tv Breakfast BBC News July 23, 2022 6:00am-10:01am BST
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good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: long queues are forming for a second day at the port of dover with warnings that the travel disruptions could be worse today. there have been major cues overnight. there have been ma'or cues overnightfi there have been ma'or cues overniaht. l, , l there have been ma'or cues overniaht. l, , , overnight. more tourist traffic is headin: overnight. more tourist traffic is heading to _ overnight. more tourist traffic is heading to the _ overnight. more tourist traffic is heading to the port. _ overnight. more tourist traffic is heading to the port. they - overnight. more tourist traffic is heading to the port. they have l heading to the port. they have declared yesterday's backlog. it is going to be a difficult day. wheat prices have fallen after russia and ukraine agree to resume exporting grain, easing the threat of a global food crisis.
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a man who killed his wife in an "act of love" is calling for a change in the law to allow assisted dying. i don't want all people to go through what we have had to do. changing the law is the only way that that can stop things like we had to do. good morning. another medal for great britain at the world athletics championships as matt hudson—smith won bronze in the 400 metres with a gutsy run in oregon. an emotional moment after three years of struggles with injuries and mental health issues. the scourge of the seaside lunch: we're hearing all about the latest tactics to stop seagulls stealing your chips. warming up across the south—east of the uk this weekend but nothing like the uk this weekend but nothing like the searing heat we had earlier in the searing heat we had earlier in the week. some rain at times, brisk winds as well. more details from me throughout the morning. goad
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throughout the morning. good morninu. it's saturdayjuly 23. our top story: holidaymakers leaving the uk via dover are braced for another day of misery with long trafficjams already building up this morning. the port of dover blamed yesterday's delays, which lasted up to seven hours, on a lack of french border officials. the aa has warned the situation could be even worse today as more people try to go abroad. simonjones reports. a busy night at the port of dover. following a day of huge disruptions. in the morning is be prepared for more this weekend. on friday, the queue stretched for miles. people wanting to get away from the start of the school holidays. instead they spent hours going nowhere. shatter spent hours going nowhere. after over seven _ spent hours going nowhere. after over seven hours _ spent hours going nowhere. after over seven hours for _ spent hours going nowhere. after over seven hours for a _ spent hours going nowhere. he over seven hours for a journey that should have taken really no more than one hour, we finally made it to the port of dover. we than one hour, we finally made it to the port of dover.— the port of dover. we haven't had breakfast or— the port of dover. we haven't had breakfast or anything, _ the port of dover. we haven't had breakfast or anything, we - the port of dover. we haven't had breakfast or anything, we have i the port of dover. we haven't had| breakfast or anything, we have our breakfast _ breakfast or anything, we have our breakfast on the ferry. it will be a lon- breakfast on the ferry. it will be a long day — breakfast on the ferry. it will be a long day if —
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breakfast on the ferry. it will be a lonuda. .,, ., breakfast on the ferry. it will be a londa. ., .,, breakfast on the ferry. it will be a lonuda. ., .,, . ., long day. it appears to be another hour before _ long day. it appears to be another hour before we _ long day. it appears to be another hour before we are _ long day. it appears to be another hour before we are on _ long day. it appears to be another hour before we are on the - long day. it appears to be another hour before we are on the ferry. l hour before we are on the ferry. things— hour before we are on the ferry. things are — hour before we are on the ferry. things are a _ hour before we are on the ferry. things are a little _ hour before we are on the ferry. things are a little bit _ hour before we are on the ferry. things are a little bit difficult. . things are a little bit difficult. the port — things are a little bit difficult. the port declared _ things are a little bit difficult. the port declared a _ things are a little bit difficult. the port declared a gluteal. the port declared a gluteal incident, accusing the french authorities of failing to send over enough for officers to carry out passport checks in dover. the anger shared by local politicians. taste passport checks in dover. the anger shared by local politicians.— shared by local politicians. we do need to blame — shared by local politicians. we do need to blame the _ shared by local politicians. we do need to blame the french. - shared by local politicians. we do need to blame the french. i- shared by local politicians. we do| need to blame the french. i know that maybe didn't come across at the press conference that was sent out, but the french border officers have not been doing their work properly. a friend hit back saying some of their offices were delayed getting to the uk because the problem that the channel tunnel. they said it was categorically not because of chaos at dover. by last night, the french embassy invested their border checks were operating at full capacity, but the calais mps is in —— �*s injuries after brexit that winning passports have to be stamped, are also adding to the problems. we have to be stamped, are also adding to the problems.— have to be stamped, are also adding to the problems. we have two go with new checks because _
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to the problems. we have two go with new checks because of _ to the problems. we have two go with new checks because of brexit. - to the problems. we have two go with new checks because of brexit. after . new checks because of brexit. after all the acrimony, _ new checks because of brexit. after all the acrimony, britain _ new checks because of brexit. after all the acrimony, britain and france now say they will work closely to minimise further disruption, and there was really for those who finally managed to make it across the channel. taste finally managed to make it across the channel-— finally managed to make it across the channel. ~ ., ., the channel. we were booked onto the midday ferry. — the channel. we were booked onto the midday ferry. but _ the channel. we were booked onto the midday ferry, but we _ the channel. we were booked onto the midday ferry, but we actually - midday ferry, but we actually crossed at two p.m.. have just got to france at about... just before 6pm, french time. it has been a long day. but an influx of holidaymakers is heading for the port this morning, and there is still yesterday's backlog to shift. today will be another _ yesterday's backlog to shift. today will be another challenging - yesterday's backlog to shift. today will be another challenging day. i simonjones, bbc news, dover. we can speak to simon in dover now. all either because of how it will progress today. many more people trying to get away. what is the situation? speaking to the authorities, they are very concerned about today. they tell me it could be as bad as yesterday or even worse. overnight,
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the cues here in dover were described as major. let us review the situation this morning. behind me you can see the cues building up once again. this is tourist traffic wanting to get over to france. we are told they are facing may be a weight of about an hour to get to passport control, not as bad as yesterday, but the cues are building. if you take a look along from there, you can see some of the cars and lorries queueing just to get into the port, so there are delays for people just trying to get into the port in the first place. so two sets of cues people are having to navigate this morning. i think a key thing is going to bejust to navigate this morning. i think a key thing is going to be just how well staffed the french passport controls are. yesterday we were told they were up to full capacity. we are waiting for an update this morning. certainly there has been a lot of pressure put on the french authorities by the british government saying they need to step up. the french hit back, saying, well, implying the port was not fit
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for purpose. there has been a lot of finger—pointing. but for the people caught up in the cues yesterday and today, they are fed up with his arguing. isimply today, they are fed up with his arguing. i simply want to be able to get away on their holidays. but the warning is if you are heading down to the port, if you do have a booking, make sure you bring food and drink because it could be waiting for quite some time. for the moment, waiting for quite some time. for the moment. thank— waiting for quite some time. for the moment, thank you. _ a former key adviser to donald trump, steve bannon, could be jailed for up to two years after he refused to comply with a congressional investigation into the capitol riot of january last year. the former white house chief strategist is said to have been an unofficial adviser to mr trump at the time of the insurrection. mr bannon has vowed to appeal, as rianna croxford reports. steve bannon, defiant as he faces up to two years in prison for contempt of congress for refusing to give evidence to a committee investigating last year's
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attack on the capitol. we may�*ve lost a battle here today, but we're not gonna lose this war. here's why they wanted to speak with him. all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. it's all converging and now we're on, as they say, the point of attack, right? the point of attack tomorrow. talking the day before the riots kicked off, they believed this showed he'd been in contact with donald trump ahead of the chaos. considered the brains behind the former president's 2016 election victory, he'd served as his campaign chief and core strategist until he was fired by the white house in 2017. inside the court, mr bannon argued his old role meant he was protected by executive privilege, and so he wouldn't have to give evidence about his former boss. but this was dismissed by investigators because he was no longer in government, and they said he'd chosen his loyalty to donald trump over compliance with the law. outside court, steve bannon's lawyer said he'd appeal the decision.
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you will see this case reversed on appeal. you will see all of these resources — three federal prosecutors, four fbi agents for a misdemeanour — are being wasted. mr bannon will be sentenced in october, but his position hasn't changed. i stand with trump and the constitution, and i will never back off that, ever. and now, he will have to see if his loyalty pays off. rianna croxford, bbc news, washington. ukraine and russia have signed a deal that allows kyiv to resume its exports of grain through the black sea. the agreement, which was brokered by the united nations and turkey, is set to last 120 days. both sides did not sit at the same table for the signing. liz truss and rishi sunak�*s campaigns for number 10 continue this weekend with both leadership rivals steering the conversation away from tax cuts. ms truss has vowed to review all eu laws retained after brexit if she becomes prime minister,
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and to scrap or replace those that are deemed to hinder uk growth. meanwhile, mr sunak will promise plans to tackle nhs backlogs, driven in part by a so—called "vaccines—style" task force. a strike by more than 40,000 rail workers will go ahead on wednesday after the sides failed to reach an agreement. the rmt union confirmed the walk—out will go ahead. it's over pay, working conditions and job security. knock—on effects are expected on thursday and a separate walk—out by train drivers is scheduled for next saturday. further strikes are expected in august. a nursing union is to ballot members on possible industrial action after most nhs workers in wales were offered a below—inflation pay rise. the royal college of nursing in wales says the pay offer would "do nothing" to fill vacancies or inspire young people to become nurses. doctors, consultants, gps and nurses in wales are being offered a pay rise
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between 4% and 5.5%. time now for a look at the papers. we will start with the daily mirror. travel chaos dominates the front pages of most of this morning's papers. the mirror describes the six—hour queues at dover yesterday as "summer getaway hell. " the daily telegraph reports that foreign secretary — and conservative leadership finalist — liz truss, has told france it must stop the "avoidable and unacceptable" problems at the border. french officials, however, blamed the delays on a "technical incident." the times carries an interview with liz truss's rivalfor the topjob, rishi sunak. he tells the paper the uk faces a national emergency, saying he'll put government on a "crisis footing" from day one if he becomes prime minister. and one of the most—watched videos on the bbc news website shows a huge swarm ofjellyfish surrounding a boat
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off the coast of israel. scientists blame pollution and climate change for their increasing numbers. that is an extraordinary picture, that one. isn't it? good news. we have been talking about the cost of living crisis and food prices going up. one food is not going up. at the moment, berries. because of the heat wave, there is a glut of strawberries, cherry and blueberry harvests. if you go to the supermarket today, there should be largely discounted. that is having an impact on price? yes. growers have seen reduction 10 to 15% higher than normal at this time of year. it used to be that if you go to the supermarket for about 400 g, it was about to pounce. now they are about to pounce, kilo boxes of cherries, around £5, but now they are all dropping. good news. perfect timing. iwill bring you this story, and i have not
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seen this before, but this is king kong, and this is a replica of a statue that was erected in birmingham in the 19705, and at the time, they didn't like it. it was a huge 5tatue. it is the red eyes that are not very nice. it it is the red eyes that are not very nice. ., , '!~ it is the red eyes that are not very nice. [k ., it is the red eyes that are not very nice. ., [k ., .,, ., nice. it was 1845, and it was made b an nice. it was 1845, and it was made by an artist _ nice. it was 1845, and it was made by an artist called _ nice. it was 1845, and it was made by an artist called nicholas - nice. it was 1845, and it was made by an artist called nicholas munro | by an artist called nicholas munro -- 18 by an artist called nicholas munro —— 18 foot. didn't go down very well at the time in birmingham, there was at the time in birmingham, there was a big row about whether wa5 at the time in birmingham, there was a big row about whether was proper art. but now, they have done a replica, because there is nostalgia about it, did you do and see it, they said it was the wonderful memory of the 705 birmingham. now they have done a replica and what they have done a replica and what they have done as you know how they say that thing where things are not as big as you think they were when you were a child. so what they have
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done is they made it 20% bigger. when people go and see it, remember that? they made it bigger so it has that? they made it bigger so it has that feel about it. it is a great story. it ended up going to... it became a feature at a car dealership after it was taken off the streets, king kong car company, a secondhand dealer in birmingham. the original is in someone's garden, they do not want to sell it.— want to sell it. does it have a name? i _ want to sell it. does it have a name? i think— want to sell it. does it have a name? i think it _ want to sell it. does it have a name? i think it is _ want to sell it. does it have a name? i think it isjust - want to sell it. does it have a name? i think it isjust king | want to sell it. does it have a - name? i think it isjust king kong. name? i think it is 'ust king kong. we did a name? i think it is 'ust king kong. we did a story — name? i think it is 'ust king kong. we did a story a _ name? i think it isjust king kong. we did a story a little _ name? i think it isjust king kong. we did a story a little while - name? i think it isjust king kong. we did a story a little while ago i we did a story a little while ago where there is a new register of statues. and ijust think it is a cracker, isn't it? i statues. and ijust think it is a cracker, isn't it?— statues. and ijust think it is a cracker, isn't it? i don't know how we no to cracker, isn't it? i don't know how we go to the _ cracker, isn't it? i don't know how we go to the weather. _ cracker, isn't it? i don't know how we go to the weather. it - cracker, isn't it? i don't know how we go to the weather. it is - cracker, isn't it? i don't know how we go to the weather. it is 2096 i we go to the weather. it is 20% bigger. you can figure out a neat and tidy link. good morning. i don't think it is worth it. let's just get on with the weather. good
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morning to you. this weekend's weather is quite a mixed affair. we start in the morning for this weather watch in the west of wales, a fair amount of cloud, blue sky peeking through. we will see some rain at times. we need some rain. watch towards the north and west of uk, and it turns warm across the south—east corner. it is all driven by this area of low pressure currently sitting to the west of us. some outbreaks of rain. this is how we start off, patchy rain across north—east england and north—east scotland, heavy rain drifting across northern ireland. a soggy start of the day here. it will transfer eastwards into the south and the west of scotland, some rain for north—west england, parts of wales, the odd shower for the south—west. maybe the odd shower, some spells of sunshine towards the south—east corner, and it is where we have the highest temperatures, 25 or 26 degrees. but for many, it will be a
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little warmer than yesterday, and into the evening, areas of patchy rain, heavy rain returning to northern ireland. thunder pushing into the western side of scotland, some slightly more patchy rain drifting south—east cost england and wales, the south—east corner staying largely dry. what a warm and muggy night, but human actually. — matthew mid. low pressure still into tomorrow —— humid. some increasingly warm and quite humid air towards the south—east corner. a little bit fresher further north and west. where we have that weather front in place, we will bring some patchy rain wriggling across puzzle south—west england, and into the midlands. sunny spells and heavy showers for northern ireland and scotland. towards the south—east again if they predominantly drive. another rather windy day tomorrow, but temperatures across parts of east anglia could well climb to 30
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degrees. more broadly, the low to mid 205. a5 degrees. more broadly, the low to mid 205. as we look further ahead, through the evening on sunday, we will see some splashes of rain, precious little about getting down into the south—east where we really need some rain. low pressure still with us as we start a new week. as it slips east, we change wind direction and bring the wind down from the north. in relative terms, compare to what we have had over the last week, a relatively cool start to the new week. as high pressure builds, not much rain in the forecast. a lot of dry weather and some spells of sunshine. that is all if there's one thing that can ruin a day at the seaside — apart from the british weather — it's having your chips stolen by a seagull. that is a pretty basic one. if you aet there that is a pretty basic one. if you get there and — that is a pretty basic one. if you get there and you _ that is a pretty basic one. if you get there and you are _ that is a pretty basic one. if you get there and you are happy - that is a pretty basic one. if youj get there and you are happy and that is a pretty basic one. if you - get there and you are happy and you are on holiday, then you can.
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now there's a new plan to stop them — and it involves a new type of music. crispin rolfe spent the day in beautiful bridlington, in east yorkshire, to see if it works. here's the problem. we were sat and in the space of ten minutes, they attacked three different people, taking their fish and chips. but what's the solution to seagulls on the prowl? yeah, it's not been too bad. my son's been scaring them off if they've got too near, haven't you, jack? _ yeah. you've done this before. if i'm stood next to a post, they can't attack me. some say stop feeding them. others say cull them. but now there's a third way. yes, that's right. takeaway company deliveroo and scientists have come up with a music track designed to scare seagulls away, using the sounds of birds of prey that they're frightened of. not sure they were totally scared by this... but don't take my word for it. here are the owners of some of bridlington harbour—side cafes. so, rob, we've got a piece
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of music which people say will keep the seagulls off. what do you reckon to this? music, birds calling. is it going to make a difference? certainly the sounds of a seaside. not sure it'll keep the seagulls at bay, though, because people feed them. here we go. music, birds calling. er... no, i don't think that's going to work. why not?! so here we go, this is the acid test. whoa! is this going to work? they've taken one already. clearly, i'm doing something wrong, so let's ask an expert. we've just tried it in bridlington, using admittedly not the biggest sort of speaker in the known world. and i have to say that the doughnuts we put down got devoured like that. yeah, i think it's just something you probably have to play very loud on a good speaker for them to actually be able to pick it up out of all the background sounds that will be going on. well, ok, then. let's give it a second chance.
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music, birds calling. would it put you off if you were a seagull? they're supposed to be birds of prey in the background here. laughter. you're not convinced, are you? so here's the music, here's the doughnut. is this working? not sure. probably not. crispin rolfe, bbc breakfast, in bridlington. you know, richard, ithink the camera might have been more of a deterrent than this! it didn't work. no. bottom line is if ou it didn't work. no. bottom line is if you leave _ it didn't work. no. bottom line is if you leave a _ it didn't work. no. bottom line is if you leave a doughnut - it didn't work. no. bottom line is if you leave a doughnut on - it didn't work. no. bottom line is if you leave a doughnut on a - it didn't work. no. bottom line is i if you leave a doughnut on a bench by the seaside it is going to go. i don't think there is anything you can do to protect it.— don't think there is anything you can do to protect it. good morning, don't leave — can do to protect it. good morning, don't leave your — can do to protect it. good morning, don't leave your doughnuts - can do to protect it. good morning, don't leave your doughnuts near . don't leave your doughnuts near charlie. technology news. that's a good link. we saw it not working there, maybe click will have more
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luck. ok, what's this one? oh, that's nice — that's 70% dark, isn't it? good — you know your stuff! hmm—mm. and this one? oh, that's very bitter. i'd go 90%, yeah? yep — you're doing well. now for the big one. there you go. oh, gosh. 0h! 0h, that'5100% chocolate, isn't it? oh, that is awful! you did volunteer to be the one to eat the chocolate. it tastes like tarmac. cocoa is, of course, the main ingredient of chocolate and it does have its impact on the environment, as well as the communities that harvest it. so my question to you is do you think it's possible to create something that tasted like that chocolate without the cocoa?
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well, you could probably create something that's brown, sweet stuff, but if it doesn't have cocoa in it, it's not chocolate, right? well, i've been to see a man who lives on a boat who's been stirring the pot. material scientist drjohnny drain likes to wonder what things could be made of, whether it's a smartphone screen, the michelin—star restaurant dishes he's created, or wanting to figure out how to replace cocoa. this is the lab on the boat where the chocolate story begins. oh, wow! come on board. thank you. what's this? so, this is some of the ingredients that we started developing chocolate with. kinky salt? kinky salts. what most people don't realise about cocoa in chocolate is that about 70% of it is produced in just two countries in west africa — ghana and ivory coast. and there are issues with labour in those parts of the world. at a conservative estimate, it's thought that 1.5 million
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children are on these cacao farms, working with their families predominantly. is this, however, not taking away income from countries that really need it? those countries do need that income and those hard—working farmers need to be supported, but the state of the current cacao and chocolate industry is such that those people are working on $1 or less a day and it's not an equitable trade. i started thinking, "why does chocolate taste like chocolate? " and, you know, when you — if you put your scientist hat on, it'sjust a bunch of compounds and it's quite complex but, essentially, it's just a bunch of compounds. and then thinking, "well, can you make that flavour profile, starting from something that is not cacao beans? "could you start with potatoes or rice?" and what is it made from? well, we can't tell you the secrets of exactly what we do but our hero ingredients are barley — which has this, you know, rich tradition of being used to make whiskey and beer — and also carob. and we found, using this combination of fermentation
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and roasting, which is what you do to turn cacao into chocolate, we've taken that principle, that philosophy and turned these ingredients into alt—choc. and that magic of mixing now happens in the lab. talk me through the process. where does it all start? melt the fat if it needs melting and then just mix it all in the melangeur. so, it keeps grinding for 48 hours and after that, yeah, we just proceed to temper the chocolate and mould it. that science resulting in a mixture containing 15% less sugar than its chocolate equivalent. ok, that is looking particularly appetising, so i'm going for this first. right, eating on camera is always very messy. mmm! absolutely delicious!
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but i genuinely wouldn't know that that wasn't cocoa. amazing. it tastes — i would think that was about 60—70% cocoa. that's what we're aiming at with these ones, yep. yeah. and that is the chocolate that i like. so, my daughter, who loves a kind of cadbury or galaxy milk chocolate, i'm not sure how she'd feel about it but for someone who is into dark chocolate, wow. i genuinely can't tell the difference. what's your price point going to be like? initially, we'll go in at that — that level of luxury premium dark chocolate but within two years, we aim to have price parity with mass—produced milk chocolate prices. and are you going to produce something which is more like the milk chocolate? we'll do both, and we might even do a white chocolate ultimately. there are another couple of companies in this space too, but wnwn's bars will go on sale later this year. and they're not only for humans to enjoy. with no theobromine in it, unlike regular chocolate, you can give a piece
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to your dog — if you can bear to part with it. mmm. lovely. come on, be honest — how many takes did you need for that? they only let me have one of each chocolate! i believe you. we believe her, don't we, boys and girls? right, it's your turn to close your eyes now. 0k. ok, do that. now, what can you see? um, patterns? yeah. so, when people look at flickering lights through closed eyelids, different people see different things. it's a bit like when you're on a train and the light�*s shining behind the trees and it comes and goes. exactly! now, this is a phenomena — you can open your eyes, by the way, now — this is a phenomena that's been known about for quite a while but now, there is an experience which is part science, part art, part music and part light that's trying to find out more about how your brain works, and it's pretty trippy. in this building, in
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this room, i'm about to have an experience. what kind of experience? possibly this kind of experience. what i saw was like a deep sea, so it's like a sea and i'm walking down the stairs into the water and the water is very blue, and i step in the water to feel the atmosphere and i feel calm. we've all been given blankets. we've been told that we've got to sit back and close our eyes and then, we're going to be bathed in lights and sounds. and apart from that, i have no idea what to expect, so here goes nothing. with this project, we wanted to give people kind of an experience where they, for themselves, recognise the power of their brain in generating everything they experience. i'm in the dreamachine, a 30—minute sound and light
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show which you experience with your eyes closed. sounds weird, i know, and i think it's going to be. and apparently, even though we're all under the same lights, our brains will do different things. some people see shapes and colours, some people, like, just be dreaming or having images of, i don't know, the sunshine or nature or the ocean or colours and rainbows and travelling through space and dimensions. the lights go down, the music comes up and the dreamachine begins. now, the full experience uses strobe lighting, which we can't show you on tv, and which means those who are sensitive to flashing lights will need to do the more gentle version. but what i felt and i what i saw, even though my eyes were closed, was really unexpected.
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even though the strobes are only white light, through my eyelids, i saw a kaleidoscope of colours. this is my best attempt to show you the kind of things that i experienced and, along with intricate swirling and sparkling patterns, there was even something that looked a bit like i was flying through clouds. my brain seemed to take its best guess at what was going on, based on the light signals that it was getting. because the brain is not actually getting any structured visual input, it's just white light, it'sjust flickering white light, the brain is trying to make sense of it somehow and it's very hard for it to make sense of what's going on, so it makes up a lot of stuff, it makes up stuff that is, i think, very closely related to the underlying wiring of the brain. after the experience, we're invited to try and record what we saw in drawing or using particle simulators,
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but it was talking about it with my producer romana where we could best record our different experiences. i think the thing that was most amazing immediately was all the colours that i saw. i had loads of colours... right. ..whereas you... just the blues and reds. yeah. chuckles. no, i really enjoyed it because i usually don't switch off easily and here, i very much switched off. do you think you have no choice because your senses are being overwhelmed, so for people who can't do it in — in calm situations, if you do the opposite and overwhelm people's senses, they have no choice but to go into almost a defensive meditative state? i think, yeah, because it's really hard to for me to enter that state when i don't have mental chatter, but my mental chatter was gone. but then, i was also not sleeping—sleeping, so it was — i guess what they say with different brain wavelengths... oh, yeah. ..i'd love to see actually, which one was i on? and it turns out that romana was spot—on.
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we use a number of different frequencies in the dreamachine of the flashing light but the frequencies that are most effective are ones that are around ten hertz, ten cycles per second, because that's a similar frequency to what we call the alpha rhythm in the brain. one of the things that's happening in the dreamachine is that your brain is syncing to the frequency of the light. the dreamachine was, for me, calming but fascinating. and through thousands of drawings from participants, plus an accompanying online perception census, anil is hoping to learn more about how and why each of us experiences the world differently. the patterns that people see and the colours that people see, the movement that people see — that's very, very tightly linked to the organisation — the wiring, if you like — of the visual cortex in the brain. and it seems that what's happening is that by the strobe light activating the visual cortex in a situation where it's not expecting to be activated because your eyes
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are closed, deep—seated aspects of the wiring of the brain itself kind of surface into our experience. we see reflections and shadows of the brain looking at itself. you felt like you were flying? did you really feel weightless? not really. i think my brain was just trying to make sense of what is going on, based on the signals that it was getting. and everyone has a different experience. they do, and that's why they're trying to get as many people involved as possible, so the dreamachine is leaving london this weekend and then going on to belfast and to edinburgh after that. anyway, that's it for the shortcut of this week's click. the full—length version is waiting for you right now on iplayer. in the meantime, i'm going to try and make lara feel like she's flying. 0k, and i'm going to feed spencer some more chocolate.
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hello. this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. a man cleared of murder after killing his terminally ill wife in a failed suicide pact has called for a change in the law. this week, a jury found graham mansfield guilty of the manslaughter of his wife dyanne at their home in hale, greater manchester, last year. abbiejones has been to speak with him. my to speak with him. world has gone. she was wonderful. my world has gone. she was wonderful. we used to cuddle one another every night, in bed, we say, write, kiss good night, see you in the morning, love you. and that is how we were. the morning, love you. and that is how we were-—
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the morning, love you. and that is how we were. graham and wife were married for — how we were. graham and wife were married for 40 _ how we were. graham and wife were married for 40 years, _ how we were. graham and wife were married for 40 years, but _ how we were. graham and wife were married for 40 years, but she - how we were. graham and wife were married for 40 years, but she was i married for 40 years, but she was diagnosed with lung cancer. they made a pact that if things got too bad, graham would kill her. only if he also took his own life. we bad, graham would kill her. only if he also took his own life.— he also took his own life. we were t in: to he also took his own life. we were trying to die _ he also took his own life. we were trying to die for — he also took his own life. we were trying to die for different - he also took his own life. we were trying to die for different reasons. | trying to die for different reasons. i am because of the cancer and all the horrible things that went with it. me, because i couldn't live without her.— it. me, because i couldn't live without her. �* , ., ., , without her. but graham survived. he called the police _ without her. but graham survived. he called the police and _ without her. but graham survived. he called the police and confessed - without her. but graham survived. he called the police and confessed my i called the police and confessed my begging to be left to die. he was arrested and related charged with her murder. instead, ajury arrested and related charged with her murder. instead, a jury returned a unanimous verdict of manslaughter. back home, he says the law has to change. i back home, he says the law has to chance. ., �* ., ., , .,, back home, he says the law has to chance. ., �* ., ., , ., change. i don't want other people to no throu~h change. i don't want other people to go through what _ change. i don't want other people to go through what we _ change. i don't want other people to go through what we had to - change. i don't want other people to go through what we had to do. - go through what we had to do. suicide isn't against the law, is it? but the problem is when you are the person with a terminal illness and you want to leave this planet because you can't stand it anymore, you can't. unless somebody does it for you, you can't. unless somebody does it foryou, basically. you can't. unless somebody does it for you, basically.— for you, basically. wouldn't that 'ust be a for you, basically. wouldn't that just be a really _ for you, basically. wouldn't that just be a really dangerous - for you, basically. wouldn't that just be a really dangerous way l for you, basically. wouldn't that | just be a really dangerous way of
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opening the door to allow somebody to harm or kill somebody who actually doesn't want that? if you can aet a actually doesn't want that? if you can get a couple _ actually doesn't want that? if you can get a couple of— actually doesn't want that? if you can get a couple of doctors - actually doesn't want that? if you can get a couple of doctors to - actually doesn't want that? if you | can get a couple of doctors to say, yes, she is of sound mind, you can get the police to have a quick investigation family and friends to say, is that genuine? and if that all adds up, then why can't you get out, why can't you have an injection, why should you be made to suffer until your very last breath? i would have much preferred to have had her diomede holding her hand, maybe lying in bed upstairs and a peaceful end, not a violent end. police found several modes where she died, detailing the pack, but none signed by the herfingerprints. you didn't record a video to show that this was what she wanted? he. this was what she wanted? no, because we _ this was what she wanted? no, because we didn't _ this was what she wanted? firm, because we didn't need anybody's permission. we didn't feel that we had to go to those lengths. he
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didn't cross our minds to say, just in case one of us survived, we were going to die, and that is all we were doing, and we never thought that we would be breaking the law as such. d0 that we would be breaking the law as such. , ., that we would be breaking the law as such. i. ., , ., such. do you regret anything about it? i such. do you regret anything about it? i regret — such. do you regret anything about it? i regret having _ such. do you regret anything about it? i regret having to _ such. do you regret anything about it? i regret having to do _ such. do you regret anything about it? i regret having to do it, - such. do you regret anything about it? i regret having to do it, i - it? i regret having to do it, i recret it? i regret having to do it, i regret killing _ it? i regret having to do it, i regret killing diane, - it? i regret having to do it, i regret killing diane, i- it? i regret having to do it, i regret killing diane, i love l it? i regret having to do it, i l regret killing diane, i love her it? i regret having to do it, i - regret killing diane, i love her so much. i can't regret killing diane to stop her suffering.— much. i can't regret killing diane to stop her suffering. graham was liven a to stop her suffering. graham was given a 2-year _ to stop her suffering. graham was given a 2-year prison _ to stop her suffering. graham was given a 2-year prison sentence i given a 2—year prison sentence suspended for two years. as of the hardest part is the way diane felt she had to die and be without her. i feel the same every day, and that is despite all the help i get from family and friends, i am lonely. she is not here, the house is quiet. we don't laugh. it is too much to bear at times, yeah. don't laugh. it is too much to bear at times. yeah-— at times, yeah. abby jones, bbc news. it prompts so many questions, that story. the former chief crown
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prosecutor of north—west england will be here with us, just talking through some of the issues and what the law is in relation to assisted suicide. it is coming up later. let us talk about what is going on in athletics. a little break from the year rose, we are still building up to that, but the athletics is well under way. and in the last two hours, another medal for great britain. a very special one. when you have had this journey, but matt hudson—smith has had of injuries and mental health issues, he quit the sport, mum persuaded him to go and train in the usa and it has paid off. he got this bronze medal in the last two hours in the 400 metres. congratulations to him. so, more good news to wake up to this morning with what the pundits are saying is a quite unexpected medalfor great britain's matt hudson—smith, his first medal on the global stage. he finished third in the 400
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metres as our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. the moment of realisation, a medal for matt hudson—smith and few have fought so hard for it. in lane five, he is a european champion of 400 metres, but he has been blighted by injuries. he missed last year's olympics, but finally he showed what he could do. michael norman was beyond him but he gritted his way to the duck theist bronzes. commentator: but it is michael norman for the gold, hudson smith... after all the setbacks, all the struggles, you can seejust after all the setbacks, all the struggles, you can see just what it meant. just look at matt hudson—smith, what a moment for him. he has had so many injury problems over the years, but now, finally, he is a world medallist. it over the years, but now, finally, he is a world medallist.— is a world medallist. it has been a world wind. _ is a world medallist. it has been a world wind, these _ is a world medallist. it has been a world wind, these last _ is a world medallist. it has been a world wind, these last few - is a world medallist. it has been a world wind, these last few years, | world wind, these last few years, achilles tendon tears, hamstring tears, mental health issues, and this is the start. i
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tears, mental health issues, and this is the start.— this is the start. i will en'oy it. for the performance i this is the start. i will en'oy it. for the performance of i this is the start. i will enjoy it. for the performance of the i this is the start. i will enjoy it. | for the performance of the day, this is the start. i will enjoy it. i for the performance of the day, one of the performances of the decade, it came from america, she beat her own world record in the 400 metres hurdles by nearly three quarters of a second. she hurdles by nearly three quarters of a second. ,, , .,, , ., a second. she smashes the world record! quite _ a second. she smashes the world record! quite an _ a second. she smashes the world record! quite an extraordinary i a second. she smashes the world. record! quite an extraordinary feat and a defining _ record! quite an extraordinary feat and a defining display _ record! quite an extraordinary feat and a defining display of— record! quite an extraordinary feat and a defining display of these i and a defining display of these championships. elsewhere, great britain's olympic silver medallist, keely hodgkinson, put in a composed performance to win her 800 metres semifinal. hodgkinson will go for gold in the early hours of monday morning, butjemma reekie could only finish fifth in her heat. england will play sweden in their euro 2022 semifinal next week. the swedes, who are the top—ranked side in the tournament, beat belgium 1—0. but they left it very late — linda sembrant scoring in added time with their 32nd attempt at leigh sports village. so, england will now play sweden for a place in the final. that match is on tuesday at sheffield united's bramhall lane stadium.
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it is going to be an extremely tough game for us. england had been amazing so far this tournament, i know the players are extremely talented players so we have to be really on it, but now it is about recovering, getting fresh again and taking them on tuesday. onto cricket, and england's men have levelled their one—day international series with south africa in really dominant fashion. what a one—sided game this was. with the game restricted to just 29 overs per side due to rain at old trafford, england struggled at first with the bat, but liam livingstone helped lead the recovery as they set a target of 202. it was a total that south africa got nowhere near, losing four wickets forjust six runs, including this brilliant runout from captainjos buttler. moeen ali finished the job as england bowled south africa out forjust 83 to win by 118 runs. that sets up a series decider at headingley tomorrow. delighted. absolutely delighted,
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with the attitude and character we tried to show, we speak a lot about being positive and impressive and trying to take the positive option and we know we can do that, we did well today. we go into the series 1-1. the well today. we go into the series 1—1. the method will be the same to continue to play that aggressive style of cricket. qualifying for the french grand prix could feel like a pointless exercise for carlos sainz despite topping the timesheets in friday practice. it's because the spaniard has been given a ten—place grid penalty after his ferrari team had to change parts on his car that were damaged by fire last time out in austria. sainz was a tenth of a second quicker than his team—mate, charles leclerc. george russell was the highest—placed briton. he was fourth quickest, edging out mercedes team—mate lewis hamilton. it's taken 19 stages, but there's finally been a home winner at the tour de france. christophe laporte held off the peloton to pick up his first grand tour stage win and his team's fifth stage victory in the race this year.
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there was no change in the overall lead, though, withjonas vingegaard expected to secure the overall victory at tomorrow's time trial. britain's geraint thomas remains third overall. in super league, castleford tigers were comfortable winners against hull fc. it was castleford's derrell olpherts who was the star of the show. he scored four tries as the tigers ran riot before and after hull had a man sent off. 46—18 the final score. in the night's other match, hull kingston rovers beat warrington. canada's brooke henderson leads the penultimate women's golf major of the year, the evian championship, by three strokes. the closest british challenger is charley hull. she's seven shots back going into this weekend's final two rounds. she shot 69 on friday to put her on 7—under par overall. hull is looking to win the first major title of her career. that is it for now, but i will find the technology we can speak to matt hudson—smith. that will be 7:30am.
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he will be buzzing. he will be one of the stars. it starts next thursday. we will be there. , ., , , it starts next thursday. we will be there. , . , , ., ~ it starts next thursday. we will be there. , . , , ., ,, ., , there. emily campbell. talk to us about emily _ there. emily campbell. talk to us about emily campbell. _ there. emily campbell. talk to usj about emily campbell. absolutely incredible. she _ about emily campbell. absolutely incredible. she was _ about emily campbell. absolutely incredible. she was telling - about emily campbell. absolutely incredible. she was telling me i about emily campbell. absolutely i incredible. she was telling me about her journey. incredible. she was telling me about herjourney. she is one of the big names. , ., , , , herjourney. she is one of the big names. , . , , , .,, ., names. presumably she was not the weakest link- _ names. presumably she was not the weakest link. no, _ names. presumably she was not the weakest link. no, she _ names. presumably she was not the weakest link. no, she was _ names. presumably she was not the weakest link. no, she was not! i names. presumably she was not the weakest link. no, she was not! shel weakest link. no, she was not! she is lookin: weakest link. no, she was not! she is looking forward to _ weakest link. no, she was not! she is looking forward to the _ is looking forward to the commonwealth games next week. it does have a look at a report about what keeps her going and what motivates her. i always said for me, weightlifting is notjust weightlifting. i want to be a person who makes an impact on life, i want people to see who i am as a person. no matter what it is, it doesn't have to be massive dreams or goals, but if they are your dreams and goals, that is what is important.
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i had ihad an i had an amazing childhood. i have two fantastic parents. my dad came from jamaica, wasn't given many opportunities, that he worked his backside often makes me and my sister had everything we ever wanted. we don't always make the right decisions as we do when we're young people, but he reminded me was important. my parents were always opening my eyes to myjamaican culture, making me aware of that entails and what i represent. i am part of both cultures and i can celebrate both of them equally. i was at university in leeds and i was competing in athletics. somebody recommended that if i learn the weight lifting movements, it would help my shotput. ijust weight lifting movements, it would help my shotput. i just felt a feeling, one minute you are squatting with the boys in the next you are out squatting the boys. it is when you know, ok, i think i am all right at this. when i went to my first commonwealth games in 2018, as when i knew i was meant to be on the
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weightlifting stage. women's weightlifting stage. women's weightlifting is booming. isn’t weightlifting stage. women's weightlifting is booming. isn't she en'o in: weightlifting is booming. isn't she enjoying herself? _ weightlifting is booming. isn't she enjoying herself? as _ weightlifting is booming. isn't she enjoying herself? as you - weightlifting is booming. isn't she enjoying herself? as you get i weightlifting is booming. isn't she enjoying herself? as you get into| enjoying herself? as you get into the wider— enjoying herself? as you get into the wider world. we enjoying herself? as you get into the wider world.— the wider world. we are still fiuuhtin the wider world. we are still fighting against _ the wider world. we are still fighting against inequality i the wider world. we are still. fighting against inequality with the wider world. we are still- fighting against inequality with the boys, just to be respected. comments, that is good for a girl. that is not good for a girl, it is good. somewhere you can make a living, sport is somewhere we can be recognised and appreciated. you still have conversations with people and they are really shocked that we sent a full team of girls to the games are not any man.- sent a full team of girls to the games are not any man. here is the moment for— games are not any man. here is the moment for emily _ games are not any man. here is the moment for emily campbell. - games are not any man. here is the moment for emily campbell. can i games are not any man. here is the l moment for emily campbell. can she do it? _ moment for emily campbell. can she do it? |_ moment for emily campbell. can she do it? , ., , , , moment for emily campbell. can she doit? , ., , ,, ., do it? i 'ust love the pressure of it, the do it? ijust love the pressure of it, the intensity _ do it? ijust love the pressure of it, the intensity of _ do it? ijust love the pressure of it, the intensity of it. _ do it? ijust love the pressure of it, the intensity of it. emily i it, the intensity of it. emily campbell! _ it, the intensity of it. emily campbell! can _ it, the intensity of it. emily campbell! can she - it, the intensity of it. emily campbell! can she hold i it, the intensity of it. emily campbell! can she hold it? j it, the intensity of it. emily i campbell! can she hold it? yes, it, the intensity of it. emily - campbell! can she hold it? yes, she can! what _ campbell! can she hold it? yes, she can! what a — campbell! can she hold it? yes, she can! what a lift! | campbell! can she hold it? yes, she can! what a um— campbell! can she hold it? yes, she can! what a lift!— can! what a lift! i love doing what i do, i can! what a lift! i love doing what i do. i love _ can! what a lift! i love doing what i do, i love weightlifting. - can! what a lift! i love doing what i do, i love weightlifting. she i can! what a lift! i love doing what i do, i love weightlifting. she is l i do, i love weightlifting. she is makint i do, i love weightlifting. she is making history _ i do, i love weightlifting. she is making history here _ i do, i love weightlifting. she is making history here at - i do, i love weightlifting. she is
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making history here at the i i do, i love weightlifting. she is i making history here at the women's world _ making history here at the women's world weightlifting. you making history here at the women's world weightlifting.— world weightlifting. you stand on the podium _ world weightlifting. you stand on the podium and _ world weightlifting. you stand on the podium and you _ world weightlifting. you stand on the podium and you get - world weightlifting. you stand on the podium and you get the i world weightlifting. you stand onj the podium and you get the mills around your neck and you know you have done that of your own graft, there is nothing sweeter. ijust knew that is where i belonged and thatis knew that is where i belonged and that is where i meant to be. you always have your dreams because you never know what will happen. you can watch the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games from 7pm you can watch the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games from 7pm on thursday on bbc one. let's see how the weekend weather. what's going on? aha let's see how the weekend weather. what's going on?— what's going on? a pretty mixed icture what's going on? a pretty mixed picture but _ what's going on? a pretty mixed picture but i _ what's going on? a pretty mixed picture but i will _ what's going on? a pretty mixed picture but i will start _ what's going on? a pretty mixed picture but i will start with i what's going on? a pretty mixed picture but i will start with this i picture but i will start with this beautiful picture, a weather watcher in cumbria. you can see some mist in the valleys, a bit of sunshine overhead, some cloud and that sets up overhead, some cloud and that sets up mix of whether we can expect, cloud and rain for some at times. breezy but turning quite warm across the south—east of the uk but not as hot as earlier this week. low
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pressure is pushing in from the west, bringing outbreaks of rain. starting with heavy rain across northern ireland, splashes of rain in north—east england, north—eastern parts of scotland and various bands of rain were work north—east was through the day so after a very wet start in northern ireland things will dry out, rain moving across the south and west of scotland, north—west england, splashes of rain for wales and the south—west. a slice of sunshine pushing eastwards across england, should hold on to some of that in the south—east corner and we will see the higher temperatures here, 26 or 27. 19 or 24 scotland and northern ireland, low 205 for the rest of england and wales. this evening and tonight, heavy, potentially thundery rain across northern ireland and northern and western scotland, is where the front dangling back across parts of england and wales. a warm and muggy night, quite uncomfortable and humid. 14 to 18. low pressure still
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with us on sunday, this system will push south—eastwards, taking rain across parts of england and wales, but ahead of that, where really warm and humid airwhich but ahead of that, where really warm and humid air which could live temperatures in the south—east corner up to around 30 degrees. this way the front bringing some splashes of rain, wiggling around across england and wales. all the while, northern ireland and scotland seen sunny spells but heavy, possibly thundery showers. quite a windy day tomorrow, these are average wind speeds, the gusts stronger. the winds from the south—west, drawing one, even hot air, highs of 30 degrees. further north and west, low to mid 205. three sunday evening, still some splashes of rain, staying stubbornly dry across the south east corner where rain is really needed. into the start of the new week, low pressure at first but as it should eastwards we change the wind direction, wind starts to come down from the north. that means in
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relative terms it is a cooler start to the new week, certainly cooler than the start of this week. a lot of dry weather around at times but not significant rainfall that some of us could really do with. a5 not significant rainfall that some of us could really do with. as far as the weekend goes, pretty mixed bag, rain for some, as the weekend goes, pretty mixed bag, rainforsome, turning as the weekend goes, pretty mixed bag, rain for some, turning one to the south—east. back to you. bag, rain for some, turning one to the south-east. back to you. thank ou. time for some movie recommendations now. here's this week's film review with jane hill and mark kermode. hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. and taking us through this week's releases is, as you see, mark kermode. hi, mark. hi. what have you been watching? well, as always, a very mixed bag. we have where the crawdads sing, which is an adaptation of a very popular novel. we have she will, which is the feature debut from charlotte colbert.
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and kurt vonnegut: unstuck in time, a documentary about the american writer. good old mixture there, yes. yes. so, where the crawdads sing, which is an adaptation of the deep south novel which became a publishing sensation — millions and millions of copies sold. this is adapted by lucy alibar, who is best known for beasts of the southern wild. one of the producers is reese witherspoon, so very, very good pedigree. yes. daisy edgar—jones is kya, who is called "the marsh girl". she grew up amidst the marshes of the deep south, fending for herself, understanding nature. at the beginning of the film, we see her being arrested on suspicion of the murder of a local boy. david strathairn is the lawyer who comes to represent her. here's a clip. this might help you. for the jury to be able to hear from you, for them to be able to see you as the... ..as the kind person you truly are. they're never goingj to see me like that.
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listen, i know you have a world of reasons to hate these people. no, i never hated them. they hated me. i mean, they laughed at me. they left me. they harassed me. they attacked me. you want me to beg for my life? i don't have it in me. i won't. i will not offer myself up. they can make their decision. but they're not deciding anything about me. i so on the one hand, you've got the court case, then you have the flashbacks to her life, her childhood — abusive father, abandoned by her mother — relationship with two boys, both of whom let her down. two young men, i should say. the book was a huge hit. the film's credentials are impeccable. and yet, and i hate to say this, it all felt very lukewarm. now, i haven't read the book, so i don't know how somebody who had read the book would feel about it. i know that whenever
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a book is this popular, it's always very difficult doing an adaptation. yes. there were moments in this in which i could almost hear the book behind it, thinking, "ok, i can sort of see what the text would have been." the performances are good. i mean, it's a very good cast, its very well done. the production design is really beautiful. but it all feels very safe. it deals with some dark subject matter, but it feels like a very polite treatment of that subject matter. and i kept thinking, "somewhere in here, there is an earthier, grittier version of this story," but it's kind of got a touch of the nick sparks about it. itjust felt oddly bland. that's not to say it's bad, and it may well be that if you have read the book, you get more out of it. but i did think, "ok, it's kind of..." like i said, despite that swampy setting, it had a very lukewarm feeling and i didn't get emotionally involved in the way that i had expected to, so...
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because reese witherspoon options some interesting things, doesn't she? yeah. and she loves stories that put women at the heart of it, and that attracted me to it. but i haven't read the book either. well, it's the ethos of her production company is, you know, stories, women are right at the heart of the production and the stories themselves. i mean, you know, she's a great force in cinema. i confess, it's one of those times when i really wanted to like the film, and i confess that i thought it was ok, but not more than that. right, ok. sorry. 0k. women at the heart of your second choice as well. yeah, so she will, which is a psychological chiller from director and co—writer charlotte colbert. alice krige is a fading actress called veronica, who is recovering from surgery. she goes to a remote retreat in scotland, where she thinks she'll be on her own. when she gets there, she isn't alone, she's surrounded by a bunch of people, which she doesn't want. it also turns out that the land that the retreat is on has in its ground the ashes of women
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who were burned there over the years during the witch hunts. there is also another plot about the director of the film that she starred in when she was 13, played by malcolm mcdowell, and she's having flashbacks to her encounter with him. he is now being greatly revered and yet there is a horrible, haunting sense of what happened in the past. but somehow the ground, the earth, the history of everything that happened in the place that she's at somehow gives her strength. rather than it becoming horrifying, it gives her some kind of dreamy strength. now, the director calls it "a psychological horror about a woman's expunging of her trauma through dreams" and says it's about revenge, the unconscious and the power i think that's a very good description. i'd also say that it's a very tactile film. it feels very... you know, i was saying this wasn't true of where the crawdads sing, it feels like it has its feet and its fingers in the earth. the landscape is beautifully evoked. it has great performances. it has a brilliant score
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by clint mansell, who is just... just never puts a foot wrong. it's a fairy tale, it's a fable. i thought it was really impressive. it's low—key and understated with moments of sort of shock, but it's not really a horror film. it's much more of a psychological chiller. and i think charlotte colbert will do great work in the future. i thought it was hugely atmospheric to the extent that, you know, i confess i couldn't get to the end of it because it was too creepy for me. yeah. but i thought... i was very impressed with what i was able to watch and thought, "wow, this is a first—time film—maker? that's impressive." you feel like you're in that landscape, don't you? yes, completely, and i loved that about it. i thought that was very clever. those scenes when she goes out into the woods and the camera follows her out and you get the sense of the past and the present all intertwining, i thought was... yeah, but then when you're me, you're going, "don't go into the woods!" that's right — "get back on the train! go back to the safe place." at that point... yeah. but, yeah, really interesting debut. good. kurt vonnegut. where do you stand on kurt vonnegut? erm... ignorant, to be fair.
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0k. although i know an awful lot more after watching this film. so unstuck in time, documentary by robert weide about the american author kurt vonnegut, who rose to fame after writing slaughterhouse—five, which was inspired by his own experiences as a prisoner of war and the bombing of dresden. he had tried to write about it for ages but couldn't find a way to do so, until he found science fiction and comedy as a way into a horrifyingly real subject. here's a clip. when i was a child, and there were many serious things going on, such as the great depression and all that, it was laurel and hardy who gave me permission not to take life seriously. and it turned out that it was ok to laugh your head off. he laughs. life was a very serious business and it inspired me to try and write funny books — that this was a good thing to do with a life, is to be funny. now, what i liked about this is this documentary has interviews taken over a long period of time — cos weide wanted to make this vonnegut documentary — and there are several interviews. and we also see film of him talking
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over the years that he didn't complete the documentary. he worked on other things. he worked on a very good adaptation of mother night, which i think is one of the best adaptations of vonnegut�*s novels on screen. and it becomes a story notjust about vonnegut, who... i should say, i love vonnegut. i met vonnegut in manchester when he came to talk. i was one of those fans that the film deals with about how his life was changed by suddenly people going, "oh, mr vonnegut, i think you're the greatest thing on earth!" there's a lot of them. there are a lot of them. so i really enjoyed this. your own feeling about it? i thought it was fascinating. and the documentary side of it, i loved. i mean, the wealth of material is fantastic, notjust of him, all the family archive, even voice recordings of his messages that he's left on answering machines. remember those? i mean, all of that is so rich and wonderful. and i learned masses and i thought it was fascinating. there is a "but" coming. i've heard of slaughterhouse—five, and i'm ashamed to say i've never read it. so that was brilliant. i wasn't. ..
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i'm not sure i entirely bought into robert weide's idea that, "of course, i didn't really want to be in this film," and then he's in it all the blooming time! actually, at one point, he says... you chose to put yourself in it! i know. at one point, he says, "i don't like the idea of documentaries "in which the director is in it," and you go, "yeah, "you couldn't be in it any more!" ithink... personally, i think it's fair because i think that vonnegut clearly admired him and admired the work that he was doing, and because vonnegut is very hard to pin down. but also i say all this as... i'm a vonnegut fan. there is enough vonnegut in this documentary that i'll just sit there, because even in that clip, when you see him laugh, vonnegut�*s laugh is like steam coming out of a steam train, you know? and i do... i love all the... i love his philosophy of time, that time is not linear, time is something that you can jump in and out of, and i like the fact of dealing with historical tragedies with invention. and, you know, so anyway... but i do know what you mean. it is a film with a lot of the film—maker in it. it really is. really is. but there's lots to enjoy in it. i would say that, i would say that.
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ok, so best out — brian and charles, which is a film which is not about a robot, although it appears to be about a robot. a man who is very lonely builds himself a companion, which is a robot built out of a washing machine. and then it's about their friendship and it's about fatherhood and being a child and all those other wonderful things that you don't think a film about a washing machine with a mannequin head on it should be about. i thought it was really charming and it's such a sort of home—grown treat. and, you know, with all the marvel movies doing the rounds in the cinema, why not support brian and charles, a film which really deserves to do well in cinemas? yes, it's a british film and... it's very british. very british! and when i was in the cinema the other day, they had a big charles sitting in the foyer, all made out of silver foil. and it was like a child's toy. i suppose we should say,
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very welsh, because, i mean, that welsh scenery is absolutely extraordinary. that's absolutely key to it. no, i loved it, i loved it. and then for dvd, the northman... you'll remember that when i reviewed the northman when it came out, i said, "ok, there are there are a lot "of things wrong with the northman," and it flopped in cinemas. this is robert eggers' viking epic. but there are things right about it as well. and since it didn't do well in cinemas, now that it's out on dvd, this is probably the way to catch up with it. if you didn't see it in cinemas, this is probably the way to go. i mean, there are so many things wrong with the northman. i do seem to remember you saying that at the time! it's a huge, romping viking epic that cost a staggering... it had a massive budget, didn't it? ..directed by robert eggers, who is somebody who makes small, independent arthouse movies about two blokes going crazy in a lighthouse. and i still look at the film and i wonder how it came into existence, but it is worth seeing. and if you didn't make it to see it in the cinema — and many didn't, and i understand why — dvd is the chance. but, you know, if you're going to the cinema, go and see brian and charles. yeah, that's next on the list. thank you very much. and read kurt vonnegut�*s novels!
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but now i do want to, you see. and that's the success of the documentary. i'm going to bring you a copy of breakfast of champions. you do that. that's my homework. enjoy your cinema—going this week, whatever you choose to go and see. see you next time, bye—bye. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines — long queues are forming for a second day at the port of dover with warnings that the travel disruptions could be even worse than yesterday. the traffic is certainly starting to build this morning, and in the past hour, the length of time it is taking to get through the french border control has doubled. wheat prices have fallen after russia and ukraine agree
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to resume exporting grain, easing the threat of a globalfood crisis. why the cost—of—living crisis means that some parents can't look forward to the summer holidays. good morning. another medal for great britain at the world athletics championships as matt hudson—smith won bronze in the 400m with a gutsy run in oregon. an emotional moment after three years of struggles with injuries and mental health issues. good morning. warming up across the south—east of the uk this weekend, but nothing like the searing heat we had earlier in the week. further north and west, some rain at times, brisk winds as well. more details from me throughout the morning. it's saturdayjuly 23. our top story: holidaymakers leaving the uk from dover are braced for another day of misery with long trafficjams already building up this morning. the port of dover blamed yesterday's delays — which lasted up to seven hours —
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on a lack of french border officials. the aa has warned the situation could be even worse today as more people try to go abroad. simonjones reports. a busy night at the port of dover following a day of huge disruption, and the warning is be prepared for more this weekend. on friday, the queue stretched for miles. people wanting to get away for the start of the school holidays instead spending hours going nowhere. after over seven hours for a journey that should have taken, really, no more than one hour, we finally made it to the port of dover. we haven't had no breakfast or nothing, we was gonna have breakfast on the ferry, so... it's going to be a long day. it appears to be another hour before we're on the ferry, i so things are - a little bit difficult. the port declared a critical incident, accusing the french authorities of failing to send over enough border officers to carry out passport checks in dover. the anger shared by local politicians. we do need to blame the french.
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i know maybe that did not come across at that press conference that we sent out, but the french border officers have not been doing their work properly. the french hit back, saying some of their officers had been delayed getting to the uk because of problems at the channel tunnel. eurotunnel said that was categorically not the cause of the chaos at dover. by last night, the french embassy insisted their border checks were operating at full capacity, but the calais mp says new rules introduced after brexit, meaning passports have to be stamped, are also adding to the problems. what's gone wrong is we have to go with new checks because of brexit. after all the acrimony, britain and france now say they will work closely to minimise further disruption, and there was relief for those who finally managed to make it across the channel. so we were booked onto the midday ferry, but we actually crossed at 2pm, we've just got to france
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at about...just before 6:00 in the evening, french time. it's been a long day. but a new influx of holidaymakers is heading for the port this morning, and there's still yesterday's backlog to shift. today will be another challenging day. simonjones, bbc news, dover. we can speak to simon in dover now. good morning. we saw the pictures of the queues, i can see behind you it is very slow. what is the situation this morning?— this morning? things have gotten much busier— this morning? things have gotten much busier here _ this morning? things have gotten much busier here at _ this morning? things have gotten much busier here at the - this morning? things have gotten much busier here at the port i this morning? things have gotten much busier here at the port of. much busier here at the port of doverin much busier here at the port of dover in the past hour, and the authorities are really concerned about today. they fear it could be as bad as yesterday or perhaps even worse. at the moment we are told just on the outskirts of dover it is taking around two hours to do the last mile or so into the port, and then once you actually get into the
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port, you are facing a weight of maybe a couple of hours to get through the french passport controls. now, but has doubled in the past hour, so it gives you a sense of the type of volume that we are talking about —— wait. the key issueis are talking about —— wait. the key issue is just going to are talking about —— wait. the key issue isjust going to be how are talking about —— wait. the key issue is just going to be how well staffed the french border controls are today. let me does show you the very latest you can see lorries going into the port. they are being let in at intervals, and then beyond those lorries, that is where the tourist traffic is starting to cure, hoping to get on ferries, and we have been speaking to some people trying to get around dover this morning, eitherto trying to get around dover this morning, either to go to work in this area or to try and get on board a ferry. some are having a difficult time. ., ., , ., ., time. horrendous at the moment. it wasn't too bad _ time. horrendous at the moment. it wasn't too bad for _ time. horrendous at the moment. it wasn't too bad for me. _ time. horrendous at the moment. it wasn't too bad for me. this - time. horrendous at the moment. it wasn't too bad for me. this is i time. horrendous at the moment. it wasn't too bad for me. this is the i wasn't too bad for me. this is the last bit_ wasn't too bad for me. this is the last bit i— wasn't too bad for me. this is the last bit i need to get to work, it is ok _ last bit i need to get to work, it is ok. ., ., ., i. , is ok. how long have you been waitin: ?
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is ok. how long have you been waiting? 30 — is ok. how long have you been waiting? 30 hours. _ is ok. how long have you been waiting? 30 hours. i _ is ok. how long have you been waiting? 30 hours. i live i is ok. how long have you been waiting? 30 hours. i live in i waiting? 30 hours. i live in ramsgate. _ waiting? 30 hours. i live in ramsgate, so _ waiting? 30 hours. i live in ramsgate, so no - waiting? 30 hours. i live in ramsgate, so no problem| waiting? 30 hours. i live in i ramsgate, so no problem for me because i know the shortcuts. it is terrible for me and everyone i think. ~ ., ., ~ terrible for me and everyone i think. ~ ., ., . think. we left at two o'clock. we 'oined think. we left at two o'clock. we joined the _ think. we left at two o'clock. we joined the queue _ think. we left at two o'clock. we joined the queue at _ think. we left at two o'clock. we joined the queue at the - think. we left at two o'clock. we joined the queue at the top - think. we left at two o'clock. we joined the queue at the top of. think. we left at two o'clock. we i joined the queue at the top of that hill at _ joined the queue at the top of that hill at around five o'clock. so we have _ hill at around five o'clock. so we have not— hill at around five o'clock. so we have not done too badly so far. what we are hearing _ have not done too badly so far. what we are hearing from _ have not done too badly so far. wuat we are hearing from people trying have not done too badly so far. writ we are hearing from people trying to get across the channel is a lot of them have set off from home very, very early, some of them setting off at about 2:00 a.m., seven hours before this theory is due to leave because they want to make sure they can get through these cues. holidaymakers are being warned to bring food and drink with them because those cues could be very long. spare a thought for the lorry drivers, because at the moment, tourist traffic is being prioritised. the lorry drivers may have weights of hours and hours in the cabs, and it is getting hotter
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—— waits. it will be a difficult day. -- waits. it will be a difficult da . . ~' , -- waits. it will be a difficult da . . ~ , ., , . -- waits. it will be a difficult da. .,�*, , . . -- waits. it will be a difficult da. .«g, , . . day. thank you very much. we will ick u- day. thank you very much. we will pick up with _ day. thank you very much. we will pick up with that _ day. thank you very much. we will pick up with that now. _ day. thank you very much. we will pick up with that now. simon - day. thank you very much. we will| pick up with that now. simon jones pick up with that now. simonjones in dover. we'rejoined now by simon reynish from the chartered institute of logistics and transport. this is your world. just reflecting on the image simon had behind him, did see some trucks moving, didn't we? maybe that gives a slightly false impression of the reality. it depends on the speed of the customs clearance _ depends on the speed of the customs clearance. what we have now is at the point — clearance. what we have now is at the point of— clearance. what we have now is at the point of embarkation that the passports — the point of embarkation that the passports and the documentation needs— passports and the documentation needs to — passports and the documentation needs to be scrutinised, and what was said _ needs to be scrutinised, and what was said yesterday is that 14 french customs _ was said yesterday is that 14 french customs officials, only six turned up, customs officials, only six turned up. and — customs officials, only six turned up, and now 14 had been in place, but is— up, and now 14 had been in place, but is still— up, and now 14 had been in place, but is still 9.5 hours of heavy
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stamping _ but is still 9.5 hours of heavy stamping of passports. we but is still 9.5 hours of heavy stamping of passports. we saw in their, one lorry _ stamping of passports. we saw in their, one lorry driver _ stamping of passports. we saw in their, one lorry driver said - stamping of passports. we saw in their, one lorry driver said 30 - their, one lorry driver said 30 hours and it is ok. i don't understand how it is ok, and how they even cope with that. the worst when i have — they even cope with that. the worst when i have heard _ they even cope with that. the worst when i have heard of _ they even cope with that. the worst when i have heard of turkish - they even cope with that. the worst when i have heard of turkish driver| when i have heard of turkish driver who turned — when i have heard of turkish driver who turned up on tuesday and yesterday _ who turned up on tuesday and yesterday evening had still not boarded. whether that was a case of him getting early and he had an empty— him getting early and he had an empty trailer, but for the majority of fully— empty trailer, but for the majority of fully laden vehicles, they want to get— of fully laden vehicles, they want to get through the ferry system as quickly— to get through the ferry system as quickly as— to get through the ferry system as quickly as possible, because time is money _ quickly as possible, because time is mone . ., ., ., y quickly as possible, because time is mone. ., ., ., ,,, money. how long do they spend in lorries? what _ money. how long do they spend in lorries? what are _ money. how long do they spend in lorries? what are the _ money. how long do they spend in lorries? what are the rules? - money. how long do they spend in lorries? what are the rules? the l lorries? what are the rules? the national rule _ lorries? what are the rules? the national rule is _ lorries? what are the rules? the national rule is for _ lorries? what are the rules? the national rule is for every nine hours — national rule is for every nine hours driving, there has to be a 45 minute _ hours driving, there has to be a 45 minute break. this can be extended three _ minute break. this can be extended three times — minute break. this can be extended three times a week, but only on a fortnightly— three times a week, but only on a fortnightly cycle, and then you have
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.ot fortnightly cycle, and then you have got working time directive, so you can actually do other work on top of it, can actually do other work on top of it. so— can actually do other work on top of it, so loading, unloading, scrutinise asian, daily checks, etc. it is interesting, our proprietor —— reporter was saying his impression was a tourist traffic, cars were being prioritised over lorries. is there is a procedure around that? it is a very flexible situation. obviously, as you can appreciate, the length — obviously, as you can appreciate, the length of the vehicle is three cars: _ the length of the vehicle is three cars. so— the length of the vehicle is three cars, so you are going to get many more — cars, so you are going to get many more cars— cars, so you are going to get many more cars and suvs through the system — more cars and suvs through the system and through the ferry terminals. but again, the knock—on effect _ terminals. but again, the knock—on effect of— terminals. but again, the knock—on effect of very, very badly needed soppty_ effect of very, very badly needed supply chains and those keeping going _ supply chains and those keeping going both in and out of the uk is
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paramount. is going both in and out of the uk is paramount-— going both in and out of the uk is aramount. , ., , , ., ., paramount. is there any estimation about the cost _ paramount. is there any estimation about the cost of _ paramount. is there any estimation about the cost of this _ paramount. is there any estimation about the cost of this has _ paramount. is there any estimation about the cost of this has on - paramount. is there any estimation about the cost of this has on the i about the cost of this has on the uk? , , ., ,., about the cost of this has on the uk? , , ., , ., ., uk? yes, it is about 31 billion a ear. uk? yes, it is about 31 billion a year- £31— uk? yes, it is about 31 billion a year. £31 billion _ uk? yes, it is about 31 billion a year. £31 billion a _ uk? yes, it is about 31 billion a year. £31 billion a year? - uk? yes, it is about 31 billion a year. £31 billion a year? yes. i uk? yes, it is about 31 billion a i year. £31 billion a year? yes. that is a contribution _ year. £31 billion a year? yes. that is a contribution of _ year. £31 billion a year? yes. that is a contribution ofjust _ year. £31 billion a year? yes. that is a contribution ofjust this? - year. £31 billion a year? yes. that is a contribution ofjust this? no, | is a contribution of 'ust this? no, of all congestion — is a contribution ofjust this? no, of all congestion around that word. this will_ of all congestion around that word. this will increase this year? tiers; this will increase this year? very much so. thank _ this will increase this year? very much so. thank you _ this will increase this year? very much so. thank you for - this will increase this year? very much so. thank you for talking i this will increase this year? very | much so. thank you for talking to us. ukraine and russia have signed a deal that allows kyiv to resume its exports of grain through the black sea. the agreement, which was brokered by the united nations and turkey, is set to last 120 days. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams joins us now from kyiv. a very good morning to you. paul, both sides have signed up to this deal, but can they make it work in reality? how will this work in practice? it
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is not without risk. it is certainly not. you only have to imagine — it is certainly not. you only have to imagine the situation in which a ship starts — to imagine the situation in which a ship starts to move towards the port of odessa, _ ship starts to move towards the port of odessa, runs towards a mine that is not _ of odessa, runs towards a mine that is not there. — of odessa, runs towards a mine that is not there, and ends up at the bottom — is not there, and ends up at the bottom of— is not there, and ends up at the bottom of the black sea. it would be catastrophic. there is an off a lot of things— catastrophic. there is an off a lot of things have to happen to make sure that — of things have to happen to make sure that is — of things have to happen to make sure that is indeed going to be a safe operation. probably going to take a _ safe operation. probably going to take a few weeks before it gets under— take a few weeks before it gets under way in earnest, the big shipping _ under way in earnest, the big shipping con —— companies are going to want— shipping con —— companies are going to want a — shipping con —— companies are going to want a rot — shipping con —— companies are going to want a lot of assurances that the ukrainian _ to want a lot of assurances that the ukrainian pilots will navigate this, know— ukrainian pilots will navigate this, know exactly where the safe corridors _ know exactly where the safe corridors are, there is also a backtog _ corridors are, there is also a backtog of— corridors are, there is also a backlog of shipping currently stuck in those _ backlog of shipping currently stuck in those ports around odessa that needs— in those ports around odessa that needs to — in those ports around odessa that needs to be dealt with before other ships can _ needs to be dealt with before other ships can come in and pick up the grain— ships can come in and pick up the grainthat— ships can come in and pick up the grain that has been stuck there in silos _ grain that has been stuck there in silos for— grain that has been stuck there in silos for the past five months. this is not _ silos for the past five months. this is not going — silos for the past five months. this is not going to happen immediately. a visuat— is not going to happen immediately. a visual that we have spoken per se at the _ a visual that we have spoken per se at the infrastructure in the ports is in _ at the infrastructure in the ports is in pretty— at the infrastructure in the ports is in pretty good shape, it doesn't seem _ is in pretty good shape, it doesn't seem as _ is in pretty good shape, it doesn't seem as though any of that has been
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damaged _ seem as though any of that has been damaged significantly over the course — damaged significantly over the course of the fighting, and so in theory. — course of the fighting, and so in theory. it— course of the fighting, and so in theory, it should be possible, both to get— theory, it should be possible, both to get the — theory, it should be possible, both to get the backlog of last year's harvest — to get the backlog of last year's harvest that has been stuck in low silos _ harvest that has been stuck in low silos out _ harvest that has been stuck in low silos out and into the international market. _ silos out and into the international market, and also, crucially, to create — market, and also, crucially, to create space for the next harvest, is already— create space for the next harvest, is already coming in and has been for the _ is already coming in and has been for the last— is already coming in and has been for the last few weeks. this is a very— for the last few weeks. this is a very significant development. ukraine — very significant development. ukraine says it is going to social for foreign — ukraine says it is going to social for foreign revenue and also for its ability— for foreign revenue and also for its ability to— for foreign revenue and also for its ability to fund not just its for foreign revenue and also for its ability to fund notjust its but also, — ability to fund notjust its but also, its— ability to fund notjust its but also, it's war effort. for ability to fund notjust its but also, it's war effort.- also, it's war effort. for the moment. — also, it's war effort. for the moment, thank— also, it's war effort. for the moment, thank you - also, it's war effort. for the moment, thank you very . also, it's war effort. for the - moment, thank you very much. a former key adviser to donald trump, steve bannon, could be jailed for up to two years after he refused to comply with a congressional investigation into the capitol riot of january last year. the former white house chief strategist is said to have been an unofficial adviser to mr trump at the time of the insurrection. mr bannon has vowed to appeal, as rianna croxford reports. steve bannon, defiant as he faces up
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to two years in prison for contempt of congress for refusing to give evidence to a committee investigating last year's attack on the capitol. we may�*ve lost a battle here today, but we're not gonna lose this war. here's why they wanted to speak with him. all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. it's all converging and now we're on, as they say, the point of attack, right? the point of attack tomorrow. talking the day before the riots kicked off, they believed this showed he'd been in contact with donald trump ahead of the chaos. considered the brains behind the former president's 2016 election victory, he'd served as his campaign chief and core strategist until he was fired by the white house in 2017. inside the court, mr bannon argued his old role meant he was protected by executive privilege, and so, he wouldn't have to give evidence about his former boss. but this was dismissed by investigators because he was no longer in government,
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and they said he'd chosen his loyalty to donald trump over compliance with the law. outside court, steve bannon's lawyer said he'd appeal the decision. you will see this case reversed on appeal. you will see all of these resources — three federal prosecutors, four fbi agents for a misdemeanor — are being wasted. mr bannon will be sentenced in october, but his position hasn't changed. i stand with trump and the constitution and i will never back off that, ever. and now, he will have to see if his loyalty pays off. rianna croxford, bbc news, washington. the two remaining candidates in the race to become the uk's next prime minister — rishi sunak and liz truss — face a weekend of campaigning to win over conservative voters. ms truss has vowed to review all eu laws brought in after brexit and to
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scrap those that hinder growth. rishi sunak has promised to tackle the nhs backlog, driven a so—called vaccine style task force kays. a strike by more than 40,000 rail workers will go ahead on wednesday after the sides failed to reach an agreement. the rmt union confirmed the walkout will go ahead. it's over pay, working conditions and job security. knock—on effects are expected on thursday, and a separate walkout by train drivers is scheduled for next saturday. further strikes are expected in august. a nursing union is to ballot members on possible industrial action after most nhs workers in wales were offered a below—inflation pay rise. the royal college of nursing in wales says the pay offer would "do nothing" to fill vacancies or inspire young people to become nurses. doctors, consultants, gps and nurses in wales are being offered a pay rise between 4% and 5.5 %. it is 7:15. good morning. the
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weather has been an experience, i think, it is fair to say over the last week so let's see what we can expect this morning.— last week so let's see what we can expect this morning. good morning. yes, it's expect this morning. good morning. yes. it's been _ expect this morning. good morning. yes, it's been an _ expect this morning. good morning. yes, it's been an extraordinary - expect this morning. good morning. i yes, it's been an extraordinary week of weather, a record—breaking week that i think some of us thought would never see. the weekend is slightly more straightforward. it is a mixed affair, not a bad start at all for this weather watcher in devon with some missed around. for some of us, some rain at times, quite breezy, warm in the south—east, even hot for some nothing like the heat we saw earlier in the week. low is the scene. this low is pushing in from the west and various weather fronts bringing some outbreaks of rain and this is the radar that shows where rain has been falling over the past few hours and some particular heavy rain falling across parts of northern ireland so across parts of northern ireland so a socky start here. the wet weather pushes easter, rain getting into
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parts of western and south—western scotland, north west england, laswell think heavy rain, patchy rain for south wales, south west england. a slice of sunshine edging east through the day so parts of east anglia and the south—east will hold onto sunshine through the afternoon and we will see the highest temperatures of 26 or 27. 17 in aberdeen, 24 belfast. further splashes of rain this evening, particularly in the north—west. ——20 for belfast. a band of cloud and showery rain working across england and wales, staying mainly dry into the south—east corner. warm, muggy, humid, 14—18. area of low pressure is still with us as we head into tomorrow. this frontal system is pushing its way south and east across england and wales and to the south—east, we are bringing in some rather warm, even hot air, so we will see the highest of the
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temperatures across east anglia and south—east, this weather front wriggling across south west england, wales, south—west wales, some rain at times. northern ireland and scotland thing potentially heavy and thundery showers, relatively windy, these are the average speeds and the gusts will be stronger but the winds from the south—west bringing warm air into the south—east corner with in norwich. further north and west, more likely low to mid 20s. sunday evening still some splashes of rain, hefty showers in places. mostly dry in the south—east corner, rain is really needed there. low pressure continues east into the start of the week. we change the wind direction with the winds from the north so in relative terms, it cool start to the week and cooler and it was in the week and cooler and it was in the week we just week and cooler and it was in the week wejust had. week and cooler and it was in the week we just had. dry weather to come, spells of sunshine, some rain at times but probably not enough after what has been a pretty dry month so far. that's all from me for
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now. it's back to nature and charlie. ., ~ now. it's back to nature and charlie. ., ,, , ., , , ., ,, charlie. then, thank you, speak later. 18 minutes _ charlie. then, thank you, speak later. 18 minutes past _ charlie. then, thank you, speak later. 18 minutes past seven. i pine martens used to be among britain's most common mammals. today, many of us would struggle to identify one — and they're rarely seen beyond the scottish highlands. now they could be making a return to england, on exmoor and dartmoor, 150 years after they were last there. they are very beautiful, sleek things. they are very beautiful, sleek things. john henderson went to find out more. bison roaming the kent countryside, beavers swimming in the river so what is coming back? it could be these, pine martens. i what is coming back? it could be these, pine martens.— what is coming back? it could be these, pine martens. i think a lot of --eole these, pine martens. i think a lot of peeple don't — these, pine martens. i think a lot of people don't know _ these, pine martens. i think a lot of people don't know what - these, pine martens. i think a lot of people don't know what a - these, pine martens. i think a lot of people don't know what a pine | of people don't know what a pine marten is because they have been missing from environment for so long so it is a must delete which is like a stoat or weasel or otter. this so it is a must delete which is like a stoat or weasel or otter.- a stoat or weasel or otter. this is a stoat or weasel or otter. this is a 30-40 could — a stoat or weasel or otter. this is a 30-40 could be _ a stoat or weasel or otter. this is a 30-40 could be released - a stoat or weasel or otter. this is a 30-40 could be released if- a stoat or weasel or otter. this is a 30-40 could be released if it i a 30—40 could be released if it augers according to plan, dartmoor and exmoor, big spaces for these rarely creatures partly because they are nocturnal, partly because they
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love trees ——mustelid. fiat are nocturnal, partly because they love trees --mustelid._ are nocturnal, partly because they love trees --mustelid. not like you or me, if love trees --mustelid. not like you or me. if i — love trees --mustelid. not like you or me. if i was— love trees --mustelid. not like you or me, if i was at _ love trees --mustelid. not like you or me, if i was at the _ love trees --mustelid. not like you or me, if i was at the top _ love trees --mustelid. not like you or me, if i was at the top of - love trees --mustelid. not like you or me, if i was at the top of that i l or me, if i was at the top of that i would be like hello? they would be “p would be like hello? they would be up there with no problem and they jump up there with no problem and they jump between and wandered around between them and really good climbers, up and down. pine martens disappeared — climbers, up and down. pine martens disappeared from _ climbers, up and down. pine martens disappeared from the _ climbers, up and down. pine martens disappeared from the south-west - disappeared from the south—west about 150 years ago. in a disappeared from the south-west about 150 years ago.— about 150 years ago. in a really lovely woodland _ about 150 years ago. in a really lovely woodland with _ about 150 years ago. in a really lovely woodland with lots - about 150 years ago. in a really lovely woodland with lots of... | about 150 years ago. in a really - lovely woodland with lots of... they were hunted — lovely woodland with lots of... they were hunted for _ lovely woodland with lots of... they were hunted for their _ lovely woodland with lots of... they were hunted for their fur but not critically. the natural habitats such as woodlands were cut down. lovely spot. but such as woodlands were cut down. lovely spot-— such as woodlands were cut down. lovel sot. �* , ., ., lovely spot. but the dunford nature reserve in the _ lovely spot. but the dunford nature reserve in the team _ lovely spot. but the dunford nature reserve in the team valley, - lovely spot. but the dunford nature reserve in the team valley, one - lovely spot. but the dunford nature reserve in the team valley, one of i reserve in the team valley, one of the organisations involved in the two malls find martin event, explains why their reintroduction is so important. flii" explains why their reintroduction is so important-— so important. our environment is really nature _ so important. our environment is really nature depleted, _ so important. our environment is really nature depleted, we - so important. our environment is really nature depleted, we are i really nature depleted, we are facing a biodiversity and climate crisis at the minute. it's about creating a balanced ecosystem. woodland, wildlife they can all work together and to be balanced and thriving and three have a really important role to play. the reintroduction _ important role to play. the reintroduction of _ important role to play. the reintroduction of pine martens is not a given, consultation is taking
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place and widely and given the proximity to farmland, that includes farmers, though a reintroduction in the forest of dean went smoothly after they were given advice. and when the pine martens are returned to woods like this, they will be fitted with tags so their movements can be monitored and they can be tracked. and if the consultation does go well, these already critically endangered species could be released in stages, getting in autumn 2024. john henderson, bbc news. they are beautiful! absolutely, i was one of those going i did not know. i did not know what they looked like. the long—awaited summer holidays have no begun for millions of children, but the cost of keeping them fed and entertained is putting extra financial pressure on many families. with food banks seeing increased demand and a drop in donations, according to research by radio 4's money box,
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the cost of living crisis means some children will be going hungry over the next six weeks. our reporter sam read has been speaking to staff pupils and parents at a school in luton. we've got eight, one? at this prime school in luton, _ we've got eight, one? at this prime school in luton, maths _ we've got eight, one? at this prime school in luton, maths lessons i school in luton, maths lessons continue by the end of school term is on the mind. everyone has their own reasons to look forward to the summer holidays. it’s own reasons to look forward to the summer holidays.— summer holidays. it's going to be sunn and summer holidays. it's going to be sunny and we _ summer holidays. it's going to be sunny and we get _ summer holidays. it's going to be sunny and we get to _ summer holidays. it's going to be sunny and we get to have - summer holidays. it's going to be sunny and we get to have ice i summer holidays. it's going to be i sunny and we get to have ice cream. go to the beach.— go to the beach. playing at home. restinu. go to the beach. playing at home. resting. resting? _ go to the beach. playing at home. resting. resting? you _ go to the beach. playing at home. resting. resting? you need i go to the beach. playing at home. resting. resting? you need a i go to the beach. playing at home. i resting. resting? you need a break? but for resting. resting? you need a break? itut for parents _ resting. resting? you need a break? but for parents like _ resting. resting? you need a break? but for parents like jennifer, - resting. resting? you need a break? but for parents like jennifer, as i but for parents likejennifer, as they watch prices rise, there is a different feeling. it’s they watch prices rise, there is a different feeling.— different feeling. it's a bit anxious for _ different feeling. it's a bit anxious for me _ different feeling. it's a bit anxious for me with i different feeling. it's a bit anxious for me with the l different feeling. it's a bit i anxious for me with the school holidays starting because of the pressure of having to make sure that the children are fed. it can scare me sometimes with the amount that the prices have gone up to try to entertain the children, keep them
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well fed and everything that they need, i think it's a lot of pressure on parents nowadays. the need, i think it's a lot of pressure on parents nowadays.— need, i think it's a lot of pressure on parents nowadays. the rising cost of livina on parents nowadays. the rising cost of living means _ on parents nowadays. the rising cost of living means more _ on parents nowadays. the rising cost of living means more parents - on parents nowadays. the rising cost| of living means more parents wanting help from the school's pastoral team. here, almost half the children are entitled to free school meals but now other families are asking for support. but now other families are asking for support-— but now other families are asking for support. working families and those 'ust for support. working families and those just above _ for support. working families and those just above the _ for support. working families and those just above the breadline i those just above the breadline benefit line are being massively impacted by budget cuts, petrol prices, so even taking out the cost of going into a zoo or a theme park when it is physically being able to get there and feed your family for the rest of the week because it is giving your child the childhood you want them and the deserve and we want them and the deserve and we want our children to be happy and healthy and thrive.— want our children to be happy and healthy and thrive. management say the are healthy and thrive. management say they are doing _ healthy and thrive. management say they are doing now _ healthy and thrive. management say they are doing now than _ healthy and thrive. management say they are doing now than just - they are doing now than just teaching pupils and helping parents prepare for the weeks ahead. in the andemic prepare for the weeks ahead. in the pandemic normally _ prepare for the weeks ahead. in the pandemic normally open _ prepare for the weeks ahead. in the pandemic normally open food i prepare for the weeks ahead. in true: pandemic normally open food banks in all of our schools to support our parents directly. on a weekly basis. and those staff support parents with
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debt management and housing difficulties and those kind of things as well as offering them support from the food bank. we can also access shoe vouchers, cofactors, uniform vouchers for some ourfamilies. the cofactors, uniform vouchers for some our families-— our families. the aim is everyone can make — our families. the aim is everyone can make the _ our families. the aim is everyone can make the numbers _ our families. the aim is everyone can make the numbers add i our families. the aim is everyone can make the numbers add up i our families. the aim is everyone | can make the numbers add up and enjoy the holidays, whatever their circumstances. sam read, bbc news. we're joined now by tina harrison, a volunteer at trinity foodbank in bury, greater manchester. good morning. morning. you were watchin: good morning. morning. you were watching that _ good morning. morning. you were watching that report _ good morning. morning. you were watching that report with - good morning. morning. you were watching that report with us. i good morning. morning. you were watching that report with us. what is the situation at the food bank you work out now and what are you anticipating?— anticipating? we've seen a rise in numbers, especially _ anticipating? we've seen a rise in numbers, especially amongst i anticipating? we've seen a rise in i numbers, especially amongst working parents _ numbers, especially amongst working parents and older people that have lost their_ parents and older people that have lost theirjobs. whether it be through— lost theirjobs. whether it be through covid or whatever reason. so it is difficult, — through covid or whatever reason. so it is difficult, as well as ukraine people — it is difficult, as well as ukraine people seeking refuge in the area,
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so we _ people seeking refuge in the area, so we are — people seeking refuge in the area, so we are seeing a real big rise in numbers— so we are seeing a real big rise in numbers where we had seen a dip, it's rising _ numbers where we had seen a dip, it's rising again.— it's rising again. what does the school holidays _ it's rising again. what does the school holidays like _ it's rising again. what does the school holidays like for - it's rising again. what does the school holidays like for you, i school holidays like for you, compared to recent years, previous years? compared to recent years, previous ears? �* . . , compared to recent years, previous ears? ~ . . , . . , years? area we are in is already clusters of _ years? area we are in is already clusters of deprived _ years? area we are in is already clusters of deprived area - years? area we are in is already clusters of deprived area you i years? area we are in is already| clusters of deprived area you can imagine — clusters of deprived area you can imagine what it is already like. so a lot_ imagine what it is already like. so a lot of— imagine what it is already like. so a lot of our— imagine what it is already like. so a lot of our families cannot afford to go— a lot of our families cannot afford to go to _ a lot of our families cannot afford to go to theme parks or the zoo or things— to go to theme parks or the zoo or things like — to go to theme parks or the zoo or things like that so they are looking for free _ things like that so they are looking for free things to do. in bury, they .ive for free things to do. in bury, they give them — for free things to do. in bury, they give them vouchers for the school holidays _ give them vouchers for the school holidays still for the meals, free school— holidays still for the meals, free school meals, so they still have that option. but the worry is children— that option. but the worry is children eat more when they are at home _ children eat more when they are at home and — children eat more when they are at home and if— children eat more when they are at home and if the weather is bad, it is the _ home and if the weather is bad, it is the electric, you know? if they are on— is the electric, you know? if they are on a — is the electric, you know? if they are on a playstation or whatever, if they have _ are on a playstation or whatever, if they have one, it is the worry of added _ they have one, it is the worry of added extra worry coming through the door at— added extra worry coming through the door at the _ added extra worry coming through the door at the food bank now. it's atrout— door at the food bank now. it's about what do i pay first? before i,
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you know. — about what do i pay first? before i, you know. i— about what do i pay first? before i, you know, i have to feed the children— you know, i have to feed the children and then it is those secondary things. i children and then it is those secondary things.— children and then it is those secondary things. i dare say given what ou secondary things. i dare say given what you have _ secondary things. i dare say given what you have set _ secondary things. i dare say given what you have set about - secondary things. i dare say given what you have set about working | what you have set about working people who may be coming to you for the first time, i would imagine that is, on top of being a very practical thing, they feel they have to do, there is a lot of pride involved, isn't there?— there is a lot of pride involved, isn't there?- i - there is a lot of pride involved, isn't there?- i would l isn't there? there is. i would imaaine isn't there? there is. i would imagine the _ isn't there? there is. i would imagine the first _ isn't there? there is. i would imagine the first time - isn't there? there is. i would imagine the first time they . isn't there? there is. i would - imagine the first time they come, i don't know how forthright people are about their circumstances and what has put them in that place, and there is not a judgement at all that i dare say you hear a lot of stories like that. irate i dare say you hear a lot of stories like that. ~ ., . ~' like that. we do, and i think because we _ like that. we do, and i think because we are _ like that. we do, and i think because we are very - like that. we do, and i think- because we are very community minded. — because we are very community minded, people know where we are and they know— minded, people know where we are and they know that they will be told that the — they know that they will be told that the volunteers are very empathetic but i think the pride, i would _ empathetic but i think the pride, i would not — empathetic but i think the pride, i would not have liked to do it when i was working, going through the door the first— was working, going through the door the first time to actually say i cannot— the first time to actually say i cannot manage on my wage and i do not know— cannot manage on my wage and i do not know what to do, and it's usually — not know what to do, and it's usually cups of tea, tissues, a chat
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and then— usually cups of tea, tissues, a chat and then making them feel comfortable about its 0k to come to the food _ comfortable about its 0k to come to the food bank. but it's not ok. it's not ok_ the food bank. but it's not ok. it's not ok for— the food bank. but it's not ok. it's not ok for somebody in this day and a-e not ok for somebody in this day and age to— not ok for somebody in this day and age to have — not ok for somebody in this day and age to have to come and ask for food _ age to have to come and ask for food. �* ,., , . , food. and the point being as well that, as food. and the point being as well that. as you _ food. and the point being as well that, as you said, _ food. and the point being as well that, as you said, working - food. and the point being as well| that, as you said, working people. that's right. ihlat that, as you said, working people. that's right-— that, as you said, working people. that's right. not necessarily people who have lost _ that's right. not necessarily people who have lost their _ that's right. not necessarily people who have lost theirjob _ who have lost theirjob pre—pandemic, these are people on a living wage that they thought would be ok. . living wage that they thought would be ok. yes. the other thing we are re -aortin be ok. yes. the other thing we are reporting as _ be ok. yes. the other thing we are reporting as well as there has been a fall in donations.— a fall in donations. have you noticed that? _ a fall in donations. have you noticed that? that's - a fall in donations. have you noticed that? that's right. . a fall in donations. have you | noticed that? that's right. we a fall in donations. have you - noticed that? that's right. we are very well— noticed that? that's right. we are very well supported by our local community and businesses all through covid and _ community and businesses all through covid and we're very grateful for that but — covid and we're very grateful for that but obviously, is feeling the pinch _ that but obviously, is feeling the pinch of— that but obviously, is feeling the pinch of those people who may have come _ pinch of those people who may have come with _ pinch of those people who may have come with a — pinch of those people who may have come with a carry bag of donations cannot— come with a carry bag of donations cannot do— come with a carry bag of donations cannot do that because they are worrying — cannot do that because they are worrying about their own bills. and it's that _ worrying about their own bills. and it's that thing of well, you know, i may be _ it's that thing of well, you know, i may be able — it's that thing of well, you know, i may be able to go to the food bank and i_ may be able to go to the food bank and i might not. we have seen a rapid _ and i might not. we have seen a rapid decline.— and i might not. we have seen a
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rapid decline. what percentage of donations does _ rapid decline. what percentage of donations does not _ rapid decline. what percentage of donations does not account - rapid decline. what percentage of donations does not account for? i j donations does not account for? i would say our donations have gone back down— would say our donations have gone back down by about 65 or 70% in the recent _ back down by about 65 or 70% in the recent... . , ., . , recent... that you are relying then on the community _ recent... that you are relying then on the community businesses - recent... that you are relying then | on the community businesses which help support you rather than individuals?— help support you rather than | individuals?_ you individuals? that's right. you strike me _ individuals? that's right. you strike me as _ individuals? that's right. you strike me as being _ individuals? that's right. you strike me as being quite - individuals? that's right. you strike me as being quite a . individuals? that's right. you - strike me as being quite a straight talking person. i strike me as being quite a straight talking person-— strike me as being quite a straight talking person. i am! often at the talking person. i am! often at the moment, talking person. i am! often at the moment. if— talking person. i am! often at the moment. if we — talking person. i am! often at the moment, if we talk _ talking person. i am! often at the moment, if we talk to _ talking person. i am! often at the moment, if we talk to politicians at the moment in government, they will immediately read us a list of the various amounts of money, the direct payments, the help that they are giving to people in the cost of living prices. you are not a politician, you deal with reality, but you must hear that in the morning and then walk in the place that you work and see what's going on. how is that? it’s that you work and see what's going on. how is that?— on. how is that? it's a sticking laster. on. how is that? it's a sticking plaster- lt's — on. how is that? it's a sticking plaster. it's an _ on. how is that? it's a sticking plaster. it's an emergency - on. how is that? it's a sticking - plaster. it's an emergency sticking plaster— plaster. it's an emergency sticking plaster every time they those grants~ — plaster every time they those grants. it's we will give you a short—term grant, we don't know if we can— short—term grant, we don't know if we can afford it again in the winter
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or whatever— we can afford it again in the winter or whatever so those people get that money _ or whatever so those people get that money and _ or whatever so those people get that money and we've had people coming in this week— money and we've had people coming in this week with the cost of living grants— this week with the cost of living grants that have been available through— grants that have been available through universal credit or if you can get— through universal credit or if you can get that, and say i have extra on my— can get that, and say i have extra on my gas— can get that, and say i have extra on my gas metre and extra on my electric— on my gas metre and extra on my electric metre and i have filled my freezer— electric metre and i have filled my freezer and they come in for a chat to tell— freezer and they come in for a chat to tell you — freezer and they come in for a chat to tell you what they have done with the money — to tell you what they have done with the money. but it's still that worry of 0k. _ the money. but it's still that worry of 0k. we — the money. but it's still that worry of ok, i've done that now but what am i_ of ok, i've done that now but what am i going — of ok, i've done that now but what am i going to do in the coming months — am i going to do in the coming months because the prices at the supermarket have nearly doubled. and what do _ supermarket have nearly doubled. and what do you _ supermarket have nearly doubled. and what do you do when you know what your wages — what do you do when you know what your wages from month—to—month, you may have _ your wages from month—to—month, you may have to— your wages from month—to—month, you may have to put fuel in your car if you are _ may have to put fuel in your car if you are a — may have to put fuel in your car if you are a carer that drives from place _ you are a carer that drives from place to— you are a carer that drives from place to place. what do you do? it's difficult. _ place to place. what do you do? it's difficult, really difficult. it�*s difficult, really difficult. it's aood difficult, really difficult. it's good having _ difficult, really difficult. it�*s good having you today and i should give you a full title, tina harrison, a former nurse and you have an mbe?— harrison, a former nurse and you l have an mbe?_ lovely have an mbe? that's right. lovely seeinu have an mbe? that's right. lovely seeing you — have an mbe? that's right. lovely seeing you this — have an mbe? that's right. lovely seeing you this morning. - have an mbe? that's right. lovely seeing you this morning. thank i have an mbe? that's right. lovely i seeing you this morning. thank you, thank ou seeing you this morning. thank you, thank you for— seeing you this morning. thank you, thank you for having _ seeing you this morning. thank you, thank you for having me. _
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special for the journey of matt hudson—smith. it's been quite a life journey for great britain's matt hudson—smith, whose brilliant run just a few hours ago earned him a bronze medal in the aoom at the world championships. he's now 27 and clocked a466 seconds to finish behind the usa's michael norman in gold and kiranijames of grenada. mattjoins us now from his hotel room in oregon, where it's 11:30 at night. an historic moment! huge congratulations from us all. i know you might want to sleep but i cannot imagine you are able to. you have your medal there. we saw your tears at the end so we have an idea of how it makes you feel.— it makes you feel. huge emotional roller-coaster _ it makes you feel. huge emotional roller-coaster that _ it makes you feel. huge emotional roller-coaster that i _ it makes you feel. huge emotional roller-coaster that i am _ it makes you feel. huge emotional roller-coaster that i am here - it makes you feel. huge emotional roller-coaster that i am here now. roller—coaster that i am here now and i have to enjoy it. just roller-coaster that i am here now and i have to enjoy it.— and i have to en'oy it. just show us, so and i have to en'oy it. just show so the — and i have to enjoy it. just show us, so the nation _ and i have to enjoy it. just show us, so the nation your— and i have to enjoy it. just show us, so the nation your bronze, l and i have to enjoy it. just show. us, so the nation your bronze, the historic bronze. you will be taking
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back to bed tonight, i guess. i am back to bed tonight, i guess. i am sleeina back to bed tonight, i guess. i am sleeping with _ back to bed tonight, i guess. i am sleeping with it. _ back to bed tonight, i guess. i am sleeping with it. i _ back to bed tonight, i guess. i am sleeping with it. i may _ back to bed tonight, i guess. i —n sleeping with it. i may not take it off for a while. it sleeping with it. i may not take it off for a while.— off for a while. it means so much after all you _ off for a while. it means so much after all you have _ off for a while. it means so much after all you have been _ off for a while. it means so much after all you have been through, | after all you have been through, mental health issues, injury, the lowest of the low and a few years ago you thought about giving it up? yeah, the sport is tough, it doesn't challenge you physically but also mentally and it's reallyjust... moments like this really make it worth it because it shows the resilience you can find, as long as you are strong and you are confident in yourself and anything is possible. in yourself and anything is possible-— in yourself and anything is ossible. ~ �* . possible. wasn't it your mum that ersuaded possible. wasn't it your mum that persuaded you — possible. wasn't it your mum that persuaded you to _ possible. wasn't it your mum that persuaded you to keep _ possible. wasn't it your mum that persuaded you to keep going - possible. wasn't it your mum that persuaded you to keep going in i possible. wasn't it your mum that l persuaded you to keep going in the sport and to move from wolverhampton to america to train there? mr; sport and to move from wolverhampton to america to train there?— to america to train there? my mum would never — to america to train there? my mum would never want _ to america to train there? my mum would never want me _ to america to train there? my mum would never want me to _ to america to train there? my mum
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would never want me to move! - to america to train there? my mum would never want me to move! i i would never want me to move! i basically came with the suggestion that i wanted to grow up a little bit and take the next step, and this was a good move. my mum was like, listen, i will support you every step of the way. just go with it, really, and then never look back. now we are here!— really, and then never look back. now we are here! good morning. or evenina. now we are here! good morning. or evening. congratulations, _ now we are here! good morning. or evening. congratulations, first- now we are here! good morning. or evening. congratulations, first of. evening. congratulations, first of all. evening. congratulations, first of all hello — evening. congratulations, first of all. hello. so, have you spoken to your— all. hello. so, have you spoken to your mum — all. hello. so, have you spoken to your mum since winning? and what has she said. _ your mum since winning? and what has she said. and _ your mum since winning? and what has she said. and i— your mum since winning? and what has she said, and i imagine but what has she said, and i imagine but what has she just _ she said, and i imagine but what has she just said — she said, and i imagine but what has she just said you cannot celebrate too much — she just said you cannot celebrate too much because you have a commonwealth games coming up? when too much because you have a commonwealth games coming up? when i was 'ust commonwealth games coming up? when i was just about _ commonwealth games coming up? when i wasiust about to — commonwealth games coming up? when i wasjust about to do _ commonwealth games coming up? when i wasjust about to do the _ commonwealth games coming up? when i wasjust about to do the medal— was just about to do the medal ceremony, i was on the phone with her, she was crying a lot. we have a
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moment where she said, she didn't know if she could sleep, and i said none was running the race with me as well. it is what it is. —— nan. we spoke for a good 10 minutes, it was quite an emotional moment. yeah, she didn't even talk about commonwealth because she was lost in the whole moment. enjoy this moment and get ready for commonwealth now. now i move. it ready for commonwealth now. now i move. . ready for commonwealth now. now i move. , ., y ready for commonwealth now. now i move. , ., , ready for commonwealth now. now i move. , move. it is lovely, you sharing those personal— move. it is lovely, you sharing those personal things, - move. it is lovely, you sharing | those personalthings, because move. it is lovely, you sharing - those personalthings, because those those personal things, because those other things that count so much. can you give us an idea of what the vibe is like within the squad there? i know sometimes when you get an athlete who comes back with a metal from an event, it is a boost for everyone. how would you describe the
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atmosphere amongst your colleagues? i think really and truly, they set the term, the medal in the bravery that laura showed in the 1500 metres and jake literally followed up with and jake literally followed up with a golden everyone, now i have the medal myself, and we have the four x 100, the long jump and obviously the 800 metre girls, we have a chance to get more medals, we are confident and excited and ready for the challenge. and excited and ready for the challenge-— challenge. you are such an inspiration _ challenge. you are such an inspiration to _ challenge. you are such an inspiration to others - challenge. you are such an l inspiration to others because challenge. you are such an - inspiration to others because if you take us— inspiration to others because if you take us back— inspiration to others because if you take us back to— inspiration to others because if you take us back to 2014, _ inspiration to others because if you take us back to 2014, your- inspiration to others because if you take us back to 2014, your sliding i take us back to 2014, your sliding door— take us back to 2014, your sliding door moment _ take us back to 2014, your sliding door moment in _ take us back to 2014, your sliding door moment in scotland, - take us back to 2014, your slidingl door moment in scotland, working door moment in scotland, at take us back to 2014, your sliding door moment in scotland, at a i door moment in scotland, at a supermarket. _ door moment in scotland, at a supermarket, and _ door moment in scotland, at a supermarket, and you - door moment in scotland, at a supermarket, and you ran - door moment in scotland, at a supermarket, and you ran one| door moment in scotland, at a - supermarket, and you ran one lap, that was— supermarket, and you ran one lap, that was the — supermarket, and you ran one lap, that was the start _ supermarket, and you ran one lap, that was the start of _ supermarket, and you ran one lap, that was the start of your- supermarket, and you ran one lap, that was the start of yourjourney. | that was the start of yourjourney. how do _ that was the start of yourjourney. how do you — that was the start of yourjourney. how do you go— that was the start of yourjourney. how do you go from _ that was the start of yourjourney. how do you go from there - that was the start of yourjourney. how do you go from there to - that was the start of yourjourney. how do you go from there to thisi how do you go from there to this medal? — how do you go from there to this medal? l— how do you go from there to this medal? . . , �* medal? i did athletics, i didn't take it that—
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medal? i did athletics, i didn't take it that seriously, - medal? i did athletics, i didn't take it that seriously, or - medal? i did athletics, i didn't take it that seriously, or i - medal? i did athletics, i didn't take it that seriously, or i did, j take it that seriously, or i did, because i didn't want to go to university, ijust because i didn't want to go to university, i just wanted because i didn't want to go to university, ijust wanted to... i was trying to figure out life in general. ifinished college and was trying to figure out life in general. i finished college and what do i need to do? see where it goes. i kind of used athletics as a defer to go to university, a gap year, i won a metal in 200 metres and i was like, if! won a metal in 200 metres and i was like, if i take this seriously, i might go far. i didn't really believe it, but ijust use it as an excuse. i code at the time was like, we would be 400. i didn't really like 400 metres. the first race, 46, 45, 44, and my whole life changed. itjust 45, 44, and my whole life changed. it just went crazy from there. 45, 44, and my whole life changed. itjust went crazy from there. do it just went crazy from there. do ou it just went crazy from there. do you pinch yourself? go, is this
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real? — you pinch yourself? go, is this real? 0r— you pinch yourself? go, is this real? or does the training bring you straight _ real? or does the training bring you straight back down to earth? $00 straight back down to earth? 400 metres training _ straight back down to earth? 400 metres training is _ straight back down to earth? 41361 metres training is horrific. straight back down to earth? 422 metres training is horrific. the hardest event is obviously the 800 metres. i would hardest event is obviously the 800 metres. iwould hand hardest event is obviously the 800 metres. i would hand on heart say 800 metres is the hardest event. with the training, it is humbling. the training is worse than the race itself. when you underline —— when you are on the line unfit, you know you are on the line unfit, you know you will a good race and i have had a very good training lockout in florida, so i came here with a expectation of getting a medal and i delivered. i expectation of getting a medal and i delivered. ~ ., , . , ., delivered. i know it is early to think about _ delivered. i know it is early to think about the _ delivered. i know it is early to l think about the commonwealth delivered. i know it is early to - think about the commonwealth 's, but it does— think about the commonwealth 's, but it does next— think about the commonwealth 's, but it does next week. _ think about the commonwealth 's, but it does next week. you _ think about the commonwealth 's, but it does next week. you are _ think about the commonwealth 's, but it does next week. you are there - it does next week. you are there your— it does next week. you are there your up— it does next week. you are there your up the — it does next week. you are there your up the road. _ it does next week. you are there your up the road, a _ it does next week. you are there your up the road, a home - it does next week. you are therej your up the road, a home crowd. it does next week. you are there. your up the road, a home crowd. i look— your up the road, a home crowd. i look forward — your up the road, a home crowd. i look forward to _ your up the road, a home crowd. i look forward to shaking _ your up the road, a home crowd. i look forward to shaking your- your up the road, a home crowd. i look forward to shaking your hand | look forward to shaking your hand when _ look forward to shaking your hand when i _ look forward to shaking your hand when i see — look forward to shaking your hand when i see you _ look forward to shaking your hand when i see you hopefully. - look forward to shaking your hand when i see you hopefully.- look forward to shaking your hand when i see you hopefully. yeah, it will be great- _ when i see you hopefully. yeah, it will be great. like _ when i see you hopefully. yeah, it will be great. like i _ when i see you hopefully. yeah, it will be great. like i said, - when i see you hopefully. yeah, it will be great. like i said, since - when i see you hopefully. yeah, it will be great. like i said, since i. will be great. like i said, since i was 10 years old, i know the track
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like the back of my hand, every year, the track feels the same to me, but when i go here, it feels different. the running there. the plan is basically to come away with another medal, i have been talking about this for the whole year now, i want to come away with three medals from three championships. now that i have a medal, i will not rest on my laurels. i will use it as a springboard and keep going. regulations again. we cannot wait to see you _ regulations again. we cannot wait to see you in _ regulations again. we cannot wait to see you in action— regulations again. we cannot wait to see you in action over— regulations again. we cannot wait to see you in action over 2022. - regulations again. we cannot wait to see you in action over 2022. enjoy i see you in action over 2022. enjoy sleeping with _ see you in action over 2022. enjoy sleeping with the _ see you in action over 2022. enjoy sleeping with the medal! - see you in action over 2022. enjoy sleeping with the medal! keep - see you in action over 2022. enjoy sleeping with the medal! keep it. sleeping with the medal! keep it safe! _ sleeping with the medal! keep it safe! l— sleeping with the medal! keep it safe! ., , ., , ~ sleeping with the medal! keep it safe! ., , ,, . safe! i love stories like that. lovel . safe! i love stories like that. lovely. that _ safe! i love stories like that. lovely. that is _ safe! i love stories like that. lovely. that is what - safe! i love stories like that. lovely. that is what sport i safe! i love stories like that. lovely. that is what sport is| safe! i love stories like that. i lovely. that is what sport is all about — lovely. that is what sport is all about. ~ ., . . ., ,, about. we forget about the hard work that aoes about. we forget about the hard work that goes into — about. we forget about the hard work that goes into it. _ about. we forget about the hard work that goes into it. think _ about. we forget about the hard work that goes into it. think back - about. we forget about the hard work that goes into it. think back to - that goes into it. think back to 2014 and the _ that goes into it. think back to 2014 and the journey - that goes into it. think back to 2014 and the journey since. i that goes into it. think back to i 2014 and the journey since. then those _ 2014 and the journey since. then those bad — 2014 and the journey since. then those bad years _ 2014 and the journey since. then those bad years in— 2014 and the journey since. then those bad years in between. - 2014 and the journey since. then those bad years in between. hel those bad years in between. he nearly— those bad years in between. he nearly gave _ those bad years in between. he nearly gave up _ those bad years in between. he nearly gave up— those bad years in between. he nearly gave up. you will catch up with him at _ nearly gave up. you will catch up with him at the _ nearly gave up. you will catch up with him at the commonwealth. | here's a treat for fans
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of the lord of the rings. a new prequel to the epic drama has been made by amazon prime, and he sent this report. —— it was launched at comic con in san diego. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba was there, and he sent this report. today our days of peace begin. it has been billed as the most expensive tv series ever with a pricetag rumoured to be in excess of $1 billion. ,, . pricetag rumoured to be in excess of $1 billion._ add _ pricetag rumoured to be in excess of $1 billion._ add to _ pricetag rumoured to be in excess of $1 billion._ add to that - pricetag rumoured to be in excess of $1 billion._ add to that the | $1 billion. strange. add to that the expectation — $1 billion. strange. add to that the expectation of — $1 billion. strange. add to that the expectation of a _ $1 billion. strange. add to that the expectation of a group _ $1 billion. strange. add to that the expectation of a group of - $1 billion. strange. add to that the expectation of a group of fans - $1 billion. strange. add to that the expectation of a group of fans who j expectation of a group of fans who grew up watching director peter jackson pollock oscar—winning trilogy. so... can you get something more precious than this? trilogy. so. .. can you get something more precious than this?— more precious than this? yeah, that is a pressure. _ more precious than this? yeah, that is a pressure, but _ more precious than this? yeah, that is a pressure, but that _ more precious than this? yeah, that is a pressure, but that is _ more precious than this? yeah, that is a pressure, but that is also - is a pressure, but that is also really exciting. i am a lord of the rings fan, so i am with them and i are excited to see it, and with
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fantasy, i don't feel it really exists until it is out there. i feel like i am about to finally give birth to this. together, we can survive this!— survive this! has a timeless auali . survive this! has a timeless quality- the _ survive this! has a timeless quality. the cast _ survive this! has a timeless quality. the cast and - survive this! has a timeless quality. the cast and crew l survive this! has a timeless - quality. the cast and crew behind this new story that thousands of years before the events of the hobbit and the lord of the rings are hoping it will be equally appealing. it is universal. good versus evil and we can all sort of get behind that. i hope that it stands the test of time and people want to keep watching it, yeah, ifeel hopefully people have fun when they watch it. of course, comic con wouldn't be what it is without comics. earlier today, the equivalent of the premat
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side, kiana reeves took part in a huge event talking about his successful comic book series. i am finally close _ successful comic book series. i am finally close to _ successful comic book series. i am finally close to an _ successful comic book series. i am finally close to an answer. - successful comic book series. i am finally close to an answer. stories| finally close to an answer. stories about an immortal _ finally close to an answer. stories about an immortal battling - finally close to an answer. stories. about an immortal battling through the ages launched in 2021 and a tv series on netflix is already in the works. .. . . series on netflix is already in the works. . . ., . series on netflix is already in the works. ., . ., , works. special for all of us in the sense that _ works. special for all of us in the sense that it _ works. special for all of us in the sense that it was _ works. special for all of us in the sense that it was the _ works. special for all of us in the sense that it was the first - works. special for all of us in the sense that it was the first comic| sense that it was the first comic book to be, it was oriented towards cinema previously on television, so to be a part of that kind of history, and also, just to feel the audience and the appreciation and the passion for what we have been a part of creating, really special. word of mouth spreading from events like this can give any project a huge boost, that is what every tv series, comic book and movie here be hoping for. lizo mzimba, bbc news. bands of lord of the rings will be
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very excited about that. bending is taking a look at this morning wasn't weather. —— ben. nothing is fantastic of that but i have some variety for you this weekend. forsome have some variety for you this weekend. for some of us we will start off with sunshine. this was the scene for a weather watcher on the scene for a weather watcher on the coast stop there is rain in the forecast as well. at the same time, it will be warming up again in the south—east corner, but nothing as hot as it was early on in the week. this low pressure is dominating the scene and will drift across the north—west of the uk with frontal systems bringing outbreaks of rain. it pushes into the western side of scotland. a few splashes of rain elsewhere. there is a slice of sunshine as we have seen across north—east england into the midlands, east anglia, the south—east. sunshine will edge eased in the day, but we will hold onto some of that through the afternoon. north and west, more in the way of
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cloud, some rain at times but not all the time. quite breezy in places. temperatures ranging from 17 degrees in aberdeen to 26, maybe 27 degrees in aberdeen to 26, maybe 27 degrees across parts of eastern and south—eastern england. through this evening and tonight, further outbreaks of rain in places, heavy thundery rain across northern ireland and into north and west of scotland. down towards the south—east it does stay predominantly dryer in what a warm and muggy night, quite uncomfortable actually as humidity rises. 14 to 18 degrees. low pressure still with us, a fair few isobars, degrees. low pressure still with us, a fairfew isobars, fairfew degrees. low pressure still with us, a fair few isobars, fair few white lines on this chart so it will be quite breezy up there, but the breeze coming up on the south—west, drawing some warmer air in our direction, particularly across south—eastern password temperatures through the afternoon on sunday could reach 30 degrees. a frontal system will bring rain into the midlands, part of lincolnshire, and
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sunny spells and heavy showers for northern ireland and for scotland. those are the average wind speeds. gusts will be stronger than that, but with the wind direction coming up but with the wind direction coming up from the south—west, the air will be pretty warm, even hot in the south—east corner, but many of us will have a slightly warmer day than we have been used to over the last couple. sunday evening, we round out the weekend with further showers and rain at times, particular up towards the north—west. low pressure into the north—west. low pressure into the start of the new week, but as it it is eased, the change of wind direction, they start to come down from the north. that will bring a different feel to the weather. compared to the challenges we have just gone with these we are effecting for the start of the new week, it is certainly going to call and fresher than it has been, closer to where we should be for the time of year. some rain at times through the week of but not good news because many of us could do with some rain. it has been a very dry july some rain. it has been a very dry july so far. back
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much. we will stay with the weather theme now. we're back to more classic british weather today but earlier this week, the temperature rose above 40 degrees celsius — a uk first. with the climate warming up, nick miller looks at the issues and disruption caused by extreme heat. the uk is experiencing unprecedented heat, records have been broken, the highest level of weather warnings are out there. i'm nick miller from bbc weather and coming up with a host of experts we will be letting you know everything about extreme heat and how to stay safe in it.
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when it comes to extreme heat, there are lots of different weather warnings and i know sometimes it can be confusing. you will have heard about it health alerts and extreme heat warming from the met office. heat health alerts are really directed towards healthcare professionals to let them know periods of high temperatures are on the way and we have to focus on the needs of the people in their care so that they don't suffer in the heat. extreme heat warnings from the met
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office are directed at all of us to say look, this may impact your lives, cause some disruption, extreme heat and heat waves are on the way. they can be amber and, of course, the highest level which is read. and of extreme heat warnings from the met office only started in 2021 and that's because if you think about it, we want to heavy rain that causes flooding and one for winter storms that can bring severe disruption, i wouldn't we want for extreme heat because that can bring widespread travel disruption and, of course heat has serious impacts on people's health. it’s course heat has serious impacts on people's health-— people's health. it's very rare for us to receive _ people's health. it's very rare for us to receive a _ people's health. it's very rare for us to receive a red _ people's health. it's very rare for us to receive a red warning - people's health. it's very rare for us to receive a red warning at i us to receive a red warning at before any kind of weather. we are expecting unprecedentedly hot temperatures for the uk over a large area. and all our warnings are based on the impact that we expect to have on the impact that we expect to have on human health and property and infrastructure and when we put out a red, we expect danger to life and widespread infrastructure disruption, so we really do want people to take it seriously and take action. , . ., ,
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action. the predictions were spot-on- — action. the predictions were spot-on. this _ action. the predictions were spot-on. this has _ action. the predictions were spot-on. this has been - action. the predictions were spot-on. this has been the | action. the predictions were - spot-on. this has been the hottest spot—on. this has been the hottest day recorded in the uk. in coningsby in lincolnshire, the temperature hit 43 said _ in lincolnshire, the temperature hit 43 said degrees centigrade. in fact, 29 places— 43 said degrees centigrade. in fact, 29 places across england have broken the old _ 29 places across england have broken the old record which was 38.7 degrees _ the old record which was 38.7 degrees. scotland has experienced it hottest _ degrees. scotland has experienced it hottest day on record with the temperature reaching 34.8 c. in charter— temperature reaching 34.8 c. in charter hall and the scottish borders. and it's notjust daytime temperatures talking about. original figures _ temperatures talking about. original figures show last night was also the warmest— figures show last night was also the warmest on record, that was in emily moore _ warmest on record, that was in emily moore in _ warmest on record, that was in emily moore in west yorkshire where it reached — moore in west yorkshire where it reached 25.9 degrees integrate, it was overnight ——emley moor. even before _ was overnight ——emley moor. even before noon. — was overnight ——emley moor. even before noon, a new uk temperature record _ before noon, a new uk temperature record set. — before noon, a new uk temperature record set, 39.1 degrees in childhood, in surrey. at that did not last— childhood, in surrey. at that did not last long, it was broken about an hour— not last long, it was broken about an hour later at london heathrow where _ an hour later at london heathrow where 40 — an hour later at london heathrow where 40 point two degrees was recorded —— charlwood. later in the afternoon. — recorded —— charlwood. later in the afternoon, another record, coningsby
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in lincolnshire hit that 40 .3 degrees _ in lincolnshire hit that 40 .3 decrees. , , in lincolnshire hit that 40 .3 degrees-— in lincolnshire hit that 40 .3 decrees. , , , . degrees. so, why is the temperature of 43 celsius — degrees. so, why is the temperature of 43 celsius or _ degrees. so, why is the temperature of 43 celsius or above _ degrees. so, why is the temperature of 43 celsius or above so _ of 43 celsius or above so significant in the uk —— 40 degrees. some of us have been on holiday and experienced temperatures like that but then again, we are relaxing and can have a dip in the pool and go in the sea whereas in this country with temperatures that hi, many of us will be trying to get on a train to go to work, many of us will be working outside in heat like that. we're not prepared for temperatures like that in the uk. the infrastructure around us not prepared to cope with temperatures like that in the uk. abs, prepared to cope with temperatures like that in the uk. a, lot prepared to cope with temperatures like that in the uk.— like that in the uk. a lot of our homes and _ like that in the uk. a lot of our homes and a — like that in the uk. a lot of our homes and a lot _ like that in the uk. a lot of our homes and a lot of— like that in the uk. a lot of our homes and a lot of our- like that in the uk. a lot of our homes and a lot of our places | like that in the uk. a lot of our. homes and a lot of our places of work are far too hot inside so when it gets to these high temperatures and there's not many places for people to go for respite. we can forecast these things in advance we have some early warning, so i think what we need to do is really change that housing and sitting and the way
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that housing and sitting and the way that we're living —— cities and the way that we are living because it's often those types of things that go wrong is after we have the early warning, people don't know what to do or where to go and their houses are built wrongly or they are living on the top floor in a very unsuitable apartment for very high temperatures. so really thinking about going forward into the future, you know, how we are building in the future and when we are redeveloping somewhere, you know, what standards we are building two to making sure that railways don't buckle or people are not living on floodplains.- are not living on floodplains. above all of that, are not living on floodplains. above all of that. of _ are not living on floodplains. above all of that, of course, _ are not living on floodplains. above all of that, of course, there - are not living on floodplains. above all of that, of course, there is - are not living on floodplains. above all of that, of course, there is the l all of that, of course, there is the great concern about what 40 celsius means about our changing climate. decades ago, it is thought that number was not even possible in the uk and now, here we are and the future suggest it's going to happen more often with the widespread disruption, with the impacts on peoples health. but of course is down to climate change, but of course is done to greenhouse gas emissions and how we have changed the world around us. so emissions and how we have changed the world around us.— the world around us. so the course of this extreme _ the world around us. so the course of this extreme heatwave -
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the world around us. so the course of this extreme heatwave twofold. | of this extreme heatwave twofold. it's a combination of the chaotic natural variability of the weather and human induced climate change. so we are having the weather conditions that lead to heatwaves, bringing hot airfrom spain and portugal to that lead to heatwaves, bringing hot air from spain and portugal to the uk. but we also have been burning fossil fuels for over uk. but we also have been burning fossilfuels for over a uk. but we also have been burning fossil fuels for over a century. uk. but we also have been burning fossilfuels for over a century. we have 1.2 degrees of global warming which means hotter temperatures than we are used to having at the beginning of the industrial resolution and that means this heatwave is a lot hotter than it would have been without climate change —— industrial revolution. heat isn't just heat isn'tjust dangerous, it is deadly. during the 2003 heatwave in
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the uk, 2000 people died. heat is a main factor contributing factor to thousands of deaths worldwide every year. there are simple things we can do to stay safe during a heatwave. if you have to be outside during the hottest part of the day, be in the shade. drink plenty of water. and stop your home becoming a greenhouse after letting in the overnight cool air first thing after letting in the overnight cool airfirst thing in after letting in the overnight cool air first thing in the morning, close the curtains, close the windows. if you have your windows open during the day and it's hotter outside than it is inside, all you are doing is heating your house up even more. are doing is heating your house up even more-— are doing is heating your house up even more. got to look out for the vulnerable members of _ even more. got to look out for the vulnerable members of our - even more. got to look out for the l vulnerable members of our society, to make sure that they are ok, so if you have someone on your street or a relative or you know of someone that might actually not be able to get to the snow is there and the ice and you are thinking they are not going out. think of those people in the heat as well. e—mail will not have heeded the warnings to keep themselves well hydrated and ventilated. —— they may well not
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have. ventilated. -- they may well not have, ., ., ventilated. -- they may well not have. ., ., have. so how do we measure record hiuh have. so how do we measure record high temperatures? _ have. so how do we measure record high temperatures? around - have. so how do we measure record high temperatures? around the - have. so how do we measure record high temperatures? around the uk, j high temperatures? around the uk, there is a network of official weather recording stations where they are set up to be as accurate as possible. and the most important thing about the thermometers in them is that they are not, where i'm standing right now. in the sun. the thermometer should in fact be located right here in the shade. because you want to measure the temperature of the air, not the effect of the sun's heat on the thermometer. you know if you put a thermometer. you know if you put a thermometer in your back garden in thermometer in your back garden in the sun it is going to give you a much higher reading than compared with the current temperature on your weather up for example. all these damages are gathered together for those official weather stations, the met office looks at them, compares them with in some cases hundreds of years of data to decide if there is a new weather record. we need to
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show most care when it is hot during a heatwave but it is not you and i had decided is a heatwave, there is more to it than that someone's head into the bbc�*s whether studios to find out more. ——so let's head into. let's define a heatwave, let's find out what that actually means and that means different things in different parts of the uk. it's at least three days with the temperature above a certain threshold and that threshold differs by county. look at this map from the met office which shows the different thresholds. the white areas for example all of scotland and northern ireland, much of wales, but is 25 celsius so at least three days with the temperature at or above that and it's a heatwave. the threshold rises to the darker red around the london area, that's 28 celsius and of course other south east england are more accustomed to higher temperatures than elsewhere. and how do we get hot weather into the uk in
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summer? it's a familiar weather pattern, we draw up high temperatures from africa, from iberia on the southerly wind into the uk. there's nothing unusual about that. of course it gets hot at times the summer. what's unnatural is how much higher those temperatures are compared with many decades ago because of climate change. the costs of greenhouse gas emissions. 50 change. the costs of greenhouse gas emissions. . . , , . emissions. so we certainly expect in a warmin: emissions. so we certainly expect in a warming climate _ emissions. so we certainly expect in a warming climate to _ emissions. so we certainly expect in a warming climate to see _ emissions. so we certainly expect in a warming climate to see more - emissions. so we certainly expect in a warming climate to see more and | a warming climate to see more and more intense heatwaves, 40 degrees is an exceptionally rare temperature. we think it should be one in 100 to one in 300 year event in a non—descript climate. we predict that could be one in 15 years or even more frequent than that by 2100. and it depends on the emissions path that we choose as a species and how quickly we reduce towards net zero.—
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species and how quickly we reduce towards net zero. extreme heat can have significant _ towards net zero. extreme heat can have significant impacts _ towards net zero. extreme heat can have significant impacts on - towards net zero. extreme heat can have significant impacts on our - have significant impacts on our bodies, both physiologically and mentally. especially the longer the extreme heat goes on for, those very high temperatures during the day and warm nights making it tough for sleeping. the two combined just raise heat stress, even if you think you're a perfectly healthy person. i am concerned about it and i would encourage people to heed the warnings throughout their stock we have that balance where we might not see very much good weather and we want to enjoy it but we are talking about temperatures that we have not experienced in this country ever. never mind for a long time. our bodies, our houses, our culture, our way of life is not geared up for it. look at some of our continental and neighbours who are used to this type of heat and we laugh about people having a siesta in the afternoon. they are doing it for their health and we need to think about how we change our lifestyle to be able to accommodate that and look after people. simple things like keeping your curtains closed on the sunny
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side of the house. it can make a big difference but it is not within our culture to do it because we have never needed to do it. high temperatures _ never needed to do it. high temperatures can _ never needed to do it. high temperatures can be - never needed to do it. high temperatures can be very l never needed to do it. high temperatures can be very harmful, particularly — temperatures can be very harmful, particularly for those who are most vulnerable. — particularly for those who are most vulnerable, and those people are people _ vulnerable, and those people are people who are in the old age groups or people _ people who are in the old age groups or people with long—term health conditions such as heart and lung problems~ — conditions such as heart and lung problems. what's really important is that they— problems. what's really important is that they are aware of the advice, the simple — that they are aware of the advice, the simple measures that they can take to _ the simple measures that they can take to remain safe, including drinking — take to remain safe, including drinking plenty of fluids, staying cool. _ drinking plenty of fluids, staying cool, they may want to check that they are _ cool, they may want to check that they are storing their medicines safely. — they are storing their medicines safely, but also for all of us, we should _ safely, but also for all of us, we should go— safely, but also for all of us, we should go check on those people who are most— should go check on those people who are most vulnerable and make sure that they _ are most vulnerable and make sure that they are ok. if are most vulnerable and make sure that they are ok.— that they are ok. it can be really touch to that they are ok. it can be really tough to sleep — that they are ok. it can be really tough to sleep during _ that they are ok. it can be really tough to sleep during a - that they are ok. it can be really|
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tough to sleep during a heatwave because the house just get warmer and warmer and because the house just get warmer and warmerand in because the house just get warmer and warmer and in fact when temperatures overnight don't drop low 20 celsius, that's what's called a tropical night and they are happening more and more often in the uk. of course the key is to try to stop house from heating up as much as possible during the day and then when it does call down a bit overnight opening as many windows as it's possible to do and stay safe and let the cool in.— and let the cool in. keep your bedroom _ and let the cool in. keep your bedroom cool— and let the cool in. keep your bedroom cool in _ and let the cool in. keep your bedroom cool in the - and let the cool in. keep your bedroom cool in the first - and let the cool in. keep your| bedroom cool in the first place and let the cool in. keep your - bedroom cool in the first place and don't let it warm up, keep your curtains and windows closed during the daytime to keep the bedroom it's of cool, open up the windows in the evening when the air has got cooler outside to air in. also keep yourself cool so don't eat anything too hot, heavy or spicy, near to bedtime. don't do any exercise near to bedtime and you can always have a cool shower before you get into bed to help yourself be cooler. use a fan in your bedroom to move the air around which will help you to feel better and you can even play safe frozen water bottle in front of the
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fan to blow cooler air around the room. also if it gets to unbearably hot, and consider sleeping in a lower place, as in if you are sleeping on a bunk bed, sleep on the floor. if you are sleeping in a bedroom then moved downstairs because heat rises so if you sleep downstairs, it's going to be cooler downstairs, it's going to be cooler downstairs than in the bedroom upstairs. and lastly, make sure that you are sleeping in good sheets, so a light sheet instead of a duvet, actual or the bedding itself is of natural fibres because they help to wick away sweat —soaked natural linen, cotton is much better than polyester for example. —— also a natural linen. i don't think it's just me i don't think it'sjust me but aren't we are getting more and more fascinated by the weather all the time? perhaps it's something to do with those weather extremes, although i'm sure it's a large part down to how much we are concerned about climate change and its impact on the conditions around us. of
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course, you can keep up to date on the weather all the time through bbc weather, through the app, online, the tv and radio forecast and of course they will let you know about the latest weather warnings, extreme heat or otherwise and when any weather records are broken. for now though, that's enough time for me in the sun. i'm off to find some shade and a nice cool drink! good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines.
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the authorities in dover have declared a major incident as long queues continue to form for a second day, with warnings that the travel disruption could be even worse than yesterday. those queues are growing all the time. it is taking several hours for people to get through passport control. we will be asking if this is the new norm for people wanting to get away on their summer holidays. wheat prices have fallen after russia and ukraine agree to resume exporting grain, easing the threat of a global food crisis. a man who killed his wife in what he says was an 'act of love' is calling for a change in the law to allow assisted dying. i don't want other people to go through what we have had to do and changing the law is the only way that that can stop things like we had to do. an emotional 4th medalfor great britain, at the world athletics,
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championships. matt hudson—smith puts years of injury and mental health issues behind him, to win bronze, in the 400 metres with a gutsy run, in oregon. he's run a marathon in space — and now tim peake's passion for things out of this world are landing back on earth with festival goers. good morning. warming up across the south—east is weak but nothing like earlier in the week. some rain at times and brisk winds as well, more details from me throughout the morning. it's saturday the 23rd ofjuly. our top story. authorities in kent have declared a major incident in dover as long trafficjams build up for the second day running. there are currently 3,000 lorries parked on the m20 and lengthy delays within the port of dover itself, as thousands of people try to head abroad.
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we also hear from we also hearfrom motorists we also hear from motorists who are stuck in gridlock traffic at folkestone as they try to access the eurotunnel. folkestone as they try to access the eurotunnel. simonjones reports. a busy night at the port of dover, following a day of huge disruption. and the warning is, be prepared for more this weekend. on friday, the queue stretched for miles. people wanting to get away for the start of the school holidays instead spending hours going nowhere. after over seven hours for a journey that should have taken really no more than one hour we have finally made it to the port of dover. we haven't had no breakfast or nothing. you know, we were going to have breakfast on the ferry so it's going to be a long day. it appears to be another hour before we are on the ferry, so things - are a little bit difficult. the port declared a critical incident, accusing the french authorities of failing to send over enough border officers to carry out passport checks in dover. the anger shared by local politicians. we do need to blame the french. i know may be that did not come
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across in that press conference that we sent out but the french border officers have not been doing their work properly. the french hit back, saying some of the officers had been delayed getting to the uk because of problems at the channel tunnel. eurotunnel said that was categorically not the cause of the chaos at dover. by last night, the french embassy insisted their border checks were operating at full capacity. but the calais mp says new rules introduced after brexit, meaning passports have to be stamped, are also adding to the problems. what's gone wrong is we have to go with new checks because of brexit. after all the acrimony, britain and france now say they will work closely to minimise further disruption. and there was relief for those who finally managed to make it across the channel. so we were booked onto the midday ferry but we actually crossed at 2pm and we have just got to france atjust before 6pm in the evening, french time. it's been a long day.
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but a new influx of holiday—makers is heading for the port this morning and there is still yesterday's backlog to shift. today will be another challenging day. simonjones, bbc news, dover. we can speak to simon in dover now. good morning. we see movements, but the picture is grim, this declaration of a major incident, talk is through the realities. there is movement _ talk is through the realities. there is movement but _ talk is through the realities. there is movement but it _ talk is through the realities. there is movement but it is _ talk is through the realities. there is movement but it is very - talk is through the realities. there is movement but it is very busy i talk is through the realities. there is movement but it is very busy at| is movement but it is very busy at the port and long queues already. yesterday the port bosses declared a critical incident stating they were struggling to cope. we heard from the kent resilience forum this morning that a major incident has been declared in kent because of the traffic situation. does notjust here at the port, they're also issues with people getting to
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eurotunnel, 3000 lorries are waiting on the m21 park top. this will mean those local authorities will come together to discuss how to deal with the situation. let me show you the latest picture, you can see tourist traffic arriving in numbers. they are facing a weight of two hours to get through french passport control which is better than yesterday. we are told the booths are fully staffed by the french authorities. let us talk to simon calder. we have been here before with travel disruption, sometimes the weather, sometimes strike action, how does this compare? this sometimes strike action, how does this compare?— sometimes strike action, how does this compare? this is extraordinary. brexit took effect _ this compare? this is extraordinary. brexit took effect last _ this compare? this is extraordinary. brexit took effect last year - this compare? this is extraordinary. brexit took effect last year but - this compare? this is extraordinary. brexit took effect last year but it - brexit took effect last year but it is only— brexit took effect last year but it is only this weekend we are seeing the really— is only this weekend we are seeing the really significant problems and that is— the really significant problems and that is fairly predictable because this time —
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that is fairly predictable because this time last year amber plus had 'ust this time last year amber plus had just been— this time last year amber plus had just been brought in so hundreds of thousands— just been brought in so hundreds of thousands of people who had planned to travel— thousands of people who had planned to travel to _ thousands of people who had planned to travel to france for their holidays _ to travel to france for their holidays simply cancelled rather than spending ten days and self isolation — than spending ten days and self isolation when it came back. over christmas — isolation when it came back. over christmas and new year when you expect— christmas and new year when you expect a _ christmas and new year when you expect a surge going to the french alps in— expect a surge going to the french alps in paris, that did not happen because _ alps in paris, that did not happen because the french band as because of omicron — because the french band as because of omicron. it was always going to be this— of omicron. it was always going to be this peak weekend when schools break— be this peak weekend when schools break up _ be this peak weekend when schools break up that we would see how things— break up that we would see how things work. clearly on friday morning _ things work. clearly on friday morning it got off to a very terrible _ morning it got off to a very terrible start. out to the end there where _ terrible start. out to the end there where you — terrible start. out to the end there where you have all the border check places. _ where you have all the border check places, they are fully staffed. in the olden — places, they are fully staffed. in the olden days when i turned up, i 'ust the olden days when i turned up, i just waved — the olden days when i turned up, i just waved my passport and was waved through _ just waved my passport and was waved through if— just waved my passport and was waved through. if it was really busy, they 'ust through. if it was really busy, they just waived — through. if it was really busy, they just waived all the cars through but they cannot do that any more because
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this is— they cannot do that any more because this is a _ they cannot do that any more because this is a frontier of the european union _ this is a frontier of the european union so — this is a frontier of the european union so every french border official— union so every french border official has to say, we have to check — official has to say, we have to check your— official has to say, we have to check your passport. theoretically they have — check your passport. theoretically they have to check you have not stayed — they have to check you have not stayed more than 90 days or under needy— stayed more than 90 days or under needy days — stayed more than 90 days or under needy days and you have a return ticket _ needy days and you have a return ticket by — needy days and you have a return ticket by the very least they have to stamp — ticket by the very least they have to stamp your passport. regarding timing. _ to stamp your passport. regarding timing, they have timed that at 45 seconds _ timing, they have timed that at 45 seconds if— timing, they have timed that at 45 seconds if you have a family of four. _ seconds if you have a family of four. that _ seconds if you have a family of four, that is a minute and a half so gueues _ four, that is a minute and a half so queues are — four, that is a minute and a half so queues are going to build up because you have _ queues are going to build up because you have not got the space here at dover _ you have not got the space here at dover to _ you have not got the space here at dover to get through all those checks. . ., checks. that timing made a huge difference because _ checks. that timing made a huge difference because just _ checks. that timing made a huge difference because just a - checks. that timing made a huge difference because just a few- difference because just a few seconds delay means queues can build up. given you need these extra passport checks, is a new norm for people going away in the summer? this weekend was always going to be the absolute peak. ideas they buy
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next week things will have cam down see a repeat of these scenes from yesterday. people will also react so they might think, i will not go to dover, i will go to new haven or plymouth and sail across to france from there. they might even decide to try the airports out so it will be dissipated but things are quite tough now. when they bring in the entry exit system to the uk, then people will have to be fingerprinted and have their photographs checked and have their photographs checked and that is really going to slow things down. still no solution for what might happen then.- things down. still no solution for what might happen then. there is a lot of concern _ what might happen then. there is a lot of concern in _ what might happen then. there is a lot of concern in this _ what might happen then. there is a lot of concern in this area _ what might happen then. there is a lot of concern in this area about - lot of concern in this area about what happens when that is introduced. there has been a lot of finger pointing, britain blaming france, eurotunnel saying it is nothing to do with them but
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travellers just want to get away. sure. i just travellers just want to get away. sure. ijust booked a family came down from birmingham. they started at one o'clock in the morning and are trying to get to andorra. they just got here because they need to make it out on holiday and we will sit here until we get on holiday. they have been waiting an hour so hopefully they might even be on ship by now. the ferry companies are saying they are doing the best and forget what time your ticket is, a synergy get through we will put you on the next ferry.— on the next ferry. thank you for 'oinin: on the next ferry. thank you for joining us- _ on the next ferry. thank you for joining us- it — on the next ferry. thank you for joining us. it is _ on the next ferry. thank you for joining us. it is frustrating - on the next ferry. thank you for joining us. it is frustrating for l joining us. it is frustrating for the ferry companies because the ferries are running normally but the people cannot get on the face because they're spending so long on the queues here. as we have been hearing from eurotunnel, they say services are running as normal. you can get on a train quickly once you get to the terminal but people are
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struggling to get to the terminal in the first place. that means local roads are becoming clogged with people looking for short cuts. parts of the m20 has become a lorry park. the situation here this morning could be described as grim. thank ou so could be described as grim. thank you so much _ could be described as grim. thank you so much for— could be described as grim. thank you so much for that. _ could be described as grim. thank you so much for that. just - could be described as grim. thank you so much for that. just after. you so much for that. just after nine o'clock we will talk to the port of dover chief executive to try and find out what they are planning on doing in terms of coping with the scale of the problem this morning. ukraine and russia have signed a deal that allows kyiv to resume its exports of grain through the black sea. the agreement — which was brokered by the united nations and turkey — is set to last 120 days. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams joins us now from kyiv. paul, both sides have signed up to this deal but can they make it work in reality?
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i think it will take a little while because this is a situation that has been a complete deadlock for nearly five months. you have ukrainian foreign minister hold—up in the ports of odesa in the immediate surrounding area. they need to be removed and other shipping needs to come in and pick up the grain. ukrainian officials are optimistic, they say their infrastructure is there and there is no significant damage to the ports involved so things can proceed but you will see a certain reluctance on the part of shipping companies. they want to know this will be safe and their ships will not run into mines, that the ukrainian pilots know what they are doing so it will take a bit of reassures before you see significant shipping making thejourney reassures before you see significant shipping making the journey to edessa to pick up the you —— pick up
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the grain. $1 billion of monthly revenue and the opportunity to keep the economy and the war effort going. the economy and the war effort anoin. . ~ the economy and the war effort ttoin_ ., , . the two remaining candidates in the race to become the uk's next prime minister — rishi sunak and liz truss — face a weekend of campaigning to win over conservative voters. our political correspondent matt cole joins us now. good morning. they are talking to all of us but only trying to appeal to a relatively small number of conservative membership voters. that is riaht, conservative membership voters. “i“isglt is right, charlie. we have had the selection process to get us to two candidates, dealt with by conservative mps. they have given rishi sunak and liz truss the opportunity to go to the electorate because it is only the hundred and
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60,000 conservative party members who get to say in this. they have got the summer to have a long hard look at these candidates. there will be 12 separate hustings sessions around the country, the first in leeds on sunday. they will hear from both candidates. to see whether they prefer one over the other. of course the ballot papers go out in the next few days. so this weekend, very crucial really, we have rishi sunak in grantham today, the old stomping ground of margaret thatcher. liz truss in kent. both trying to sell their message. if they cannot get their message. if they cannot get the people on side now, they may lose them completely if they vote this weekend. that whole summer of campaigning could be for nothing. it is a crucial weekend for them to get the messages across for those who do have a vote.
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the messages across for those who do have a vote-— a strike by 40,000 rail workers will go ahead on wednesday — after the sides failed to reach an agreement. the rmt union confirmed the walkout will go ahead — it's over pay, working conditions and job security. knock—on effects are expected on thursday, and a separate walkout by train drivers is scheduled for next saturday. further strikes are expected in august. a nursing union is to ballot members on possible industrial action after most nhs workers in wales were offered a below—inflation pay rise. the royal college of nursing in wales says the pay offer would "do nothing" to fill vacancies or inspire young people to become nurses. doctors, consultants, gps and nurses in wales are being offered a pay rise between 4 and 5.5 per cent. it isa it is a quarter past week —— quarter past eight. here's ben with a look at this morning's weather. will the cows be happy? they are not
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lying down which i believe they are meant to do when it rains. actually the cows are standing up, despite a little bit of rain in county antrim. northern ireland is one of the places where we start the day on a 5°99y places where we start the day on a soggy note. some rain at times, quite breezy but warmer in the south—east, not as hot as earlier this week but temperatures could climb to 30 degrees. low pressure dominates, pushing in from the west, bringing outbreaks of rain across northern ireland. rain putting into the west of scotland. some for north—west england and north wales. the odd splash of rain in the south—west of england as well. further east, a of sunshine, retreating eastwards during the day. east anglia likely to hang on to some of it. brightness in north—east scotland where there will not be a lot of rain. top temperatures, many
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of usjust a lot of rain. top temperatures, many of us just a bit warmer than yesterday, 18 for glasgow, 22 in belfast, 26 in the south—east. some heavy, thundery rain across northern ireland and north—west scotland. a weather front brings a band of cloud and showery rain across wales. it will be a warm and humid night, 14-18 but will be a warm and humid night, 14—18 but ourarea will be a warm and humid night, 14—18 but our area of low pressure still firmly in charge as we head into tomorrow. we will see this frontal system wriggling around england and wales bringing rain and showers to the north—west. into the south—east, tapping into warm air. where we see sunshine, temperatures could climb to 30 degrees. the weather front continues to bring rain across the south—west of england, wales and northern england. sunshine and showers for northern ireland and scotland. a windy day with the wind coming from the
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south—west, bringing warm air. 24th of aberdeen and newcastle, 13— 08. sunday evening further showers, not much rain in the south—east where we needed. low pressure still with us at the start of the week. pressure building from the west, a lot of dry weather through the week ahead. we start the week with northerly winds bringing a killer start to the coming week. temperatures much closer to where they should be. —— are cooler start. temperatures lower in places. some rain but probably not enough after a dry month so far, there will also be some spells of sunshine so a mixed story. nothing is hot as earlier in the week which is hot as earlier in the week which is probably very good news for many. back to you. thank you. 18 minutes
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past eight. 18 minutes past eight. a man cleared of murder after killing his terminally ill wife in a failed suicide pact has called for a change in the law. this week, a jury found graham mansfield guilty of the manslaughter of his wife dyanne at their home in hale, greater manchester, last year. abbiejones has been to speak with him. my world is gone. she was wonderful. we used to cuddle one another every night and in bed we would say kiss, good night, see you in the morning. love you. that is how we were. graham and his wife dyanne were married for 40 years butjust weeks after their ruby wedding anniversary, she was diagnosed with lung cancer. they made a pact that if things got too bad, graham would kill her but only if he also took his own life. we were trying to die for different reasons. dyanne because of the cancer and all the horrible things that went with it and me because i
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couldn't live without dyanne. but graham survived. he called the police and confessed, begging to be left to die. he was arrested and later charged with dyanne's murder. instead the jury returned a unanimous verdict of manslaughter. back home, he said the law has to change. i don't want other people to go through what we have had to do. suicide isn't against the law but the problem is, when you are the person with the terminal illness and you want to leave this planet because you can't stand it any more, you can't. unless somebody does it for you, basically. couldn't thatjust be a really dangerous way of opening the doors to allow somebody to harm or kill somebody that actually doesn't want that? if you can get a couple of doctors to say yes, they are of sound mind. you can get the police to do a quick investigation with family
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and friends to say that is genuine. and if that all adds up, why can't you have an injection? why should you be made to suffer until your very last breath? i would have much preferred to have dyanne dying, me holding her hand, maybe lying in bed upstairs. a peaceful end, not a violent end. police found several notes after dyanne died detailing the couple's pact but none signed by dyanne or bearing her fiingerprints. you didn't record a video to show that this was what dyanne wanted. no, because we didn't need anybody's permission. we don't feel we had to go to those lengths. it never crossed our minds to say, just in case one of us survives, we were going to die. that's all we were doing and we never thought that we would be breaking the law as such. do you regret anything about it? i regret having to do it.
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i regret having to kill dyanne, the most important love, i loved her so much. i cannot regret killing dyanne to stop her suffering. graham was given a two—year prison sentence suspended for two years. he said the hardest part was the way dyanne felt she had and being without her. i feel the same every day and that is, despite all the help i get from family and friends, i'm lonely. she's not here. the house is quiet. we don't laugh. it is too much to bear at times. abbie jones, bbc news. nazir afzal is a former chief crown prosecutor for north west england. hejoins us now. this is such of a difficult subject for people, thejudge this is such of a difficult subject for people, the judge called this is such of a difficult subject for people, thejudge called it this is such of a difficult subject for people, the judge called it an act of love. when you look at the suspended sentence for manslaughter, there are obviously sympathies in there are obviously sympathies in the system for people in the
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situation even though when it comes to the law, and the evidence, it is against the law at the moment, what are your views? adds against the law at the moment, what are your views?— are your views? as you said, the --rincile are your views? as you said, the principle is _ are your views? as you said, the principle is if _ are your views? as you said, the principle is if you _ are your views? as you said, the principle is if you kill _ are your views? as you said, the principle is if you kill someone i principle is if you kill someone you're guilty of murder or manslaughter. that is the basic starting point. however, our law allows for a suicide pact where two individuals agree they will take each other�*s lives. mitigating factors, ratherthan each other�*s lives. mitigating factors, rather than murder it becomes manslaughter and that is what happened here. judy were persuaded there was a suicide pact in place. he tried to kill himself and failed to do so. as a result, they took sympathy but at the same time they applied the law. the law says if you're part of a suicide pact and for whatever reason you failed to take your life, the appropriate charge and conviction should be manslaughter. there are
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arguments about whether there should be a defence of assisted suicide point blank has been going on for a long time. their arguments both sights. one suggestion is that daughter —— doctors are meant to do no harm, they should be responsible for losing a life. elderly people, another argument is you should be able to consider it. additionally there is palliative care available. there is the principal thing that you should not allow it. in favourite, and in 50 million people worldwide live in countries when it is permissible. you can go to switzerland for example and lose your life that way. there are end—of—life approaches taken by doctors and is country anyway. palliative care does not necessarily deal with all the pain someone has to go through. the arguments are
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quite balanced. in all cases, the defence has to prove a suicide pact. he was able to do so on the evidence presented in the trial. however, there are occasions where the individual claims there is a suicide pact and that isn't really. so it is difficult to prove which is why the law says let the court decide. we present all the efforts and and let the court decide. we present the evidence. there is guidance which tells prosecutors to be more sensitive in their thinking and to look for evidence of a suicide pact, do not assume there is one. and potentially not prosecute at all where you feel it would be inappropriate to do so but more often than not, the tendency is still to place it before a jury to let them and the judge decided.
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looking at the comments of the solicitor after the case.- looking at the comments of the solicitor after the case. graham is leased solicitor after the case. graham is pleased the _ solicitor after the case. graham is pleased the ordeal _ solicitor after the case. graham is pleased the ordeal is _ solicitor after the case. graham is pleased the ordeal is over- solicitor after the case. graham is pleased the ordeal is over and - solicitor after the case. graham is pleased the ordeal is over and in l pleased the ordeal is over and in the future he probably would not have been. is there an allusion to the guidance you talk about coming down through the system? absolutely. there is plenty — down through the system? absolutely. there is plenty of _ down through the system? absolutely. there is plenty of evidence _ down through the system? absolutely. there is plenty of evidence at - down through the system? absolutely. there is plenty of evidence at the - there is plenty of evidence at the scene and other communications that said it was a suicide pact, why bother taking this to a court at all? ., , ., . bother taking this to a court at all? .. ., . . ., ., all? so has the guidance change from when this happened? _ all? so has the guidance change from when this happened? yes, _ all? so has the guidance change from when this happened? yes, earlier- when this happened? yes, earlier this ear. when this happened? yes, earlier this year- so _ when this happened? yes, earlier this year. so rather _ when this happened? yes, earlier this year. so rather than - when this happened? yes, earlier this year. so rather than thinking | this year. so rather than thinking the default position is taking to court, there will be occasions when you should not. prosecutors are encouraged to look for that evidence and not proceed. you encouraged to look for that evidence and not proceed.— encouraged to look for that evidence and not proceed. you mentioned other countries dealing _ and not proceed. you mentioned other countries dealing with _ and not proceed. you mentioned other countries dealing with this _ countries dealing with this differently. is there an example of
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a country that has a system that you think might be, i don't what the phrases, acceptable auto rubble here? ., . . phrases, acceptable auto rubble here? ,, ,, . ., here? the swiss in particular, dinnitas here? the swiss in particular, dignitas is — here? the swiss in particular, dignitas is the _ here? the swiss in particular, dignitas is the organisation. l here? the swiss in particular, l dignitas is the organisation. -- dignitas is the organisation. —— acceptable auto rubble here. there should be no pressure on people. they would be permitted to take their lives. there is a process which they follow. interestingly in this case, which they follow. interestingly in this case. he _ which they follow. interestingly in this case, he has _ which they follow. interestingly in this case, he has said _ which they follow. interestingly in this case, he has said if _ which they follow. interestingly in this case, he has said if i - which they follow. interestingly in this case, he has said if i did - which they follow. interestingly in this case, he has said if i did a - this case, he has said if i did a guide to our suicide pact, i would make a video because the problem was the suicide forms had not been signed. i the suicide forms had not been sinned. . ., , , , ., signed. i am not suggesting this to an one b signed. i am not suggesting this to anyone by the _ signed. i am not suggesting this to anyone by the way _ signed. i am not suggesting this to anyone by the way that _ signed. i am not suggesting this to anyone by the way that evidence i signed. i am not suggesting this to j
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anyone by the way that evidence to show voluntary, that this person is volunteered for the suicide pact, including this day —— these days phones and evidence. it doesn't automatically make it all right. you can be coerced. nonetheless, the more evidence there is that this was agreed and the other person try to take the life and failed to do so. can i point out, your initial response referenced this, some people say the very real risk of a few like, putting out guidelines about how you could somehow avert the law, that in itself is very dangerous. that is the argument for people saying keep it as it is. yes. we know there _ people saying keep it as it is. yes. we know there is _ people saying keep it as it is. yes. we know there is a _ people saying keep it as it is. yes. we know there is a lot _ people saying keep it as it is. yes. we know there is a lot of - people saying keep it as it is. iezs we know there is a lot of coercive behaviour in relationships and if one powerful individual is controlling another, they might make them do things or see things which
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would ultimately perhaps lay them down this route. the voluntary nature, making sure somebody has totally agreed to this is the key. if you are going down the chute. there is a balance. i do not imagine this government will change the law. —— down this route. there is a view from people that parliament needs to look at this. just from people that parliament needs to look at this. . . . , look at this. just briefly, the olice look at this. just briefly, the police officers _ look at this. just briefly, the police officers who - look at this. just briefly, the police officers who arrested | look at this. just briefly, the - police officers who arrested him were so kind to him so there seems to be a change in the approach of the police. to be a change in the approach of the police-— the police. again, on the facts of this case. _ the police. again, on the facts of this case. the — the police. again, on the facts of this case, the officers _ the police. again, on the facts of this case, the officers knew - the police. again, on the facts of this case, the officers knew what happened. you try to take his own life. there was ample evidence of a suicide pact and they showed as much sensitivity and empathy as you would expect rather than treat him as a criminal like others might have done in the past. criminal like others might have done in the ast. ., ~ criminal like others might have done in the ast. . ,, i. criminal like others might have done in the ast. ., ~' ,., criminal like others might have done in the ast. ., ~' . in the past. thank you so much. it is 'ust
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in the past. thank you so much. it isiust coming _ in the past. thank you so much. it isiust coming up _ in the past. thank you so much. it isjust coming up to _ in the past. thank you so much. it isjust coming up to half _ in the past. thank you so much. it isjust coming up to half past - is just coming up to half past eight, we will be back shortly with the sport. welcome back. it's been a great couple of weeks for space discovery — as nasa has been releasing some extraordinary images from its james webb telescope. we've gotjust the man to talk to about this — the british astronaut tim peake, who's joining us from the bluedot festival in cheshire, where he'll be speaking this weekend.
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tim, a very good morning to you. good morning. thanks for having me on the show. if good morning. thanks for having me on the show— on the show. if people haven't heard ofthe on the show. if people haven't heard of the bluedot _ on the show. if people haven't heard of the bluedot festival, _ on the show. if people haven't heard of the bluedot festival, what - on the show. if people haven't heard of the bluedot festival, what are - of the bluedot festival, what are you going to be doing? yes. of the bluedot festival, what are you going to be doing?— of the bluedot festival, what are you going to be doing? yes, it is an amazin: you going to be doing? yes, it is an amazing festival. _ you going to be doing? yes, it is an amazing festival. the _ you going to be doing? yes, it is an amazing festival. the entire - amazing festival. the entire festival is set with this incredible backdrop of the telescope looming over us, listening out into space. there is also what's going on, it is art, science, culture. there is a choir singing this morning, there are shows going on the kids. i'm going to be talking this afternoon about space flight and my mission but also where we are going in the future. 50 but also where we are going in the future. . but also where we are going in the future. , ., ,, , future. so there is masses here. now, we mentioned _ future. so there is masses here. now, we mentionedjust- future. so there is masses here. now, we mentioned just about l future. so there is masses here. - now, we mentioned just about these discoveries with the james webb telescope. now, we always come to you in these situations to explain to us who have not been into space the significance of what they're able to and do.— able to and do. well, the significance _ able to and do. well, the significance is _ able to and do. well, the significance is it - able to and do. well, the significance is it is - able to and do. well, the significance is it is our i significance is it is our understanding of the universe and
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therefore our understanding of our place in the universe. so when we look out to space we are looking into the past. and the better our telescopes means the further back into the universe that we can look and the more we can learn. 95% of the universe we still don't really understand, we call it dark matter and dark energy. so things like the james webb space telescope can really unlock the secrets of the universe and they can literally expand our horizons. we can see further back into space and we can learn more about where we came from. tim, good morning. you said you were giving a talk later. how exciting have you made this talk? does it involve movement? have you prepped yourself well to keep everyone entertained and engaged? yes. yourself well to keep everyone entertained and engaged? yes, of course. entertained and engaged? yes, of course- there _ entertained and engaged? yes, of course. there is _ entertained and engaged? yes, of course. there is a _ entertained and engaged? yes, of course. there is a big _ entertained and engaged? yes, of course. there is a big family i course. there is a big family audience here, so lots of kids desperate to learn about science, about space, about what we're doing and why we are doing it. so, yeah,
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plenty of exciting audiovisual there and plenty of talk about the future and plenty of talk about the future and where going in space flight. and we are going back to the moon and that's what rate is really exciting in just a few months' time, in september hopefully we will see the first un—crude mission. that will be followed next year by the first —— crewed mission. followed next year by the first -- crewed mission.— followed next year by the first -- crewed mission. they won't be able to be as exciting _ crewed mission. they won't be able to be as exciting today _ crewed mission. they won't be able to be as exciting today because i crewed mission. they won't be able to be as exciting today because you i to be as exciting today because you have got gravity working against you, in the science lessons, so what demonstrations we have?— demonstrations we have? yeah, i know, it demonstrations we have? yeah, i know. it is _ demonstrations we have? yeah, i know, it is such _ demonstrations we have? yeah, i know, it is such a _ demonstrations we have? yeah, i know, it is such a shame - demonstrations we have? yeah, i know, it is such a shame because| demonstrations we have? yeah, i | know, it is such a shame because i remember that cosmic classroom from space. it was absolutely wonderful and without that of course you just have to work a bit harder. but i have to work a bit harder. but i have got lots of really exciting video and of course lots of things to say about why we go to space and the fact that up in weightlessness is why we can do all this brilliant science and we can learn a lot more
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about our own bodies, our own health and how we can look after people as they get older. because effectively when we go to space our bodies go through a rapid ageing process, so we're going to learn a lot more about how we age and therefore help our ageing population. tim. about how we age and therefore help our ageing population.— our ageing population. tim, you mention the _ our ageing population. tim, you mention the two _ our ageing population. tim, you mention the two missions i our ageing population. tim, you mention the two missions to i our ageing population. tim, you| mention the two missions to the our ageing population. tim, you i mention the two missions to the moon coming up and the first one unmanned. i'm right in saying they are sending dummies up? is that rightand are sending dummies up? is that right and what is the point of that? i'm not sure exactly if that is the case but if they are then it will be ballast because obviously you want to be able to make sure on re—entry for example that the catchall is going to perform exactly as you expect it and therefore the weight distribution has to be perfect. that's why when we pack up our capsules when we return from international space centre we have to bring the exact amount of weight back with us so we know the capture will is going to come in at the right angle otherwise it can be quite dangerous, it can come steep
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too shallow. d0 quite dangerous, it can come steep too shallow— too shallow. do you do question answer sessions? _ too shallow. do you do question answer sessions? i'm _ too shallow. do you do question answer sessions? i'm sure i too shallow. do you do question answer sessions? i'm sure you i too shallow. do you do question i answer sessions? i'm sure you do when you do these festivals. is the question, often it is from children i know, that's completely floored it when you have done these things in the past? i assume there are some you get all the time but some other i really don't have to answer it? i am doing question—and—answer session, that is a most fun part i think. i rememberthe session, that is a most fun part i think. i remember the first time i did one of these after coming back from space and one of the children just said was there a lesson on how to deal with the first contact? i just thought that was brilliant. the answer is there is not byjust imagining being in a nasa classroom with my fellow astronauts having a lesson on how to deal with first contact. ., . . lesson on how to deal with first contact. . , , , ., ., , ., contact. perhaps we should. have you thouuht contact. perhaps we should. have you thought about — contact. perhaps we should. have you thought about it _ contact. perhaps we should. have you thought about it since, _ contact. perhaps we should. have you thought about it since, what _ contact. perhaps we should. have you thought about it since, what you i thought about it since, what you would do? ~ . would do? well, it is interesting because i think _ would do? well, it is interesting because i think actually - would do? well, it is interesting because i think actually here i would do? well, it is interestingj because i think actually here the radio telescope, if we ever do make contact i think it is going to be
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through something like this, it is going to be a signal arriving at the speed of light, radio wave that can show is a sign of digital intelligence. i think it is likely to happen by receiving a signal rather than by any extra terrestrial knocking on the door of the space station. it knocking on the door of the space station. . knocking on the door of the space station. , ,., , station. it is so interesting listening. _ station. it is so interesting listening, we _ station. it is so interesting listening, we are - station. it is so interesting listening, we are on i station. it is so interesting listening, we are on a i station. it is so interesting i listening, we are on a pathway station. it is so interesting - listening, we are on a pathway now. surely this is the case that scientists, they already have a plan do they not for what message you would send back out, for fear of sending something hostile. that is going on, isn't it?— going on, isn't it? yes, we have sent messages _ going on, isn't it? yes, we have sent messages into _ going on, isn't it? yes, we have sent messages into the - going on, isn't it? yes, we have sent messages into the past. i going on, isn't it? yes, we have sent messages into the past. a| sent messages into the past. a signal in the 1970s with information about who we are. and we have to think very carefully about that. it is something that professor stephen hawking when he was alive was discussing about thinking about how we would make first contact and how we would make first contact and how we would make first contact and how we would establish peaceful and friendly contact but not giving too much of ourselves away in terms of our dna and i'll make up and things that could be used against us. but, yes, we do have to think carefully.
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of course so many scientists around the world are trying to look out into the universe and answer that question of are we alone? {iii into the universe and answer that question of are we alone? of course ou are question of are we alone? of course you are doing _ question of are we alone? of course you are doing some _ question of are we alone? of course you are doing some work _ question of are we alone? of course you are doing some work at - question of are we alone? of course you are doing some work at the i you are doing some work at the festival at the bluedot, there will be a lot of music, have you pick the stages that you will be spending time and actual going to say? yes. time and actual going to say? yes, i'm here with _ time and actual going to say? yes, i'm here with my _ time and actual going to say? yes, i'm here with my family, _ time and actual going to say? yes, i'm here with my family, we i time and actual going to say? ia: i'm here with my family, we were camping last night it was a late and early—morning but there is so much to do. there isjedi training, which i know my two boys are really excited about. there is the looming area. y �* excited about. there is the looming area. , �* ., excited about. there is the looming area. �* ., ., , area. sorry, i've got to interrupt. jedi area. sorry, i've got to interrupt. jedi training. — area. sorry, i've got to interrupt. jedi training, have _ area. sorry, i've got to interrupt. jedi training, have you _ area. sorry, i've got to interrupt. jedi training, have you done i area. sorry, i've got to interrupt. jedi training, have you done any| area. sorry, i've got to interrupt. i jedi training, have you done any and what did you learn? i jedi training, have you done any and what did you learn?— what did you learn? i haven't. i'm really looking _ what did you learn? i haven't. i'm really looking forward _ what did you learn? i haven't. i'm really looking forward to - what did you learn? i haven't. i'm really looking forward to going i really looking forward to going there. i will let you know as soon as i've done it but i'm sure we will all have a huge amount of fun. it sounds so good. it is always a joy to be consumed, tim. good luck and the enthusiasm is radiating from use i'm sure your lesson will be great fun. ., ~' . ., i'm sure your lesson will be great fun. ., ~' .., ., ~' i'm sure your lesson will be great fun. ., ~ ., ~ i.,
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i'm sure your lesson will be great fun. .w ., ~ we i'm sure your lesson will be greatj fun-_ we do fun. take care. thank you. we do like tim peake _ fun. take care. thank you. we do like tim peake don't _ fun. take care. thank you. we do like tim peake don't we - fun. take care. thank you. we do like tim peake don't we because | like tim peake don't we because his enthusiasm for what he did not surprisingly itjust leapt out doesn't it, mike? absolutely. it is incredible. we have had the opportunity haven't we to speak to another man who is exuding enthusiasm. and out of this will sorry and athletics. we love a story that involves a journey through adversity and that is certainly the case for the man from wolverhampton. good morning. because of injury and mental health issues suffered by great britain's matt hudson smith over the last few years, a first world championship medal wasn't really expected in oregon. but at 27, the man from wolverhampton finally realised his potential with a first medal on the global stage. he finished third in the 400 metres, as our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. the moment of realisation — a medal for matt hudson—smith and few have fought so hard for it. in lane five, hudson—smith is the european champion of 400 metres, but he's been blighted by injuries. he had to miss last year's
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olympics, but finally, he showed what he could do. america's michael norman and grenada's kiranijames were beyond him, but he gritted his way to the gutsiest of bronzes. commentator: but it's michael norman for the gold, kirani james, hudson—smith. .. after all the setbacks, all the struggles, you could see just what it meant. well, just look at matt hudson—smith — what a moment for him. he's had so many injury problems over the years, but now, finally, he's a world medallist. it's been a whirlwind, like, these past few years — achilles tendon tears, hamstring tears, a lot of mental health issues, and this is just the start, like i said, so, i'm going to enjoy it. but the performance of the day, indeed, one of the performances of the decade, came from america's sydney mclaughlin, as she beat her own world record in the 400 metres hurdles by nearly three—quarters of a second. sydney mclaughlin smashes the world record! in a sport of the finest margins, a quite extraordinary feat
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and a defining display of these championships. andy swiss, bbc news, eugene. elsewhere, great britain's olympic silver medallist, keely hodgkinson, put in a composed performance to win her 800 metres semi—final. hodgkinson will go for gold in the early hours of monday morning, butjema reekie, could only finish fifth in her heat. well, thankfully, the temperatures so far in oregon have been bearable for the athletes competing at the championships, but a heat wave lastjune caused a part—suspension of the us olympic trials, with organisers deciding to protect athletes and fans. world athletics president sebastian coe has been speaking to the bbc on the impact of climate change at future events. climate change is with us, it's not going to disappear, even some of the more risible targets that have been set by governments are not going to make any difference. we have to recognise that we may have to do things in our own way to protect the athletes from heat conditions.
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england will play sweden in their euro 2022 semi—final next week. the swedes, who are the top—ranked side in the tournament, beat belgium 1—0. but they left it very late — linda sembrant, scoring in added time with their 32nd attempt, at leigh sports village. so england will now play sweden for a place in the final, that match is on tuesday at sheffield united's bramall lane stadium. onto cricket, and england's men have levelled, their one—day international series with south africa, in dominant fashion. with the game restricted to just 29 overs per side due to rain at old trafford, england struggled at first with the bat, but liam livingstone helped lead the recovery, as they set a target of 202. it was a total that south africa got nowhere near, losing four wickets for just six runs, including this brilliant run out from captainjos buttler. moeen ali finished the job, as england bowled south africa out forjust 83 to win by 118 runs. that sets up a series decider at headingley tomorrow.
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qualifying for the french grand prix could feel like a pointless exercise for carlos sainz, despite topping the timesheets in friday practice. it's because the spaniard has been given a ten place grid penalty, after his ferrari team had to change parts on his car that were damaged by fire last time out in austria. sainz was a tenth of a second quicker than his team mate, charles leclerc. george russell was the highest placed briton. he was fourth quickest, edging out mercedes teammate lewis hamilton. it's taken 19 stages, but there's finally been a home winner at the tour de france. christophe laporte held off the peloton to pick up his first grand tour stage win and his team's fifth stage victory in the race this year. there was no change in the overall lead though, withjonas vingegaard expected to secure the overall victory at tomorrow's time trial. britain's geraint thomas remains third overall, something he says he's proud of. yeah, really satisfying, especially to prove a few people wrong. you know, after the last couple of years people thought
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i was kind of done almost. and finding a new role in the team, which i'm happy to do as well in certain races, but i've always said ijust want to get in my best shape and see what happens to me and, yeah, really satisfying to be right up there in the mix. yet, so nearly at the end of their journey and speaking ofjourneys, the commonwealth games start next thursday with the opening ceremony, we will be there. one of them is emily campbell, a team england weightlifter, who has been telling us how she got into the sport — and what motivates her to keep on pushing her limits. you are saying earlier on, people don't talk about people's journeys or their personal lives are any proms they had long way. now it is or is part of the story, isn't it? well, that's what we heard from matt isn't an early run with his journey. and with emily as well we are going to find outjust how
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and with emily as well we are going to find out just how sheet stuck to it. —— how she stuck to it. i've always said, for me, weightlifting's not just weightlifting. i want to be a person that makes an impact on life, i want to make a change, i want people to see who i am as a person. no matter what it is, it doesn't have to be massive dreams, it doesn't have to be massive goals, but if they're your massive dreams and your massive goals, then, you know, that's what's important. i had an amazing childhood. i've got two fantastic parents. my dad came from jamaica, he didn't have much, he didn't — wasn't given many opportunities, but he worked his absolute backside off to make sure that me and my sister had everything we ever wanted. i don't always make the right decisions, as we all do when we're young people, but, you know, they always reminded me what was important and, you know, i wouldn't be anything without them. my parents were always opening my eyes to my jamaican culture, always making me very aware of what that entails and what i represent. i'm part of both cultures and i can celebrate both of them equally. i was at university in leeds
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and i was competing in athletics, and somebody recommended to me that if i learn the weightlifting movements, that it will help my shotput. ijust felt a feeling like no other. one minute, you're squatting with the boys and the next you're out—squatting the boys. that's when you know, ok, i think i'm all right at this. when i went to my first commonwealth games in 2018 in gold coast, that's when i knew that i was meant to be on the weightlifting stage. women's weightlifting is booming. laughs. isn't she enjoying herself? but, yeah, as you get out into the wider world, we are still fighting against the equality with the boys, you know, just to be respected. the comments, like, "oh, that's good for a girl." like, it's not good for a girl, it's good. what is a place for sport is somewhere where you can make a living, sport is somewhere where you can be recognised and, you know, be appreciated. you know, you still have conversations with people now and they're really shocked that we sent a full team of females to the games and not any men. here is the moment for emily campbell.
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big lift here. can she do it? ijust love the pressure of it, i love the intensity of it. emily campbell! can she hold it? yes, she can! what a lift! i love doing what i do, i love weightlifting. she is making history here in women's world weightlifting. when you stand on that podium and you get those medals around your neck and you know that you've done that all off your own back and you've done that all off your own graft and, you know, there's nothing sweeter. i just knew that that's where i belonged and that's where i was meant to be. you've got to always have your dreams 'cause you never know what will happen. so many stories. we are going to get to know so many of the athletes at the commonwealth games. you can watch the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games from 7pm on thursday on bbc one. here's ben with a look
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at this morning's weather. lots of people on holiday. how is it looking, ben? good morning, a pretty mixed bag actually across the uk this weekend. starting with this picture from a weather watcher over the capital this morning. beautiful blue skies overhead, temperatures in the south—east corner will be climbing this weekend but nothing like the heat we had earlier in the week. some places might get to 30 degrees. further north and west note some rain at times and it is going to be quite breezy thanks to this area of low pressure. this is our weekend weather maker really it is pushing its way in from the west, it will bring outbreaks of rain in associations with these frontal systems. we have already seen some rain today across parts of northern ireland, that now pushing into western scotland, north—west england, parts of wales. at the same time there is a slice of sunshine across central and eastern parts of ingram. that sunshine will retreat eastwards through the day. the best of into the afternoon will be found in to the south—east corner. at the same time cloud and splashes of rain
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will work eastwards across scotland, northern england, parts of the midlands with the odd shower for the south—west as well. temperatures low teens, through this evening northern ireland like likely to have heavy rain, that will go across north—west scotland. a weather front bringing a band of rain across central parts of england, into wales, maybe the south—west. quite a warm and muggy night, 14 to 18 degrees and levels of humidity. low pressure still with us tomorrow, driving heavy showers for northern ireland and scotland. the frontal system bringing some rain further south and east but in the south—east corner we will be tapping into some really very warm air, so that will cause the temperatures to lift. here is our weather front, temperatures to lift. here is our weatherfront, cloud and rain wriggling around across the midlands, wales, the south—west. hefty showers for northern ireland
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and scotland. northern england seen and scotland. northern england seen a fair amount and scotland. northern england seen a fairamount of and scotland. northern england seen a fair amount of dry weather. windy out there but across the south—east corner where we do stick with some sunshine and we have the warm air in place, temperatures could get up to 30 degrees. certainly not the low 40s as we were seeing early run in the week. sunday evening we will see some showers, longer spells of rain at times, particular towards the north—west. precious little rain in the south—east corner. we start the new week with low pressure wobbling eastwards and that generates a northerly wind, so actually compared to what we have had, a cooler week ahead. some rain but actually a lot of dry weatherfor ahead. some rain but actually a lot of dry weather for many. that is all from me for now. here's a treat for fans of the lord of the rings. a new prequel to the fantasy trilogy has been made by amazon prime — and its budget is almost as epic as the adventures on screen. it was launched at comic con in san diego. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba was there — and he sent this report.
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today our days of peace begin. it has been billed as the most expensive tv series ever with a price tag rumoured to be in excess of $1 billion. strange. add to that the expectation of a group of fans who grew up watching director peterjackson's oscar—winning trilogy. so... can you get something more pressured than this? um...yeah, there... there is a pressure, but that's also really exciting. i mean, i'm a lord of the rings fan, so i'm with them, and i'm really excited for them to see it, and also, kind of with fantasy, with anything with a fandom, i don't feel it really exists until it's out there. so i feel we're, like, about to finally give birth to this! together, we can survive this! the universe, created bijr tolkien, has of course a timeless quality. the cast and crew behind this
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new story set thousands of years before the events of the hobbit and the lord of the rings are hoping it will be equally appealing. the themes in tolkien are really universal, you know what i mean? so, i feel like it's about good versus evil and, you know, we can all sort of get behind that. so, you know, i hope that it can — it stands the test of time and that people want to keep watching it and, yeah, ifeel, like, hopefully people just have fun when they watch it. of course, comic con wouldn't be what it is without, well, comics. and earlier today, in hall h, the equivalent of the pyramid stage here, matrix and john wick star keanu reeves took part in a huge event talking about his successful comic book series, brzrkr. i'm finally close to an answer. the story's about an immortal battling through the ages, launched in 2021, and a tv series on netflix is already in the works.
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i think it was special for all of us in the sense that it was the first comic book to be in hall h, it was really oriented towards cinema previously, and television. so to be a part of that kind of history, and also, just to feel the audience and the appreciation and the passion for what we've been a part of creating — really special. positive word of mouth spreading from events like this can give any project a huge boost, and that's what every tv series, comic book and movie here will be hoping for. lizo mzimba, bbc news, at comic con. let's turn to a man called michael connolly. novels have sold more than 80 million copies worldwide. one of his biggest books is the lincoln lawyer — about a criminal defence lawyer who operates out of his car.
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lord of the rings, did you read it when you were young?— lord of the rings, did you read it when you were young? yeah, i read it when you were young? yeah, i read it when i was — when you were young? yeah, i read it when i was young- — when you were young? yeah, i read it when i was young. i _ when you were young? yeah, i read it when i was young. ithink— when you were young? yeah, i read it when i was young. i think everybody i when i was young. i think everybody had to, right? i when i was young. i think everybody had to, right? lam involved in amazon so heard a lot the show. it is kind of the £500 gorilla at amazon. i'm anxious to see it as well. ., ., ., , ., amazon. i'm anxious to see it as well. ., . ., , well. you have had your books, they have been created _ well. you have had your books, they have been created in _ well. you have had your books, they have been created in tv _ well. you have had your books, they have been created in tv series i well. you have had your books, they have been created in tv series and i have been created in tv series and whatever. i was intrigued when you have an incredible successful, crime writing particularly, about first influences in literature. what you read when you are very young. can you see a pathway to what you are now? , ., ~ you see a pathway to what you are now? , . ,, ., ., , you see a pathway to what you are now? , ., 4' ., ., , ., now? oh, yeah. i think of a body who ends u- now? oh, yeah. i think of a body who ends up writing _ now? oh, yeah. i think of a body who ends up writing books _ now? oh, yeah. i think of a body who ends up writing books has _ now? oh, yeah. i think of a body who ends up writing books has to - now? oh, yeah. i think of a body who ends up writing books has to start i ends up writing books has to start out as a voracious reader and i was. i happen to be a witness to a crime and i was young and so i spent a night ina and i was young and so i spent a night in a police station dealing with detectives in that kind of headed me towards reading true crime books and the detective novels. 50. books and the detective novels. so, let's not books and the detective novels. so, let's rrot skip _ books and the detective novels. so, let's not skip on passat. you're very young, how old? i
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let's not skip on passat. you're very young, how old?— let's not skip on passat. you're very young, how old? iwas 16, iwas drivina very young, how old? iwas 16, iwas driving home — very young, how old? iwas 16, iwas driving home from _ very young, how old? iwas 16, iwas driving home from night _ very young, how old? iwas 16, iwas driving home from night time - very young, how old? iwas 16, iwas driving home from night time job i very young, how old? iwas 16, iwas driving home from night time job as| driving home from night time job as a dishwasher and i saw a guy hiding something and it turned out to be gone and it had just been used in a shooting, shooting, robbery shooting. and i dunno, curiosity made me go and look at what he had hidden and ifound made me go and look at what he had hidden and i found this gone and soon there were police all around and i put the gun back. i was smart enough not to be holding a gun when the police showed up. but then, you know, it was not in my world at all to be involved in something like this and so i sat next to a detective for about eight hours telling him what i saw, looking at possible suspects, all i can stuff. so it was an overnight immersion into this world. and then i started reading crime using the paper because i wanted to know if they ever caught anyone and that led to reading books and reading novels and eventually about four or five years later i said i wanted try do this. was your first later i said i wanted try do this. was yourfirst one later i said i wanted try do this. was your first one good? my first book? well. _ was your first one good? my first book? well, we _ was your first one good? my first book? well, we get _
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was your first one good? my first book? well, we get better i was your first one good? my first | book? well, we get better at what was your first one good? my first i book? well, we get better at what we do the more we do it, right? i'm proud of it because i got it published by think i'm a little better at it now.— better at it now. one of your bi est better at it now. one of your biggest selling _ better at it now. one of your biggest selling books - better at it now. one of your biggest selling books is i better at it now. one of your biggest selling books is the | better at it now. one of your - biggest selling books is the lincoln lawyer. i'm a mac this is about the defence lawyer who operates out of his car. it turned into a film about ten years ago. it was turned into a film ten years ago and now it's a netflix series. let's see a clip. i've been appointed by the presiding judge of the superior court as replacement counsel to jerry vincent's clients. that means his cases are now my cases and you have no right to be in here looking at files, that's attorney—client privilege. mr vincent has been murdered and the motive could be in one of those files. even if that were the case... counsellor. just read the order, detective. your crime scene was in the garage and nojudge in la would extend it to his office and these files. you say that gives you all of his cases. that's right. i guess that puts you on the list. come again? our suspect list. he's dead. you get the whole business, that's motive.
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care to tell us where you were last night between eight and midnight? you got me, detective, you got me, i killed jerry, case closed. case closed, everybody. are you going to get out of here? or do i need to call thejudge? how's it feel? they did a greatjob, netflix did a greatjob. there was a movie ten years ago, as you mention, now it is a tv show. how often does that happen?— that happen? what you think, obviously you _ that happen? what you think, obviously you are _ that happen? what you think, obviously you are going - that happen? what you think, obviously you are going to - that happen? what you think, \ obviously you are going to say that happen? what you think, - obviously you are going to say the book is a good story but it is rare to see cereals made out of, films made from so long ago. you kind of understand it when they do it to keep riding the wave of a popular film but there was quite a gap. yeah. tv is change with streaming and all that and more liking of
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serialised storytelling. and so when it moves in that direction you are talking about character. so it comes back, that is why a smile. it is really about character and it means that a character i created in a room by myself, that i liked first of all. i had to like it myself, is connecting to the point that it has this amazing run from movie to tv show. . . r' this amazing run from movie to tv show. ., ., , ., this amazing run from movie to tv show. ., ., i. a ., show. can i ask you, michael, i mo es show. can i ask you, michael, i moyes intrigued. _ show. can i ask you, michael, i moyes intrigued. if, _ show. can i ask you, michael, i moyes intrigued. if, in - show. can i ask you, michael, i moyes intrigued. if, in the - show. can i ask you, michael, i. moyes intrigued. if, in the unlikely event that you are a criminal, and you meet for the first time, let's call it a tv detective who opens the door and says i'm investigating you. it would be the one you would least like to be investigating he was a criminal? ., ., , ., , criminal? you mean in terms of my characters? — criminal? you mean in terms of my characters? no. — criminal? you mean in terms of my characters? no, generally. - criminal? you mean in terms of my characters? no, generally. in - characters? no, generally. in --oular characters? no, generally. in popular culture. _ characters? no, generally. in popular culture. we - characters? no, generally. in popular culture. we have - characters? no, generally. in popular culture. we have all. characters? no, generally. in i popular culture. we have all got characters? no, generally. in - popular culture. we have all got our favourite detectives, columbo or you know. who would be the one you think are no not him or her investigating
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me. , , ., ., , ., are no not him or her investigating me. ,, ., ., ., me. this is going to be a real throwback — me. this is going to be a real throwback but _ me. this is going to be a real throwback but a _ me. this is going to be a real throwback but a very - me. this is going to be a real l throwback but a very influential movie detective was frank bullet, who is played by steve mcqueen in the movie bullet. i think i've modelled some of my characters on him and he wasjust modelled some of my characters on him and he was just a relentless, fierce detective. if you are a criminal that is not the kind you are a law—abiding member of society thatis are a law—abiding member of society that is what you want out there. also, reading one in chasing you in a car chase did you because i is a famous infinite movie, isn't it? yeah. how do you keep the ideas coming because you spoke about when you are younger and what kind of got you are younger and what kind of got you into, pique your interest. i tn;r you into, pique your interest. itry to net you into, pique your interest. itry to get myself. _ you into, pique your interest. itry to get myself. out _ you into, pique your interest. it“; to get myself, [am myself you into, pique your interest. it“; to get myself, put myself in positions to just be inspired. to get myself, put myself in positions tojust be inspired. hold positions to 'ust be inspired. hold on, ou positions to just be inspired. hold on. you write _ positions to just be inspired. hold on, you write crime _ positions tojust be inspired. hold on, you write crime novels! positions to just be inspired. hold on, you write crime novels! it's i on, you write crime novels! it's more like _ on, you write crime novels! it's more like i _ on, you write crime novels! it's more like i tried _ on, you write crime novels! it�*s more like i tried to be, i write one series about a detective, i know a lot of detectives and try to spend as much time with them as i don't turn on tape recorder and put note
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book out, just listen to their stories and something will usually hit me and inspire me. have friends who are defence attorneys and prosecutors. d0 who are defence attorneys and prosecutom— who are defence attorneys and prosecutors. who are defence attorneys and rosecutors. , ., prosecutors. do they read your books and then say — prosecutors. do they read your books and then say that _ prosecutors. do they read your books and then say that is _ prosecutors. do they read your books and then say that is really _ and then say that is really unrealistic, we were on a day like that? ~ , ., , unrealistic, we were on a day like that? ~ _, , ., unrealistic, we were on a day like that? , ., , that? well you see that is when i not smart that? well you see that is when i got smart and — that? well you see that is when i got smart and l— that? well you see that is when i got smart and i give _ that? well you see that is when i got smart and i give them - that? well you see that is when i got smart and i give them my - got smart and i give them my manuscripts and tell me that stuff and ifixed manuscripts and tell me that stuff and i fixed the manuscripts and tell me that stuff and ifixed the bug up and manuscripts and tell me that stuff and i fixed the bug up and they get published and then i feel like there is bullet proof. d0 published and then i feel like there is bullet proof.— is bullet proof. do you think there is bullet proof. do you think there is a sensibility _ is bullet proof. do you think there is a sensibility difference - is bullet proof. do you think there is a sensibility difference between how british audiences react to your books and maybe us audiences? does it change? and you travel around the talking to people all the time. i mean, again it is so fulfilling and reinforcing how important storytelling is in our world. and i'm almost speechless because i don't think there is a big difference in sensibilities but i'm constantly wowed by, like i said, is in a room by myself in a book mostly to please myself first because i have a feeling like i'm on everyman.
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if i like it there will be some people out there who like it. but then, i live in los angeles, to come 5000 miles or whatever is and be so warmly welcomed here, my characters, my book and my self, it is an amazing thing that starts by itself. so it is quite a journey and i'm very gratefulfor. i so it is quite a journey and i'm very grateful for.— so it is quite a journey and i'm very grateful for. i don't think we said congratulations _ very grateful for. i don't think we said congratulations for - very grateful for. i don't think we said congratulations for winning l very grateful for. i don't think we i said congratulations for winning the outstanding contribution to crime fiction award.— fiction award. that is yours now. yeah, i fiction award. that is yours now. yeah. i got _ fiction award. that is yours now. yeah, i got that _ fiction award. that is yours now. yeah, i got that a _ fiction award. that is yours now. yeah, i got that a couple - fiction award. that is yours now. yeah, i got that a couple of- fiction award. that is yours now. i yeah, i got that a couple of nights ago in harrogate. that is what i'm talking about, that is amazing. i write about, my copy is trying to make sense of the world in los angeles and to feel that most of the people in the uk who read my books have never been to los angeles. they have never been to los angeles. they have never been to los angeles. they have never solved a murder so there is all this things and yet and welcomed here and given an award like that. it is quite amazing. thank you for taking time out for us this morning. nice to meet you.
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declared a major incident as long queues continue to form for a second day, with warnings that the travel disruption could be even worse than yesterday. wheat prices have fallen after russia and ukraine agree to resume exporting grain, easing the threat of a global food crisis. good morning. an emotional lith medalfor great britain, at the world athletics, championships. matt hudson—smith, puts years of injury and mental health issues behind him, to win bronze, in the 400 metres with a gutsy run, in oregon. she was told a brain tumour meant she'd have to give up her studies — but laura nuttall has defied the odds and graduated from university — we're talking to her later. good we're talking to her later. morning, warming up ac south—east good morning, warming up across the south—east this weekend but nothing like this eating wheat —— heat of earlier in the week. brisk winds as
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well. more details throughout the morning. it's saturday the 23rd ofjuly. our top story. authorities in kent have declared a major incident as long traffic jams build up around dover for the second day running. there are currently three thousand lorries parked on the m20 and lengthy delays within the port of dover itself, as thousands of people try to head abroad. we're also hearing from motorists who are stuck in gridlocked traffic in folkestone as they try to access the eurotunnel. simonjones has the story. a busy night at the port of dover, following a day of huge disruption. and the warning is, be prepared for more this weekend. on friday, the queue stretched for miles. people wanting to get away for the start of the school holidays instead of spending hours going nowhere. after over seven hours for a journey that should have taken really no more than one hour we have finally made it to the port of dover. we haven't had no breakfast or nothing. you know, we were going to have breakfast on the ferry so it's
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going to be a long day. it appears to be another hour before we are on the ferry, so things - are a little bit difficult. the port declared a critical incident, accusing the french authorities of failing to send over enough board officers to carry out passport checks in dover. the anger shared by local politicians. we do need to blame the french. i know may be that did not come across in that press conference that we sent out but the french border officers have not been doing their work properly. the french hit back, saying some of the officers had been delayed getting to the uk because of problems at the channel tunnel. eurotunnel said that was categorically not the cause of the chaos at dover. by last night, the french embassy insisted there border checks were operating at full capacity. but the calais mp says new rules introduced after brexit, meaning passports have to be stamped, are also adding to the problems. what's gone wrong is we have to go
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with new checks because of brexit. after all the acrimony, britain and france now say they will work closely to minimise further disruption. and there was relief for those who finally managed to make it across the channel. so we were booked onto the midday ferry but we actually crossed at 2pm and we have just got to france atjust before 6pm in the evening, french time. it's been a long day. but a new influx of holiday—makers is heading for the port this morning and there is still yesterday's backlog to shift. today will be another challenging day. simonjones, bbc news, dover. we can speak now to the chief executive of the port of dover, doug bannister... good morning. what is happening now? what is the situation in terms of staffing, queue times and what
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should we expect?— staffing, queue times and what should we expect? good morning. after the terrible _ should we expect? good morning. after the terrible destruction - should we expect? good morning. after the terrible destruction from j after the terrible destruction from yesterday and all the impact on travellers and truck drivers and local communities, i am very police that the french border police have turned up with a strong complement. we have had 12 in from the early hours and another four on the way. so processing should improve but today was always going to be the busier day. we have 10,000 tourist vehicles going out. yesterday we handled about 8500. so vehicles going out. yesterday we handled about 8500.— vehicles going out. yesterday we handled about 8500. so do you have enourh, handled about 8500. so do you have enough. you — handled about 8500. so do you have enough. you say _ handled about 8500. so do you have enough, you say more _ handled about 8500. so do you have enough, you say more have - handled about 8500. so do you have enough, you say more have turned l handled about 8500. so do you have i enough, you say more have turned up? right now, it appears we do have enough. rememberwe right now, it appears we do have enough. remember we are clearing the backlog from yesterday and also handling the busier of the two days. what is the queue situation, we heard about queues of six hours yesterday and longer waits for lorry
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drivers, what is the queue situation?— drivers, what is the queue situation? we have quite a significant _ situation? we have quite a significant backlog - situation? we have quite a significant backlog of- situation? we have quite a i significant backlog of lorries, mainly on the m20. it will take them awhile to get through but as you can see behind me, we are processing vehicles fairly smoothly right now and we are trying to get everyone away as quickly as possible. what and we are trying to get everyone away as quickly as possible. what do ou need away as quickly as possible. what do you need to — away as quickly as possible. what do you need to avoid _ away as quickly as possible. what do you need to avoid happening - away as quickly as possible. what do you need to avoid happening again? | you need to avoid happening again? the main thing we need is to make certain we have the appropriate resourcing levels, notjust for this morning but throughout the rest of today and into the evening and throughout the rest of the summer. we have put together a resource
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planning matrix based on travel points and we need all partners to come together to ensure the dover system works to ensure that system works. ~ . , ., ., works. which partners are not delivering? — works. which partners are not delivering? as _ works. which partners are not delivering? as was _ works. which partners are not delivering? as was reported l delivering? as was reported yesterday. _ delivering? as was reported yesterday, the _ delivering? as was reported yesterday, the challenge i delivering? as was reported | yesterday, the challenge was delivering? as was reported - yesterday, the challenge was with an insufficient number of officers at the early start of the morning. we had alerted everyone if we did not have enough officers to man the boots first thing in the morning then we would run into the problem that unfortunately eventuated yesterday. man the boots. ferry operators have enough staff, we have enough staff in the ground. we operators have enough staff, we have enough staff in the ground.— enough staff in the ground. we have --eole all enough staff in the ground. we have
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people all around. _ enough staff in the ground. we have people all around. but _ enough staff in the ground. we have people all around. but the _ enough staff in the ground. we have people all around. but the french i people all around. but the french authorities said that the lack of staff was because of a technical incident in the channel tunnel, which eurotunnel has rejected. what do you believe to be the truth? i’m do you believe to be the truth? i'm not certain — do you believe to be the truth? i�*m not certain what caused the problem yesterday morning. most of the day was spent on putting measures in place to things going. what i can say is i am relieved they were able to resource up to the required levels for the start of this morning and i'm pleased they have been able
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to do that. ., ., , ., ., , to do that. that does not really solve the _ to do that. that does not really solve the problem _ to do that. that does not really solve the problem of _ to do that. that does not really solve the problem of this - solve the problem of this potentially happening again. indeed it does not so _ potentially happening again. indeed it does not so to _ potentially happening again. indeed it does not so to the _ potentially happening again. indeed it does not so to the degree, - potentially happening again. indeed it does not so to the degree, we - it does not so to the degree, we have seen that the french police can manage things and provide the resources so our request is to make sure we are doing that not only for this morning but throughout the rest of the weekend and indeed this summer. ., , ., ., ~ ., summer. you will be aware the mp for calais said problems _ summer. you will be aware the mp for calais said problems at _ summer. you will be aware the mp for calais said problems at the _ summer. you will be aware the mp for calais said problems at the port - calais said problems at the port will re—occur because of brexit. and
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the additional checks of comic brexit, do you agree with that? ila brexit, do you agree with that? in? doubt since the uk left the european union we have had a harder border to go through. that means passports need to be checked and stamped so the police officers, they are only doing theirjob which is to make certain the people entering the european union can do so legally and lawfully, that takes more time. that is also why for this busy summer season we installed 50% more booths to try make sure that the overall flow through the report continued. have you had enough support from the government post—brexit? i'm looking at a report from last year singapore of dover is taking legal action to overturn a government decision not to fund more passport checkpoints. are you still taking legal action against the government? h0. are you still taking legal action against the government? no, that is no loner against the government? no, that is no longer happening. _ against the government? no, that is no longer happening. we _ against the government? no, that is no longer happening. we do - against the government? no, that is no longer happening. we do get - against the government? no, that is | no longer happening. we do get great support out of the department for transport, the secretary of state has been very helpful during this particular challenge but also more generally. we have great ongoing dialogue and indeed we have had good ongoing dialogue with french border police as we designed and implemented the new kiosks we have put in place for the start of the
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summer season to make certain the widow work properly. so summer season to make certain the widow work properly.— widow work properly. so things are in lace, widow work properly. so things are in place. you _ widow work properly. so things are in place. you say — widow work properly. so things are in place, you say you're _ widow work properly. so things are in place, you say you're working i in place, you say you're working closely with the authorities, the government has been supportive and you have more passport control kiosks for people to go through, so can you now say today we will not see delays like this again? regrettably i cannot because it is still dependent on resourcing levels but also, remember, on busy days we always have some congestion we have to deal with. regrettably, always have some congestion we have to dealwith. regrettably, i always have some congestion we have to deal with. regrettably, i cannot but my hope would be that we will not see anything approaching the severity we had yesterday morning which we are still dealing with today. 50 which we are still dealing with toda . ., . ., ., , today. so the advice to travellers would be leave _ today. so the advice to travellers would be leave at _ today. so the advice to travellers would be leave at least _ today. so the advice to travellers would be leave at least six - today. so the advice to travellers| would be leave at least six hours, just in case? mr; would be leave at least six hours, just in case?— just in case? my best advice to travellers _ just in case? my best advice to travellers would _ just in case? my best advice to travellers would be _ just in case? my best advice to travellers would be please - just in case? my best advice to i travellers would be please check with your ferry operator, they will have the most up—to—date information according to their feelings and access to the port. please also check our travel and twitter feed. check the media and the roads with your online maps. when you set out, please make certain you have water and food in the car and entertainment for the children. expect delays. doug bannister, thank you very much. time is 12 minutes past ukraine and russia have signed a deal that allows kyiv to resume its exports of grain through the black sea. the agreement — which was brokered by the united nations and turkey — is set to last 120 days. our diplomatic correspondent paul
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adams joins us now from kyiv. this is a very significant deal that has been signed. many questions about how it will work in practice remain. , , , remain. yes, it is significant. it is bein: remain. yes, it is significant. it is being hailed _ remain. yes, it is significant. it is being hailed here _ remain. yes, it is significant. it is being hailed here is - remain. yes, it is significant. it is being hailed here is a - remain. yes, it is significant. it is being hailed here is a majorl is being hailed here is a major breakthrough for the ukrainian economy and potentially also for ukrainian ability to fund its war effort as well. it will take awhile to get going. we think the port side and a decent condition, there is a backlog of shipping that have been stuck in the odesa area since the war began. that will have to be dealt with before fresh shipping can arrive to the grain out. i think those shipping companies will be looking for assurances that this deal is indeed secure, that the safe channels are indeed safe, there are no mines floating about. we will need to see a few test runs to make
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sure it will all work and then of course it will require the trust and good behaviourfrankly course it will require the trust and good behaviour frankly of both the warring parties to make sure they stick to the letter of the agreement. the fact this is happening in the midst of a conflict which shows no signs of going away, gives you some indication of how volatile and potentially dangerous this whole arrangement could be. thank you. the two remaining candidates in the race to become the uk's next prime minister — rishi sunak and liz truss — face a weekend of campaigning to win over conservative voters. our political correspondent matt cole joins us now. matt, it's been quite a week in this race. it has been fun watching this, even though most of us in the country cannot have a say on this. who is in the lead today?— the lead today? good morning, everyone- _ the lead today? good morning, everyone- in — the lead today? good morning, everyone. in the _ the lead today? good morning, everyone. in the moment - the lead today? good morning, everyone. in the moment if - the lead today? good morning, j everyone. in the moment if you believe the bookies and polls, liz truss is now the favourite to win
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this. down to the final two, her against rishi sunak. while mps voted them into the final two, rishi sunak topped the polls in all five rounds of voting but now, it is not even the wider electorate but it is 160,000 conservative party members. all some of the two candidates will be touring the uk from perth in scotland to northern ireland, norwich, exeter, 12 venues, to sell their messages to those party members who get to have a vote. today, rishi sunak is putting changes he wants to make in the nhs to cut waiting list down so nobody has to wait more than a year. liz truss wanting to have a bonfire of eu tape, getting rid of all eu laws which were rolled into british legislation. she wants to get rid of
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those. those are the messages they are pushing this week. the ballot papers go out of the next few days so while there has been a long summer of campaigning, these first few days could be crucial because some people might get their ballot papers and vote now and then going holiday for the summer meaning the rest of summer could be two candidates shouting into the wind with the whole deal done. remember, bbc one and bbc radio has a debate on monday evening live from stoke. you will see both go head—to—head there but after that, it is a long summer of potentially hearing it over and over again.— summer of potentially hearing it over and over again. thank you very much. a strike by more than 40,000 rail workers will go ahead on wednesday — after the sides failed to reach an agreement. the rmt union confirmed the walkout will go ahead — it's over pay, working conditions and job security. knock—on effects are expected on thursday, and a separate walkout
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by train drivers is scheduled for next saturday. further strikes are expected in august. a nursing union is to ballot members on possible industrial action after most nhs workers in wales were offered a below—inflation pay rise. the royal college of nursing in wales says the pay offer would "do nothing" to fill vacancies or inspire young people to become nurses. doctors, consultants, gps and nurses in wales are being offered a pay rise between [i and 5.5 per cent. 17 minutes past nine, we have ben and we are focusing on a lot of people trying to get away for the summer, what about people who are staying here? it is summer, what about people who are staying here?— staying here? it is a bit of a mixed bar if ou staying here? it is a bit of a mixed bag if you are _ staying here? it is a bit of a mixed bag if you are planning _ staying here? it is a bit of a mixed bag if you are planning a - staying here? it is a bit of a mixed| bag if you are planning a staycation this weekend. for some, bag if you are planning a staycation this weekend. forsome, grey bag if you are planning a staycation this weekend. for some, grey start actually. that was the scene in north devon just a short time ago. we have got some cloud, we have rain
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in the forecast and quite breezy. the further south and east, things are warming up again, not as hot as are warming up again, not as hot as afew days are warming up again, not as hot as a few days ago but we might still get temperatures in the south—east up get temperatures in the south—east up to 30 degrees but it is low pressure which dominates weather this weekend, pushing in from the west with outbreaks of rain. as you can see, the shows were rain has been falling already. also the slice of sunshine for the south—east. those sunny skies tending to retreat eastward through the day, best of the sunshine clinging on to east anglia and the south—east. further north and west, splashes of rain for scotland, north—west england and the midlands. turning a bit brighterfor northern ireland this afternoon, 22 degrees for belfast. 27 further east and norwich. through this evening and norwich. through this evening and tonight wet weather swing into northern ireland, wales, north—west england in south—west scotland,
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heavy and thundery for a time, drifting northwards. patchy rain developing across central england and wales. the south—east remains dry. a warm and humid night, temperatures of 18 degrees. low pressure firmly with us tomorrow, sitting to the north—west of the uk. plenty of heavy showers. this weather and bringing rain for some. the south—east will be tapping into some very warm, hot. this weather front will provide rain at times for the south—west, wales and the midlands. heavy thundery showers for northern ireland and scotland with sunny spells in between. a decent amount of dry weather for eastern england. it will be fairly windy, gas will be stronger than this. the further south—east when it remains dry and sunny, temperatures could reach 30 degrees but not the low 40s we had last week. through sunday evening, further showers and longer
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spells of rain, mostly dry and the south—east, perhaps a little bit of rain but we need more than that. into one day, quite close by, warbling eastwards which will allow a northerly wind to develop. if you look at these temperatures, for belfast and edinburgh, below the average for the start of the midweek, certainly a cooler start for many. some rain at times this week but probably not enough, we could do with some widespread rain. that is not the outlook, for many it will be dry for much of the time. back to you. thank you very much. when laura nuttall was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2018, she was given 18 months to live. laura was in herfirst year of university at the time but doctors said she wouldn't be able to resume her studies. well, we're very happy to say she proved them wrong on both counts. here's laura, graduating from the university of manchester with a 2:1 degree —
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while her family watched proudly from the front row. and laura joins us now, with her sister gracie and her mum, nicola. congratulations. thank you. you cannot help but smile. i will come to you in a moment, laura, are you well? yes, yes. mum, nicola,. iwas thouuht well? yes, yes. mum, nicola,. iwas thouahtl well? yes, yes. mum, nicola,. iwas thought i would _ well? yes, yes. mum, nicola,. iwas thought i would be _ well? yes, yes. mum, nicola,. iwas thought i would be looking _ well? yes, yes. mum, nicola,. iwas thought i would be looking at - well? yes, yes. mum, nicola,. iwas thought i would be looking at my friends _ thought i would be looking at my friends children graduating and filling a — friends children graduating and filling a real sense of loss because i thought — filling a real sense of loss because i thought laura would never make it that far— i thought laura would never make it that far and — i thought laura would never make it that far and to see her walk up the steps _ that far and to see her walk up the steps in _ that far and to see her walk up the steps in manchester was just incredible. the vice chancellor spoke — incredible. the vice chancellor spoke about what happened with laura and the _ spoke about what happened with laura and the whole place erupted into applause, it wasjust incredible. you got — applause, it wasjust incredible. you got front row seats. we did,
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thanks— you got front row seats. we did, thanks to — you got front row seats. we did, thanks to my friend who is a professor— thanks to my friend who is a professor at the university, it was so moving — professor at the university, it was so moving. is professor at the university, it was so moving-— professor at the university, it was so movinr. , , ., , ~ so moving. is your mum usually like this? yes- — so moving. is your mum usually like this? yes. this— so moving. is your mum usually like this? yes. this is _ so moving. is your mum usually like this? yes. this is where _ so moving. is your mum usually like this? yes. this is where a _ so moving. is your mum usually like this? yes. this is where a parent. so moving. is your mum usually like this? yes. this is where a parent is| this? yes. this is where a parent is not embarrassing, did you expect to be graduating? you were told by doctors, i imagine yourfirst reaction is no, i will be fine and do what i want to do. but you had that pressure so i didn't for you? it felt like finally i have been through chemotherapy and head surgery and i had done no these essays and finally it was done. finally, i proved my doctor wrong. have you had conversations since saying he proved him or her wrong? hem. no but i am going to send him a picture of me in my cap and gown.
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quite right. he can put it on the wall and remember not to tell people they are going to die. he wall and remember not to tell people they are going to die.— they are going to die. he did save her life because _ they are going to die. he did save her life because the _ they are going to die. he did save her life because the day - they are going to die. he did save her life because the day she - they are going to die. he did save her life because the day she had i her life because the day she had surgery. — her life because the day she had surgery, she had a chronic fit that morning _ surgery, she had a chronic fit that morning and was unconscious when he actually— morning and was unconscious when he actually operated, we did not know if we would see her again. she had a major— if we would see her again. she had a major seizure, she was getting ready to -o major seizure, she was getting ready to go for— major seizure, she was getting ready to go for surgery and we went to see her in— to go for surgery and we went to see her in salford and she was lying in bed staring — her in salford and she was lying in bed staring at the ceiling. her dad said she _ bed staring at the ceiling. her dad said she was staring at the ceiling because _ said she was staring at the ceiling because she was nervous. but grace realised _ because she was nervous. but grace realised she — because she was nervous. but grace realised she was unconscious. it was horrible, literally _ realised she was unconscious. it was horrible, literally the _ realised she was unconscious. it was horrible, literally the worst - realised she was unconscious. it was horrible, literally the worst moment| horrible, literally the worst moment ever to _ horrible, literally the worst moment ever to watch — horrible, literally the worst moment ever to watch her _ horrible, literally the worst moment ever to watch her go _ horrible, literally the worst moment ever to watch her go up _ horrible, literally the worst moment ever to watch her go up on - horrible, literally the worst moment ever to watch her go up on the - ever to watch her go up on the stairs— ever to watch her go up on the stairsiust _ ever to watch her go up on the stairsjust made _ ever to watch her go up on the stairsjust made everything - ever to watch her go up on the i stairsjust made everything worth it. stairs 'ust made everything worth it. �* , ., stairs 'ust made everything worth it. �* . stairs 'ust made everything worth it. are you too much closer now? yes. it. are you too much closer now?
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yes- where _ it. are you too much closer now? yes- where you _ it. are you too much closer now? yes. where you batting - it. are you too much closer now? yes. where you batting heads i it. are you too much closer now? - yes. where you batting heads before? yes, we were very competitive and it all changed — yes, we were very competitive and it all changed-— all changed. yes, the dynamic changed- _ all changed. yes, the dynamic changed. gracie _ all changed. yes, the dynamic changed. gracie always - all changed. yes, the dynamic| changed. gracie always wanted all changed. yes, the dynamic - changed. gracie always wanted what laura _ changed. gracie always wanted what laura got _ changed. gracie always wanted what laura got but then she got brain cancer— laura got but then she got brain cancer and — laura got but then she got brain cancer and she laura got but then she got brain cancerand she said, laura got but then she got brain cancer and she said, no, laura got but then she got brain cancerand she said, no, you laura got but then she got brain cancer and she said, no, you are all right _ cancer and she said, no, you are all riuht. . cancer and she said, no, you are all ri. ht, ., ., , , cancer and she said, no, you are all rii ht, ., ., , , , cancer and she said, no, you are all right-_ we - cancer and she said, no, you are all right-_ we had i right. that was very funny. we had done a lot of _ right. that was very funny. we had done a lot of laughing _ right. that was very funny. we had done a lot of laughing for- right. that was very funny. we had done a lot of laughing for the - right. that was very funny. we had done a lot of laughing for the last l done a lot of laughing for the last three _ done a lot of laughing for the last three years. you had just got to see the funny— three years. you had just got to see the funny side of things, he had to find the _ the funny side of things, he had to find the humour and look for the positives — find the humour and look for the positives and find the good bits. # life as _ positives and find the good bits. # life as is _ positives and find the good bits. # life as is like a school holiday and effort _ life as is like a school holiday and effort went on forever, you are not appreciate — effort went on forever, you are not appreciate it, you would waste it but knowing life is short, just brought— but knowing life is short, just brought it into focus for us as a family — brought it into focus for us as a family life _ brought it into focus for us as a family. life is short for everybody, nobody _ family. life is short for everybody, nobody knows what will happen next so it is _ nobody knows what will happen next so it is important to get the best out of— so it is important to get the best out of every day. find the experience and enjoy everyday. it can be _
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experience and enjoy everyday. it can be anything but it isjust about smiling _ can be anything but it isjust about smiling and having good times. your mum has made _ smiling and having good times. your mum has made that _ smiling and having good times. ymg- mum has made that speech before? smiling and having good times. your - mum has made that speech before? she has mum has made that speech before? ’sie: has done similar. mum has made that speech before? ’s“i9 has done similar. she mum has made that speech before? s“i9 has done similar. she likes to preach about her short life is. preach? yes, we'lljust try, even little family dinners, we try and appreciate it because you never know what's round the corner for anyone. laura, when we speak to people who are going through difficult times, you talk about other people and how they respond and if they know how to respond. you and your family going through something traumatic and you are young, yourfriends, how through something traumatic and you are young, your friends, how where people? i know people want to do the right thing but sometimes they don't know what to do. i right thing but sometimes they don't know what to do.— know what to do. i had some friends that did not — know what to do. i had some friends that did not know— know what to do. i had some friends that did not know how _ know what to do. i had some friends that did not know how to _ know what to do. i had some friends that did not know how to talk- know what to do. i had some friends that did not know how to talk to - know what to do. i had some friends that did not know how to talk to me | that did not know how to talk to me so they did not talk to me. i don't blame them. what do you say when
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your friend who is the same age and gets brain cancer?— gets brain cancer? yes. you have some amazing — gets brain cancer? yes. you have some amazing friends. _ gets brain cancer? yes. you have some amazing friends. but - gets brain cancer? yes. you have some amazing friends. but you i some amazing friends. but you learned which _ some amazing friends. but you learned which friends - some amazing friends. but you learned which friends are - some amazing friends. but you learned which friends are your| some amazing friends. but you - learned which friends are your true friends because they can still talk to you. friends because they can still talk to ou. :,, , :, friends because they can still talk to ou. , :, :, to you. those true friends are not 'ust the to you. those true friends are not just the ones _ to you. those true friends are not just the ones who _ to you. those true friends are not just the ones who will _ to you. those true friends are not just the ones who will give - to you. those true friends are not just the ones who will give you i to you. those true friends are not just the ones who will give you a l just the ones who will give you a hug and ask how you are all the time, they will laugh with you and take the mickey out of you and go out and have a laugh, tell you when you look rubbish and address, those are the ones who are honest and make you feel like you're living anyway. yes. those who don't want me to do anything, stay inside, be safe in there. i anything, stay inside, be safe in there. :. , anything, stay inside, be safe in there. :, , :, , : there. i am trying to picture the scene nature _ there. i am trying to picture the scene nature graduation - there. i am trying to picture the - scene nature graduation yesterday, you said how emotional it was. they are emotional anyway as you said but students have been through nothing like you have had, they have had to deal with the pandemic. young people
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like you two, have been through a lot. yours is taken to the max but is that i worry, how has it been for you, grace, has foryou? is that i worry, how has it been for you, grace, has for you?— you, grace, has for you? yes, it is mad because _ you, grace, has for you? yes, it is mad because my _ you, grace, has for you? yes, it is mad because my first _ you, grace, has for you? yes, it is mad because my first year - you, grace, has for you? yes, it is mad because my first year of - you, grace, has for you? yes, it is mad because my first year of uni l you, grace, has for you? yes, it is. mad because my first year of uni was all through lockdown. my flatmates were amazing which got me through it by never had any lessons are anything like that. for us to deal with that, along with having brain cancer, she isjust amazing. yes. cancer, she is 'ust amazing. yes, and strikes — cancer, she is 'ust amazing. yes, and strikes as— cancer, she isjust amazing. yes, and strikes as well. _ cancer, she isjust amazing. yes, and strikes as well. where - cancer, she isjust amazing. yes, and strikes as well. where you're at the same university? ila. and strikes as well. where you're at the same university?— the same university? no, i am at salford and _ the same university? no, i am at salford and she _ the same university? no, i am at salford and she was _ the same university? no, i am at salford and she was at _ the same university? no, i am at i salford and she was at manchester. so you can make your own friends. one advantage you have is people do not look at women your age and think brain cancer, it is about raising awareness of the condition of what
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can happen, how important has that been to you?— can happen, how important has that been to you? really important. i am an ambassador _ been to you? really important. i am an ambassador for _ been to you? really important. i am an ambassador for the _ been to you? really important. i am an ambassador for the brain - been to you? really important. i am an ambassador for the brain tumour| an ambassador for the brain tumour charity and that is focused on raising awareness and funds because it is the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under a0 yet it receives about 2% of cancer research funding. receives about 296 of cancer research fundin. :. receives about 296 of cancer research fundini. :, :, , :, :,~' receives about 296 of cancer research fundini. :, :, , :, , , receives about 296 of cancer research fundini. :, :, , , funding. that does not make sense so the brain tumour _ funding. that does not make sense so the brain tumour charity _ funding. that does not make sense so the brain tumour charity have - funding. that does not make sense so the brain tumour charity have a - funding. that does not make sense so the brain tumour charity have a new. the brain tumour charity have a new campaign _ the brain tumour charity have a new campaign at — the brain tumour charity have a new campaign at the moment. people who have more _ campaign at the moment. people who have more than one symptom, they recommend — have more than one symptom, they recommend they get medical help because _ recommend they get medical help because it is so important, diagnosis is so difficult and so important. diagnosis is so difficult and so important-— diagnosis is so difficult and so im ortant. :, :, y:, diagnosis is so difficult and so imortant. :, :, :, important. laura, when you sat down usaie of a important. laura, when you sat down usage of a comfortable _ important. laura, when you sat down usage of a comfortable talking - important. laura, when you sat down usage of a comfortable talking about| usage of a comfortable talking about everything so people listening and watching you and your wonderful family will be wanting to know how you are, how are things? film family will be wanting to know how you are, how are things?— you are, how are things? am all riiht. i
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you are, how are things? am all right- i am _ you are, how are things? am all right. i am starting _ you are, how are things? am all right. i am starting another - you are, how are things? am all right. i am starting another six i right. i am starting another six months of chemotherapy tomorrow. but it is all right. in perspective, i have friends who have the same disease i have that are deaf, blind in one eye, can't walk properly and i am find. i can walk. i have signed up i am find. i can walk. i have signed up to do the great north run in september. the up to do the great north run in september-— up to do the great north run in september. up to do the great north run in setember. :, :, , , :, september. the whole family is doing it for the charity. _ september. the whole family is doing it for the charity. that _ september. the whole family is doing it for the charity. that is _ it for the charity. that is unbelievable. _ it for the charity. that is unbelievable. why - it for the charity. that is unbelievable. why am i | it for the charity. that is i unbelievable. why am i all it for the charity. that is - unbelievable. why am i all right it for the charity. that is _ unbelievable. why am i all right and why is health suffering? it is unbelievable. why am i all right and why is health suffering?— why is health suffering? it is a lot to do with genetic— why is health suffering? it is a lot to do with genetic make-up, - why is health suffering? it is a lot| to do with genetic make-up, every to do with genetic make—up, every tumour— to do with genetic make—up, every tumour is— to do with genetic make—up, every tumour is different which makes it hard to— tumour is different which makes it hard to treat because there are different— hard to treat because there are different profiles different tumours. yours last scan was stable but she _ tumours. yours last scan was stable but she has— tumours. yours last scan was stable but she has had two surgeries through— but she has had two surgeries through her degree. we lived from scan to— through her degree. we lived from scan to scan, she had won injune so
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she has— scan to scan, she had won injune so she has won — scan to scan, she had won injune so she has won in — scan to scan, she had won injune so she has won in september so we will io she has won in september so we will go through— she has won in september so we will go through that anxiety in september and in _ go through that anxiety in september and in december. every three months. everything _ and in december. every three months. everything can change in an incident _ everything can change in an incident. :, , , incident. you said mum preaches, life is short. _ incident. you said mum preaches, life is short, _ incident. you said mum preaches, life is short, to _ incident. you said mum preaches, life is short, to be _ incident. you said mum preaches, life is short, to be honest- incident. you said mum preaches, life is short, to be honest you | life is short, to be honest you have never— life is short, to be honest you have never been _ life is short, to be honest you have never been massively - life is short, to be honest you i have never been massively stressed but since my diagnosis, laura is of a my best friend. laura is obviously my best friend. we have been through so much as a family.— so much as a family. laura would alwa s so much as a family. laura would always have _ so much as a family. laura would always have been _ so much as a family. laura would always have been someone - so much as a family. laura would always have been someone who. so much as a family. laura would| always have been someone who is quite _ always have been someone who is quite self—contained and not put herself— quite self—contained and not put herself out there but now she suggestio everything. that herself out there but now she suggestio everything.- herself out there but now she suggestio everything. that is what i learned afterwards, _ suggestio everything. that is what i learned afterwards, if— suggestio everything. that is what i learned afterwards, if this - suggestio everything. that is what i learned afterwards, if this is - suggestio everything. that is what i learned afterwards, if this is all - learned afterwards, if this is all you get of life, why not siesta everything you get offered? that is a ireat everything you get offered? that is
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a great thought- — everything you get offered? that is a great thought. you _ everything you get offered? that is a great thought. you have - everything you get offered? that is a great thought. you have the - a great thought. you have the picture of you with your mortar board somewhere?— picture of you with your mortar board somewhere? yes. it has been so lovel board somewhere? i9; it has been so lovely seeing you, glad you're doing well. good luck with your scan. good luck at uni. well done. you just about managed it, thank you so much. good luck. time is 31 minutes past nine. iam using i am using her as a human shield to those he might be nice to me! so she said there is no guarantee! you have absolutely delightful man in the studio. i've seen and either, and not so sure about carol! it has started already. if you hadn't
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guessed i was special guest says everyone's favourite weather presenter who has a smile brighter than the sun itself, carol kirkwood. good to have you here, carol. hagar good to have you here, carol. how are ou? good to have you here, carol. how are you? i — good to have you here, carol. how are you? i am _ good to have you here, carol. how are you? i am very _ good to have you here, carol. how are you? i am very well. _ good to have you here, carol. how are you? i am very well. it - good to have you here, carol. how are you? i am very well. it is great to be here. are you? i am very well. it is great to be here-— to be here. you have got a fabulous new book has _ to be here. you have got a fabulous new book hasjust _ to be here. you have got a fabulous new book hasjust come _ to be here. you have got a fabulous new book hasjust come out - to be here. you have got a fabulous new book hasjust come out on - new book has just come out on thursday. new book has 'ust come out on mummy.— new book has 'ust come out on thursday. that's right. exciting times. absolute. _ thursday. that's right. exciting times. absolute. no _ thursday. that's right. exciting times. absolute. no messing, | thursday. that's right. exciting - times. absolute. no messing, matt. we will talk about that in just a bit. at the end of the show food heaven, food health.— heaven, food health. scallops definitely food _ heaven, food health. scallops definitely food heaven. - heaven, food health. scallops definitely food heaven. nice l definitely food heaven. nice healthy, clean food.- definitely food heaven. nice healthy, clean food. what about hell? land- _ healthy, clean food. what about hell? land. anything _ healthy, clean food. what about hell? land. anything with - healthy, clean food. what about hell? land. anything with hairs| hell? land. anything with hairs comini hell? land. anything with hairs coming out _ hell? land. anything with hairs coming out of _ hell? land. anything with hairs coming out of it! _ hell? land. anything with hairs coming out of it! ok, _ hell? land. anything with hairs coming out of it! ok, great. i hell? land. anything with hairs| coming out of it! ok, great. our michelin starred _ coming out of it! ok, great. our michelin starred neighbour- coming out of it! ok, great. our michelin starred neighbour is i coming out of it! ok, great. our i michelin starred neighbour is here. hi, matt. i have a nice summary
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dishi _ hi, matt. i have a nice summary dish, steamed brill with fig leaves. and we _ dish, steamed brill with fig leaves. and we are — dish, steamed brill with fig leaves. and we are going to make lots of bits and — and we are going to make lots of bits and pieces. a summary dish. he is bits and pieces. a summary dish. hrs. is very bits and pieces. a summary dish. is very dapper, bits and pieces. a summary dish. ii9 is very dapper, isn't he? very dapper. he looks like how i want to look when i grow up. panda; dapper. he looks like how i want to look when i grow up.— look when i grow up. andy oliver, how are you? _ look when i grow up. andy oliver, how are you? i'm _ look when i grow up. andy oliver, how are you? i'm very _ look when i grow up. andy oliver, how are you? i'm very well. - how are you? i'm very well. would you like to know i'm cooking? i'm making a trinidadian street food, some blackberries with vinegar and delicious things and a fresh coconut chili chutney. delicious things and a fresh coconut chili chutney-— delicious things and a fresh coconut chili chutney. banana man, what we iot for chili chutney. banana man, what we got for you? — chili chutney. banana man, what we got for you? i— chili chutney. banana man, what we got for you? i thought _ chili chutney. banana man, what we got for you? i thought there - chili chutney. banana man, what we got for you? i thought there were i got for you? i thought there were bananas? they _ got for you? i thought there were bananas? they are _ got for you? i thought there were bananas? they are sunflowers. i got for you? i thought there were i bananas? they are sunflowers. their flowers. carol says the flowers. loads of drinks, great value bubbly, hopefully a wine to take carol to heaven at the end of the show and my
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love affair with greece continues. very nice. stop the press, it is well tequila day tomorrow. what have you got for us, carmen? finite well tequila day tomorrow. what have you got for us, carmen?— well tequila day tomorrow. what have you got for us, carmen? we are going to be drinking — you got for us, carmen? we are going to be drinking some _ you got for us, carmen? we are going to be drinking some fabulous - to be drinking some fabulous cocktails. we are going to be doing tequila _ cocktails. we are going to be doing tequila. note lick, shoot. we are classy _ tequila. note lick, shoot. we are class . , :, :, tequila. note lick, shoot. we are class. , :, :, :, tequila. note lick, shoot. we are class. :, :, :, , classy. growing tequila, two words i never hear in _ classy. growing tequila, two words i never hear in the _ classy. growing tequila, two words i never hear in the same _ classy. growing tequila, two words i never hear in the same sentence. i classy. growing tequila, two words i l never hear in the same sentence. we will see you at ten. you sing grown—up at all, matt! and ijust say to carol, just behave. just behave! say to carol, 'ust behave. just behave! :. say to carol, 'ust behave. just behave! :, :, , :, say to carol, 'ust behave. just behave! :, :, , ., the behave! charlie, i always do! they have no idea _ behave! charlie, i always do! they have no idea what _ behave! charlie, i always do! they have no idea what their _ behave! charlie, i always do! they have no idea what their selling - behave! charlie, i always do! they| have no idea what their selling for. more news and sport coming up in just a moment.
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hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. time now for our regular saturday morning catch—up with doctor chris smith and professor of public health, linda bauld. they helped us through the pandemic with their covid knowledge and now two new fast—spreading subvariants are causing a rise in cases across the uk. should we be concerned? good morning to you both. is everything 0k? very well thanks. linda, do you just want to start us off? anecdotally or otherwise people are concerned at the moment. rising numbers of cases and these variants. give us a snapshot of where we are. it has certainly not gone away, charlie, has it? we have seen rising
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incidence in the community since june, since the beginning ofjune actually we have seen that. the advice we have got this week in the survey which is a random sample of the population who give swabs, it is not positive test any more is that infections are up about 7%. you have over 3 million people in the uk with covid at the moment and quite a big proportion of those heading in the direction of a third actually re infections, so people picking it up more than once. to be a little bit more than once. to be a little bit more positive, we are seeing a variable picture across the country. we have seen a rise of about 9% in england but wales and scotland are quite level. an i8% drop in that incidence in northern ireland. my senseis incidence in northern ireland. my sense is that we don't know whether we are at the peak of this omicron wave from these new sub—lineages but we might be close. hospital emissions are slowing down. i think the public health message to the public is we are in summer, we didn't expect to have this level of
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infection in summer. there are still things people can do to protect themselves. we are heading for another round of vaccinations in the autumn but i suspect, my hunch, and we are certainly seeing this from waste water, which we have raised on this programme before, mainly to see some settling down of this in the coming weeks which will be very welcome. . coming weeks which will be very welcome. , :, :, :, :, welcome. chris, good morning tea. can ou welcome. chris, good morning tea. can you explain _ welcome. chris, good morning tea. can you explain to _ welcome. chris, good morning tea. can you explain to me _ welcome. chris, good morning tea. can you explain to me what's - can you explain to me what's the difference between why recalling these sub—variants and not variants? what is the difference? thea;t these sub-variants and not variants? what is the difference?— what is the difference? they are all variants but — what is the difference? they are all variants but the _ what is the difference? they are all variants but the nomenclature - what is the difference? they are all variants but the nomenclature is i variants but the nomenclature is supposed — variants but the nomenclature is supposed to make things clear of living _ supposed to make things clear of living or— supposed to make things clear of living or think about tree that has a main _ living or think about tree that has a main trunk and then it branches and branches again. when you have something — and branches again. when you have something that is a spin off or a branch— something that is a spin off or a branch from another part of the virus. _ branch from another part of the virus. the — branch from another part of the virus, the ones which have all got the same — virus, the ones which have all got the same numbers are all on the same branch— the same numbers are all on the same branch of— the same numbers are all on the same branch of their branches of branches. and it helps us to understand which part of the virus family— understand which part of the virus family they sit in. where the
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numbers— family they sit in. where the numbers do appear confusing their logical— numbers do appear confusing their logical and their mean things scientifically so they're useful for us to _ scientifically so they're useful for us to interpret what gave rise to what _ us to interpret what gave rise to what the — us to interpret what gave rise to what. the current circulating types of omicron — what. the current circulating types of omicron are the ba four an ba five _ of omicron are the ba four an ba five. 30— of omicron are the ba four an ba five. , :, : , :, five. so if there branches of branches. _ five. so if there branches of branches, and _ five. so if there branches of branches, and maybe - five. so if there branches of| branches, and maybe taking five. so if there branches of- branches, and maybe taking your analogy to literally, are they as very ii, as strong as the original bits? very 11, as strong as the original bits? : , :, : :, bits? something which is a branch of somethini bits? something which is a branch of something it — bits? something which is a branch of something it doesn't _ bits? something which is a branch of something it doesn't necessarily - something it doesn't necessarily have _ something it doesn't necessarily have to — something it doesn't necessarily have to surrender nastiness or valence — have to surrender nastiness or valence just because it is a derivative of something. there is no rule that— derivative of something. there is no rule that says the virus must only evolve _ rule that says the virus must only evolve in — rule that says the virus must only evolve in a — rule that says the virus must only evolve in a less pathological direction. certainly viruses like smallpox. _ direction. certainly viruses like smallpox, which thankfully now been eradicated, they remain pretty nasty at 30%_ eradicated, they remain pretty nasty at 30% mortality rates are probably thousands — at 30% mortality rates are probably thousands of years. but the general trend _ thousands of years. but the general trend with _ thousands of years. but the general trend with many viruses is that as they evolve — trend with many viruses is that as they evolve to become better bedfellows with their new host, and this is— bedfellows with their new host, and this is a _ bedfellows with their new host, and
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this is a new virus for humans. it has come — this is a new virus for humans. it has come from probably animals in some _ has come from probably animals in some way— has come from probably animals in some way and it is now evolving to become _ some way and it is now evolving to become a — some way and it is now evolving to become a human infection. as it does that it _ become a human infection. as it does that it will— become a human infection. as it does that it will change in such a way that it will change in such a way that it _ that it will change in such a way that it maximises the number of cases— that it maximises the number of cases because the virus, viruses can't _ cases because the virus, viruses can't want — cases because the virus, viruses can't want anything because they not alive but— can't want anything because they not alive but the virus wants to infect as many— alive but the virus wants to infect as many people as possible. and if you kill_ as many people as possible. and if you kill off— as many people as possible. and if you kill off too many people or you make _ you kill off too many people or you make them — you kill off too many people or you make them too well then you actually make them too well then you actually make it _ make them too well then you actually make it much harder to spread to as many— make it much harder to spread to as many people because people put barriers — many people because people put barriers in your way, immune barriers — barriers in your way, immune barriers or— barriers in your way, immune barriers or physical social distancing barriers and so on. so it is in _ distancing barriers and so on. so it is in the _ distancing barriers and so on. so it is in the interest of the virus to evolve — is in the interest of the virus to evolve in— is in the interest of the virus to evolve in a _ is in the interest of the virus to evolve in a less pathological direction _ evolve in a less pathological direction to maximise the number of casesi _ direction to maximise the number of cases, minimise the amount of illness— cases, minimise the amount of illness and _ cases, minimise the amount of illness and immunity that comes in that way— illness and immunity that comes in that way you get to more viruses of that way you get to more viruses of that type _ that way you get to more viruses of that type being around. it is what we called — that type being around. it is what we called natural selection. linda, let's focus on _ we called natural selection. linda, let's focus on monkeypox - we called natural selection. linda, let's focus on monkeypox for - we called natural selection. linda, let's focus on monkeypox for a - let's focus on monkeypox for a moment. understand the nhs is stepping up vaccination programme, particularly in london.— particularly in london. that's correct. this _ particularly in london. that's correct. this is _ particularly in london. that's correct. this is really - particularly in london. that's
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correct. this is really getting| particularly in london. that's - correct. this is really getting some international attention, charlie. the world health organization met again this week on monkeypox to consider whether this would become a public health emergency of international concern. it is a formal declaration, we have at about six of them in recent history that the who has used. the reason they're saying that as we picked up cases in 71 countries where it is not normally found. to hear in the uk the vaccination, as you say, is not for everybody. it is a targeted vaccination. the vast majority of cases of monkeypox are being identified in men who have six with men and there is —— men who have sex with men. the vaccine is given for two reasons. first of all as a preventative measure to provide some protection to those who maybe close contacts. and then in some cases under clinicaljudgment who have under clinical judgment who have tested under clinicaljudgment who have tested positive. and it may reduce similar symptoms. tested positive. and it may reduce similarsymptoms. it tested positive. and it may reduce similar symptoms. it is really important if you're offered that vaccine, or if you are concerned
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about any of the symptoms, remember the rash, those pustules that have developed. there is information on the uk health security website or the uk health security website or the nhs website please see could support but i think there is a lot of activity under way for the general public generally though just emphasise, the risk remains very low. �* :. emphasise, the risk remains very low. �* :, . :, emphasise, the risk remains very low. �* :, : :, :, low. but, linda, the world health organization _ low. but, linda, the world health organization is _ low. but, linda, the world health organization is considering - low. but, linda, the world health i organization is considering whether or not to class it as a global public health emergency. why would that be the case? its, public health emergency. why would that be the case? its. iot public health emergency. why would that be the case?— that be the case? a lot of countries need to take _ that be the case? a lot of countries need to take this _ that be the case? a lot of countries need to take this seriously. - that be the case? a lot of countries need to take this seriously. it - that be the case? a lot of countries need to take this seriously. it has i need to take this seriously. it has been found in countries where it is not normally the case. we normally find it for example in the aquatic republic of congo, nigeria and some other countries in africa and what we have found is this global spread. —— the democratic republic of the congo. the final point on that for me, because of the groups that are affected there is a lot of stigma and undeserving of the health needs of those populations in some countries. so the who stepping in will really push action whether it
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is needed and of course that will be really welcome.— really welcome. chris, can ask about flu. we haven't _ really welcome. chris, can ask about flu. we haven't spoken _ really welcome. chris, can ask about flu. we haven't spoken about - really welcome. chris, can ask about flu. we haven't spoken about it - really welcome. chris, can ask about| flu. we haven't spoken about it much lately for reasons but as i understand it australia and new zealand have particular problems at the moment. it zealand have particular problems at the moment-— zealand have particular problems at the moment. it has been a bad year for flu. the moment. it has been a bad year for flu- flu — the moment. it has been a bad year for flu. flu arrives _ the moment. it has been a bad year for flu. flu arrives in _ the moment. it has been a bad year for flu. flu arrives in most - for flu. flu arrives in most countries _ for flu. flu arrives in most countries at a time of year corresponding to their winter. it's a seasonal— corresponding to their winter. it's a seasonal infection. in the southern _ a seasonal infection. in the southern hemisphere it is right now winter— southern hemisphere it is right now wintertime. fora number of reasons we have _ wintertime. fora number of reasons we have been— wintertime. fora number of reasons we have been anticipating a bad flu season _ we have been anticipating a bad flu season. we did last year in the uk but it— season. we did last year in the uk but it didn't — season. we did last year in the uk but it didn't transpire that that happened because omicron arrived and we shut— happened because omicron arrived and we shut the _ happened because omicron arrived and we shut the country down and the various— we shut the country down and the various measures to stop covid also stop flu _ various measures to stop covid also stop flu. but because australia and new zealand have now opened up having _ new zealand have now opened up having very heavily vaccinated their population — having very heavily vaccinated their population against coronavirus infections they now seem what we predicted — infections they now seem what we predicted would happen which is really— predicted would happen which is really big surges of flu. and it is harder— really big surges of flu. and it is harder to — really big surges of flu. and it is harder to match the vaccine to the flu that _ harder to match the vaccine to the flu that is— harder to match the vaccine to the flu that is circulating in recent years— flu that is circulating in recent years because we have an very many samples _ years because we have an very many samples of— years because we have an very many samples of flu upon which to base
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the vaccine — samples of flu upon which to base the vaccine choices. so there is a number— the vaccine choices. so there is a number of— the vaccine choices. so there is a number of possibilities that mean that we _ number of possibilities that mean that we maybe facing a bad flu year here _ that we maybe facing a bad flu year here. because we have got the experience of what's going on in australia, — experience of what's going on in australia, they're seeing a big problem _ australia, they're seeing a big problem. we expect the same thing will happen here. we expect also that the — will happen here. we expect also that the population's overall level of immunity to flu will have dropped because _ of immunity to flu will have dropped because people haven't encountered the virus _ because people haven't encountered the virus very much in the last few years _ the virus very much in the last few years as — the virus very much in the last few years as a — the virus very much in the last few years. as a result, they wanted boosted — years. as a result, they wanted boosted their immunity by natural infection— boosted their immunity by natural infection so expect we have a bigger pool of— infection so expect we have a bigger pool of people who are going to be susceptible and perhaps vaccines aren't— susceptible and perhaps vaccines aren't going to be as tightly targeted. and so we are anticipating that could _ targeted. and so we are anticipating that could happen and i strongly suspect— that could happen and i strongly suspect we will see some announcement soon about what we should _ announcement soon about what we should vaccinate people in the autumn— should vaccinate people in the autumn ahead of the flu season to avoid _ autumn ahead of the flu season to avoid us _ autumn ahead of the flu season to avoid us having the problem that they have — avoid us having the problem that they have got in australia and new zealand _ they have got in australia and new zealand right now, which is lots and lots of _ zealand right now, which is lots and lots of cases of people being quite unwelt _ lots of cases of people being quite unwell. . lots of cases of people being quite unwell. , :, :, .y , lots of cases of people being quite unwell. , :, :, , :, unwell. chris, linda, always good to have ou unwell. chris, linda, always good to have you both _ unwell. chris, linda, always good to have you both with _ unwell. chris, linda, always good to have you both with us. _ unwell. chris, linda, always good to have you both with us. enjoy - unwell. chris, linda, always good to have you both with us. enjoy the - have you both with us. enjoy the rest of your weekend and we will speak soon. the way the world
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athletic championship works is it all happens in the early morning we wake up in the morning and say have we got anything? it might be hard to sleep after winning that. that medal is now tucked up in bed with him in oregon. we will tell you all about it. he only took up running a00 metres while working in a supermarket eight years ago, and now matt hudson smith has won his first medal at a global event. he wasn't expected to win a medal in the a00 metres world championships final, in oregon in the early hours of this morning, but ran the race of his life, to finish in 3rd to win the bronze medal. it comes after years of injury and mental health issues, and at one point, he was going to quit the sport, but his mum persuaded him to keep going and he relocated from wolverhampton to the united states, and it was his mum that he spoke to back home, as he prepared to collect his medal.
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when we were just about to the medal ceremony i was on the phone with her and she was crying a lot! she was crying a lot. we had a little moment where she said she didn't know if you can avail to sleep. —— if she was going to be able to sleep. this sport is tough. it doesn't only guide you physically, challenges you mentally. and mum said that it shows how resilient you are and if you're confident in yourself anything is possible. elsewhere, great britain's, olympic silver medallist keely hodgkinson put in a composed performance to win her 800 metres semi—final. hodgkinson will go for gold in the early hours of monday morning, butjema reekie could only finish fifth in her heat. onto cricket and england's men hit back in style to win their one—day international series, with south africa. with the game restricted, to just 29 overs per side due to rain at old trafford, england struggled at first with the hat, but liam livingstone helped lead the recovery, as they set a target of 202.
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it was a total, that south africa got nowhere near, losing four wickets for just six runs, including this brilliant run out from captain jos buttler. moeen ali finished the job, as england bowled south africa out forjust 83 to win by 118 runs. that sets up a series decider at headingley tomorrow. delighted. absolutely delighted, more with the attitude and the character we try to show. we speak a blot about being positive and aggressive in trying to take that positive option. and we know we can do it better but we did well today. it is great to go into the series 1-1 it is great to go into the series 1—1 and all to play for on sunday and the message will be the same for our guys, to continue to play that aggressive style of cricket. england will play sweden, in their euro 2022 semi—final, next week. the swedes — who are, the top ranked side in the tournament, beat belgium i—o. but they left it very late —
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linda sembrant, scoring in added time, with their 32nd attempt, at leigh sports village. so england will now play sweden for a place in the final, that match is on tuesday, at sheffield united's, bramall lane stadium. i know they are the top ranked side by don't think england will see too much there to frighten them after coming through that epic against spain. coming from behind. sweden laboured a bit last night. i spain. coming from behind. sweden laboured a bit last night.— laboured a bit last night. i don't think they _ laboured a bit last night. i don't think they will _ laboured a bit last night. i don't think they will rest _ laboured a bit last night. i don't think they will rest on _ laboured a bit last night. i don't think they will rest on their - think they will rest on their laurels because there are some nervy moments in the england spain game. what is the bushell policy and trying deter see golfs from stealing your chips? trying deter see golfs from stealing yourchips? —— trying deter see golfs from stealing your chips? —— deter seagulls from stealing your chip? i think the answer was staring at them put some off. there was a thing about staring at them, yes. it
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off. there was a thing about staring at them. yes-— at them, yes. it is hard if they're fl ini at them, yes. it is hard if they're flying round. _ at them, yes. it is hard if they're flying round, isn't— at them, yes. it is hard if they're flying round, isn't it? _ at them, yes. it is hard if they're flying round, isn't it? and - at them, yes. it is hard if they're flying round, isn't it? and if- at them, yes. it is hard if they're flying round, isn't it? and if they are divini flying round, isn't it? and if they are diving only. _ flying round, isn't it? and if they are diving only. it _ flying round, isn't it? and if they are diving only. it can _ flying round, isn't it? and if they are diving only. it can ruin - flying round, isn't it? and if they are diving only. it can ruin your i are diving only. it can ruin your day at the beach.— are diving only. it can ruin your day at the beach.- ice i are diving only. it can ruin your - day at the beach.- ice cream, day at the beach. awful. ice cream, chi s. day at the beach. awful. ice cream, chiis. it day at the beach. awful. ice cream, chips- it is — day at the beach. awful. ice cream, chips- it is not _ day at the beach. awful. ice cream, chips. it is not a _ day at the beach. awful. ice cream, chips. it is not a good _ day at the beach. awful. ice cream, chips. it is not a good thing. - crispin rolfe spent the day in beautiful bridlington, in east yorkshire, to see if it works. here's the problem... in the space of ten minutes they attacked three different people. but of ten minutes they attacked three different people.— different people. but what's the solution to _ different people. but what's the solution to seagulls _ different people. but what's the solution to seagulls on - different people. but what's the solution to seagulls on the - different people. but what's the i solution to seagulls on the prowl? my solution to seagulls on the prowl? my son has been scaring them off if they got— my son has been scaring them off if they got too near.— they got too near. you've done this before. they got too near. you've done this before- and — they got too near. you've done this before. and stood _ they got too near. you've done this before. and stood next _ they got too near. you've done this before. and stood next to - they got too near. you've done this before. and stood next to a - they got too near. you've done this before. and stood next to a post, i before. and stood next to a post, the can before. and stood next to a post, they can attack — before. and stood next to a post, they can attack me! _ before. and stood next to a post, they can attack me! some - before. and stood next to a post, they can attack me! some say - before. and stood next to a post, i they can attack me! some say stop feedini they can attack me! some say stop feeding them. _ they can attack me! some say stop feeding them, others _ they can attack me! some say stop feeding them, others say - they can attack me! some say stop feeding them, others say coal - they can attack me! some say stop i feeding them, others say coal them. but now there's a third way. yes, that's right, take delivery company
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and scientists have come up with music tracks designed to scare seagulls away using the sounds of birds of prey. i'm not sure there are totally scared by this. but don't take my word for it, here are some of the owners of bridlington's harbour—side cafe is. we have got a piece of music that people say will keep the seagulls. what you reckon to this? is it going to make a difference? it to this? is it going to make a difference?— difference? it is certainly the sound of the _ difference? it is certainly the sound of the seaside. - difference? it is certainly the sound of the seaside. i'm - difference? it is certainly the | sound of the seaside. i'm not difference? it is certainly the - sound of the seaside. i'm not sure it will keep the sea eagles at bay though because people feed them. here we go. though because people feed them. here we go— here we go. now, i don't think that is iioin here we go. now, i don't think that is going to — here we go. now, i don't think that is going to work! — here we go. now, i don't think that is going to work! so _ here we go. now, i don't think that is going to work! so here _ here we go. now, i don't think that is going to work! so here we - here we go. now, i don't think that is going to work! so here we go, i is going to work! so here we go, this is the _ is going to work! so here we go, this is the acid _ is going to work! so here we go, this is the acid test. _ is going to work! so here we go, this is the acid test. it _ is going to work! so here we go, this is the acid test. it is - is going to work! so here we go, this is the acid test. it is going i this is the acid test. it is going to work? they have taken one already. clearly i'm doing something wrong. let's ask expert. we have tried in bridlington using admittedly not the biggest speaker in the known world. and i have to
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say that the doughnuts we have put down got devoured like that. yeah. down got devoured like that. yeah, it is something _ down got devoured like that. yeah, it is something you _ down got devoured like that. yeah, it is something you probably - down got devoured like that. yeah, it is something you probably have i down got devoured like that. ie—i it is something you probably have to play very loud on a good speaker for them to pick it up out of all the background sounds will be going on. ok then, let's give it a second chance. would it put you off if you were a seagull, with birds of prey in the background here.— in the background here. probably not! you are _ in the background here. probably not! you are not _ in the background here. probably not! you are not convinced - in the background here. probably not! you are not convinced are i in the background here. probably i not! you are not convinced are you? no. so not! you are not convinced are you? no- so here's _ not! you are not convinced are you? no. so here's the _ not! you are not convinced are you? no. so here's the music, _ not! you are not convinced are you? no. so here's the music, here's - not! you are not convinced are you? no. so here's the music, here's the| no. so here's the music, here's the doughnut. — no. so here's the music, here's the doughnut. is— no. so here's the music, here's the doughnut, is this _ no. so here's the music, here's the doughnut, is this working? - no. so here's the music, here's the doughnut, is this working? not - no. so here's the music, here's the. doughnut, is this working? not sure. probably not. bbc breakfast, bridlington. i think the camera might be more of a deterrent than this! i think the bottom line is if you put a donor on a seat... you would
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nick it. the seagulls are going to get it. the noises and gonna make any difference. it get it. the noises and gonna make any difference.— any difference. it didn't did it. it didn't work! _ any difference. it didn't did it. it didn't work! it _ any difference. it didn't did it. it didn't work! it didn't _ any difference. it didn't did it. it didn't work! it didn't work. - any difference. it didn't did it. it didn't work! it didn't work. it. any difference. it didn't did it. it| didn't work! it didn't work. it was fun though- _ didn't work! it didn't work. it was fun though. mike _ didn't work! it didn't work. it was fun though. mike thinks - didn't work! it didn't work. it was fun though. mike thinks you - didn't work! it didn't work. it was j fun though. mike thinks you have didn't work! it didn't work. it was i fun though. mike thinks you have to stare at them. that is not going to work anyway. whether it's the great storm of 1987, or the sinkhole which swallowed a bus — we all have memories of local and national news from over the decades. well, the bbc has launched a website featuring more than 30,000 films from its archives, dating back to the i9aos. let's take a look... it's the summer holidays and then as now all roads lead to the coast. backin now all roads lead to the coast. back in 1967, while the beatles were on their magical mystery tour, these pensioners were on the coach to bournemouth.— pensioners were on the coach to bournemouth. �* :, , :, ., bournemouth. i've always wanted to come to bournemouth. _ bournemouth. i've always wanted to come to bournemouth. my - bournemouth. i've always wanted to come to bournemouth. my wife - bournemouth. i've always wanted to come to bournemouth. my wife as i | come to bournemouth. my wife as i was put me off going to bournemouth. why was that? she
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was put me off going to bournemouth. why was that?— why was that? she says it is too bracini why was that? she says it is too bracing and _ why was that? she says it is too bracing and she _ why was that? she says it is too bracing and she was _ why was that? she says it is too bracing and she was like - why was that? she says it is too bracing and she was like to - why was that? she says it is too i bracing and she was like to guess why was that? she says it is too - bracing and she was like to guess my further uphill. ih bracing and she was like to guess my further uphill-— further uphill. in the north-east children from _ further uphill. in the north-east children from newcastle - further uphill. in the north-east children from newcastle were i further uphill. in the north-east i children from newcastle were also further uphill. in the north-east - children from newcastle were also on a trip to the seaside. fire children from newcastle were also on a trip to the seaside.— a trip to the seaside. are you glad ou a trip to the seaside. are you glad you came? _ a trip to the seaside. are you glad you came? yeah. _ a trip to the seaside. are you glad you came? yeah. what _ a trip to the seaside. are you glad you came? yeah. what about - a trip to the seaside. are you glad you came? yeah. what about the | a trip to the seaside. are you glad - you came? yeah. what about the rain, you came? yeah. what about the rain, you all— you came? yeah. what about the rain, you all wet _ you came? yeah. what about the rain, you all wet. i�*m you came? yeah. what about the rain, you all wet-— you all wet. i'm glad i came here out of the _ you all wet. i'm glad i came here out of the rain _ you all wet. i'm glad i came here out of the rain so _ you all wet. i'm glad i came here out of the rain so i _ you all wet. i'm glad i came here out of the rain so i can _ you all wet. i'm glad i came here out of the rain so i can get - you all wet. i'm glad i came here out of the rain so i can get dry. i out of the rain so i can get dry. and _ out of the rain so i can get dry. and you — out of the rain so i can get dry. and you can't mention- out of the rain so i can get dry. and you can't mention british i and you can't mention british holidays without the pioneer billy butlin. in the late 19505, he was busyin butlin. in the late 19505, he was busy in bognor regis building his eighth holiday camp. haifa busy in bognor regis building his eighth holiday camp.— busy in bognor regis building his eighth holiday camp. how do you feel about this objection _ eighth holiday camp. how do you feel about this objection has _ eighth holiday camp. how do you feel about this objection has been - eighth holiday camp. how do you feel about this objection has been raised i about this objection has been raised to your great plan?— about this objection has been raised to your great plan? well, you know, i think nowadays _ to your great plan? well, you know, i think nowadays anything _ to your great plan? well, you know, i think nowadays anything that - i think nowadays anything that anyone — i think nowadays anything that anyone tries to do there is always someone — anyone tries to do there is always someone against it. for anyone tries to do there is always someone against it.— anyone tries to do there is always someone against it. for these kids in the north-west _ someone against it. for these kids in the north-west though, - someone against it. for these kids in the north-west though, bogner| in the north—west though, bogner wasn't nearly far enough. it is in the north—west though, bogner wasn't nearly far enough. it i51968 and they are being asked about a trip to the moon.— trip to the moon. well, i think there are _ trip to the moon. well, i think there are craters. _
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trip to the moon. well, i think there are craters. it _ trip to the moon. well, i think there are craters. it is - trip to the moon. well, i think there are craters. it is full- trip to the moon. well, i think there are craters. it is full of, | there are craters. it is full of, they say cheese by don't think it is. i think it is big craters with little craters next to it. and big shiny rocks. little craters next to it. and big shiny rocks-— little craters next to it. and big shiny rocks. why don't think it is cheese? well, _ shiny rocks. why don't think it is cheese? well, from _ shiny rocks. why don't think it is cheese? well, from the - shiny rocks. why don't think it is cheese? well, from the caller, i shiny rocks. why don't think it is i cheese? well, from the caller, no. shiny rocks. why don't think it is - cheese? well, from the caller, no. a couile of cheese? well, from the caller, no. a couple of years _ cheese? well, from the caller, no. a couple of years after _ cheese? well, from the caller, no. a couple of years after the _ cheese? well, from the caller, no. a couple of years after the moon - couple of years after the moon landings and back on earth try spotting yourself here at this festival in essex as thousands gathered to see rod stewart and status quo. did you see oasis at knebworth in the 905? and if you did, can you remember? this is the crowd for the radioi roadshow in great yarmouth just before the turn of the century. there are thousands more films where these came from. and they're all available on the bbc�*s and they're all available on the bbc�*s new rewind website, launched this week to mark the corporation's centre in re. let's talk to the for the project. i
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see what they've done, they put the ipad in the middle behind you. fig ipad in the middle behind you. modern touch, lovely, great. ipad in the middle behind you. al modern touch, lovely, great. this ipad in the middle behind you. a i modern touch, lovely, great. this is all about giving _ modern touch, lovely, great. this is all about giving people _ modern touch, lovely, great. this is all about giving people access - modern touch, lovely, great. this is all about giving people access to i all about giving people access to stuff that is otherwise sitting in the vault. :. . . :. , the vault. yeah, essentially we di i itise the vault. yeah, essentially we digitise so _ the vault. yeah, essentially we digitise so much _ the vault. yeah, essentially we digitise so much of— the vault. yeah, essentially we digitise so much of the - the vault. yeah, essentially we digitise so much of the bbc- the vault. yeah, essentially we - digitise so much of the bbc archive that we want to, you know, give it back to the people. so my team runs the bbc archive social media accounts and we just noticed people really like the social history stuff that we put out and we thought for bbc 100 wouldn't it be amazing to create a website to how's it all. so that's what we have done and our colleagues from across the nations and regions have all contributed this massively. so there should be something for everyone in there. so if i go on to this place and out, i don't know, i say telford 1958, if i go on to this place and out, i don't know, i say telford1958, is that how it works? either you will
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get something you won't? me that how it works? either you will get something you won't? we think it is really intuitive. _ get something you won't? we think it is really intuitive. so _ get something you won't? we think it is really intuitive. so it _ get something you won't? we think it is really intuitive. so it is _ get something you won't? we think it is really intuitive. so it is worth - is really intuitive. so it is worth saying there are 30,000 pieces in there already but there is going to be more loaded in in the weeks and months ahead. you're completely right. it is a search engine essentially but you can filter your results by date, by location, by your area of interest. there is a whole ream of ways of refining your results. it can go down to street level. so you might find something from your street in your village. and if you are not finding anything to that extent right now then there is a good chance that there will be something in the nearfuture is a good chance that there will be something in the near future for you. something in the near future for ou. �* . . . something in the near future for ou. �* , , , :, , , you. i'm 'ust mesmerised. iwas 'ust lookini you. i'mjust mesmerised. iwas 'ust lookini at you. i'mjust mesmerised. iwas 'ust looking at some fl you. i'mjust mesmerised. iwas 'ust looking at some of i you. i'mjust mesmerised. iwas 'ust looking at some of the i you. i'mjust mesmerised. iwas 'ust looking at some of the old i you. i'mjust mesmerised. iwasjust looking at some of the old archive i looking at some of the old archive footage that you can see. inevitably, i'm going to ask you what your favourite clip is. i mean, i've been working _ what your favourite clip is. i mean, i've been working with _ what your favourite clip is. i mean, i've been working with archive - what your favourite clip is. i mean, i've been working with archive four| i've been working with archive four years so it is hard to reduce it down but there is this clip from i
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think 1977. and it is a mother of five, margaret i think her name is. and her car was written off and she decided rather than replacing it with a normal car she bought a formula 1 car and she started practice racing. and ijust love that she really wanted to do something and did it. and so nationwide went and found her and it was a really illuminating interview and some are really nice about it. but there is something for everyone in there and i think. i but there is something for everyone in there and i think.— in there and i think. i know we have iot one in there and i think. i know we have got one as — in there and i think. i know we have got one as well _ in there and i think. i know we have got one as well of _ in there and i think. i know we have got one as well of the _ in there and i think. i know we have got one as well of the late - got one as well of the late broadcaster howard williamson talking to children in belfast about emotions. we'll have a look at that as well. :. , :, emotions. we'll have a look at that as well. :, , :, , :, as well. have you ever been in love ourself? as well. have you ever been in love yourself? no- _ as well. have you ever been in love yourself? no- i— as well. have you ever been in love yourself? no. i can't— as well. have you ever been in love yourself? no. i can't say— as well. have you ever been in love yourself? no. i can't say i was. - as well. have you ever been in love| yourself? no. i can't say i was. why not? because _ yourself? no. i can't say i was. why not? because i— yourself? no. i can't say i was. why not? because i don't— yourself? no. i can't say i was. why not? because i don't like _ yourself? no. i can't say i was. why not? because i don't like being - yourself? no. i can't say i was. why not? because i don't like being in i not? because i don't like being in love. not? because i don't like being in love- how — not? because i don't like being in love- how do _ not? because i don't like being in love. how do you _ not? because i don't like being in love. how do you mean? - not? because i don't like being in love. how do you mean? well, i really want _ love. how do you mean? well, i really want to — love. how do you mean? well, i really want to be _ love. how do you mean? well, i really want to be a _ love. how do you mean? well, i really want to be a spinster - love. how do you mean? well, i. really want to be a spinster myself because _
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really want to be a spinster myself because it — really want to be a spinster myself because it gives _ really want to be a spinster myself because it gives you _ really want to be a spinster myself because it gives you much - really want to be a spinster myself because it gives you much more i really want to be a spinster myself. because it gives you much more time to do— because it gives you much more time to do things — because it gives you much more time to do things and _ because it gives you much more time to do things. and if— because it gives you much more time to do things. and if you _ because it gives you much more time to do things. and if you are _ to do things. and if you are married _ to do things. and if you are married, well, _ to do things. and if you are married, well, you - to do things. and if you are married, well, you have - to do things. and if you are married, well, you have to| to do things. and if you are i married, well, you have to go home~~ — married, well, you have to go home- - -_ married, well, you have to go home... :, :, ,:, married, well, you have to go home... :, :, y:, �* home... now, that young girl, i'm sor , home... now, that young girl, i'm sorry. she — home... now, that young girl, i'm sorry. she was _ home... now, that young girl, i'm sorry, she was ahead _ home... now, that young girl, i'm sorry, she was ahead of— home... now, that young girl, i'm sorry, she was ahead of her- home... now, that young girl, i'm sorry, she was ahead of her time i home... now, that young girl, i'm| sorry, she was ahead of her time in many, many senses. that is the delight of these things. it is brilliant and _ delight of these things. it is brilliant and she _ delight of these things. it is brilliant and she was - delight of these things. if ; brilliant and she was such good value and really clever and funny. and there's a whole series of that across the uk. what we are hoping to do now with this is we are asking the public to have a rummage, have a play around and maybe spot either themselves or someone they know and get in touch with us. maybe we can go back and visit these stories all over again and breathe new life into them. so, you know, there is a world of possibilities out there and we would encourage everyone to go to the website and have a search. weill. the website and have a search. well, ou talk the website and have a search. well, you talk about _ the website and have a search. well, you talk about getting _ the website and have a search. well, you talk about getting people to get in touch with their memories. there was an incident, or on occasion, with a mother who hadn't heard her
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son's voice. do you want to tell us about that?— about that? that was really poignant- _ about that? that was really poignant- we _ about that? that was really poignant. we found - about that? that was really poignant. we found a - about that? that was really poignant. we found a film i about that? that was really i poignant. we found a film and about that? that was really - poignant. we found a film and it was a really funny clip and he was talking about how boring his hometown was and we thought it would be great to find him and see if he still thinks that way and unfortunately he had passed away. but his mother was still alive and she said she had the limit hadn't heard his voice for eight years and it was really poignant and in her words she said he is in the bbc forever. it was properly emotive and as well as a quirky side of things there are those emotional touch points that make this project really worthwhile. points that make this pro'ect really worthwhile. :. ~ points that make this pro'ect really worthwhile. :, ,, , :, ,:, points that make this pro'ect really worthwhile. :, ,, y:, : points that make this pro'ect really worthwhile. :, ,, : :, worthwhile. thank you so much and ou kind worthwhile. thank you so much and you kind of — worthwhile. thank you so much and you kind of explain _ worthwhile. thank you so much and you kind of explain the _ worthwhile. thank you so much and you kind of explain the whole - worthwhile. thank you so much and you kind of explain the whole thing | you kind of explain the whole thing really well. thank you so much. if you want to use that service you can search for something on the bbc archive. just visit bbc rewind opcode at uk. you want something to say, bring back some old memories.
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