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this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines at 5pm: a review has found that health professionals failed to share a list of significant injuries sustained by five—year—old logan mwangi, nearly a year before he was murdered by members of his family. this review, amongst a number of other findings, identify service failures where agencies could and should have acted differently. for these failures, we take full responsibility and apologise. more than half million more people entered the uk than left in the yeartojune, the highest level on record. a wave of industrial action continues to spread across the uk.
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in scotland, teachers are on strike for the first time in almost a0 years. we've got a cost of living crisis and we've got a backdrop of teachers�* pay having to climb to the tune of 25% since 2008, so understandably, they are very, very angry. meanwhile, university staff across the uk are also walking out and thousands of postal workers are staging a 48—hour strike. a world cup of shocks and turn—ups — japan the latest to upset the odds, beating germany. meanwhile, uruguay draws 0—0 with south korea.
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he though, and hello, and a very warm welcome a review published this afternoon has found that health professionals failed to share a list of significant injuries sustained by a young boy nearly a year before he was murdered by members of his family. five—year—old logan mwangi was killed by his mother, stepfather and a teenage boy at his home near bridgend injuly last year. the chair of the safeguarding review, jan pickles, said that if further information from health officials had been shared, it would have triggered a child protection assessment. logan was first taken to hospital in mid—august 2020, following him allegedly falling down the stairs. hospital staff notified children services�*s emergency duty team they had concerns in respect of the delayed presentation. upon further examination, other injuries were noted. the explanation provided by his mother, angharad williamson, was apparently accepted.
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the further injuries observed were not shared or referred to children's services. this was a significant missed opportunity for logan. had further information from health been shared, it most likely — though we cannot say for sure, because of hindsight bias — would have triggered a child protection assessment in line with the joint agreed guidelines, as the nature of those injuries clearly met the threshold. that was just part of the details that was just part of the details that were revealed this afternoon. 0ur wales correspondent tomos morgan is in bridgend and has more. yeah, i guess it's worth reminding of everything, the timeline, the process of events of how this all took place. as you heard there from jan pickles,
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the key event that they singled out in their report that they were critical of was that occasion, the 16th of august 2020, when logan did go to a&e, was seen by a paediatric consultant. he had a broken upper arm but a number of other significant injuries, as the panel have described them. and that point, that information was not shared and also a child protection referral was not made, and they are saying that had that been done, maybe some things could have been different. now, a number of things happened after that as well. a few months after that, angharad williamson, his mother, someone that was convicted of logan's murder, actually said on a 999 call that it was the 15—year—old craig mulligan — another convicted of logan's murder — that actually pushed logan down the stairs in that incident back in august as well. now, another key recommendation from today's child practices review is that the welsh government should consider a review looking into how all the agencies involved — the police, social services, health workers — how they share and gather information, because that has been a key part
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of the finding of this review. and that is something that has come up time and time again in similar child practice reviews and of course in serious case reviews over the border in england. now, i put that point, actually, to the children's commissioner earlier today, that this is a running theme when it comes to these sorts of reviews, and she said that things should go further, the welsh government should look at conducting a full review looking at the accountability of the structures underpinning social child protection in wales. now, in response, the welsh government have said that there are certain programmes in place to transform children's services in wales and now is not the right time for another review, now is a time to implement those further changes. but this has been a horrific case. the court case was horrific for the family and for logan's biologicalfather, who was not informed at any point when social services and the agencies were discussing logan's events at home. one other key finding, really,
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and one thing that was mentioned time and again today, was the impact of covid and how that impeded those safeguarding agencies in being able to really get a true picture of how logan was living his life behind closed doors, outside of the watchful eye of anyone else. tomos morgan, our wales correspondent there. net migration to the uk has climbed to a record half a million, driven by a series of world events including the war in ukraine and the end of lockdown restrictions. new figures from the office for national statistics suggestjust over half a million more people are estimated to have moved to the uk than left in the 12 months tojune 2022 — a sharp rise on the previous year. our home editor mark easton gave us more details. you do need to understand what's going on, though, and within that number, students are actually a very significant part of those who have arrived. so 476,000 students came
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in that yeartojune, and that in part is because a lot of students obviously didn't come during the pandemic, perhaps delayed their study, so we're seeing a bit of a bulge in the number of people coming to the uk to study. and many people would argue, actually, they are extremely valuable to reducing the cost of further and higher education in britain. as you say, ukrainians, we think that something... in the period that we're looking for net migration, around 170,000 ukrainians perhaps, in total 200,000 ukrainians, have come. obviously the vast majority of them have been fleeing the war in their country and come under a specific bespoke route that the government created, many of them. and so, again, these are people who we've specifically invited and who will almost certainly return to their homeland when the situation settles down. 0ur our home editor mark easton. let's get some analysis of the figures with our
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head of statistics, robert cuffe. record figures and of course people want to know, what drives that? what is behind that?— is behind that? definitely, definitely _ is behind that? definitely, definitely arrivals. - is behind that? definitely, definitely arrivals. so - is behind that? definitely, l definitely arrivals. so many is behind that? definitely, - definitely arrivals. so many more. because the government net migration target is this balance of comings and goings, departures and arrivals, and goings, departures and arrivals, and we can show people what is happens to departures of the number of people who left the uk in the 12 months happens to departures of the number of people who left the uk in the 12 months tojune, and if you see that number, it has been drifting up over the last few years. you can see a bit of a spike during the pandemic on the right—hand side. it has only reason they come up to about half a million people. those rises there are nothing compared to what we are about to show you, which is the increase in people coming to the uk, and that has hit more than a million. you can see that really sharpjump. we have put a bit of a gray down there, because these changes are so big, you don't need to worry about that too much, this increase coming from people coming
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from outside the eu, people coming to study or because of the war in ukraine. so we don't know how long thatis ukraine. so we don't know how long that is going to last, and it is when you put those two things together, that is when you see this net migration, the effect these numbers have, on the uk population, and you can see there, it is at about half a million to the uk population. the last record was about a third of a million people, just before the brexit vote, so this number is significantly larger than we've seen in quite some time. but as mark was saying, not clear if it is a new trend or a blip that will pass. is a new trend or a blip that will ass. �* , ., , is a new trend or a blip that will ass. ~ , ., , , is a new trend or a blip that will ass, �* , .,, , pass. and people will be looking at that, thinking. _ pass. and people will be looking at that, thinking, we _ pass. and people will be looking at that, thinking, we have _ pass. and people will be looking at that, thinking, we have talked - pass. and people will be looking at that, thinking, we have talked so l that, thinking, we have talked so much this year about people crossing the channel in small boats, some thing that gets discussed a lot. how does that issue fit into all those statistics? it does that issue fit into all those statistics? , ,., does that issue fit into all those statistics? , , ., ., statistics? it is so prominent and such a story. _ statistics? it is so prominent and such a story, but _ statistics? it is so prominent and such a story, but in _ statistics? it is so prominent and such a story, but in terms - statistics? it is so prominent and such a story, but in terms of - such a story, but in terms of the overall numbers of people coming, is actually not a huge deal. i think we can put in the asylum applications. that would include all the people who came in the small boats and who
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come through other routes as well. we go back to that number of people coming to the uk chart, and you can see down the bottom, we have drawn in a black line that you might have to get up close to the telly to see it is fewer than 10% of the people who arrived in the last year. they were applying for asylum. it is not a story in terms of the total number and the weight it is change of the total population of the uk, but there are some serious things going on here —— and the way it is changing. 40,000 people still waiting for a decision on the application. that is 40,000 waiting for more than a year. one particularly stark number we are focusing on, on the boat arrivals, is there's about 7000 albanian migrants who have applied for asylum, and of those 7000, 50 have had a decision. if}? asylum, and of those 7000, 50 have had a decision. it}? that is part of had a decision. 50? that is part of the backlog. the slow decision—making we are seeing, the numbers of arrivals going up, did
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numbers of arrivals going up, did numbers of arrivals going up, did numbers of decisions being taken has fallen. that is what happening to people who arrived for asylum. rather than it is change the headline numbers of people living here forever.— here forever. very interesting. robert, thank _ here forever. very interesting. robert, thank you _ here forever. very interesting. robert, thank you very - here forever. very interesting. robert, thank you very much l here forever. very interesting. - robert, thank you very much indeed. robert, thank you very much indeed. robert cuffe, our head of statistics, thank you. tens of thousands of workers are on strike in a series of walk outs across the uk, affecting schools, universities and royal mail sorting offices. scotland has been facing its first national strike by teachers for nearly 40 years — after a revised pay offer was rejected by unions as "insulting". 0ur correspondent alexandra mackenzie has the latest on the impact on primary and secondary state schools and council nurseries across scotland. what do we want? 10%! they braved the cold at this picket line in cambuslang this morning. most primary and secondary schools across the country are closed. thousands of teachers from scotland's biggest teachers' union, the eis, are striking over pay.
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they should have had a pay rise in their bank accounts on the 1st of april — they have received nothing, zero. we are now towards the end of november, we've got a cost of living crisis and we've got a backdrop of teachers' pay having declined to the tune of 25% since 2008, so understandably they are very, very angry. the latest deal on the table would have seen lower paid teachers receive a rise of up to 6.85%, more than the previous 5% offer but well below the 10% increase the unions want. teachers say they're angry and frustrated at the latest pay offer, but the scottish government says 10% is just not affordable. we have a fixed budget and it is already fully utilised for this year so to do anything that would increase the resolution we have on this would mean that money would have to come from elsewhere, so i'm very disappointed we're moving to strike action. it's disruption for our children and young people and their families that we simply don't want to see. for some parents, it
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will be difficult to find additional childcare. this tennis camp is helping out. i would probably rather be in school, but i do like playing tennis. i like writing in school- so we were going to be doing a bit of comic strips, _ and i'm quite sad i'm missing that. it's the first national teachers' strike in almost 40 years. all sides had hoped it could have been avoided. but without any agreement, further strikes are planned for the new year. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, cambuslang. the head of the rmt union, mick lynch, has held talks earlier today with the transport secretary mark harper. mr lynch says the meeting was "positive". earlier this week, the rmt union announced
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rail strikes in december and january. mr lynch said mr harper had agreed to write to him about how he sees the union's lengthy dispute with rail operators "going forward". what we are hoping for, and what mr harper has committed to, is giving us an outcome for this meeting which will be a letter to me, saying how he sees this going forward and taking forward steps towards a resolution. and we laid out to him what we thought he should do and he has acknowledged some of that. that was mick lynch, the head of the rmt, talking after those discussions between the two men. let's hear from the transport secretary as well. he said the talks were "productive" but that his job wasn't to do the detailed negotiations. he and i agree that this was a productive meeting. it was the first one that we have had. i think it struck the right tone. i think there was a shared agreement in the meeting, we both want to have a thriving railway, that is sustainable for the future, that serves passengers and serves the country
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and also provides good well—paid jobs for the people he represents. apologies there. slightly cutting off the transfer secretary mark harper. let's turn to the world cup now. my colleague lucy hockings is there. hello, everyone, and welcome to doha, orwe hello, everyone, and welcome to doha, or we are keeping a close eye on donna versus portugal. that is still goalless right now —— ghana. let's update you on the rest of the day. we saw group g, uruguay and south korea, drawing 0—0 there. and we also had switzerland beating cameroon 1—0. what was really
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interesting in that match is that breel and below scored switzerland. the reason that is interesting is he was born in cameroon, moved to switzerland when he was six years old. what a moment for him and he was incredibly respectable when he scored that goal. he just raised his arms, remained silent, no celebration, looked up at the sky, so he is giving don't make given a lot of credit for how respect leahy treated that moment —— breel embolo. scoring that first goal, their only goal in that match. also, brazil's game that we are going to see today against serbia, that is happening in group h, and i think we'll be watching to see neymar in action today because he is one of the stars of the brazilian team of course and he is just two goals short right now of equalling pele's all—time record
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of 77 goals, so expectations it might be a bit of a goal fast, of 77 goals, so expectations it might be a bit of a goalfast, and if he gets those two goals internet�*s match. his team packed full of stars, the brazil team —— internet�*s match. i am just looking objective score in portugal versus ghana. it is still goalless, but we are keeping an eye on ronaldo right now because he is of course captain of portugal, he has really been any spotlight at the moment after his contract with manchester united was terminated following that interview he gave —— and he —— in the spotlight. we have heard from bruno fernandes, saying nobody is focusing on that, we are focusing on the national side. no one any site is distracted. but so far no goals in that match. let's talk now to jeremy goals in that match. let's talk now tojeremy darlow, who joins goals in that match. let's talk now tojeremy darlow, whojoins me goals in that match. let's talk now tojeremy darlow, who joins me for tojeremy darlow, whojoins me for stubjeremy is the former director of marketing and a marking
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specialist. very good to have you with us. can you put ronaldo into context for us, in terms of his star power and is market ability? there is nobody in _ power and is market ability? there is nobody in his _ power and is market ability? there is nobody in his stratosphere, - is nobody in his stratosphere, honestix _ is nobody in his stratosphere, honestly. i think everybody saw that he reached — honestly. i think everybody saw that he reached half a billion followers on instagram recently. who has done that? _ on instagram recently. who has done that? nobody. the kind of value he brings— that? nobody. the kind of value he brings as _ that? nobody. the kind of value he brings as arr— that? nobody. the kind of value he brings as an influencer right now is one of— brings as an influencer right now is one of a _ brings as an influencer right now is one of a kind. you think about the next _ one of a kind. you think about the next club — one of a kind. you think about the next club he — one of a kind. you think about the next club he goes toe, the next leak that he _ next club he goes toe, the next leak that he goes to, i am in the united states. _ that he goes to, i am in the united states, may be worth having in the ms _ states, may be worth having in the ms it _ states, may be worth having in the ms it is _ states, may be worth having in the ms it is an— states, may be worth having in the mls. it is an astronomical number that can _ mls. it is an astronomical number that can change the fortunes of not only a _ that can change the fortunes of not only a club— that can change the fortunes of not only a club but a business.- only a club but a business. jeremy, our sports — only a club but a business. jeremy, our sports editor _ only a club but a business. jeremy, our sports editor dan _ only a club but a business. jeremy, our sports editor dan roan - only a club but a business. jeremy, our sports editor dan roan has - only a club but a business. jeremy, our sports editor dan roan hasjust interviewed the saudi sports minister. they are after ronaldo as well. given the manner in which he
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left man united, acrimonious, there has been some bad publicity around that, do you think that is damage to him and his brand in any way? his. that, do you think that is damage to him and his brand in any way? no, he is so far down — him and his brand in any way? no, he is so far down the _ him and his brand in any way? no, he is so far down the path. _ him and his brand in any way? no, he is so far down the path. at the - him and his brand in any way? no, he is so far down the path. at the end i is so far down the path. at the end of the _ is so far down the path. at the end of the day, — is so far down the path. at the end of the day, it— is so far down the path. at the end of the day, it was not a good fit, he did not— of the day, it was not a good fit, he did not like was going on there, they did _ he did not like was going on there, they did not like what he was saying in the _ they did not like what he was saying in the public eye and it happens. it happens _ in the public eye and it happens. it happens all the time. it has happened in every sports league, but at the _ happened in every sports league, but at the end _ happened in every sports league, but at the end of the day he has been one of— at the end of the day he has been one of the — at the end of the day he has been one of the greatest players to ever play the _ one of the greatest players to ever play the game and is going to go down _ play the game and is going to go down especially the greatest to ever play game, and rememberwe down especially the greatest to ever play game, and remember we are still inthe— play game, and remember we are still in the middle of the world cup. he may in the middle of the world cup. he nray do— in the middle of the world cup. he may do something phenomenal here. he may do something phenomenal here. he nray do— may do something phenomenal here. he may do something phenomenal here. he may do something that changes everything for him in this particular moment, in this window. they— particular moment, in this window. they might — particular moment, in this window. they might make it to the final. if they do. _ they might make it to the final. if they do, winning solves everything. at the _ they do, winning solves everything. at the end of the day if an auto does _ at the end of the day if an auto does what _ at the end of the day if an auto does what he does on the pitch and he has _ does what he does on the pitch and he has done for the last decade or so, people — he has done for the last decade or so, people who move on and they will remember— so, people who move on and they will remember him forthe so, people who move on and they will remember him for the great player that he _ remember him for the great player that he is — remember him for the great player that he is. we remember him for the great player that he is. ~ ., ., , ,.,
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that he is. we have not seen it so far in this — that he is. we have not seen it so far in this match _ that he is. we have not seen it so far in this match so _ that he is. we have not seen it so far in this match so far _ that he is. we have not seen it so far in this match so far against. far in this match so far against ghana, no goals, although there was a ronaldo goal ruled out in the first half. can i get your thoughts on the campaigns that were noted has actually involved in and just how close would he have a say, would he be able to participating in that marketing, every single detail was blew absently. at his level he has a say in every ceiling that goes out. —— absolutely. if you wants to be involved. — —— absolutely. if you wants to be involved. he _ —— absolutely. if you wants to be involved, he wants to be hands—on during _ involved, he wants to be hands—on during the — involved, he wants to be hands—on during the event or prior to the event _ during the event or prior to the event or— during the event or prior to the event or postevent but it is up to hint _ event or postevent but it is up to hint that — event or postevent but it is up to hint that is _ event or postevent but it is up to him. that isjust the stature he has at this— him. that isjust the stature he has at this point — him. that isjust the stature he has at this point. my experience, i always— at this point. my experience, i always wanted the athletes to be involved — always wanted the athletes to be involved. it was always better for us as— involved. it was always better for us as a _ involved. it was always better for us as a company, for the campaign, the reason — us as a company, for the campaign, the reason being the more involved they are, _ the reason being the more involved they are, the more passionate they become _ they are, the more passionate they become wealthy content, about the products— become wealthy content, about the products that they are pitching, and that passion, it comes through the screen _ that passion, it comes through the screen you — that passion, it comes through the
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screen. you can feel it through the screen _ screen. you can feel it through the screen the — screen. you can feel it through the screen. the fans can feel it and the consumer— screen. the fans can feel it and the consumer can feel it, and the more authenticity— consumer can feel it, and the more authenticity that they get on the other— authenticity that they get on the other side of it, the more likely they— other side of it, the more likely they are — other side of it, the more likely they are to— other side of it, the more likely they are to buy. everybody wants on they are to buy. everybody wants on the marketing side the athletes to be involved, but i can guarantee you a ronaldo— be involved, but i can guarantee you a ronaldo or— be involved, but i can guarantee you a ronaldo or his team has seen and approved _ a ronaldo or his team has seen and approved everything that has gone out with— approved everything that has gone out with his name or image on its. how— out with his name or image on its. how hard — out with his name or image on its. how hard our— out with his name or image on its. how hard our brands out there looking for young talent at the moment, the likes ofjude billingham, who is here? how hard our brands like adidas trying to scout and find the young exciting telling? a, scout and find the young exciting tellin: ? �* , ., ., telling? a little inside info on the business side, _ telling? a little inside info on the business side, each _ telling? a little inside info on the business side, each one - telling? a little inside info on the business side, each one of- telling? a little inside info on the business side, each one of those| business side, each one of those companies — business side, each one of those companies has a scouting department. they call— companies has a scouting department. they call it _ companies has a scouting department. they call it sports marketing, but it is a _ they call it sports marketing, but it is a scouting department. it is no different than what you have at club level — no different than what you have at club level. they are conseil looking for that _ club level. they are conseil looking for that next athlete that will change — for that next athlete that will change their business, change the sport _ change their business, change the
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sport -- — change their business, change the sport. —— constantly looking. they're — sport. —— constantly looking. they're looking for the next ronaldo, the next messi, they have been looking for both of those since they entered the sport. the battles are going _ they entered the sport. the battles are going on behind the scenes right now, _ are going on behind the scenes right now, anything you want if you are young _ now, anything you want if you are young athlete is potential. that is the sexiest thing you can have because — the sexiest thing you can have because potential will make you a lot of— because potential will make you a lot of money. you see some of the young _ lot of money. you see some of the young individuals, men and women, making _ young individuals, men and women, making a _ young individuals, men and women, making a lot — young individuals, men and women, making a lot of money without quite friendly _ making a lot of money without quite friendly to _ making a lot of money without quite friendly to resume to support it. the reason _ friendly to resume to support it. the reason is, if these companies do not get _ the reason is, if these companies do not get ahead of the next great messi _ not get ahead of the next great messi or— not get ahead of the next great messi or ronaldo or serena or tiger, whatever, _ messi or ronaldo or serena or tiger, whatever, it — messi or ronaldo or serena or tiger, whatever, it is too late for the once _ whatever, it is too late for the once they _ whatever, it is too late for the once they get to a level of good or great _ once they get to a level of good or great. the companies they sign with often _ great. the companies they sign with often times put in contracts, the ability— often times put in contracts, the ability to— often times put in contracts, the ability to match any other contract. so it is— ability to match any other contract. so it is fully— ability to match any other contract. so it is fully hard to pull an athlete _ so it is fully hard to pull an athlete from another company, so you have to _ athlete from another company, so you have to spend early before these companies athletes have proven themselves. the nikes and _ athletes have proven themselves. the nikes and adidas of the world are battling _ nikes and adidas of the world are battling themselves. i am nikes and adidas of the world are battling themselves.— nikes and adidas of the world are battling themselves. i am not your in doha or whatever _
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battling themselves. i am not your in doha or whatever you _ battling themselves. i am not your in doha or whatever you are, - in doha or whatever you are, but there is nothing sexier i think dan goal scoring. that is what has just happened for ronaldo. it has gotta be crazy here because he escorted for portugal. decisive penalty, so portugal are 1—0 up, a penalty, and just watching the replay there, i do not think there is any doubt when roto is up for a penalty, but 1—0 up, portugalagainst ghana. you roto is up for a penalty, but 1—0 up, portugal against ghana. you are watching bbc news. lucy hockings watching the world cup for us in doha. police will be sending texts to about 70,000 people over the next 48 hours to warn them they've been victims of fraudsters trying to steal their money. in the uk's biggest anti—fraud operation, the metropolitan police have arrested a man accused of running an international service enabling fake phone calls. some victims have lost thousands of pounds. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds explains. the met says it's the biggest—ever
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proactive operation to take down fraudsters, and there's a new strategy — taking down their tools. specifically a website thought to have been used by nearly 60,000 criminals worldwide and alleged to have been run from this flat in east london. ispoof has been closed by the fbi. it provided a server which criminals could use to call victims anonymously, pretending to be their bank. we are all used to these one—time passwords that come to your phone, for example, and you need to somehow con somebody to give you that over the phone. that's the core of this. and to do that you need to impersonate perhaps being their bank. to impersonate their bank you need specialist software that allows your ordinary phone to pretend to be a bank phone. and that's what was at the core of this. detectives got data from the website server. some victims had lost £10,000. 0ne, £3 million. police believe ispoof allowed criminals to make up to 20 calls a minute to people around the world.
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in the uk, they have evidence of 200,000 potential victims, possibly more. for some of those, they have a suspect and a phone number of the victim but no name or address, so for the first time, they're sending 70,000 victims of fraud a mass text message. they'll say to go to the action fraud website to register your details, but of course there's now a concern that scammers will send their own messages posing as the police. so the advice is that the only place victims will be asked for their information will be on this website — actionfraud. police.uk. a 34—year—old man has been charged with fraud and organised crime offences, but the investigation continues. police raids around the uk have resulted in 120 arrests. after breaking ispoof, their message to the scammers is — we know who you are. tom symonds, bbc news.
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a roman emperor in the third century who was written out of history as a fictional character really did exist — according to new research. specialists have looked again at an ancient gold coin which bears the name and portrait of emperor sponsian but was believed to have been a fake — until now. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh has been to the hunterian museum in glasgow, where the coin is on display. a roman coin that has baffled historians, thought to have been a fake for hundreds of years. a close look shows pit marks. these, and its crude design, led to the experts thinking it was made by forgers in the 18th century. oh, that's really nice around there. can we get a higher resolution image of that? but scientist paul pearson thought they were wrong. so he began a forensic investigation. silicon, oxygen, iron. under a high—power microscope, he found scratches, which could only have been produced by rubbing
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together with other coins in purses. and a chemical analysis showed that it had been buried under the soil for hundreds of years. all clues that indicate that it was genuine. yeah, look at that. i think what we found is an emperor, an important historical figure in his own time, thought to have been a fake, been written off by all the experts and the historians. we've found that he was real and that he had a role in history. the coin is one ofjust four at glasgow university's hunterian museum. these three are of known roman emperors, but this one has been a real mystery. it has a picture of someone that the experts thought never existed at all. the coins were originally discovered in 1713 in transylvania. it was a small hoard of roman gold, and it was transported to the imperial coin collection in vienna. the detective story to discover who the mystery man was continued
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with jesper ericksson. well, they came here by quite an extraordinary route, really. they've been laying in wooden cabinets, nearforgotten for almost 200 years. his research suggested that the face on the coin belonged to a real—life military leader, called sponsian, who ruled a province of the empire that is now transylvania, where only ruins remain of the roman occupation. the reason our research on these coins is so important is that we feel we've now proved that they are real coins and can therefore say that sponsian could be a real person and that he is legitimately, therefore, a lost roman emperor. the researchers now want to find more evidence of sponsian to see what more can be learnt about the lost roman emperor. pallab ghosh, bbc news, glasgow.
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the six o'clock news is coming up shortly, a bit earlier because of the football. we are going to look right now at the weather, no. here's darren bett. hello there. we've seen another spell of heavy rain and really gusty winds sweeping eastwards across the uk today. it's followed by all of these showers coming in from the west, and those will move their way eastwards, mainly affecting the northern half of the country. and things do calm down by the end of tonight. skies tend to clear and the winds eventually dropping a bit as well. and those temperatures perhaps in rural areas could be 3 degrees. the overnight showers are out into the north sea by morning, but we'll see some more wet weather coming in mainly across the northern half of scotland, the odd shower possible across some other western parts of the uk. but for many areas, i think friday is going to be dry with some decent sunshine. the winds are not as strong and gusty as today. temperatures could make double figures in the central belt of scotland and perhaps 14 in south wales in the sunshine. heading into the start of the weekend, we've got more cloud moving our way. eastern parts of england likely to stay dry, some early sunshine.
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out to the west, we've got this rain developing in western parts of england and wales, moving more into scotland, affecting northern ireland. strong southerly winds, though, will push milder air northwards with temperatures in double figures. today at 5.30 — uk net migration figures hit a record high. the number of people arriving compared with those leaving the uk has doubled to more than half a million in one year. the prime minister and the labour leader have both suggested recently that immigration should fall. and yet the reality is the complete opposite. so, what happens now? also on the programme... a day of strikes — teachers walk out in scotland for the first time in 40 years, university lecturers walk out across the uk over pay and conditions. the little boy murdered by his own family — a review says information about child protection must be better shared. nhs england bosses warn that people are dying because of long delays
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