence in 2017. polls show a majority of spaniards oppose freeing the politicians, catalan
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leaders say they'll continue their mission to break free from madrid. courtney bembridge has this report. madrid has seen mass protests against the pardons, and polling suggest more than 60% of people in spain do not agree with them. this was the view on the streets of madrid on monday. translation: the way i see it, they've gotten away with that. if someone breaks the law and does not get punished, they can just do what they want again, they mayjust even go further, push it to the limits. they have been imprisoned for some years now, and they are going to be forgiven the years left because it was a very high sentence, so i feel it is a necessary step to break the situation that is leaving catalonia in a mess. catalonia's bid for independence plunged spain into its deepest political crisis in 40 years. nine separatist leaders
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were jailed for separatist action for between 9—13 years. the prime minister says he's trying to calm tensions over catalonia. translation: this is what the spanish government has decided, to face the problem, to look for agreement, so tomorrow, keeping in mind the harmonious spirit of the constitution, i will propose to the cabinet to grant clemency to the nine prisoners. there is still a lot of support for them in barcelona. these were pro—independence protesters on monday. translation: i do not agree with the pardons because this does not solve the problem. we claimed independence for our people, and this does not provide any solution, this just solves the suffering of nine families. and the prime minister was interrupted by pro—independence
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hecklers during his speech in barcelona. "long—live catalonia, independence is the only solution", shouts this man, as pedro sanchez pressed on. granting the pardons is a risky decision for the socialist leader who has two years left in office and governs on a razor thin majority. courtney bembridge, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... england find out later if two of their players are available for tonight's game against the czech republic — both are isolating after coming into contact with scotland's billy gilmour, who's tested positive for covid white working class pupils have been failed by decades of neglect in england's education system — according to mps. spain's prime minister is set to pardon nine catalan separatist leaders — jailed over their role in a failed bid for independence in 2017. health secretary matt hancock told the bbc this morning that the data is "looking encouraging" for a further planned easing
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of coronavirus restrictions in england onjuly19he was asked if this could risk further lockdowns in future. i hope we don't have to do that. i hope we can take the steps on the 19th ofjuly, pencilled in for then, because it is look encouraging. forwinter, i hope with a booster shot we get a protection against covid very, very high, we are getting over 95% protection against dying from covid from two jabs. a very high protection against hospitalisation, one of the reasons the hospitalisation numbers are up, barely rising at the moment, they are rising, but not fast. and then get the booster to increase that even more. and get the flu jab, to a very, very wide proportion of
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people, and the combination of all of those things, i hope, will give us protection. nicola sturgeon is expected to confirm a delay to the easing of coronavirus restrictions in scotland. the first minister indicated last week that the move to the lowest level in scotland's five—tier system was likely to be pushed back by three weeks. restrictions had been due to be eased onjune the 28th. un officials have upset the australian government, by recommending that the great barrier reef be placed on a list of world heritage sites that are in danger. a committee from the un's cultural organisation, unesco, is urging australia to take urgent action to protect it. it says the reefs condition has deteriorated from poor to very poor — citing widespread coral bleaching. shaimaa khalil is our sydney correspondent and gave us more details about the reaction in australia. the government has been enraged, really, by this recommendation by unesco.
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they feel that they haven't been consulted, as you mentioned, they feel they have been blindsided. we heard earlier this morning from the environment minister, sussan ley, saying that the government has simply been stunned and that this is a backflip on a recommendation, or on previous assurances, that this step would not be taken. but essentially what unesco is saying is that this is a water quality issue. despite efforts and achievements by both australian state and federal government, theyjust have not done enough, and the quality of water aims and targets have not been met. we have seen several bleaching events in the last five years or so, including as recently as 2016 and 2020. so it is getting worse. it is still under threat and, of course, this is because of the rising temperatures of seas that is a cause of climate change because of the burning of fossil fuels. all of the things that the unesco and the rest of the world really has been urging australia to do more.
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liverpool could lose its world heritage status after a recommendation by the united nation's cultural body. it's unhappy at plans for development on part of the city's historic dockland. the metro mayor of liverpool has described the decision as deeply disappointing. brazilians have lit 500 candles to mark the half a million people who have died during the coronavirus pandemic in the south american country. in sao paulo, people placed candles at largo da memoria's steps, in the city's downtown. brazil is now the second country to pass 500,000 covid—19 deaths after the united states. many have been calling for the resignation of presidentjair bolsonaro over his mishandling of pandemic. experts have warned that the world's second—deadliest outbreak may worsen due to delayed vaccinations and the government's refusal to back social distancing measures.
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uk government borrowing fell last month as the easing of restrictions on the reopening of shops and pubs helped to improve the public finances. but it was still the second—highest borrowing for may on record. ben thompson filled us in on the scale of the deficit, or the overdraft of the uk.— the scale of the deficit, or the overdraft of the uk. these gives us a snapshot — overdraft of the uk. these gives us a snapshot of _ overdraft of the uk. these gives us a snapshot of how— overdraft of the uk. these gives us a snapshot of how the _ overdraft of the uk. these gives us a snapshot of how the uk - overdraft of the uk. these gives us a snapshot of how the uk economy j overdraft of the uk. these gives us l a snapshot of how the uk economy is faring as it emerges from various restrictions. you are right, the latest figures tell us what happened in may. it paints a picture of an economy on the mend. borrowing fell in may, versus the same month last year. of course, may 2020 was in the midst of the first lockdown, and therefore the finances were pretty dreadful. as the economy now starts to recover, business starts to reopen, we all get back out spending. the public finances are looking a little better. let me show you on the graphs that help put this into a little bit of context. hopefully you can see on this first one the figure for may, showing
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borrowing. remember, that is the difference between what the government earns in taxes under the revenues, versus what it has to pay out in public spending, things like job support schemes and business loans right now. that came in at £24.73 loans right now. that came in at £24.3 billion, 19 billion lower than the same time last year. that gives you a sense of may versus may. if we put it on the next graph, into context of the whole previous decade, if we look over previous years, you start to get a sense of why 2020 has been so bad for our public finances. the government, borrowing nearly £300 billion into march, and you will see how it compares to previous years, the highest ever level since the end of world war ii. what does that mean for debt, the amount of money that we go as a country? government debt over the year, hitting £2.2 trillion. that is 99% of gdp, the
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value of everything that we do in the economy. that is a level not seen since the 1960s. here is the good news, there is a hope that things start to get better as businesses start to reopen, the economy starts to function more normally once again. that means the government is having to pay less out in things like furlough, job support and loans to businesses, just to keep the economy propped up. and at the same time, there businesses, the workers and shoppers are paying more in tax, be that income tax, vat or business tax. so, therefore there is a hope that with more money coming into government coffers, less money going out of government coffers, it could give the chancellor a little bit of breathing room, and that breathing room, hopefully, could mean that he can delay, may be tax rises and spending cuts, that we talked about in the spending review. they may be put off for a little while until we get a clearer picture of what this pandemic has meant for ourfinances as a of what this pandemic has meant for
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our finances as a country. british ministers are being warned that restrictions on demonstrations in england and wales could reach the right to protest peacefully. the committee of mps that advises on the compatibility of deals with human rights laws say that parts of the bill were disproportionate and should be removed. the home office insists the bill include safeguards on human rights. hong kong's leader carrie lam insists the decision to freeze millions of dollars worth of assets at apple daily was not an attack on press freedom. the newspaper — whose founder jimmy lai is injail — had assets frozen over allegations that its reports breached a national security law. it's been a frequent critic of the leadership in mainland china and the board are meeting on friday to decide whether or not to close the publication health officials in cuba say the abdala coronavirus vaccine developed by researchers
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on the island has an efficacy of more than 92% after three doses. 48,000 adult volunteers took part in the third phase of clinical trials in mid—march in three eastern cuban provinces. a new study has found that drinking three to four cups of coffee a day could be linked to a reduced risk of developing chronic liver disease. researchers at the universities of southampton and edinburgh analysed the data of nearly half—a—million people and found decaffeinated coffee also offered benefits. children in the uk are being offered a new tool to remove pictures or videos of themselves that appear online. the initiative is being run by childline and the internet watch foundation. susie hargreaves is the chief executive of the iws and explained how the report and remove system works. it is
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explained how the report and remove system works-— system works. it is a brand-new, world first _ system works. it is a brand-new, world first scheme _ system works. it is a brand-new, world first scheme that _ system works. it is a brand-new, world first scheme that enables l world first scheme that enables young people to self refer nude images and videos of themselves. the way it works is that they go on to the childline website and look for report remove, the name of the project. when you go in, you are asked immediately how old you are, and then there is a method by which you can verify your age, and then upload the image, and then we can assess that and have it removed on your behalf. just assess that and have it removed on your behalf-— your behalf. just so i am clear, if i was your behalf. just so i am clear, if i was under _ your behalf. just so i am clear, if i was under 18, _ your behalf. just so i am clear, if i was under18, i— your behalf. just so i am clear, if i was under 18, i would _ your behalf. just so i am clear, if i was under18, i would upload i your behalf. just so i am clear, if. i was under18, i would upload the i was under 18, i would upload the image that was already out there on the internet that i wanted removed, is that correct?— is that correct? yes, there are too wa s to is that correct? yes, there are too ways to do — is that correct? yes, there are too ways to do it. _ is that correct? yes, there are too ways to do it, one _ is that correct? yes, there are too ways to do it, one is _ is that correct? yes, there are too ways to do it, one is to _ is that correct? yes, there are too ways to do it, one is to send - is that correct? yes, there are too ways to do it, one is to send the l ways to do it, one is to send the image, the other is to send the web page link, if you haven't got the image what you think that the images out there and you have seen it on a web page. one of the things i want to give an assurance to young people is that the way we have developed this project is that your information is confidential and safe. so, the information you share
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with childline, the personal details are protected and when the image comes to us the iws we don't know your name, we don't know anything about you, we just simply know it is an image and that you have been verified as under 18. and then we take action accordingly. and what we do is that we then assess it. if it is a criminal image we will apply digitalfingerprints is a criminal image we will apply digital fingerprints and use that digital fingerprints and use that digitalfingerprint, not the image, to go and find that duplicate. the reason it is ground—breaking as it is the first time in the world that young people have been able to do that in a safe and confident way, and know they are not going to be criminalised in the process, because we have the support of the home office, the police, and what we want to do is give young people hope, not make them scared that somebody is going to get in trouble. that make them scared that somebody is going to get in trouble.— going to get in trouble. that would be the key thing — going to get in trouble. that would be the key thing that _ going to get in trouble. that would be the key thing that might - going to get in trouble. that would be the key thing that might stop i be the key thing that might stop them coming forward and getting in touch with childline, and hitting the report and remove it of the
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website. when you say you will assess that and see if it is a criminal image, what do you mean? what is a criminal image? the criminal image, what do you mean? what is a criminal image?— what is a criminal image? the iws deals with child _ what is a criminal image? the iws deals with child sexual _ what is a criminal image? the iws deals with child sexual abuse - what is a criminal image? the iws i deals with child sexual abuse images and they are very clearly defined under uk law. when you send a nude image through to us, we look at it and assess that in terms of categorisation, according to uk law. if it meets our threshold, we get it removed. so, they have to be sexualised images for us to be able to do that. so if you have shared a naked image of yourself, that would meet the threshold and we would have that removed if you're under 18. you know, we need to ensure, at the moment, we have to verify your age, but obviously this is the start of something really important and we are working very hard to make sure it gets easier and easier for young people to self refer. i think the key thing here is that everybody has got together to try to make this happen. we know that for young people, that can just be the most
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appalling thing, to have that knowledge that their images out there being shed. and for whatever reason that they shared them, you might have shared them willingly, there might have been grooming, into having images and videos taken, whatever reason, they are victims and we have to do everything we can to protect them and get the images of the internet.— of the internet. what do you think is behind this — of the internet. what do you think is behind this big _ of the internet. what do you think is behind this big increase - of the internet. what do you think is behind this big increase in - of the internet. what do you think is behind this big increase in the l is behind this big increase in the self generated images, people willingly taking images of themselves and sharing them? what is behind it, do you reckon? i themselves and sharing them? what is behind it, do you reckon?— behind it, do you reckon? i think there's lots _ behind it, do you reckon? i think there's lots of— behind it, do you reckon? i think there's lots of different - behind it, do you reckon? i think there's lots of different reasons. i there's lots of different reasons. in self generated images, you will have 16 or 17—year—olds who might be in a relationship, consensually sharing images, right through to children in their bedroom and domestic settings being groomed online to do sexual activities which are then recorded, and then shared on child sexual abuse websites. i think lockdown has contributed to it. ithink
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think lockdown has contributed to it. i thinkjust the means, there are 70 ways in which these images can be shared now, and so much pressure on young people. when you think that 90% of the images that we removed last year, the self generated images, were girls aged 11-13, generated images, were girls aged 11—13, you know, children at a very vulnerable stage of life, they are easily tricked or encouraged into doing this. so, we have to do everything we can not to blame the children and to say this is a major problem, and we have seen 117% increase this year alone. we have to do something together to get the message out to children, to find ways to build their resilience, to not share those images, but if they have shared them, to not blame them and to help them, to get those removed. patients in england will get easier access to their own medical information under government plans. the new system would allow people to use nhs apps to renew medications,
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check test results and speak to health and care staff. ministers say the scheme will give patients more control over their data. a planned roll—out of a digital database of medical records was delayed earlier this month following concerns over a lack of public consultation — with critics worrying the data could be misused and the plan hasn't been properly explained. the headlines on bbc news... england find out later if twoof their players are available for tonight's game against the czech republic — both are isolating after coming into contact with scotland's billy gilmour, who's tested positive for covid white working class pupils have been failed by decades of neglect in england's education system — according to mps. spain's prime minister is set to pardon nine catalan separatist leaders jailed over their role in a failed bid for independence in 2017. england remains on course for an end to lockdown onjuly the 19th — the health secretary says
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the covid data looks encouraging at the moment. under—18s who want nude pictures or videos of themselves removed from the internet can now report the images through an new online tool. ina sip in a sip has won millions of children will not return to school because of the pandemic. with one of the lowest literacy rates in the world, children in nigeria are particularly at risk. we have this report. was. number one is... this secondary school teacher used to teach arabic to more than 40 students. but now, from the safety of his own home, he is down tojust a few. all are his own children.
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thank you. that was beautiful. the last year has not been easy. the school has stopped and so has my income. there is nowhere i can send my children. income. there is nowhere i can send my children-— my children. after nearly a year out, my children. after nearly a year out. these _ my children. after nearly a year out, these students _ my children. after nearly a year out, these students are - my children. after nearly a year out, these students are eager l my children. after nearly a year| out, these students are eager to catch up. but not all their classmates have returned. across nigeria, an estimated 10 million children are out of school. the pandemic has only worsened the crisis. before the covid—19 pandemic this class was filled with students but now there are just a few and many of them have dropped out as parents struggle to support their children because of the economic impact of the pandemic. everybody is stru: aalin , impact of the pandemic. everybody is struggling. i — impact of the pandemic. everybody is struggling. i have _ impact of the pandemic. everybody is struggling, i have told _ impact of the pandemic. everybody is struggling, i have told you _ impact of the pandemic. everybody is struggling, i have told you some - struggling, i have told you some schools around us, in the vicinity, four of them have been forced to
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fold up, it's not a good story for the country. you have to pity parents, everything is difficult but we are nigerians, we are very resilient. ., ., we are nigerians, we are very resilient-— we are nigerians, we are very resilient. ., ., a, . �* , resilient. for now, mohamed 's eldest son _ resilient. for now, mohamed 's eldest son has _ resilient. for now, mohamed 's eldest son has put _ resilient. for now, mohamed 's eldest son has put his - resilient. for now, mohamed 's| eldest son has put his education resilient. for now, mohamed 's - eldest son has put his education on hold, as an apprentice taylor, what little he earns helps to put food on the table. translation: i really want to go back to school, when i see other students going to school, i wish i am with them, i envy those going to school. but my arents envy those going to school. but my parents always _ envy those going to school. but my parents always reassure _ envy those going to school. but my parents always reassure us - envy those going to school. but my parents always reassure us that - envy those going to school. but my| parents always reassure us that one day we will go back to school. the andemic day we will go back to school. the pandemic has _ day we will go back to school. the pandemic has shaken access to education for an entire generation but it has not shaken mohammed �*s pride in his children despite their current hardship. tteii pride in his children despite their current hardship.— pride in his children despite their current hardship. i tell them one by
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one, my smallest, _ current hardship. i tell them one by one, my smallest, he _ current hardship. i tell them one by one, my smallest, he is _ current hardship. i tell them one by one, my smallest, he is telling - current hardship. i tell them one by one, my smallest, he is telling me | one, my smallest, he is telling me that he _ one, my smallest, he is telling me that he wants to be a pilot! and another— that he wants to be a pilot! and another one says they want to be a doctor~ _ another one says they want to be a doctor~ my — another one says they want to be a doctor. my eldest speaks about... my children. _ doctor. my eldest speaks about... my children, they are so gifted. as we heard earlier, white pupils from poorerfamilies have been let down by "decades of neglect" in england's education system, according to a report from mps. the government said it was committed to making sure no child was left behind. let's speak now to james turner, the ceo of the sutton trust, which is a charity focused on improving social mobility in the uk
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what is social mobility, first of all? social mobility is about the chances of a young person having the same opportunities to get on in life regardless of background. people should not be held back simply because they are poor or live in a certain part of the country. hagar because they are poor or live in a certain part of the country. how do ou react certain part of the country. how do you react to _ certain part of the country. how do you react to the — certain part of the country. how do you react to the fact _ certain part of the country. how do you react to the fact of _ certain part of the country. how do you react to the fact of working - you react to the fact of working class pupils compared to all other ethnic groups, are doing so poorly in the education system? we work with ouna in the education system? we work with young people _ in the education system? we work with young people from _ in the education system? we work with young people from all- in the education system? we work with young people from all sorts i in the education system? we work| with young people from all sorts of different ethnic backgrounds and we see that poverty affects them all in different ways but in similar ways as well. i think the issue of white working class is because it's such a big group in the english system, tens of thousands of young people who pull into this category. as the report shows the gap between them and their classmates, better off white children is particularly big so they do pretty much the worst of any group in the system so it's a
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really important group to look at if you are interested in social mobility, levelling up, providing better opportunities to those from poorer backgrounds. interestingly, the re ort poorer backgrounds. interestingly, the report says _ poorer backgrounds. interestingly, the report says it's _ poorer backgrounds. interestingly, the report says it's about - poorer backgrounds. interestingly, the report says it's about much - poorer backgrounds. interestingly, l the report says it's about much more than poverty, clearly that is an issue that it's much more complex than that. it's about as they put it in multi—generational disadvantage, it's about where somebody lives, if they live in a city they are more likely to be able to move on up than if they are in a coastal town, for example. it's about their own family's experience a vintage education, their parents not engaging with the curriculum, it's much more complex than simply poverty. much more complex than simply ove . ~ ., y ., much more complex than simply ove . ~ ., ., much more complex than simply ove ._, . �*, poverty. would you agree? it's absolutely _ poverty. would you agree? it's absolutely a — poverty. would you agree? it's absolutely a complicated - poverty. would you agree? it's - absolutely a complicated problem. it is to do with poverty i think if you haven't got the material resources to engage in education, you are struggling to make ends meet, that makes it harder to do your schoolwork, certainly. but it goes beyond that, and absolutely, we see parental engagement, the extent to which parents are able to support their children in school and
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education being really important. in some of these communities, parents have had a bad experience of education that goes back many generations, they may not know how best to support their own children with school work and homework. and of course, these parents are sitting in a wider community in those communities are often very poor, there is a lot of high unemployment, a mix of very few opportunities for those young people to go on to when they finish education so it's very hard, i think, for teachers to engage students in schoolwork when those students themselves don't necessarily see where it will end up because there are so few opportunities that they see locally. very few role models that can show the way in terms of if you work hard, engage in education, this is where it leads to. the hard, engage in education, this is where it leads to.— where it leads to. the report says the department — where it leads to. the report says the department of— where it leads to. the report says the department of education - where it leads to. the report says the department of education has| the department of education has fallen victim to muddled thinking with regards to disadvantaged by thinking insisting the same policies and generalised approach which has failed to close the disadvantage gap
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over recent years will fix this issue. what it's suggesting in this report today is that there has to be tailored policies for particular groups of kids. what do you think of that? we: groups of kids. what do you think of that? �* , . ., , groups of kids. what do you think of that? �* , . . , ., groups of kids. what do you think of that? k. . , ., , that? it's certainly true that pert students aren't _ that? it's certainly true that pert students aren't a _ that? it's certainly true that pert students aren't a homogenous i that? it's certainly true that pert - students aren't a homogenous group, certainly we see that in our own work and the best schools tailored the approach they take in supporting these students depending on local circumstances because some students who live the same on paper in certain parts of the country did much better and students in another part of the country. however, i think there are some things that are common to all of these groups which would really help so i think we need to see really well funded schools in those areas serving the most disadvantaged communities and that includes white working class communities so those schools can attract and retain the best teachers, they can offer students the wraparound support that may be their families at home cannot support and they can also provide things like catch—up and tutoring
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which is really important in terms of getting these young people back on track particularly after the pandemic but i don't think it lies solely at the gates of schools. i think it is a wider cultural and wider community issue so the report today makes clear that these gaps are busy between white working class students and others, they exist before children even start school so the importance of investing in early education to make sure that the students have a great start in life, is really important and that's something we see diminish over recent years. and that's also a really good way of making sure these parents are engaged in their children �*s lies and education so if you start early, get the parents interested and engaged that can stay with them during primary school and into secondary school. so i think we do need a tailored approach but there are lessons that we've been learning and the best schools have been learning which can really help and i think going beyond education, it's really important that there are good opportunities in these
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communities so that there are jobs, apprenticeships, technical and vocational education that these young people can go onto so they see the point of education, they see it's going to lead them somewhere, the curriculum they are following in school seems relevant to what they will do later on in life.— will do later on in life. thank you, james turner- _ in new york city — voting is due to begin on tuesday to choose the city's democrat candidate for mayor. given the city's political makeup, the winner will be the heavy favourite to replace incumbent bill de blasio in the autumn election. our new york reporter nada tawfik looks the candidates and the issues dominating the campaign. new york is looking like its old self. fast paced and full of life. as residents emerge from the fog of quarantine they have a critical choice to make. who should lead the city? getting about 50% capacity in our office here. empty offices like this one in midtown are just one of the challenges the next mayor will face to maintain
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new york's global standing as a cultural and financial hub. retail is booming and you cannot get a reservation in residential neighbourhoods because they are busy but we do not see that right now in the commercial district where office buildings are, because people are not coming back. as crucial as the recovery will be, crime and public safety is another leading concern of voters. the city has seen a rise in murder, shooting and anti—asian attacks. and it has provoked a debate on how to best approach to policing. it has complicated the left wing of the parties push for police reform. they pin their hopes on a civil rights attorney who has picked up powerful endorsements including from alexandria ocasio—cortez. we do not want to go back to the things that did not work. we must be honest about what has
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happened and a plan. there needs to be a plan in place that needs to say you don't need to choose between violence on the streets and over policing. enthusiasm grew for a moderate, eric adams. the brooklyn borough president and former nypd officer received the backing of george floyd's brother. not only was i arrested and beaten by police officers but i went into fight for same reform raised on a personal history. and then there is the yang gang. they are still hopeful that the polls have it wrong and that andrew yang has not slipped out of contention after his early frontrunner status. he comes as a private citizen with a fresh perspective and no baggage. so you like his outsider perspective? i do. three of the eight candidates are female. depending on how the votes sway, they could elect the first female mayor.
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it is time for a woman. this is an unpredictable election and one of the most consequential in a generation. whoever voters choose will be judged on the recovery of the city and whether it is a recovery for all. bumble, the dating app where women are in charge of making the first move, has temporarily closed all of its offices this week to combat workplace stress. its 700 staff worldwide have been told to switch off and focus on themselves. professor cary cooper is a professor at manchester university and this is what he thinks. it is at manchester university and this is what he thinks.— what he thinks. it is an employer recognising _ what he thinks. it is an employer recognising the _ what he thinks. it is an employer recognising the hard _ what he thinks. it is an employer recognising the hard work- what he thinks. it is an employer recognising the hard work of- what he thinks. it is an employer recognising the hard work of the | recognising the hard work of the employees over the past 15 months. any of us have been working longer hours than we did before covid, we have no commute time, we've been working substantially from home and
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we are tired, people are exhausted. it's a recognition by an employer and we need more of that by employers. mental health is a big issue. people have suffered dramatically, ons, the office for national statistics did a survey in the middle of 2020 showing 63% of people felt exhausted, tired, anxious, and there is a lot of evidence that mental health of people has been dramatically affected during this period of time and employees have been working, i've heard government saying get back to work as a people hadn't been working. people have been working longer hours, they haven't had any commute time and so, you know, also they have felt job commute time and so, you know, also they have feltjob insecure and people have been on furlough which meant the remaining people had heavier workloads. so for an employer to say, i am recognising what you have been through the last 15 months, have a break, be with yourfamily, do what 15 months, have a break, be with your family, do what you want to do but no work. your family, do what you want to do but no work-—
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but no work. one member of staff tweeted that _ but no work. one member of staff tweeted that the _ but no work. one member of staff tweeted that the boss, _ but no work. one member of staff tweeted that the boss, a - but no work. one member of staff tweeted that the boss, a woman, | but no work. one member of staff i tweeted that the boss, a woman, gay volt 700 of us a paid week of having correctly recognised our collective burn—out, in the us, especially for vacation days are notoriously scarce, it feels like a big deal. some people get 14 days leave every year so it's a massive deal in the us? . year so it's a massive deal in the us? ,, ., ' ._ , year so it's a massive deal in the us? ,, ., ' a us? the us, forget 14 days, it's usually ten _ us? the us, forget 14 days, it's usually ten days! _ us? the us, forget 14 days, it's usually ten days! yes, - us? the us, forget 14 days, it's usually ten days! yes, two - us? the us, forget 14 days, it's. usually ten days! yes, two weeks us? the us, forget 14 days, it's - usually ten days! yes, two weeks as the average, by the way in many american companies you don't even get a holiday the first couple of years you are with them. you get maybe five days after a couple of years and then, your full holiday time is usually two weeks, ten days. and then, you can also sell your days back in many companies so you don't even have to use them up. i mean, americans are notoriously bad about holidays. do mean, americans are notoriously bad about holidays-— about holidays. do you think other com anies about holidays. do you think other companies will _ about holidays. do you think other companies will follow _ about holidays. do you think other companies will follow this - about holidays. do you think other companies will follow this now? i l companies will follow this now? i hope companies do the important thing, recognise the hard work of your employees over the last 15
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months. ., ., , ., ., your employees over the last 15 months. ., ., ., ., ., months. how do you do that, and e-mail will— months. how do you do that, and e-mail will not _ months. how do you do that, and e-mail will not cut _ months. how do you do that, and e-mail will not cut it? _ months. how do you do that, and e-mailwill not cut it? no, - months. how do you do that, and e-mail will not cut it? no, you i months. how do you do that, and i e-mailwill not cut it? no, you have to do it in — e-mailwill not cut it? no, you have to do it in some _ e-mailwill not cut it? no, you have to do it in some fairly _ e-mailwill not cut it? no, you have to do it in some fairly dramatic - e-mailwill not cut it? no, you have to do it in some fairly dramatic way| to do it in some fairly dramatic way and i'd like the notion of saying take a break, take a week off, have extra holiday time. something that recognises the hard work and the stress levels that people have been under. the headlines on bbc news... england find out later if two of their players are available for tonight's game against the czech republic — both are isolating after coming into contact with scotland's billy gilmour, who's tested positive for covid white working class pupils have been failed by decades of neglect in england's education system — according to mps. spain's prime minister is set to pardon nine catalan separatist leaders — jailed over their role in a failed bid for independence in 2017. a private detective who was a main
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suspect your enquiries into the murder of daniel morgan back in 1987 has denied corruption hampered the police investigation. daniel morgan, the business partner ofjonathan rees was found dead with an axe wound in a pub car park and an independent panel found evidence mr rees drank in pubs with police officers on the case even after he became a suspect. but mr rees told the bbc he did not see exchanging information with officers is corrupt. he was acquitted of charges in 2011 and denies being involved. our home affairs correspondent has been speaking to him. did you kill daniel? did you arrange his killing, his murder? no. for what motive? what motive? no, ididn't. daniel was my friend. people keep talking about fractions between us, there wasn't any. no arguments between you? we did, a small business, working on a tight budget. daniel was absolutely brilliant
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at what he did as a bailiff. and he was ruthless about that. and he earned me, the firm a lot of money, it was a partnership. and so the more he brings in, the more i bring in, the more profits we get to share at the end of the year. and it worked well. so him dying caused me a massive amount of grief, financially and business—wise, because the partnership ceased to exist. but it wasn't a great idea, was it, to put sid fillery, your friend from the police, into daniel's job after his death? it's not stepping into dead man's shoes. that wasn't the phrase i used, that's a phrase you used. i'm telling you, that's what's in the report and that's what people have said in their statements. daniel died in march. it was 18 months, in fact, nearly two years later before i invited sid to come and join us. i'd been arrested by hampshire, this was in �*89. so i was banished on bail up to south yorkshire and had no one to run the office.
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in terms of the report, it finds that the met were, in ways, corrupt. institutionally corrupt. i don't accept that. you don't accept that? but that was the key finding of the report. well, i think that a relationship between a journalist or private investigator with officers in the case and lawyers and barristers, exchanging information, i don't see that as corrupt. 0k. that's a really interesting point. so what you're saying is the judgment of corruption that is in this report is not correct in your view, you think that should be allowed? that kind of free flow of information? yes, to an extent, yes. i mean, you know it's up to the individual officers and people involved to make sure that they don't break the law, they don't get involved in serious, illegal activities. we all know what the law is. you are in a pub with these guys. yes. a lot of times.
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you like a drink. yes. you were discussing cases. yes. can you say here and now, it is a long time after the event, can you say here and now you never had any influence over any investigation? never, never ever. not once? never. some people who know this case won't believe that. well, tough. listen, what influence would i have over this case or any case? at all? i had no influence whatsoever. i couldn't change things, i couldn't go out and tell a policeman or a senior policeman or a detective, and give them, don't investigate that, please, because it might be embarrassing for me or cause me problems. the reason it collapsed is not because of police corruption, because there was no evidence against us. but why was it that so many people were out to get you by making allegations like this? gossip, rumours, vicious rumours. other people has got their own
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agendas for saying things. and they've run with it but it's never... when it was properly investigated by proper detectives, it came to nothing. there was no evidence there. that's why it all failed. the american football player carl nassib has announced he is gay, making him the first nfl player to come out while still in the game. he said he finally felt comfortable to get the issue off his chest. i am carl nassib and i'm in my house here in westchester, pennsylvania. i'm taking a moment to tell people i am gay. i've been meaning to do this for a while now but i'm finally comfortable to get it off my chest. i really have the best life, the best family, friends and job a guy could ask for. i'm a pretty private person so i really hope you guys know i'm not doing this for attention, but ijust think representation and visibility are so important. i actually hope that one day, videos like this and the whole coming out process are just not necessary.
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security forces in me and ma have clashed with local, they were met with small arms fire and grenades when they raided a house. it said troops killed four people and arrested eight others. the militia known as the people's defence force which opposes military rule said its members responded after the army raided one of its bases. since seizing power back in february, security forces have been stifling protests against the coup while some opponents have taken up arms against the regime. 5% of airline pilots in the regime. 5% of airline pilots in the uk are women. but now, a new scholarship is aiming to encourage girls to consider a career in the air. it's inspired by molly rose, who flew aircraft across the country during world war ii. we have this report. mollyjust went for it, head first. you know? she had no hesitation,
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she was always out there doing things that perhaps other girls dared not do. she might not have admitted it but there's no doubt molly rose was a trailblazer. she joined the ata atjust 21 and flew planes from the production line to airstrips around the country. would she consider herself a heroine? absolutely not. she would just say, wasn't i lucky to be able to do a job that was so worthwhile? margot looked at molly for a few seconds and smiled. i'm so proud of you, molly, she said. and of the pilot that you have become. do you know when we initially proposed to recruit female pilots into the ata, you are exactly the type of person that i hoped we would find? film—maker paul was so moved by molly's story he turned it into a novel and hopes to make a movie. he's also organising a scholarship fund to continue molly's legacy, working with the flight school in cambridge. it can cost around £10,000 to gain a private pilot's licence. the scholarship offers a young
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person an opportunity to embrace a career as a pilot, perhaps, a person that tried to be a pilot before but has not quite have the right opportunity this or something has held them back. there she is. in 1938. the ist of june. so she's actually not yet got to her 18th birthday, she's still 17. today, graham showed paul some of molly's mementos including her first pilot's licence and her old log book, showing she delivered more than 400 aircraft. she would have been thrilled and she would hope that it would have an impression, it would have, you know, it would give the opportunity to someone who was teetering on the edge of wanting to train as a pilot, and would possibly say i cannot afford it because it's not exactly an inexpensive thing to take up.
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and would say, well, this scholarship permits me to do it. it's hoped over time, the scholarship scheme can be expanded, a fitting tribute to this pioneer of both aviation and equality. the number of people with covid antibodies has gone up by 6% in the last three weeks, over eight in ten adults in the uk has antibodies to coronavirus which is a good thing because it means now that you've been vaccinated or you've had covid in the past. that's up to the week beginning the 7th ofjune according to the latest data from the office for national statistics. 87% of adults in england, 89% of buyers, 85% in northern ireland, 79% in scotland. we have antibodies towards coronavirus which is good. john is
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here in the next few minutes with all the headlines. you are watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol for many of us today it will be dry with a fair amount of sunshine. one or two exceptions to that, in the south of england we had the remnants of yesterday's weather front which will pull away taking cloud and rain with it eventually and later on, we have a new weather front coming across the north west, introducing more cloud and also eventually some patchy rain but in between, we have this ridge of high pressure keeping things largely dry and settled. you see the remnants of the cloud and rain here in the south coast, lingering across the channel islands, brisk breeze coming in across south east and east anglia. the dry weather and thicker cloud towards western scotland and the west of northern ireland producing rain. temperatures in stornoway 13 degrees, top temperatures are likely to be around the cardiff area, 20, that will feel quite pleasant in the sunshine.
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this evening and overnight this weather front takes its cloud and patchy rain with it, eventually getting across all of scotland, northern ireland, into northern england and north west wales. under this cloud it won't be as cold as it was across scotland last night, we got down to freezing but under clear skies further south it will be cooler than last night. we pick up this weather front producing the cloud and patchy rain, hill fog, coastal mist in the west, continues its journey slowly moving south, not making a huge amount of progress. ahead, we hang on to the sunshine and we have a lot of cloud behind it across northern ireland, scotland and also northern england. temperatures tomorrow, in the sunshine getting up to around 21 degrees, in the cloud and rain we are looking at 13—19 degrees. as we move into thursday, the weather is a little bit different in the sense we still have the dregs of the weather front moving across the south—east, producing some cloud and the odd spot of light rain or drizzle,
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a new waving front comes across the north west introducing rain across scotland, northern ireland and eventually we see some of that getting into northern england. once again, top temperature is likely to be around 21 degrees. the outlook, still a fair bit of cloud at times on friday and into the weekend, one or two showers but the temperature rising especially as we head into sunday.
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this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. covid disruption at the euros. england find out later if two of their players are available for tonight's game against the czech republic. both are isolating after coming into contact with scotland's billy gilmour, who's tested positive. mason gilmour, who's tested positive. mountain bench oy to mason mountain bench oval had hoped to be involved in the match this evening. gareth southgate says his plans have been disrupted for what is a group decider. white working class pupils have been failed by decades of neglect in england's education system, according to mps. on course for an end to lockdown in england onjuly the 19th, the health secretary says the covid data looks good at the moment.
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i hope that we can take the steps on the 19th ofjuly that are pencilled in for then, because the data is looking encouraging. under—18s who want nude pictures or videos of themselves removed from the internet, can now report the images through a new online tool. and the australian government criticises a proposal to list the great barrier reef as "in danger". the un says not enough has been done to protect the reef from climate change. the good news — england are through to the knock—out stages of the euros because results went their way last night. the disruptive news is that two of their players came into contact
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with scotland midfielder billy gilmour, who's tested postiive for covid and so are isolating. england are through to the last 16 of the european championships but scotland must win against croatia at hampden park this evening. john mcmanus reports. fierce opponents in their national shirts, but friends and club mates after the final whistle. england's ben chilwell and mason mount were seen interacting with scotland's billy gilmour at the end of the match at wembley, and it's understood they spent more time chatting in the tunnel. gilmour�*s now tested positive for covid—19. he'll miss scotland's must—win game against croatia tonight. and chilwell and mount are in doubt for tonight's outing against the czech republic, as they self—isolate as a precaution. none of gilmour�*s team—mates will be doing the same — a fact which did not escape england coach gareth southgate. i don't want to cause a drama for scotland, but if you're all in the dressing room together, where does everything stand? so, it's...
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yeah, i don't know, is the honest answer to that. our medical people are dealing with all of this. after monday's results, england are guaranteed a place in the last 16 of euro 2020, but will go through as group d winners if they win against the czech republic. the entire squad had lateral flow tests on monday, which were negative. the scottish fa say that public health england decided that no other scotland players, apart from gilmour, had to self—isolate. but public health england said they hadn't held detailed discussions with the scottish football authorities. a real blow. and if billy gilmour's out now, of course, you have to think, who's he been mixing with? will we get any further news that he's been mixing and close by some other players, and they might be testing positive and might have to self—isolate, as well? covid—19 has hit other teams in the tournament, and it may yet prove more damaging still. john mcmanus, bbc news.
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let's go to wembley where england face the czech republic this evening. everyone waiting to find out if those two plays will be able to play or not. igrate out if those two plays will be able to play or not-— out if those two plays will be able to play or not. we are expecting a statement — to play or not. we are expecting a statement from _ to play or not. we are expecting a statement from the _ to play or not. we are expecting a statement from the fa _ to play or not. we are expecting a statement from the fa shortly, i statement from the fa shortly, hopefully sooner rather than later. but they are huge doubts for this match this evening against czech republic. yes, we have these exemptions for elite sportsmen and gareth southgate says he is not worried about playing on the pitch, being outside or training, there was a potential pipe protocols for elite sportsmen. but it wasn't those pictures that were seen by the millions of the trio of chelsea players when ben chilwell and mason mount went to their chelsea team—mate billy gilmer after he had put in a man of the match performance against england. it is what happened after woods in the tunnel. whether there was still interaction down there in an enclosed space and perhaps in the dressing rooms as well. that is what
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slightly baffled gareth southgate when he gave his news conference last night as to why in consultation with public health england it was chilwell and mount who were identified as being in close contact. we are not privy to what happened in the tunnel of the dressing rooms but certainly a lot of questions asked of how on earth if billy gilmer did go on to test positive, that he did, that other scotland players haven't had to self—isolate as well. the sfa have said they are very comfortable with the rest of their squad and they are in the clear but we all know it is a general rules for the general public are that even if you do test negative which chilwell and mount have, if you come into close contact with somebody he was tested positive you must self—isolate for ten days. but the fa are having lots of discussions behind the scenes with public health england to see if those two players can be freed up to
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face the czech republic in what is a group decider to see who top group d later this evening. it group decider to see who top group d later this evening.— later this evening. if they don't ela , later this evening. if they don't play. what _ later this evening. if they don't play. what might _ later this evening. if they don't play, what might be _ later this evening. if they don't play, what might be impact - later this evening. if they don't play, what might be impact be| later this evening. if they don't i play, what might be impact be on later this evening. if they don't - play, what might be impact be on the team? a, ,., ~ ., play, what might be impact be on the team? ~ ., .. , play, what might be impact be on the team? ~ ., team? mason amount both matches so far and is putting _ team? mason amount both matches so far and is putting two _ team? mason amount both matches so far and is putting two very _ team? mason amount both matches so far and is putting two very good - far and is putting two very good performances. ben chilwell hasn't been involved at all but some suggestion that he could come into the defence for this match against czech republic. it is a very strong and deep england squad. the concerns mostly are how they can get their attacking talents working to supplier harry kane, who's had a below par tournament so far. it hasn't had a shot on target in two matches, the england captain. but gareth southgate did say his plans have been disrupted and as yet he said that he would be trying to decide what team he can put out against the czech republic sometime this morning, and we all wait to find out whether chilwell and mount
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are in. . ~' ,, ~ find out whether chilwell and mount are in. ., ,, i. . ., find out whether chilwell and mount are in. . ~ ~ ., ., are in. thank you. we will wait for that announcement. _ are in. thank you. we will wait for that announcement. let's - are in. thank you. we will wait for that announcement. let's speaki are in. thank you. we will wait for| that announcement. let's speak to alison walker. it's really confusing because we see pictures of them cuddling on the pitch but we are told that is not a problem, but it is what happens behind—the—scenes. i understand why people are baffled with this. it boils down to that definition up close contact. but i hear that it was at issue in the tunnel. it was billy gilmour talking with his chelsea team—mates for 20 minutes or so, that was what public health england looked at and decided that why the two england players had to isolate. billy gilmour tested positive and they are saying the rest of the team shouldn't have to isolate. steve clarke at his press conference said last night he did fear that it would decimate the team. since the positive test was recorded and he is the only want to
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isolate. interestingly, had scotland been based in scotland and not at the training camp in england, it might have been different. public of scotland might view that slightly differently and i know that is why croatia didn't base their training camp in scotland because they feared if one player tested positive, the rest of them would have to isolate. that is why they are travelling in and out of the uk for games by a plane and no training camp. gareth southtate plane and no training camp. gareth southgate raises _ plane and no training camp. gareth southgate raises the _ plane and no training camp. gareth| southgate raises the uncomfortable question for scotland, but is not the only one that raising it thinking about it, he says he doesn't want to cause a problem for scotland but if they are all in the dressing room together, where does everything stand? fiend dressing room together, where does everything stand?— everything stand? and the hotel is well and there _ everything stand? and the hotel is well and there was _ everything stand? and the hotel is well and there was a _ everything stand? and the hotel is well and there was a video - everything stand? and the hotel is well and there was a video of - everything stand? and the hotel isj well and there was a video of andy robertson playing table tennis with billy gilmour of the team hotel but they were deemed to be two metres apart so that wasn't deemed a risk. so uefa new these times of virus and stories would manifest themselves
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and they have tried to mitigate as much as they can buy exceptional circumstances and the players, they are in these bubbles, they do know what to do, they are tested all the time. scotland players even took two planes to come back after scotland —— mac up to scotland. you can take the risk away from absently everything. you can't mitigate absolutely everything. i think they have just been unlucky. igrate absolutely everything. i think they have just been unlucky.— have 'ust been unlucky. we are in the have just been unlucky. we are in the early stages _ have just been unlucky. we are in the early stages of _ have just been unlucky. we are in the early stages of the _ have just been unlucky. we are in l the early stages of the tournament and it raises the prospect of covid—19 having a terrible impact of this sort of thing happens further down the track. you this sort of thing happens further down the track.— this sort of thing happens further down the track. ., ~ ., ., , , down the track. you know it has been relatively low — down the track. you know it has been relatively low scale _ down the track. you know it has been relatively low scale at _ down the track. you know it has been relatively low scale at the _ down the track. you know it has been relatively low scale at the moment i relatively low scale at the moment and i think sometimes when things like this happen take make people even more careful. so i see things are progressing more positively. sometimes you need something to happen for people just to be reminded potentially. and it's really important that this archive on going ahead because we've all got
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such a buzz from a tent scotland have their first chance to qualify in a group ever. so there is tremendous optimism and positive the. —— my positivity. let's hope they will do the business for scotland tonight.— they will do the business for scotland tonight. england are throu:h scotland tonight. england are through because _ scotland tonight. england are through because of _ scotland tonight. england are through because of what - scotland tonight. england are - through because of what happened already. scotland, what are the prospects do you think? i already. scotland, what are the prospects do you think?- already. scotland, what are the prospects do you think? i think they are tood. prospects do you think? i think they are good- it's _ prospects do you think? i think they are good. it's at _ prospects do you think? i think they are good. it's at hampden - prospects do you think? i think they are good. it's at hampden park, - prospects do you think? i think they are good. it's at hampden park, we| are good. it's at hampden park, we have lost one player but we have quality throughout our team now. as most people who watch the england scotland game, they realise, we're just turning up, we can win games. we need to score. we haven't scored a goal yet. if you want to win you have to score a goal. croatia are under a bit of flak from their own country. they are getting media attack. they are not playing that well, they have one that many games in the lead up to the euros. so
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perhaps we're getting them at a good time. we are at home. it is fascinating stuff and with all the stuff that gone on beforehand, the stage is set in front of the tartan army and i have a good feeling about this tonight for scotland.— this tonight for scotland. wishing them all the _ this tonight for scotland. wishing them all the best. _ this tonight for scotland. wishing them all the best. thank - this tonight for scotland. wishing them all the best. thank you - this tonight for scotland. wishing | them all the best. thank you very much, alison walker. thank you very much, alison walker. white pupils from poorer families have been let down by "decades of neglect" in england's education system, according to a report from mps.the chair of the education select committee conservative mp robert halfon, described it as a national scandal. the government said it was committed to making sure no child was left behind. our education correspondent, branwenjeffreys has this report. harry now runs a successful vintage clothes business. but after school, he did one low—paid job after another. unless you've been given an opportunity or you've got a family that can help you out, you're going to be stuck in those jobs, literally. just dead ends, do you know what i mean?
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i was never going to go anywhere. terrible wage. and i always knew i kind of had to have my fingers in other pies. i always had to do something else on the side to make extra money. relentless hard work means harry has his own shop. but mps say others are let down by a system that sees only poverty, not place or circumstance. if it was just about poverty, why is it that other ethnic groups on free school meals outperform white working—class pupils on free school meals? you're saying to poor white communities, who are struggling, who are underperforming compared to every other — almost every other — ethnic group, you're saying they are people of white privilege. this report calls for a fundamental rethink in what schools and education deliver for white working communities, because, as it spells out, for decades there's been evidence that too many children have had their life chances limited by what they see around them, what they're able to experience
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by the place that they grew up in. it's really important that children appreciate their heritage. claire runs schools across mansfield. they offer basic skill courses for parents, but start shakespeare at primary level. if you want to break that cycle of third, fourth generation unemployment, you need to bring your parents and your community with you. the traditional academic route absolutely has a place. but i do think that there needs to be a rethinking around what education is for. their secondary school has kept many practical subjects. mps say this is crucial. for all the pupils here, school is just one influence. i feel like a lot depends on your family, what your family has done previously, and if you want to follow what they've done. i've never had a person - in my family go to university. so it would be a big step,
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and it's quite a big - thing on my shoulders. this school is trying to teach future skills. the government says it's levelling up, increasing technical education. but the real test will be if these pupils get good jobs when they leave. branwen jefferys, bbc news, mansfield. health secretary matt hancock told the bbc this morning that the data is "looking encouraging" for a further planned easing of coronavirus restrictions in england onjuly 19. he was asked if this could risk further lockdowns in future. i hope we don't have to do that and i hope that we can take the steps on the 19th ofjuly that are pencilled in for then because the data is looking encouraging. but then for the winter i hope that, with the booster shot, we get the protection against covid—19 very, very high. we are getting over 95% protection against dying from covid—19 from two jabs. a very high protection
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against hospitalisation, one of the reasons that the hospitalisation numbers are barely rising at the moment. they are rising, but not fast. and then get the booster to increase that even more, and get the flu jab to a very, very wide proportion of people. and the combination of all of those things, i hope, will give us protection. nicola sturgeon is expected to confirm a delay to the easing of coronavirus restrictions in scotland. the first minister indicated last week that the move to the lowest level in scotland's five—tier system was likely to be pushed back by three weeks. restrictions had been due to be eased onjune the 28th. patients in england will get easier access to their own medical information under government plans. the new system would allow people to use nhs apps to renew medications, check test results and speak to health and care staff. ministers say the scheme will give patients more control over their data.
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a planned rollout of a digital database of medical records was delayed earlier this month following concerns over a lack of public consultation — with critics worrying the data could be misused and the plan hasn't been properly explained. england find out later if two of their players are available for tonight two game against the czech republic. white working class pupils have been failed by decades of neglect in england's education system — according to mps. england remains on course for an end to lockdown onjuly the 19th — the health secretary says the covid data looks encouraging at the moment.
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government borrowing fell last month as the easing of lockdown restrictions, and the reopening of shops and hospitality venues helped to improve the public finances. but it was still the second highest may borrowing on record. for more on this let's speak now with our business presenter, ben thompson. good morning. these figures for may give us a sense of how the economy is recovering as more businesses are able to reopen. morrow was able to go back to the office and, crucially, go out to spend and to consume. let me show you these figures on the grass because they put it into context. on this first one, hopefully you can seek may compared to the rest of the year. as you crucially compared to may of last year, when you know we entered that first lockdown and public finances were in a pretty tough condition. borrowing is a difference between what the government has to spend on public services, but crucially on things like the furlough and job support schemes and also the difference between what it owns in things like income, tax
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revenue, businesses and all of us. that came in a £24.3 billion. that is £19 billion lower than it was last may. so it tells you that may versus may there as been a dramatic improvement as the economy is able to reopen a little. but if we now compare that to previous years, you get a sense of how expensive this last 12 months had been. these figures show that we borrowed nearly £300 billion in 2020, that is the year to march and match 2019 to match 2020, showing how it compares over previous years. still of course the highest level since the end of world war ii. on this final one you get a sense of how we will pay back. the debt that we owe as a country entirely now £2.2 trillion, that is 99% of gdp, that is the entire value of our economy. that is a level not
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seen since the 1960s. so whilst these figures for may do give us an indication that things are getting better as the economy is able to reopen, there is still quite clearly a lot of concern about how much money we are with the country and how we will pay some of that back. and where does that lead? that how we will pay some of that back. and where does that lead?- and where does that lead? that is the big question. _ and where does that lead? that is the big question. we _ and where does that lead? that is the big question. we heard - and where does that lead? that is the big question. we heard from | and where does that lead? that is i the big question. we heard from the chancellor in the spending review earlier this year and he said that he wants to wait for the dust to settle, to try and determine how the country will pay for it. but one of the tools he has is either to cut spending, to pay out less, or to raise taxes, therefore earn more. at what these figures tell us is actually that as the economy starts to reopen, as we get back to something a little bit more normal, the amount of money that the government is making promising taxes going up, that is because businesses are operating and paying corporation tax. we are all back at work spending and earning, so therefore paying income tax. and we are all outspending in the shops and
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restaurants and therefore paying vat. so together that is increasing the income to government coffers. at the income to government coffers. at the same time, it is having to pay out a bit less because more people are coming off furlough and lesser bodies needed to prop up the economy. so the government owning more and spending less, that gives the chancellor a little bit more breathing room to maybe wait a while and see how the dust settles, what state our public finances are in when all of this is hopefully eventually over and that could give the breathing room to not raise taxes or cut spending until after the next election in 2024. thanks, ben. the next election in 2024. thanks, ben- you've _ the next election in 2024. thanks, ben. you've just _ the next election in 2024. thanks, ben. you've just threw _ the next election in 2024. thanks, ben. you've just threw about - the next election in 2024. thanks, ben. you've just threw about ben l ben. you've just threw about ben chilwell and mason mounted. they will have to continue to isolate until the 28th ofjune then after that close contact with billy gilmour who tested positive for covid—19. next go to wembley where
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england face the czech republic this evening. gareth southgate didn't want to hear that news. he evening. gareth southgate didn't want to hear that news.— want to hear that news. he was expecting- _ want to hear that news. he was expecting- they _ want to hear that news. he was expecting. they have _ want to hear that news. he was expecting. they have a - want to hear that news. he was i expecting. they have a statement want to hear that news. he was - expecting. they have a statement of this came out confirming that chilwell and mount have to buy site for a ten day period, backdated to the friday when they came into contact with billy gilmour. we saw those pictures are full—time but we think it was the interaction within two metres for a 15 minute period in the tunnel or dressing room area that means that they have had to isolate because billy gilmour subsequently tested positive. the pair were confirmed overnight as close contact, say the fa, following friday two march and will now isolate. and they will train individually in a private area of england's training base where the whole squad return tonight after this match against the czech republic. we will continue to follow all covid—19 protocols and the uefa testing regime while remaining in
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close contact with public health injured. public health england. no injuries, please! wejust reiterate that the entire england squad all tested negative, including chilwell and mount for the test which had to be taken on sunday and also as a belt and braces round of lateral flow test that they took yesterday. they were all negative as well. but amount and chilwell having to self—isolate. notjust billing them out of contention for this evening's game against the czech republic but also we know that england have already qualified for the last 16 and it rules them out of the last 16 as well, unless there is a very small possibility should england finish third in this group, they will still get through, that could mean a match at hampden park on the 29th, but whether england would have to play in that match, it is more
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likely they would finish first or second, and would chilwell an amount to be in any fit state anyway? so it almost certainly ruled him out of that last 16 tie as well. nick what is my treatment was condemned by the prime minister and home secretary, who tweeted afterwards that the safety of journalists is fundamental to our democracy. nominations will close today for the leadership of the democratic unionist party in northern ireland. long—serving mp sirjeffrey donaldson is the only candidate to put his name forward so far —
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it's widely expected he will be unopposed. the party is looking for a new leader after edwin poots resigned. stealth jets from the hms queen elizabeth have carried out strikes against the islamic state group as part of their first combat missions. the f 35jets, better known as the dambusters, carried out operational sorties. the commander said it marked the royal�*s navy return to operations since a campaign a decade ago. a report by mps it concludes that white people from poorer families have been let down by decades of neglecting england's education we can speak to a professor of social mobility at the university of exeter. he gave evidence to the education select committee for this report. thank you forjoining us. welcome. one of the things that really grabbed the headlines has been the use of the term white privilege by the mps and
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they are saying that it has been damaging to the prospect for many white people from working—class backgrounds. what he thought on the use of that time in this context? i think that the report is a good one in identifying the biggest factor that determines school outcomes, which is social class. it is your class background, your home background, and that affect all children, whatever other background that they have in terms of whether they are white, black or other ethnicities. so i think... i worry about terms like white privilege because it causes more division and put one working class group against another and in many ways we should be talking about class privilege or gender privilege as well. so i think all these things are important. but i think we need to focus on social class as well as gender and ethnicity in any diversity efforts that we have in this country. so
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when the committee says poorer white kids have been neglected for decades because of this, and the statistics on attainment i've been really clear for a long time, that when you look at attainment through the prism of background that white working class kids do not do as well, how much attention has been given to that data to try to fix the balance to level the playing field, because it if it is about class and the homes of people go back to, at the end of the day, how does that get addressed and does the report talk about that? it does. what we need in this country is a debate about how much schools can do. what we also know is that it schools can do. what we also know is thatitis schools can do. what we also know is that it is your home environment that it is your home environment that has a profound impact on your life chances. schools can do a lot but they can do everything. so why do welcomed the report? suggesting that things like family hubs where support for children in their early
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years. whatever else we do know is that all the education efforts over the last two decades haven't helped this. so i think we need more holistic approach and that means, yes, good schools, good teachers and all that, but also extra support for parents in the home and i think that if you don't tackle inside and outside school days then you are not going to address these profound inequalities. it’s going to address these profound inequalities-— inequalities. it's a really interesting _ inequalities. it's a really interesting point - inequalities. it's a really| interesting point because inequalities. it's a really - interesting point because one of inequalities. it's a really _ interesting point because one of the kids had been talking about this is an 18—year—old, who was a pupil on free school meals near to newcastle, and he says it shouldn't be about culture was. a better description would be that people are likely to undersell themselves and dislike showing off. and that is a culture that probably largely comes from inside your home environment. when you talk about giving more help to
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parents, how would you envisage it? what could be done? and is it something that is considered in this report? it something that is considered in this re ort? . something that is considered in this re ort? , , ., something that is considered in this reort? , , ., ., report? it is. there is a government programme — report? it is. there is a government programme called _ report? it is. there is a government programme called family _ report? it is. there is a government programme called family hubs - report? it is. there is a government| programme called family hubs which is still needed more support in my view across the country, but that is trying to help parents reach school. schools are in a catch—up game from day one. i am visiting a school, a primary school here in london, and schools when children arrive at age five they are already huge gaps in their learning. one aspect of this that really comes through in this report is where you live as well as who you come from and i think a lot of the white working class communities are in places of the country where, quite frankly, there are jobs country where, quite frankly, there arejobs on their country where, quite frankly, there are jobs on their doorstop whether it might not be elsewhere. and i think you have to look at how we distribute jobs. think you have to look at how we distributejobs. you get into
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think you have to look at how we distribute jobs. you get into debate about levelling up, but how do we create jobs in areas of this country? because without that, one of my fears is that many young people, they have to see a reason for education and if you are in an area where there aren't anyjobs, you can sort of understand why maybe you can sort of understand why maybe you don't see education as a vehicle to doing well in life. one final point on that is i don't think we give enough vocational options. the report does talk a bit about that. i think we need a much more stronger, credible vocational option for teenagers as well as those academic grades, and that is another big educational debate, but i suspect thatis educational debate, but i suspect that is another thing that is driving inequalities.- that is another thing that is driving inequalities. that is another thing that is drivin: inetualities. . ~ , driving inequalities. thank you very much. hello again. yesterday was a pretty wet day
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across the south of the country. today we still have a little bit of rain to clear, but when it does it will brighten up across southern england, but still a keen breeze coming in across east anglia and the south east, making it feel cool. for the bulk of the uk we are looking at a dry day with sunny spells, feeling pleasant in the sunshine, with highs of up to 20 celsius, but already the cloud will be thickening across western scotland in the west of northern ireland, introducing some rain. through this evening and overnight at will start to sink southwards, eventually getting into northern england and north west wales. ahead of it clearer skies, so a cooler night across southern areas compared to last night. but a milder night in the north compared to last night. tomorrow, this band of cloud and patchy rain continues to sink southwards. there will be some hill fog, some coastal mist in the west with it. clearer, sunnier skies will be across the far south and east. and here we have the highest temperatures getting up to about 21 degrees. in the north, 17 to 19.
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having to self—isolate until 28th of june. white working class pupils have been failed by decades of neglect in england's education system — according to mps. england remains on course for an end to lockdown onjuly the 19th — the health secretary says the covid data looks encouraging at the moment. under—18s who want nude pictures or videos of themselves removed from the internet, can now report the images through an new online tool. and the australian government has criticised a proposal to list the great barrier reef as �*in danger�* — the un says not enough has been done to protect the reef from climate change. sport, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good morning. as you've just been hearing in the last few minutes... england's mason mount and ben chilwell will miss tonight's group decider against the czech republic at wembley. the pair are having to self—isolate until the 28th ofjune, after coming into close contact with scotland's billy gilmour, who tested positive yesterday. chilwell and mount will now isolate and train individually,
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in private areas at england's training base at st george's park. we know england are already guranteed a spot in the last 16. if england win tonight and win the group they will play on the 29th. however, if they finish second, their next game will be on the 28th. here's manager gareth southgate speaking yesterday... yeah, look, i don't want to cause a drama for scotland, but, erm, if you're all in the dressing room together, where does everything stand? so, it's... yeah, i don't know, is the honest answer to that. our medical people are dealing with all of this. i'm being updated as regularly as we can be, which is every hour or so, there's a little bit more information. erm, and we have to accept whatever
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the situation is and adapt to it. meanwhile, scotland will be without billy gilmour for their crucial game against croatia at hampden tonight. the scots have to win to qualify. that's because they only have one point from their two games so far and are yet to score a goal. the scots trained yesterday without gilmour, who's tested positive. the scottish fa currently says there are no close contacts identified from inside their camp. he's upset, as you would expect. asymptomatic, no symptoms, so hopefully his health will hold up, he won't have too many symptoms and he'll get back to playing as quickly as possible. obviously a blow for us in terms of the team, but a chance for someone else. meanwhile, we now know that wales will play denmark in the last 16 on saturday in amsterdam. chelsea's andreas christensen scored the pick of the goals
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with this rocket of a shot as the danes beat russia 4—1 to reach the knockout stage along with belgium from their group. and these were the emotional scenes after the match, of course, just days after team mate christian eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest in their opening game. and one other line from the euros... uefa have rejected a request for munich's allianz arena to be lit up in rainbow colours for germany's game against hungary tomorrow — because of its �*political context�*. european football�*s governing body believe the request is �*directly political�* — because the hungarian parliament recently passed anti—lgbt legislation, and there have been reports of anti—lgbt banners on display in budapest during the tournament. but germany captain manuel neuer will be allowed to wear his rainbow captain�*s armband during the game. now, the first british and irish lions team of the summer has been announced in the last half hour. eight players will make their lions
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debute againstjapan at murrayfield on saturday. there are four scots in the starting line—up and the team will be lead by tour captain alun wynjones. 16,500 fans are expected to be at murrayfield for the first ever meeting beaten the lions and japan. you can see the full starting team on the bbc sport website. and carl nassib has become the first active nfl player to come out as gay. the las vegas raiders, defensive end, made the announcement in a video posted on his instagram account. nassib said he�*d "been meaning to do this for a while", and that he "finally feels comfortable enough to "get it off his chest". the announcment has been widely met with praise from fellow nfl players and teams. nassib also pledged to donate £100,000 to a us organisation that provides a suicide prevention service for lgbtq youths. that�*s all the sport for now.
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i�*ll have more for you in the next hour. if you are under 18 and want a nude image or video of yourself removed from the internet — you can — under a new scheme run by childline and the internet watch foundation. the iwf says reports of self—generated images more than doubled in the first three months of this year, compared with the same period last year. susie hargreaves, chief executive of the internet watch foundation, told us how the �*report remove�* system works. the way it works is that they go onto the childline website and look for report removed. when you go into reports remove you are asked how old you are, there is are asked how old you are, there is a method by which you can verify your age, a method by which you can verify yourage, upload a method by which you can verify your age, upload the image, and we can assess it and have it removed on your behalf. there are two ways to
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do it. one is to send the image, the other is to send the web page link. if you have not got the image what you think the images out there. i want to give an assurance to young people that the way we have developed this project is that your information is confidential and safe. your information that you share with childline and the personal details are protected and when that image comes to as we do not know your name, we do not know anything about you, we simply notice anything about you, we simply notice an image and that you have been verified as under 18 and then we will take action accordingly. what we then do is assess it and if it is a criminal image we will apply a digitalfingerprint and use a criminal image we will apply a digital fingerprint and use that digital fingerprint and use that digitalfingerprints, not the image, to find the duplicates. the reason this is ground—breaking as it is the first time in the world that young people have been able to do that in a safe and confident way, and no but they are not going to be criminalised in the process, because we have the support of the home
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office, the police. what we want to do is give young people hope, not make them scared that there are going to get in trouble. iwf, we deal with child sexual abuse images, we assess it in terms of categorisation according to uk law. within that threshold we then get it removed. they have to be sexualised images for us to be able to do that. if you have shared a naked image of yourself that would meet the threshold, you�*d have that removed, if you are under 18. we need to ensure com we have to verify your age, but obviously this is the start of something important and we are working hard to make sure it gets easierfor young people working hard to make sure it gets easier for young people to self refer. the key thing here is that everybody has got to try to make this happen. for young people that can be the most appalling thing to
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have that knowledge that their images are out there being shared. for whatever reason that they shared them. they might have shared them willingly, might have been groomed and having images and videos taken. whatever reason, they are victims in this, and free to do everything we can to protect them, and get those images off the internet. in that generates images you will have 16, 17—year—olds who might be in a relationship, consensually sharing images, right through to children in their bedrooms, in domestic settings, being creamed online to do sexual activities which —— being groomed online. there are so much pressure on young people. 90% of the images we removed last year were self generated, girls aged 11 — 13.
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children at a vulnerable stage of life and they are very easily tricked or encouraged to doing this. we have to do everything we can�*t not to blame the children and say, this is a major problem, 117% increase this year alone, and we have to do something together to get the message out to children, to find ways to build their resilience, do not share those images, but if they have shared them, to not blame them, and to help them to get those removed. an independent panel found mr rees drank with police officers involved
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in the case. he was acquitted of charges in 2011 and denies being involved. did you arrange his killing? for what motive? people talk about friction between us. there was not any. a small business working on a tight budget. daniel was brilliant at what he did. he was ruthless about that. he errant me, he�*ll errant the farm, a lot of money, it was a partnership. the more he brings in, the more i bring in, the more profits we get to share. him dying because me a massive amount of
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grief, financially, business—wise, because the partnership ceased to exist. it was not a great idea to put your friend from the police into daniel�*s job after his death? he is not stepping in. job after his death? he is not stepping in-— job after his death? he is not stepping in. that is not what i said. stepping in. that is not what i said- that _ stepping in. that is not what i said. that is _ stepping in. that is not what i said. that is what _ stepping in. that is not what i said. that is what people - stepping in. that is not what i | said. that is what people have stepping in. that is not what i - said. that is what people have said. daniel died in march. it was 18 months, nearly two years later before i invited sid tojoin us. i had been arrested in 89. i before i invited sid to join us. i had been arrested in 89.- before i invited sid to join us. i had been arrested in 89. i had no one to run _ had been arrested in 89. i had no one to run the _ had been arrested in 89. i had no one to run the office. _ had been arrested in 89. i had no one to run the office. the - had been arrested in 89. i had no one to run the office. the reportl one to run the office. the report finds that the met were in ways corrupt. i do not accept that. that was the key finding of the report. the relationship between a journalist or private investigator and officers in the case and lawyers and officers in the case and lawyers and barristers exchanging
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information, i do not see that as corrupt. that is an interesting point. you are saying that the judgment of corruption in this report is not correct. you think that should be allowed, that free flow of information?— allowed, that free flow of information? , ., ., , , information? yes, to an extent, yes. it is u- to information? yes, to an extent, yes. it is up to the — information? yes, to an extent, yes. it is up to the individual— information? yes, to an extent, yes. it is up to the individual officers - it is up to the individual officers and people involved to make sure that they do not break the law, they do not get involved in serious illegal activities. igrate do not get involved in serious illegal activities.— do not get involved in serious illegal activities. we all know what the law is. you _ illegal activities. we all know what the law is. you are _ illegal activities. we all know what the law is. you are in _ illegal activities. we all know what the law is. you are in a _ illegal activities. we all know what the law is. you are in a pub - illegal activities. we all know what the law is. you are in a pub with i the law is. you are in a pub with these guys. you like a drink. you were discussing _ these guys. you like a drink. gm. were discussing cases. these guys. you like a drink. you were discussing cases. yes. - these guys. you like a drink. you were discussing cases. yes. can | these guys. you like a drink. you i were discussing cases. yes. can you see here and _ were discussing cases. yes. can you see here and now— were discussing cases. yes. can you see here and now that _ were discussing cases. yes. can you see here and now that you - were discussing cases. yes. can you see here and now that you never- were discussing cases. yes. can you| see here and now that you never had any influence over any investigation? never. never ever. some people who know this case will not believe that. to. some people who know this case will not believe that.—
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not believe that. ta. what influence would i not believe that. ta. what influence would i have — not believe that. ta. what influence would i have over _ not believe that. ta. what influence would i have over this _ not believe that. ta. what influence would i have over this case - not believe that. ta. what influence would i have over this case or - not believe that. ta. what influence would i have over this case or any i would i have over this case or any case at all? no influence whatsoever. i can do —— go until a policeman, the recent collapse was not because of police corruption, it is because there was no evidence. corruption, it is because there was no evidence-— corruption, it is because there was no evidence. ~ , ., ., , no evidence. why was it that so many eo - le no evidence. why was it that so many people were — no evidence. why was it that so many people were out _ no evidence. why was it that so many people were out to _ no evidence. why was it that so many people were out to get _ no evidence. why was it that so many people were out to get you? - no evidence. why was it that so many people were out to get you? gossip, | people were out to get you? gossip, rumours. people were out to get you? gossip, rumours- other— people were out to get you? gossip, rumours. other people _ people were out to get you? gossip, rumours. other people have - people were out to get you? gossip, rumours. other people have got - people were out to get you? gossip, | rumours. other people have got their own agendas for seeing things. they have run with it. when it was properly investigated by proper detectives it came to nothing. there was no evidence there. the headlines on bbc news. mason mount and ben chilwell are
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having to self—isolate until 28th of june. white working class pupils have been failed by decades of neglect in england�*s education system — according to mps. england remains on course for an end to lockdown onjuly the 19th — the health secretary says the covid data looks encouraging at the moment. a committee of mps say parts of the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill were disproportionate and should be removed. the home office insists it includes safeguards on human rights. more than eight in ten adults in the
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uk now have coronavirus antibodies according to ons. the figure has risen 6% over the last three weeks. it equates to 87% of adults in england, 89% in wales, 85% in northern ireland, slightly lower, at 79% in scotland. bumble, the dating app where women are in charge of making the first move, has temporarily closed all of its offices this week to combat workplace stress. its 700 staff worldwide have been told to switch off and focus on themselves. sir cary cooper is professor of organizational psychology & health at the university of manchester. he explained why he thought the company had taken this step. it is an employer recognising the hard work of the employees over the past 15 months. many of us have been working longer hours than we did before covid, we have no commute time, we�*ve been working substantially from home and we are tired, people are exhausted. it�*s a recognition by
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an employer and we need more of that by employers. mental health is a big issue. people have suffered dramatically, ons, the office for national statistics did a survey in the middle of 2020 showing 63% of people felt exhausted, tired, anxious, and there is a lot of evidence that mental health of people has been dramatically affected during this period of time and employees have been working, i�*ve heard government saying get back to work as if people hadn�*t been working. people have been working longer hours, they haven�*t had any commute time and so, you know, also they have feltjob insecure and people have been on furlough which meant the remaining people had heavier workloads. so for an employer to say, i am recognising what you have been through the last 15 months, have a break, be with your family, do what you want to do, but no work.
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un officials have upset the australian government, by recommending that the great barrier reef be placed on a list of world heritage sites that are in danger. a committee from the un�*s cultural organisation, unesco, is urging australia to take urgent action to protect it. it says the reef�*s condition has deteriorated from poor to very poor, citing widespread coral bleaching. shaimaa khalil is our sydney correspondent and gave us more details about the reaction in australia. australia has been enraged, really, by this recommendation by unesco. they feel that they haven�*t been consulted, as you mentioned, they feel they have been blindsided. we heard earlier this morning from the environment minister, sussan ley, saying that the government has simply been stunned and that this is a backflip on a recommendation, or on previous assurances, that this step would not be taken. but essentially what unesco is saying is that this is a water quality issue. despite efforts and achievements by both australian state and federal government, theyjust have not done enough, and the quality of water aims
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and targets have not been met. we have seen several bleaching events in the last five years or so, including as recently as 2016 and 2020. so it is getting worse. it is still under threat and, of course, this is because of the rising temperatures of seas that is a cause of climate change because of the burning of fossil fuels. all of the things that the unesco and the rest of the world really has been urging australia to do more. liverpool could use it this —— could lose its world heritage designation. there�*s been a huge rise in the number of people who don�*t
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have the most basic furniture for their home. one charity in bath, says demand for their help has gone up by almost a third during the pandemic. fiona lamdin reports. fiona, this was a shell — there was just nothing here, there was underlaying concrete. got the carpets, new bed in plastic, lovely chest of drawers, which was just fantastic. i had no other drawers. fridge freezer out of the box, microwave, washing machine, all brand new. but this time last year, things were very different. anne, a teaching assistant, lost herjob when schools closed for lockdown, and then lost her home. she was given 29 days�* notice. and at 65, you find yourself homeless and sleeping on somebody�*s floor. i was quite willing to sleep in my car. there was a real shortage of rental properties, so while she waited for a council home, she sofa surfed, then checked into a hotel. when that became too expensive, she moved into the local youth hostel. i�*ve been through low times before, but i�*ve always felt that i could battle through. but i�*ve had to have
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counselling, and, erm... sorry, i get emotional. it�*s, erm... it�*s quite alarming. three months later, she was given social housing, but it was completely unfurnished. there were no carpets, it was just a lining. one room had concrete flooring. there was no lining. and i was a bit, oh, no! you know, what am i going to do? i�*ve got a piece of memory foam that i can sleep on. anthony and his team drive around bath, matching donated furniture with those who need it. pre—covid, we would have been seeing maybe two to three, sometimes four requests a week, and now it's steady. it's five plus. so it's certainly moving up, we're seeing it. and then we're coming up to two more. we don't want to throw the sofa away for environmental reasons. _ we don't want it to go to the dump, and we'd love it to go to someone i that has less resources than us and is less fortunate. -
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|and if they can make use of it, | then that would be really good. what difference has it make now having furniture? it makes you feel like a human being. erm, it makes you feel... ..like a person. it is your dignity that you can get back, because you�*ve lost it. this is sandy, and she�*s an old girl. anne�*s now rescued 12—year—old sandy, an unexpected new start for them both. fiona lamdin, bbc news. just 5% of airline pilots in the uk are women. but now a new scholarship is aiming to encourage girls to consider a career up in the air. it�*s inspired by molly rose, who flew planes scross the country during the second world war, so they were ready for raf pilots to take to germany. jessica banham has more. mollyjust went for it, head first. you know? she had no hesitation, she was always out there doing things that perhaps other girls
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dared not do. she might not have admitted it but there�*s no doubt molly rose was a trailblazer. she joined the ata atjust 21 and flew planes from the production line to airstrips around the country. would she consider herself a heroine? absolutely not. she would just say, wasn't i lucky to be able to do a job that was so worthwhile? margot looked at molly for a few seconds and smiled. i�*m so proud of you, molly, she said. and of the pilot that you have become. do you know when we initially proposed to recruit female pilots into the ata, you are exactly the type of person that i hoped we would find? film—maker paul was so moved by molly�*s story he turned it into a novel and hopes to make a movie. he�*s also organising a scholarship fund to continue molly�*s legacy, working with the flight school in cambridge. it can cost around £10,000 to gain a private pilot�*s licence.
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the scholarship offers a young person an opportunity to embrace a career as a pilot, perhaps, a person that tried to be a pilot before but has not quite have the right opportunity or something has held them back. there she is. in 1938. the ist of june. so she's actually not yet got to her 18th birthday, she's still 17. today, graham showed paul some of molly�*s mementos including her first pilot�*s licence and her old log book, showing she delivered more than 400 aircraft. she would have been thrilled and she would hope that it would have an impression, it would have, you know, it would give the opportunity to someone who was teetering on the edge of wanting to train as a pilot, and would possibly say i cannot afford it because it's not exactly an inexpensive thing to take up.
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and would say, well, this scholarship permits me to do it. it�*s hoped over time, the scholarship scheme can be expanded, a fitting tribute to this pioneer of both aviation and equality. as final—year pupils prepare to say their goobyes to classmates, the teachers of one school in suffolk decided to give their year 11s a send—off they wouldn�*t forget in a hurry. in red coats and top hats, the staff and students of ormiston sudbury academy channelled their inner huthackman and performed "from now on" from the greatest showman. they uploaded their video to the social media site tiktok. it�*s now been watched more than 900,000 times. now it�*s time for a look
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at the weather with carol. for many of us today it will be dry with a fair amount of sunshine. one or two exceptions to that, in the south of england we had the remnants of yesterday�*s weather front which will pull away taking cloud and rain with it eventually and later on, we have a new weather front coming across the north west, introducing more cloud and also eventually some patchy rain but in between, we have this ridge of high pressure keeping things largely dry and settled. you see the remnants of the cloud and rain here in the south coast, lingering across the channel islands, brisk breeze coming in across south east and east anglia. the dry weather and thicker cloud towards western scotland and the west of northern ireland producing rain. temperatures in stornoway 13 degrees, top temperatures are likely to be around the cardiff area, 20, that will feel quite pleasant in the sunshine. this evening and overnight this weather front takes its cloud and patchy rain with it,
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eventually getting across all of scotland, northern ireland, into northern england and north west wales. under this cloud it won�*t be as cold as it was across scotland last night, we got down to freezing but under clear skies further south it will be cooler than last night. we pick up this weather front producing the cloud and patchy rain, hill fog, coastal mist in the west, continues its journey slowly moving south, not making a huge amount of progress. ahead, we hang on to the sunshine and we have a lot of cloud behind it across northern ireland, scotland and also northern england. temperatures tomorrow, in the sunshine getting up to around 21 degrees, in the cloud and rain we are looking at 13—19 degrees. as we move into thursday, the weather is a little bit different in the sense we still have the dregs of the weather front moving across the south—east, producing some cloud and the odd spot of light rain or drizzle, a new waving front comes across the north west introducing
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rain across scotland, northern ireland and eventually we see some of that getting into northern england. once again, top temperature is likely to be around 21 degrees. the outlook, still a fair bit of cloud at times on friday and into the weekend, one or two showers but the temperature rising especially as we head into sunday.
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this is bbc news. the headlines. covid disruption at the euros — mason mount and ben chilwell have to self—isolate tilljune the 28th and miss tonight�*s game against the czech republic. both came into contact with scotland�*s billy gilmour, who�*s tested positive for covid. no matter what happens in that match against the czech republic tonight, england have already qualified for the last 16 but there is every chance that mount and ben chilwell will miss that match as well. white working class pupils have been failed by decades of neglect in england�*s education system, according to mps. on course for an end to lockdown in england onjuly the 19th.
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the health secretary says the covid data looks good at the moment. i hope that we can take the steps on the 19th ofjuly that are pencilled in for then, because the data is looking encouraging. under—18s in the uk who want nude pictures or videos of themselves removed from the internet, can now report the images through a new online tool. and the australian government criticises a proposal to list the great barrier reef as �*in danger�*. the un says not enough has been done to protect the reef from climate change. two of england�*s footballers could miss tonight�*s match against the czech republic,
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after coming into contact with the scotland midfielder, billy gilmour, who�*s tested positive for coronavirus. england are through to the last 16 of the european championships but scotland must win against croatia at hampden park this evening. and olly foster is at wembley where england face the czech republic this evening. what impact will the loss of those two players have tonight?- two players have tonight? gareth southtate two players have tonight? gareth southgate in _ two players have tonight? gareth southgate in his _ two players have tonight? gareth southgate in his pre-match - two players have tonight? gareth southgate in his pre-match newsj southgate in his pre—match news conference says it has disrupted those, i can�*t lie about that. mason mount has featured in both matches so far and ben chilwell has not but was expected to be involved in some way this evening but now that news has come through. gareth southgate knew they were a massive down once they were isolated from the rest of they were isolated from the rest of the squad and it have now been confirmed that they will have to see out that ten day isolation period. they have released a statement
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saying they will isolate and train individually now in private areas as england�*s training base at saint georges park, with the rest of the squad returning there straight after the match this evening against czech republic. they will continue to follow all covid—19 protocols and the uefa testing regime. remember, on sunday mount and ben chilwell and the squad and the support staff all tested negative. they have to take these pcr tests, 48 hours before a match. uefa stipulate that. and after the billy gilmour news came out that he had tested positive, they all took lateral flow tests. those were all negative as well. but it seems that england have done everything by the book because millions saw those pictures of full time on friday night with mount and ben chilwell going over to the chelsea team—mate billy gilmour, he was man of the match, congratulating him. it wasn�*t what happened on the pitch because there are different rules for elite sportsmen in training and during matches as well,
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but it�*s what happened then afterwards. down the tunnel, whether that interaction with the trio continued and perhaps into the dressing rooms as well. that is what we are not privy to. but certainly england in consultation with public health england have come come to the conclusion that they will have to isolate for ten days. scotland say they were in consultation also with public health england and none of their players are having to self—isolate. gareth southgate was slightly baffled by that. he said he didn�*t want to cause any drama for scotland but he said that from what he could see, perhaps in the dressing room, he can�*t understand how perhaps scotland weren�*t impacted as well. but england certainly have been and looking forward now, of course that payable miss the match against the czech republic but now we look forward to the last 16 between know england will be in, no matter what happens here this evening. if they win the
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group, then the last 16 game here is back at wembley on the 29th, so that pair come back into play. but you cannot imagine them being able to take part in that match if they had been training away from the main group for a period of ten days. if they come second, then they go to copenhagen and play on the 28th. so they are definitely ruled out of that. there is a slim chance england could go through in third place. they could go to hampden or seville and play on the 29th, but ben chilwell and mount won�*t have played any part in training. so i think we can effectively say they won�*t play any part in the last 16 either. southgate�*s plans disrupted this evening and i say go forward deep into the tournament and the knockout round. �* . into the tournament and the knockout round. �* , ., , ., round. let's get the thoughts of the chief football _ round. let's get the thoughts of the chief football writer _ round. let's get the thoughts of the chief football writer at _ round. let's get the thoughts of the chief football writer at the - round. let's get the thoughts of the chief football writer at the mirror. i chief football writer at the mirror. what do you think of what has happened here? it is what do you think of what has happened here?— happened here? it is overall disruption —
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happened here? it is overall disruption which _ happened here? it is overall disruption which is - happened here? it is overall disruption which is the - happened here? it is overall. disruption which is the biggest issue for gareth southgate. i do think ollie is right that the fa have done everything by the book. i think the three players, the chelsea team—mate, they will have had a lengthy conversation in the tunnel and that is what has caused it and the fa have been very open, proactive. it was then that volunteered. the players were spotted having a conversation and the players volunteer that information to public health england to follow the protocols by the book and you have to admire that honesty. that is how it should be done. and frankly, the impact is huge. no one should underestimate what a big player mason mount is for england and for gareth southgate. he is definitely starting, he definitely would have started. not sure about ben chilwell, but either way they have been crucial members of the squad and the build—up to this euros has been a nightmare for england. it has been a nightmare for england. it has been a nightmare for england. it has been for several teams, its not
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make any special exceptions for england in terms of injuries, call ups, late meet ups after the european finals. this isjust another chapter in a really difficult preparation for a huge tournament for england. iethi’hezit difficult preparation for a huge tournament for england. what about the prospects _ tournament for england. what about the prospects for _ tournament for england. what about the prospects for scotland? - tournament for england. what about the prospects for scotland? because i the prospects for scotland? because england are through. scotland have to win tonight to go through and they don�*t have billy gilmour. it�*s they don't have billy gilmour. it's a very much _ they don't have billy gilmour. it�*s a very much more difficult task without billy gilmour in that, let�*s be honest, he is still a young player, still emerging. that was an incredible introduction into the big stage on friday night. but really, up stage on friday night. but really, up until that point, he hadn�*t featured and people hadn�*t really expected him to be a centralfigure in this campaign. but once you get that feel good factor, you want him to be back and involved andy the
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disruption is huge for scotland and fought steve clarke. i can probably understand what gareth southgate means. if two england players are taken out of the equation, he found it strange that no scotland players had been. so he will be grateful they have not had any further players needing to self—isolate. they will be hoping to summon up some spirit and pull off a big result, because before the tournament croatia were viewed as the second most dangerous team in this group. so it�*s still a big ask for scotland, but scotland surely have a bit of confidence after that excellent performance against england at wembley at friday night. white pupils from poorerfamilies have been let down by "decades of neglect" in england�*s education system, according to a report from mps. the chair of the education select committee conservative mp robert halfon, described it as a national scandal. the government said
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it was committed to making sure no child was left behind. our education correspondent, branwenjeffreys has this report. harry now runs a successful vintage clothes business. but after school, he did one low—paid job after another. unless you�*ve been given an opportunity or you�*ve got a family that can help you out, you�*re going to be stuck in those jobs, literally. just dead ends, do you know what i mean? i was never going to go anywhere. terrible wage. and i always knew i kind of had to have my fingers in other pies. i always had to do something else on the side to make extra money. relentless hard work means harry has his own shop. but mps say others are let down by a system that sees only poverty, not place or circumstance. if it was just about poverty, why is it that other ethnic groups on free school meals outperform white working—class pupils on free school meals? you're saying to poor white communities, who are struggling, who are underperforming compared to every other — almost every other —
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ethnic group, you're saying they are people of white privilege. this report calls for a fundamental rethink in what schools and education deliver for white working communities, because, as it spells out, for decades there�*s been evidence that too many children have had their life chances limited by what they see around them, what they�*re able to experience by the place that they grew up in. it�*s really important that children appreciate their heritage. claire runs schools across mansfield. they offer basic skill courses for parents, but start shakespeare at primary level. if you want to break that cycle of third, fourth generation unemployment, you need to bring your parents and your community with you. the traditional academic route absolutely has a place. but i do think that there needs to be a rethinking around what education is for.
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their secondary school has kept many practical subjects. mps say this is crucial. for all the pupils here, school is just one influence. i feel like a lot depends on your family, what your family has done previously, and if you want to follow what they've done. i've never had a person - in my family go to university. so it would be a big step, and it's quite a big - thing on my shoulders. this school is trying to teach future skills. the government says it�*s levelling up, increasing technical education. but the real test will be if these pupils get good jobs when they leave. branwen jefferys, bbc news, mansfield. health secretary matt hancock told the bbc this morning that the data is "looking encouraging" for a further planned easing of coronavirus restrictions in england onjuly19. he was asked if this could risk further lockdowns in future.
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i hope we don�*t have to do that and i hope that we can take the steps on the 19th ofjuly that are pencilled in for then because the data is looking encouraging. but then for the winter i hope that, with the booster shot, we get the protection against covid very, very high. we are getting over 95% protection against dying from covid from two jabs. a very high protection against hospitalisation, one of the reasons that the hospitalisation numbers are barely rising at the moment. they are rising, but not fast. and then get the booster to increase that even more, and get the flu jab to a very, very wide proportion of people. and the combination of all of those things, i hope, will give us protection. nicola sturgeon is expected to confirm a delay to the easing of coronavirus restrictions in scotland. the first minister indicated last week that the move to the lowest
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level in scotland�*s five—tier system was likely to be pushed back by three weeks. restrictions had been due to be eased onjune the 28th. patients in england will get easier access to their own medical information under government plans. the new system would allow people to use nhs apps to renew medications, check test results and speak to health and care staff. ministers say the scheme will give patients more control over their data. but critics worrying the data could be misused and saying the plan hasn�*t been properly explained. stealth jets from the uk�*s newest aircraft carrier, hms queen elizabeth, have carried out strikes against the islamic state group as part of their first combat missions. the f—35jets from the renowned 617 squadron — better known as the dambusters — carried out operational sorties. the commander of carrier air wing, captainjames blackmore,
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said it marked the royal navy�*s return to maritime strike operations for the first time since the libya campaign a decade ago. the met police say a 62—year—old man was arrested yesterday on suspicion of an offence related to public order. he of an offence related to public order. . . . of an offence related to public order. . , , , ., , ., ., order. he was being shown shouted at and foota . e order. he was being shown shouted at and footage was _ order. he was being shown shouted at and footage was widely _ order. he was being shown shouted at and footage was widely shared - order. he was being shown shouted at and footage was widely shared on - and footage was widely shared on social media. a committee of mps and peers which advises on the compatibility of government bills with human rights laws says part of the bill were disproportionate and should be removed. the home office insists the bill include safeguards on human rights. an update on our headlines. england footballers — mason mount and ben chilwell are having to self—isolate tilljune the 28th and are unavailable for tonight�*s game against
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the czech republic — both came into contact with scotland�*s billy gilmour, who�*s tested positive for covid. white working class pupils have been failed by decades of neglect in england�*s education system, according to mps. england remains on course for an end to lockdown on july the 19th. the health secretary says the covid data looks encouraging at the moment. sport, and now for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. we will start on that use that mason mount and ben chilwell will miss that game against the czech republic tonight. they are having to self—isolate into the 28th ofjune after having coming into contact with billy gilmour. there chelsea team—mate tested positive for coronavirus yesterday. billy gilmour and mount will now isolate and train
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individually. england are already guaranteed a spot in the last 16, but if they win tonight they will play on the 29th ofjune, meaning the pair would be available. however, if they finish second in the group, the next game will be on the group, the next game will be on the 28th ofjune. so there is a chance they could miss england�*s next match too. he was gareth southgate speaking yesterday. i don't want to cause a drama for don�*t want to cause a drama for scotland, but if you are all in the dressing room together, where does everything stand? so, yeah, i don�*t know is the honest answer to that. our medical people are dealing with all of this. i am being updated as regularly as we can be, which is every hour or so. there is a little bit more information. and we have to accept whatever the situation is and adapt to it. accept whatever the situation is and ada -t to it. ., ., accept whatever the situation is and ada -t to it. ., . , adapt to it. scotland will be without billy _ adapt to it. scotland will be without billy gilmour -
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adapt to it. scotland will be without billy gilmour for i adapt to it. scotland will be | without billy gilmour for the crucial game against croatia at hampden park tonight. the scot after winter qualify. that�*s because they only have one point from their two games helper and they are yet to score a goal. the scots did train yesterday without billy gilmour, but the rest of the squad are currently unaffected. the the scottish fa say there are no close contact identified from inside the camp. we now know that wales will play denmark in the last 16 on saturday in amsterdam. this was a pic of the goal, a rocket of a shock last night, as the danes beat russia 4—1 to reach the knockout stage along with belgium from their group. the first british and irish... the first lions team and irish of the summer has been named. alun wynjones will captain the side in their first ever meeting there are four scot in the starting line up and the team will be led by alun wynjones.16,500
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line up and the team will be led by alun wynjones. 16,500 fans are expected to be there for the first ever meeting between the lions in japan. you can see the full thing on the bbc sport website. that is all you�*re spot for now. government borrowing fell last month as the easing of lockdown restrictions, and the reopening of shops and hospitality venues, helped to improve the public finances. but it was still the second highest borrowing for may on record. earlier i spoke with our business presenter, ben thompson, who told me more about the scale of the deficit in the uk. these figures for make—up is a sense of how the economy is recovering as more businesses are able to re—open, model was able to go back to the office and crucially, go out to spend and to consume. let me show you these figures on the grass, because they help to put it in context. this first one, you can see may compare to the rest of the year. as you compare it to may of last year, you will know, we entered that first lockdown and the public
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finances were in a pretty tough condition. remember, borrowing at the difference between what the government has to spend on public services but crucially things like the furlough and drop support team. and the difference between what it owns in income, tax revenue from businesses and from all of us. i came in at £24.3 billion, £19 billion lower than it was last may. so it tells you may versus may, there is been a dramatic improvement as the economy is able to reopen a little. but if we now compare that to previous years, you start to get a sense of how expensive this last 12 months has been. these figures show that we borrowed nearly £300 billion in 2020, that is the year to march, 2019 to match 2020, showing how it compares to previous years. still at the highest level since the end of world war ii. in this final one you get a sense of therefore how
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we will pay it back. the debt that we will pay it back. the debt that we are with a country. it is now £2.2 trillion, that is 99% of the gdp, the entire value of our economy. that is a level not seen since the 1960s. so whilst these figures for may do give us an indication of things are getting better as the economy is able to reopen, there is still quite clearly a lot of concern about how much money we are with the country and how we will pay some of that back. and where does that lead? that is a big question. we had from the chancellor in the spending review earlier this year and he said he wants to wait an until the dust has settled before determining how the country will pay for it. one of the tools he houses either to cut spending, pay out less, orto tools he houses either to cut spending, pay out less, or to raise taxes, therefore earn more. but what these figures tell this is actually that as the economy starts to reopen, as we get back to something a little bit more normal, the amount of money the government is making
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from within taxes going up and that is because businesses are operating and paying corporation tax. we are all back at work, spending and working and paying income tax and we are all outspending in the shops and restaurants and therefore paying vat. so together that is increasing the to government coffers, at the same time, it is having to pay out a little bit less because more people are coming off furlough and their support is needed to prop up the economy. so the government owning more and spending less, that gives the chancellor a little bit more breathing room to maybe wait a while and see how the dust settles, what�*s and see how the dust settles, what�*s a palpable finances are in, when all of this is hopefully, eventually over and that could give them the breathing room do not have to raise taxes or cut spending until after the election in 2024. nominations for the leadership of the democratic unionist party closed at midday. this follows the resignation
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of edwin poots who held the post for just three weeks. let�*s talk to our correspondent danjohnson. it was expected that the only name in the frame will bejeffrey donaldson. i5 in the frame will be jeffrey donaldson.— in the frame will be jeffrey donaldson. , . .. , , donaldson. is that the case. yes, we believe so. — donaldson. is that the case. yes, we believe so, unless _ donaldson. is that the case. yes, we believe so, unless anyone _ donaldson. is that the case. yes, we believe so, unless anyone has - believe so, unless anyone has launched a leadership bid. jeffrey donaldson is the only known to have declared for the leadership this time around. he went for it last time, just five weeks ago, but lost out to edwin coutts. a second time lucky, because there is nobody up against him as far as we understand. it is not simple as that. there is a process to complete some you won�*t economy dup leader until probably next week so poots will carry on until then. at the other convocation is what happens here in terms of who sits as first minister. edwin poots nominated paul gibbon who took up first minister here last thursday and is still in office. ifjeffrey donaldson wants to take the job as
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well, as he previously indicated he would, he would need to step down from westminster as an mp, getting sub co—opted to the assembly here so that he can take that role from him. so there are some complications from sirjeffrey donaldson to grab hold of power here in the way you wanted. that may take a bit of time and it raises the prospect of a by—election which they dup could probably do without after the torrid time they have had over the last few weeks through this repeated leadership crisis. sojeffrey through this repeated leadership crisis. so jeffrey will have through this repeated leadership crisis. sojeffrey will have to confront the issue that brought edwin poots down, the deal he did with sinn fein here over irish language laws. jeffrey donaldson could roll back from that and bring his party, but may alienate sinn fein and interrupt power—sharing, and what is he going to do about the impact of the northern ireland protocol? those trade rules that have affected, broad checks in on goods coming from great britain into northern ireland, something sir geoffrey said in a statement he considered to be the biggest threat
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to people here in northern ireland and to northern ireland because my place in the united kingdom. that is his attempt to unite the dup, but make no mistake, that is a difficult task after the time they have had. so if he is confirmed in thejob, he certainly has some big issues to confront. , . ., certainly has some big issues to confront. , ., ., . ' , confront. they are naming jeffrey donaldson as _ confront. they are naming jeffrey donaldson as leader _ confront. they are naming jeffrey donaldson as leader designate i confront. they are naming jeffrey donaldson as leader designate ofj confront. they are naming jeffrey - donaldson as leader designate of the dup. you�*ve outlined their the ins and outs of recent weeks, months, longer. jeffrey donaldson obviously lost out in that leadership contest to edwin poots. why did they take him overjeffrey donaldson and what does that say about the prospects for him being able to make a success of it now that i�*m basically, they have no choice but to take him? it was quite a narrow boat last last time around. jeffreyjohnson only lost by two votes and it does look like he is about to be crowned in this coronation which will probably
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confound next week. frankly, the dup were looking desperate after the time they have had since ousting eileen foster. edwin poots was brought in as a hardliner to stand up brought in as a hardliner to stand up to sinn fein and to the uk government when needed, but the feeling here last week was he had rolled over at the first possible opportunity, that he didn�*t show any hardline leadership whatsoever, which is why confidence in him evaporated very quickly and why he had to announce that thursday night that he would resign as leader. so jeffrey donaldson is seen as an established figure, an mp for a long time. a senior member of the party here with vast experience of negotiating with the uk government and his attempt in a statement last night was to bring unionist together. if we are going to confront the northern ireland protocol, we need to be united in the face of that, he said. we need to be able to get the uk government
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to be able to get the uk government to listen to us. sojeffrey donaldson said that if he thought there was a change in that, that was something else that could threaten power—sharing and political stability here at stormont. so it�*ll be interesting to see what he does with the leadership now, but certainly but the potential for some rocky days ahead.— rocky days ahead. thank you very much, rocky days ahead. thank you very much. dan _ rocky days ahead. thank you very much, dan johnson. _ if you are under 18 and want a nude image or video of yourself removed from the internet — you can — under a new scheme run by childline and the internet watch foundation. the iwf says reports of self—generated images more than doubled in the first three months of this year, compared with the same period last year. susie hargreaves, chief executive of the internet watch foundation, told us how the �*report remove�* system works. this is a brand—new scheme that enables young people to self refer nude images of themselves. they go into the childline website and when they go into report remove they are
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asked immediately how old they are and then there is a method by which you can verify your age and upload the image and then we can assess it and have it removed on your behalf. there is two ways. send your image, or send a web page link if you think you haven�*t got the image what you think the images out there and you have seen it in a web page. i want to give reassurance to young people, we have developed this project so that your information is confidential and safe. so your information is shared with childline, the personal details are protected, and when that image comes to was, we don�*t know your name, anything about you. we just simply know it is an image and you were being verified at under 18 and we will take action accordingly. what we do with an ssh and then if it is a criminal image we will apply a digitalfingerprint and use a criminal image we will apply a digital fingerprint and use a digital fingerprint and use a digitalfingerprint, not the image, to find duplicates. and the reason
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this is absolutely ground—breaking is it is a first time in the world that young people have been able to do that in a safe and confident way and know that they won�*t be criminalised in the process because they have the support of the home office, the police and we want to give young people hope, not make them scared that somebody is going to get them into trouble. they are very clearly defined under uk law. when you send a nude image through to us, we have a look at it and assess it in terms of categorisation in terms of uk law and if it meets our threshold we get it removed. so they have to be sexualised images for us to be able to do that. so if you have shed a nude, a naked image of yourself, that wouldn�*t be the threshold so we would have that removed if you are under 18. we need to ensure, we have to verify your age, but it is the start of
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something important and we�*re working very hard to make sure it gets easier and easier for young people to self refer and i think the key thing here is that everybody has got together to try make it happen because we know that for young people that can be the most thing to have that knowledge that their images are out there being shared. so whatever reason they shared them, they might have shed them willingly, groomed into having images and videos taken, whatever reason, they are victims in this and we need to do everything we can to protect them and to get those images of the internet. you will have 16, 17—year—old who might be in a relationship consensually sharing images right through to children in their bedrooms and domestic settings being groomed online, to do sexual activities which are then recorded and shared on child sexual abuse websites. i think lockdown has contributed to it. i think the lockdown, thejust contributed to it. i think the lockdown, the just the
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contributed to it. i think the lockdown, thejust the means contributed to it. i think the lockdown, the just the means there are so many ways they can be shared and so much pressure on young people. 90% of the images we removed were girls aged 11 to 13, we are talking about children at a venue in vulnerable stage in life and they are very easily trick or encourage into doing this so we have to do everything we can not to blame the children and to say look, this is a major problem. we have seen 870% increase this year alone and we have to do something together to get the message out to children, to find ways to build their resilience, do not share those images, and if they have shed them, do not blame them and to help them to get those removed. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. yesterday was a pretty wet day across the south of the country. today we still have a little bit of rain to clear, but when it does it will brighten up across southern england,
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but still a keen breeze coming in across east anglia and the south east, making it feel cool. for the bulk of the uk we are looking at a dry day with sunny spells, feeling pleasant in the sunshine, with highs of up to 20 celsius, but already the cloud will be thickening across western scotland in the west of northern ireland, introducing some rain. through this evening and overnight that will start to sink southwards, eventually getting into northern england and north west wales. ahead of it clearer skies, so a cooler night across southern areas compared to last night. but a milder night in the north compared to last night. tomorrow, this band of cloud and patchy rain continues to sink southwards. there will be some hill fog, some coastal mist in the west with it. clearer, sunnier skies will be across the far south and east. and here we have the highest temperatures getting up to about 21 degrees. in the north, 17 to 19. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. england footballers
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mason mount and ben chilwell are having to self—isolate tilljune the 28th and are unavailable for tonight�*s game against the czech republic. both came into contact with scotland�*s billy gilmour, who�*s tested positive for covid. white working class pupils have been failed by decades of neglect in england�*s education system according to mps. england remains on course for an end to lockdown on july the 19th. the health secretary says the covid data looks encouraging at the moment. under—18s who want nude pictures or videos of themselves removed from the internet, can now report the images through an new online tool. and the australian government has criticised a proposal to list the great barrier reef as in danger — the un says not enough has been done to protect the reef from climate change. a private detective who was a main suspect during inquiries into the murder of daniel morgan in 1987 has denied corruption hampered
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the police investigation. daniel morgan, jonathan rees�* business partner, was found killed with an axe wound in a pub car park. an independent panel found evidence mr rees drank in pubs with police officers on the case, even after he became a suspect. but mr rees told the bbc he did not see exchanging information with police officers as corrupt. he was acquitted of charges in 2011 and denies being involved. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has been speaking to him. did you kill daniel? did you arrange his killing, his murder? no. for what motive? what motive? no, ididn�*t. daniel was my friend. people keep talking about fractions between us, there wasn�*t any. no arguments between you? we did, a small business, working on a tight budget. daniel was absolutely brilliant at what he did as a bailiff. and he was ruthless about that. and he earned me, the firm a lot
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of money, it was a partnership. and so the more he brings in, the more i bring in, the more profits we get to share at the end of the year. and it worked well. so him dying caused me a massive amount of grief, financially and business—wise, because the partnership ceased to exist. but it wasn�*t a great idea, was it, to put sid fillery, your friend from the police, into daniel�*s job after his death? it�*s not stepping into dead man�*s shoes. that wasn�*t the phrase i used, that�*s a phrase you used. i�*m telling you, that�*s what�*s in the report and that�*s what people have said in their statements. daniel died in march. it was 18 months, in fact, nearly two years later before i invited sid to come and join us. i�*d been arrested by hampshire, this was in �*89. so i was banished on bail up to south yorkshire and had no one to run the office. in terms of the report, it finds that the met were, in ways, corrupt. institutionally corrupt.
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i don�*t accept that. you don�*t accept that? but that was the key finding of the report. well, i think that a relationship between a journalist or private investigator with officers in the case and lawyers and barristers, exchanging information, i don�*t see that as corrupt. 0k. that�*s a really interesting point. so what you�*re saying is the judgment of corruption that is in this report is not correct in your view, you think that should be allowed? that kind of free flow of information? yes, to an extent, yes. i mean, you know it�*s up to the individual officers and people involved to make sure that they don�*t break the law, they don�*t get involved in serious, illegal activities. we all know what the law is. you are in a pub with these guys. yes. a lot of times. you like a drink. yes. you were discussing cases. yes.
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can you say here and now, it is a long time after the event, can you say here and now you never had any influence over any investigation? never, never ever. not once? never. some people who know this case won�*t believe that. well, tough. listen, what influence would i have over this case or any case? at all? i had no influence whatsoever. i couldn�*t change things, i couldn�*t go out and tell a policeman or a senior policeman or a detective, and give them, don�*t investigate that, please, because it might be embarrassing for me or cause me problems. the reason it collapsed is not because of police corruption, because there was no evidence against us. but why was it that so many people were out to get you by making allegations like this? gossip, rumours, vicious rumours. other people has got their own agendas for saying things. and they�*ve run with it but it�*s never... when it was properly investigated by proper detectives, it came to nothing.
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there was no evidence there. that�*s why it all failed. liverpool could lose its world heritage status after a recommendation by the united nation�*s cultural body unesco. it�*s unhappy at plans for development on part of the city�*s historic dockland. the metro mayor of liverpool has described the decision as �*deeply disappointing�*. mairead smith has more. a city steeped in history, but its future as a world heritage site hangs in the balance. liverpool has a good case. it was granted the status in 2004.
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if it will bring tourists into the city that — if it will bring tourists into the city that has a good thing. the — city that has a good thing. the threat of being removed from the list has rumbled on for more than a decade. this is where everton football club is investigating half £1 billion on a new football stadium, including a £50 million to upgrade this derelict dock in one of the poorest parts of the city. the council is calling on unesco to visit sites like this to see the investment that is being made to protect this city�*s world heritage status. but concern about this site is one reason why liverpool�*s world heritage status is under threat. campaigners say now is not the time to remove it. liverpool is as united on this as i have seen it since capital of culture 2004. everybody signed up. we have a very good case. we have
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offered unesco and olive branch. i think they would be wise to take it. it has been fought hard for and they have worked hard to get it and it should _ have worked hard to get it and it should be — have worked hard to get it and it should be kept. white pupils from poorer families have been let down by "decades of neglect" in england�*s education system, according to a report from mps. the chair of the education select committee conservative mp robert halfon, described it as a national scandal. i gather you are not pleased by what robert halfon has said. tell as y. that is right. i am unhappy with a lot of the data that is being used to cherry pick and support a particular argument. what i would say is that the tories on the committee have selective
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amnesia. we have suffered 11 years of austerity as a result of the tories. underinvestment and cuts to education and the hollowing out of funding to these most disadvantaged communities is what has had specific impact on disadvantaged children in all of these communities. putting a white against black creates a culture war that we can do without at this moment in time. the term white privilege is used. in the context of the fact that the data that the committee has identified indicates that underprivileged kids from a white background on school meals do not do as well as those from other backgrounds. do you dispute that...? what you dispute about the use of the term white privilege in that context. . the term white privilege in that context. , ., context. the use of the term white rivile . e, context. the use of the term white privilege, according _ context. the use of the term white privilege, according to _ context. the use of the term white privilege, according to the - context. the use of the term white privilege, according to the chair. context. the use of the term white privilege, according to the chair of| privilege, according to the chair of the committee, contributes to
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systemic neglect of white disadvantaged communities, and i would have to disagree, that that is not the reason for disadvantage. poverty, social class, and underinvestment has been a contributory factor to the reasons that so many young children on free school meals have been disadvantaged. in a broader sense what are your thoughts on white privilege? there are lots of reports and data that identifies that black kids have been disadvantaged. we have more black kids are excluded from schools. they have difficulties in getting jobs after they have completed their education and gone to university. there is a plethora of reports that suggest that other kids, other than white kids, our
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disadvantage. the report totally discounts gypsy, roma and travelling children in this report. as i mentioned, it has cherry picked certain data to support their arguments, which i have totally disagreed with. how are you saying you would have liked the approach to be taken? because you are talking about other ethnic groups there. what would have been a fairer way to deal with the data and what would defeat a conclusion have been? the education select committee _ conclusion have been? the education select committee completed - conclusion have been? the education select committee completed and - select committee completed and published a very similar report seven years ago. they have identified that there is a problem, but did not do anything with that report seven years ago. all the recommendations. what we need to be looking at is ensuring that we are
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investing in those communities, providing local authorities with the funding that they need to support schools going forward. we need to be looking at... there are some parts of the report i agree with, we need more teachers, more experienced teachers. we need to be looking at the curriculum. and providing more vocational courses for children in those communities. but it needs to be an investment in those communities because that has been the failure over the last 11 years. the catch up tsar resigned a couple of weeks ago because the tory government fails to provide the necessary resources and funding to be able to support these particular communities that the report says it wants to level up and support. when you quoted those figures, the fact that black kids are being
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disadvantaged, more black kids are being occluded from schools and that has being that elsewhere, —— excluded. has focus on other ethnic groups potentially contributed to systemic neglect and that is something that needs to be considered? i do not want to be putting white against black. i want to make sure that all disadvantaged kids in our disadvantaged communities have the opportunities that they want to make their lives better. and to be able to do that we need to invest in those communities because this investment over the years has contributed to these issues. the report talks about geography, family may cap, but all of those things impact on all ethnicities, all cultures. i would say... the broader
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brush, cultures. i would say... the broader brush. look — cultures. i would say... the broader brush, look more _ cultures. i would say... the broader brush, look more closely, _ cultures. i would say... the broader brush, look more closely, does - cultures. i would say... the broader brush, look more closely, does it i brush, look more closely, does it inevitably end up in a focus on how one group is disadvantaged over another, and then take a path that you are talking about of a culture war? iam a war? i am a black mp. i know and war? iam a black mp. i know and i i am a black mp. i know and i experience racism. as black people we have additional barriers that we have to contend with. you will see the difference in a variety of reports how we, as black people are underrepresented. i would reports how we, as black people are underrepresented. iwould imagine that the bbc is a prime example, parliament is a prime example, we are underrepresented right across the board. the report talks about industry being developed to focus and look at the underrepresentation,
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and look at the underrepresentation, and disadvantaged faced by black children. what i will say is, there has been significant underrepresentation. as i mentioned earlier, the tory party have amnesia because it was under the coalition government that they decided to withdraw the education maintenance allowance that did support children in disadvantaged communities, and supported their parents going forward as well. is it possible, i am going to speak to robert halfon at the moment, is it not possible to look at the way different ethnic groups are experiencing education, how they are feeling education, without discounting the experience of another ethnic group? is that what the committee is doing in this particular instance? no. i would see that because of the
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inclusion of white privilege in this report, that is the main issue that is being picked up byjournalists. the labour mps on that committee did ask for that to be removed and not have a whole chapter allocated to it. because we knew that the focus would be on this whole issue of white privilege. but the tories on the committee voted that down. and i do believe that the inclusion, from my point of view, will be stalking a culture war because it is part of a narrative that is being pushed by the likes of tony sule, in terms of seeing that institutional racism does not exist, that black people in this country are better off than
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white people. that�*s not the case. you scrutinise certain groups within ethnic groups will be doing better than some. afro—caribbean boys are still at the bottom of that table. thank you forjoining us. i�*m joined now by robert halfon. just to pick up now by robert halfon. just to pick up on that point first of all, the accusation that you are stalking a culture war. first of all, i have got respect for kym johnson, she is a hard working member of the committee and comes every week and has very important things to add on every occasion. but we do have a fundamental disagreement here about this. let as look at the story. the story is this. it is a bleak one. there are over 900,000 pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, white working class, on free school meals,
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who are underperforming at every stage of the education system, struggling at every part. just to take to statistics. just 17.7% of white working class pupils on free school meals get passes in maths and english at gcse. just 16% get to university. that is lower than every other ethnic group other than roma and gypsies. more afro—caribbeans go to university. this report was specifically aimed at looking at the problems of attainment of disadvantaged white working—class boys and girls. we do other work on with behind groups. we have done work on excluded pupils, and children with special educational needs, we are doing an enquiry on children in care, and prison education, this report specifically to look lack of attainment of white working—class boys and girls on school meals. that is something that has been
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clear through statistics for a very long time, what is new as you bring in the element of seeing the issue is around white privilege, and detrimental impact of that. you say it has been clear for a long time. actually there has been decades of neglect. it has been a taboo subject that has not been talked about. there has been a muddled and lazy thinking in response to this because the response to this because the response of the government has been either, it is due to poverty, or more of the same. but if you give the excuse of poverty, you then have to explain why it is that most other ethnic groups at all stages of the education system do much better than white working class disadvantaged pupils. white working class disadvantaged .u .ils. , white working class disadvantaged ..uils. , ., , white working class disadvantaged --uils. , ., , , ., pupils. sorry to interrupt, but how has tuite pupils. sorry to interrupt, but how has quite privilege _ pupils. sorry to interrupt, but how has quite privilege impacted - pupils. sorry to interrupt, but how has quite privilege impacted on i has quite privilege impacted on this? how has it been detrimental to
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the education of those kids? let this? how has it been detrimental to the education of those kids?- the education of those kids? let me make one thing _ the education of those kids? let me make one thing very _ the education of those kids? let me make one thing very clear. - the education of those kids? let me make one thing very clear. i - the education of those kids? let me make one thing very clear. i am - the education of those kids? let me | make one thing very clear. i am from an immigrant family, my father was an immigrant family, my fatherwas an immigrant family, my fatherwas an immigrant to this an immigrant family, my father was an immigrant to this country, jewish background, i know about racism and anti—semitism, i have no interest in stalking so—called culture was, as far as i�*m concerned most ordinary folk do not even identify with that kind of language. but the issue of white privilege, using it in schools, its use is wrong—headed. for three reasons. first, schools, its use is wrong—headed. forthree reasons. first, it schools, its use is wrong—headed. for three reasons. first, it implies collective guilt, rather than individual responsibility for acts of racism. secondly, by using the term white privilege, you are seeing that pure white communities are white privilege. you attain to a single parent that may be living in a small flat who has a low income, that she is white privileged. the third thing, it is factually
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incorrect, as every sadistic shows, the data shows, white working class boys and girls underperform at every stage of their education system, compared to most other ethnic groups. it is divisive, it pits one groups. it is divisive, it pits one group against another and it is no need for it. you can educate people about racism in much better ways than through divisive terminology. specifically in terms of educating children and how decisions are taken on where the resources go, because thatis on where the resources go, because that is the fundamental, in terms of levelling up, where does white privilege come into the picture? you said the use of the term in schools. can you give us some examples of how it is being used to impact on decisions that are taken? it is technology — decisions that are taken? it is technology that _ decisions that are taken? it is technology that is _ decisions that are taken? it 3 technology that is widely spreading. barnardos have use it on their website. , ., , ., ., ., website. everyone is aware of the hrase. website. everyone is aware of the phrase- you _ website. everyone is aware of the phrase. you has _ website. everyone is aware of the phrase. you has been _ website. everyone is aware of the phrase. you has been used - website. everyone is aware of the phrase. you has been used in - website. everyone is aware of the - phrase. you has been used in schools to the detriment of white kids, can you gives examples question that
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yes, national association... you gives examples question that yes, nationalassociation... first yes, national association... first of all barnardos _ yes, national association... first of all barnardos has _ yes, national association... first of all barnardos has an - yes, nationalassociation... f “st of all barnardos has an important role in looking after children. it is on their website. national association for teachers for religious education has said that white privilege should be used in terms of a concept for children right from the age of eight upwards. how is that impacting on use of resources? in the end that it not come down to what is spent in schools to make sure everybody has the same opportunities.— the same opportunities. absolutely. i did not status _ the same opportunities. absolutely. i did not status to _ the same opportunities. absolutely. i did not status to do _ the same opportunities. absolutely. i did not status to do with _ i did not status to do with resources. i�*ve seen has divisive concept. where i agree with kim is what has happened often is that a lot of money has been thrown at the big cities, rightly. money has gone to london to improve schools in london, but that has meant that towns where white working class boys and girls often live have been left behind. what we are asking for is
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resources to be more tailor—made and focus on where disadvantaged communities are. many of the proposals in the report, by the white privilege section is a small section in the report, often hundred page report with many recommendations. what we are suggesting in the report which will help all disadvantaged children, white working class children as well, more vocational system, which canjohnson wanted in terms of putting design and technology in terms of making apprenticeship and skills as career options, degree apprenticeships. so these children have no worry about loans while they learn, get a skill, get a good job at the end, but also have a higher education experience. there are many measures in this report... sorry to cut you off but we are out of time. thank you very much for
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joining us, robert halfon. jeffrey donaldson has been named new of northern ireland�*s democratic unionist party, as anticipated. here is the weather. a blue sky start to the morning. a frost in the highlands. that temperature did not go down very much from the high yesterday in the south of england. temperatures in the blue are below average for the time of year. over the next couple of days they get a little bit warmer, particularly get to see some sunshine, then temperatures drop back to average at the end of the week and into the weekend. it is no warmer at the
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moment because of that we have high pressure, the flow of air is coming from the west, not the south. into that area of high pressure, more weather fronts, clouding that area of high pressure, more weatherfronts, clouding over in western scotland, some rain towards the north—west initially, and western parts of northern ireland is a day goes on. early rain towards the south and south—east of england fizzling out gradually. still cloud. it will brighten up that cool in the north—eastern breeze. this is how we are expecting the weather for the big games tonight. in glasgow, thickening cloud, there may be light rain before the match but most are holding off until afterwards. at wembley for the england match, it is staying dry. tonight, we are going to see this cloud and rain pushed a little further into scotland, across northern ireland, much of england and is will stay clear. here tonight we will have a lower temperatures. in the countryside it could be down
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to three or four celsius. milder start the day tomorrow. cloudier start, some around coastal hills. patchy rain for north—west england and parts of wales today. east of england will stay dry. warm and sunny spells on the way. cloud and light rain and drizzle pushing further south for england and we also on thursday, brightening up in northern ireland and wales to the afternoon. more substantial rain in northern ireland and scotland. that move south on friday.
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ahead of important games in the euros for england and scotland, concern over covid rules for players. two of the england team, mason mount and ben chilwell, self isolate after contact off the pitch with scotland�*s billy gilmour, who�*s tested positive. here at hampden park, scotland prepared to play one of the most important matches in decades, they must win tonight or they are out of the tournament. we�*ll have the very latest from wembley and hampden park. also this lunchtime... a �*national scandal�* — mps say white pupils from poorer families have suffered �*decades of neglect�* in england�*s education system. weekly reported covid deaths in the uk drop below 100 for the first time since last summer. and the dating app, bumble,
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