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tv   Breakfast  BBC News  January 31, 2023 6:00am-9:01am GMT

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good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. our headlines. the uk will be the only major economy to shrink this year, according to the international monetary fund. the world's most important financial institution puts it down to high interest rates and tax rises — but says things are now shifting in the right direction. we look at what the the stark prediction mean for you. firefighters vote for their first national strike for 20 years — the union says it's giving employers and the government ten days to do a deal. look at this. we are in liverpool for the official start of the
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eurovision song contest. we have kids on the way, ukrainians on the way, superfans on kids on the way, ukrainians on the way, super fans on the way and there is no bigger superfan dan rylan and aj. is the british transfer record set to be broken twice with chelsea bidding £105 million for world cup winner enzo fernandez as arsenal make a world record move for lioness alessia russo? we have a band of cloud and rain clearing the south of england. then most will have a day of sunshine and some showers, most of which in the north. the wind is also going to strengthen with gales later, especially in the north. all the details through the programme. it's tuesday, january the 31st. the world's most important financial institution, the international monetary fund, expects the uk to be the only major advanced economy
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to shrink this year. it predicts the economy will contract by 0.6%, as the cost of living continues to hit households. nina is here and can tell us more. it is pretty stark. the international monetary fund, they look at the states of global and individual economies, identify risks and recommend policies to keep things stable and make sure economies grow. they have looked at the uk economy and instead of saying it will grow slightly they say it will shrink this year. that means a recession. what is particularly striking about the numbers is globally, the world economy they say will grow. they look at other big g7 nations and say their economy will grow so we are alone in this. they say it is the fact interest rates have risen rapidly and the fact taxes are going up. it is not easy for businesses to invest and grow at the moment. the good news is they
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say the autumn statement, which was seen as having a stabilising effect on the chaotic economy that came before. they say that things are moving along the right track, quote. they predict growth in 202a. heading in the direction it should be. what does that mean? statistically, less growth means less investment, fewer jobs, mean standards of living can take a hit. the government will look at this and think it is bad news. a lot of households saying how can things possibly get any worse? thanks. i know you will explain that throughout the morning. firefighters across the uk have voted overwhelmingly to strike in a dispute about pay. if the action goes ahead it will be the first nationwide walk—out by fire staff in almost two decades. howard johnson is at soho fire station in central london. just explain how we have got to this
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position. it is another day and another threat of industrial action and much like the story over the past month with nurses, railworkers, the story over the past month with nurses, rail workers, this is about pay and conditions. firefighters say they are not getting enough money to keep up with the cost—of—living crisis. they are giving the government until february the 8th to get around the table and negotiate a deal. they are the brave workers that put themselves in danger. but firefighters across the uk say years of inadequate pay offers mean they are willing to go on strike. this anger and disappointment goes back for ten, 12 years we have had pay restraint, now. where are our real wages have fallen behind the cost of living, basically, so firefighters are seeing in their pockets a 12% decrease in their pay, real pay, each month.
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and that equates to around about £4,000 a year. firefighters do an importantjob. firefighter salaries range from £24,000 per yearfor a trainee tojust under £46,000 for a station manager. union members rejected a previous 5% pay offer in november. they are calling for an above—inflation rise somewhere closer to 10.5%. the fire brigades union has given the government and employers ten days to respond. until then, they say they will delay announcing any strike dates. we have written to our employers to demand a meeting with them to see if we can resolve this dispute. they have agreed that and we will meet them on the 8th of february. i hope that that meeting on the 8th of february allows the employers to come back with a better offer
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that our members consider worthy of voting on. and if they do that, then we can avoid a strike. in a separate ballot, control—room staff in the north west of england also agreed to the proposed walk—outs. in response, downing street said the government would urge the fbu to reconsider and keep negotiating. this is the latest union to vote to take action over pay offers that do not match the rising cost of living. in scotland, a strike by teachers has entered its third week. teachers in england and wales willjoin this industrial action on wednesday. the february the 1st mass strike action will also be joined by civil servants, university staff, railway and bus workers — totalling around half a million people. industrial action on a scale not seen for more than a decade. if those talks break down, the
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earliest action would be around the 23rd of february although no date has been set. already, police and... rather fire chiefs in has been set. already, police and... ratherfire chiefs in northern ireland have started talking about contingency plans and said if there is an emergency, if strikes go ahead, they will call off the strike, and also they can bring in the army as they did in 2002 to help out, although they say this as a last resort and they do not want to strike if they can help it. the author of a five—year—old report about the hillsborough disaster has said it's intolerable that the government has still not responded to the document. bishopjamesjones wrote his review about the experiences of the hillsborough families in 2017. today, the police are expected to issue an apology. judith moritz reports. the horror of hillsborough continues to be felt almost 34 years after the crush on the terraces that
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killed 97 liverpool supporters. police failures were the main cause of the disaster, but the fans were wrongly blamed and, for years, theirfamilies fought forjustice. # walk on, walk on with hope #. in 2016, they rejoiced when fresh inquests returned verdicts of unlawful killing. the former bishop of liverpool, jamesjones, was then commissioned to write a report about the experience of the hillsborough families to ensure their pain and suffering wouldn't be repeated. the government is yet to respond. i think we have to put ourselves in the shoes of the families. this year, it will be 34 years since the tragedy. and for them to wait for so long for a response to these 25 points of learning is intolerable and adds to their pain. i think, in some instances, even affects their own grieving.
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let's hope that's only the beginning of what's going to be done. margaret aspinall, whose sonjames was killed, is one of those who has campaigned on behalf of the hillsborough families. she is also critical of the time it's taken to hear from government. i rememberwriting, i don't know who it was to, to somebody in government, to say i hope this report does not get put on a shelf gathering dust for years, like other things in the past have done. we are now into 2023. how long does it take to read a report, to come out with the findings or what you think should happen? when bishopjames published this report in 2017, he made 25 recommendations, just under half of which were directed at the police. today there will be the first national police response to it and i understand, for the first time, an apology issued on behalf of all of the police forces in england and wales.
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there are calls for there to be a hillsborough law which would help victims of future mass tragedies. the government says it will publish its response to the bishop's report in due course. more than a quarter of children will have seen pornography by the time they've left primary school. a report by the children's commissioner for england found consumption of adult content is widespread among young people, and often involving violence towards women. the death toll in the suicide bombing at a mosque in the pakistani city of peshawar has risen to 87. rescue teams are still trying to find bodies under the rubble of the damaged building. it is the latest in a string of attacks targeting police. the pakistani taliban denied involvement after an initial claim by one of its commanders. police have said they are extremely concerned about a 45—year—old woman from lancashire who has been missing
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since last week. nicola bulley was last seen walking her dog along a river footpath in inskip on friday. 0ur reporterjuliet phillips can tell us more. 45—year—old nicola bulley, from inskip, was last seen just behind me walking along this footpath with her dog on friday morning. it's understood that she dropped her two children off at school before heading down here. and she would regularly walk her dog along this pathway. she was last seen at about quarter past nine. not long later, her dog was found off the lead and her mobile phone was found on a bench by the river not long after. nicola herself hasn't been seen since. across the weekend, intense searches have been taking place involving police, police search dogs, divers and dozens of people from the community. lancashire police gave this update on the investigation. this is a very beautiful rural area with lots of wooded areas and the river, clearly, so there is a lot of complex terrain to search
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and that is why i have relied so heavily on our partners. but the public, as well, have come out in droves to try and help find nicola, because it is a very close— knit community. lancashire police say, at the moment, they are keeping an open mind into what might have happened to nicola. they say that they don't think this will become a criminal inquiry. nicola is described as 5ft 3in with shoulder—length light—brown hair. anyone with information is being urged to contact police. today marks three years since brexit, and the prime minister has said the country is confidently forging a new path as an independent nation. let's speak now to our chief political correspondent nick eardley. the government keen to talk about its achievements over the last three years but there are different interpretations about how successful brexit has been for the whole of the
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uk so far. , ~ ., ., , uk so far. yes. we are hearing rishi sunak say this _ uk so far. yes. we are hearing rishi sunak say this morning _ uk so far. yes. we are hearing rishi sunak say this morning he _ uk so far. yes. we are hearing rishi sunak say this morning he thinks - uk so far. yes. we are hearing rishi sunak say this morning he thinks it | sunak say this morning he thinks it has been a brilliant success, that the uk is harnessing what he calls the uk is harnessing what he calls the freedoms created by leaving the european union. the government would point to things like reforming farming subsidies and two things they see as cutting red tape. they point to the low tax zones, free ports rishi sunak likes to talk about. there are a lot of people in westminster who think brexit has been a really good thing and has given the uk more power over decision—making. there are others who are less than convinced those benefits have been worth it. questions about whether there have been significant benefits at all. a lot of people would question the economic impact of brexit. i read this morning something from the scottish government who reckon the
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uk economy is about 5% smaller as a result of leaving the european union. there are still some big debates playing out on exactly how good or bad brexit is. it is worth pointing out there are parts of it that although we left the european union rules officially three years ago, there are big parts of it still trying to be sorted out. northern ireland, the trading relationship, that northern ireland has to undergo with the rest of uk and with the european union. that is still proving to be tricky. pretty controversial, also. negotiators are still trying to hammer out new compromises on that. so yes, different interpretations how good or bad brexit has been. and still some big parts of it being worked out. . ~ some big parts of it being worked out. ., ~ , .,
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the princess of wales has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the importance of the first five years of a child's life. the project has been described by palace sources as the princess's life's work and draws attention to how babies and children develop in response to early experiences. she spoke about this at an event last night. by building a supportive, nurturing world around children and those caring for them, we can make a huge difference to generations to come. because, fundamentally, healthy, happy children shape a healthy, happy future. now, you may remember a couple of weeks ago we had the pleasure of meeting little peggy. a very special guest. she took the biscuit. she took everything. look at her.
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she was on because she was entered into the uk's ugliest dog her owner embraced it, she was proud of her. and the good news is that she won. she is officially the uk's ugliest dog. seven other dogs were in the running to be crowned winner. her prize is a pamper session at a doggie spa followed by a professional photo shoot. she is already the most photographed dog in britain. she was lovely. so calm. you don't know what else to say? was there any doubt she was going to win? now the weather with carol. it felt like spring on the way in. january almost over, i am thinking we are on the route to better weather. that would be nice. the next days are not too bad but it will be
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windy. today a windy day generally. we are looking at blustery showers in the north. some of them wintry on the hills in scotland. and a strengthening wind that will touch gale force, even severe gales by tonight. we have rain moving south overnight. as it pushes towards the south of england it will not have much more in it than some cloud and drizzle. behind it, sunshine. also showers. you could catch the odd showers. you could catch the odd shower in wales and south—west england and northern ireland and northern england. but most will be across scotland. and the wind, represented by the black circles, rattling through quickly, they showers, west to east. the strongest winds in the north. wherever you are at today you will notice the win. and these are the temperatures. five in lerwick and 12 pushing down to
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the south. temperature is above average for the time of year. in london normally at this time it would be between 7—8. through the evening and overnight, you can see the squeeze on the isobars with low pressure moving across the country and in the middle of the night we could have gusts up to 80 mph in the far north of scotland. we also have rain which through the night will move from scotland into northern ireland and northern england. temperatures tonight, quite low. where we have the showers, in the highlands, wejust might cic. but after this, the weather does settle down. it will not be as wild as it will be after this, the weather does settle down. it will not be as wild as it will be tonight. speakfor will be tonight. speak for yourself! will be tonight. speakfor yourself! more will be tonight. speak for yourself! more wild stuff coming. let's take a look at today's papers.
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the guardian is among several of the papers leading with the report from the international monetary fund. britain is expected to be the only g7 nation to see its economy shrink this year, the paper says. the daily mail uses its front page to urge the government to cut taxes and "go for growth" in light of the report. the paper describes the economic forecast as grim. elsewhere, the daily express reports on "the shocking state of the nhs" after analysis found that one in four patients wanting to see their gp failed to secure an appointment in a month. it also features an image of the princess of wales attending an event last night about the importance of children's early years. that image of catherine again in the telegraph this morning, launching her shaping us campaign in london. inside the papers, i think this is in the times newspaper, we have got to learn to brag like an american to
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get ahead at work apparently. praising yourself professionally while in the office is the way forward. i am good at that. you are rubbish at it. which is why you are so good. we need to be more confident and the ideal employee should brag with the confidence of muhammad ali and grace of darcey bussell according to experts. the fact they have a picture of david brent says it all. it does not go down well in uk office situations. meanwhile, my hero. ryan reynolds. we love ryan reynolds at the moment. talking about success at wrexham. it is notjust on the pitch he is credited with success. apparently he is leading a job boom in wrexham. from the factory, local offices, businesses relocating to wrexham.
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international focus. businesses relocating to wrexham. internationalfocus. we businesses relocating to wrexham. international focus. we can businesses relocating to wrexham. internationalfocus. we can keep talking about him, if you like. i bet he is humble, he does not brag in the office. he is canadian, not american. it's an exciting day for eurovision fans as the competition heads to liverpool today as part of the official hand—over from turin. we'll also find out which countries have secured their place in the semi—finals as part of a special programme on bbc two this evening. breakfast�*s jayne mccubbin has been to liverpool to see how locals are gearing up for what's going to be one of the biggest music events of the year. brace — because eurovision is on the way and everyone, everyone in this city is excited. may 2023 — do you know what is coming to liverpool? actually not. eurovision. i love it. - ijust love it. eurovision. it should be something big.
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eurovision. eurovision! eurovision song contest. 0h, eurovision, of course, of course. such a pleasure, as well, - to be able to hold it in the city. it's such an honour, absolutely. i can't wait _ exciting. it is exciting. exciting. told you so. tonight, a special ceremony will see the keys to the competition handed over to liverpool. this man is in charge of the whole shebang for the bbc. the pressure! don't worry. only 160 million people are watching, yeah. can you give us any clues? ha! can i give you any clues? no. what i can say is today we've got our first event, which is the handover event from turin, last year's hosts, to liverpool. and also the allocation of the 37 countries into which semifinal they will be in, which, for the first time, are going to be live on bbc one. is this the biggest gig of your life? i think it is one of the most important. the act of bringing the people together through music. let's face it, a time when a bit ofjoy, bit of light,
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a bit of togetherness wouldn't go amiss. it is a gift. and no better place to do it than in liverpool. and liverpool's bars, pubs and clubs are raring to go. how massive will this be? it'sjust going to be insane. i thought eurovision, you just come for the night. and it's not, is like a two, three—week event. you know for bars, restaurants, hospitality. the amount of events that are going to be going on. there is going to be such a buzz. the night it got announced, ifelt like the president or something had got on the phone. i was like, get me the fizz, get me the fizz. we need the fizz. he's bringing former eurovision winners to liverpool to host a huge party, including... # run for your money and takej a chance and it'll turn out right. # and when you can see how it's gotta be. - # you're making your mind up #. is there any other place to be? than liverpool? absolutely not, absolutely not. it's going to be amazing.
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eurovision now, compared to how it was when we did it, is fantastic. but, back then... very staged, very proper, very conservative in their suits. back then they just wanted the free glass of wine. there were going, hurry up and finish! we want to go to the after show party. and now, isjust one big party, the whole of it. it's the best thing ever. eurovision, liverpool! eurovision. can't wait? can't wait. and it is big. look to camera and give me the facial expression that tells me how you feel about eurovision. this is the woman who will be hosting eurovision on liverpool's waterfront. the biggest of big gigs here at the arena take 1—2 days to build. not this. it is big. so for eurovision, its five weeks. the first two weeks of those five weeks is just all about the rigging. so it's about lighting, making sure they have got all the special effects in there.
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after that, we then get into building things. so we build the stage, we are going to be building the commentator moves, and then we are going to have all the bubbles, effectively. the green room down on the arena floor where the contestants and delegations are going to be. last question, be honest, how much pressure are you under. . .for guest passes? a lot of pressure for guest passes, but it is high demand, low availability. it will be the music event of the year. the winner... is ukraine! i but liverpool, of course, is hosting on behalf of last year's winners ukraine. for you, this is really important? it is very important because it will make our voice. eurovision is in the uk,
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but it will be ukrainian voices, ukrainian hearts talk to the world. it will make the world will not forget us. eurovision is an event which shows that life has not stopped for ukrainians. and that they are resilient. you are saying this gives people hope? yes, they have this hope in the future and that they will win. hope is what this event gives them, an event which means so many different things to so many different people. eurovision in three words? big, camp, party! music, costumes, happiness. huge, fabulous, spectacular! united by music.
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iamso i am so excited. and it is only january. shall we go? we won't get tickets. wejust shall we go? we won't get tickets. we just have to be near. it is going to be great. lovely to see the beginnings of preparation. lots more in the months ahead. and there is a special programme on bbc two at seven o'clock when they do the official handover and indicate who will be in the quarterfinals and semifinals. it starts here. time for the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. a church of england priest, who was the vicar of a church in virginia water in surrey, has been barred from the ministry for 12 years for sharing "virulently antisemitic" material. the reverend dr stephen sizer was found by a church tribunal to have "provoked and offended thejewish community" and "engaged
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in anti—semitic activity." the complaint was made by the president of the board of deputies of britishjews. dr sizer has declined to comment. an urgent appeal has been made for a woman to come forward after a foetus was found in a box outside barnet hospital less than 24 hours ago. police were called yesterday morning when the box containing a 16—week—old foetus was discovered. officers and staff say they're concerned for the woman's welfare. it's been disclosed that there were nearly 15,000 allegations of racism, harassment, sexism and homophobia against police in london last year alone. the metropolitan police says the "vast majority" of complaints related to what it described as "low—level conduct" but insisted it was "determined to root out those who corrupt" the force. unmesh desai, who's labour's policing and crime member on the london assembly, who requested the information, is calling for "action" to dispel the "growing distrust" in the met.
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four—time 0lympic champion sir mohammed farah says he's preparing to say an "emotional" london marathon "goodbye," as he expects it to be his last one. the 39 year—old multiple gold medalist from west london expects this to be his final year of racing before retirement. farah says, "without the fans, i don't think i would have ever achieved what i have." campaigners have raised £100,000 to buy an ancient woodland in south—east london, saving it from developers. gorne wood in brockley contains trees that are hundreds of years old, and it's the closest surviving patch of ancient woodland to the city of london. money was raised through cake sales in local schools, bike rides and walks. let's take a look at the tubes now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning.
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now onto the weather with kate. good morning. a largely cloudy start this morning. we've got a cold front sinking south through the night, bringing the cloud and some patchy light rain and drizzle. it will clear though to a drier afternoon with some sunshine. you can see isobars quite tightly packed, so it's a breezy day. that cold front sinking south. you can see the cloud. and within that, like i say, some light rain and drizzle. but post—midday it clears with the cloud and the rain, so drier with some sunshine. and temperatures today relatively mild at 12 celsius. now overnight, it's dry and it's clear. that ridge of high pressure continues to build. still a little breezy, though, so that's going to prevent too much in the way of mist and fog. but it is quite chilly, the minimum temperature dropping down to 3 celsius. now, as we head through the rest of this week, that ridge of high pressure stays with us. so largely fine and dry and temperatures remain in double figures through to the weekend. that's it. i'll be back in half an hour
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with our next update. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. still to come on breakfast this morning... we've hit the "bullseye" with our guests this morning. fresh from his win at the world darts championship, michael �*bully boy�* smith will be showing us how it's done just before 8 this morning. she's the name behind the global phenomenon that was me before you. jojo moyes will be joining us to tell us about her latest novel. and after 9 this morning, we'll find out if glen matlock, the former sex pistols bassist, is still causing anarchy with his new music. it's three years today since the uk left the eu. talks are still ongoing over trading arrangements but prime minister rishi sunak says
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the country is confidently forging a new path as an "independent nation." the bbc�*s adam fleming has gone back to brussels to mark the anniversary. we to brussels to mark the anniversary. have sent you there. we have sent you all the way back there. good morning to you. i do not know you are even going to start to answer this. what changes have happened as a result of brexit? 0ne one thing! one thing i have always struggled with this brexit is so big and huge and applies to so many things it is hard to get your head around. then you get moments which make you realise what it is all about. when i got the train from london to brussels you see brexit in action. the french border guards, who are based in london, now stamp your passport because you are entering the schengen zone, the passport
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travel free zone. before you did not get a stamp in your passport. when you arrive at brussels, jenny i have done a million times, there is a customs checkpoint at the end of the platform. if you have your normal luggage to go through the green line with nothing to declare. if you are bringing lots of money and goods into the eu you have to go through the red lane and get inspected by the red lane and get inspected by the burly looking customs officers at the end of the platform. these are small but visible changes which makes you realise uk is not a member of the eu any more and has consequences. thinking about that in trade terms the hundreds and thousands businesses and millions of people, when you see friends going on holiday and going skiing and you see the queue at geneva airport and it is really long and you think that this is because a brexit. but then
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you think, hang on, is it because the apple is so disorganised? wasn't there always a queue there? —— the airport is so disorganised. brexit is a bit of a mystery to untangle the truth all the time. it’ll is a bit of a mystery to untangle the truth all the time.— the truth all the time. it'll be awhile before _ the truth all the time. it'll be awhile before we _ the truth all the time. it'll be awhile before we know - the truth all the time. it'll be awhile before we know what | the truth all the time. it'll be i awhile before we know what the the truth all the time. it'll be - awhile before we know what the and disadvantages have been. you were saying things that have changed. for some people not enough has changed soon enough. that some people not enough has changed soon enough-— soon enough. that is one of the messages _ soon enough. that is one of the messages rishi _ soon enough. that is one of the messages rishi sunak - soon enough. that is one of the messages rishi sunak is - soon enough. that is one of the messages rishi sunak is giving | soon enough. that is one of the . messages rishi sunak is giving this morning on this anniversary. putting out the statement saying, it is time to seize the opportunities. massive debate about what the opportunities are. one thing that has not changed being back in brussels, the uk and the eu are still negotiating about brexit and how it affects northern ireland. there is a special bit of the brexit deal, called the northern
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ireland protocol, which means quite a few aspects of eu law still apply in northern ireland, the european court ofjustice could still intervene and that means the famous checks on goods and animal products going from great britain to northern ireland. that is still being negotiated between the uk and the eu. i had to say, it is rare to say this when you are in brussels talking about brexit, the mood seems pretty good. after years of disagreement and people not understanding each other and accusations going backwards and forwards across the channel from london to brussels, i think people here seem to want to end this chapter get a deal with rishi sunak on this northern ireland protocol. whether that would satisfy lots of very grumpy whether that would satisfy lots of very grumpy conservative whether that would satisfy lots of very grumpy conservative mps, who will probably never be happy with anything that comes out of here related to northern ireland and whether it satisfies the democratic
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unionist party in northern ireland he will never be happy with anything that comes out of here in terms of brussels. i do get the sense the two sides are finally reaching close your on the never chapter. we did the special episode on our podcast about brexit and we finally managed to bag an interview with the eu chief negotiator, michel barnier. i spent years chasing after him up and down every corridor and building in brussels. we finally got an interview with him, which was quite a momentous moment for us. quite momentous for him as well because he got quite philosophical when he was talking about what brexit meant for him. it was exciting, it was intense. you know a chance to be supported by an extraordinary team.
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very competent. but it was not fun, it was very long. why it was not fun? because it was a divorce. he then went on to say he had actually spoken to his friends who had been divorced to get advice on how to handle divorces when he went into the brexit negotiations. another thing about that conversation with michel barnier, which was really interesting, and i would urge everyone to listen to it on bbc sounds like we have a classic example of how the uk and eu sees the process differently. michel barnier said it turns out the eu were the ones who were being really pragmatic. by that he means the eu were the ones who are willing to change their position based on what the uk was asking for. that is true in a certain extent. the eu has modified its position a few times with a brexit negotiations. the british negotiators would say, you
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have not been pragmatic cattle. you are willing to tweak your position but it was within very narrow confines which made it difficult for the uk to get a deal through parliament at westminster. you get another example of how one side of this in one way and talked about it in one way and the other side saw a different way and talked about in a different way and talked about in a different way. and there was a constant clash for years and years. how did he manage to get hold of michel barnier. he how did he manage to get hold of michel barnier.— how did he manage to get hold of i michel barnier._ of michel barnier. he has a lookout. of course he has- _ michel barnier. he has a lookout. of course he has. -- _ michel barnier. he has a lookout. of course he has. -- he _ michel barnier. he has a lookout. of course he has. -- he has— michel barnier. he has a lookout. of course he has. -- he has a - michel barnier. he has a lookout. of course he has. -- he has a book- michel barnier. he has a lookout. 0f| course he has. -- he has a book out. course he has. —— he has a book out. thank you for talking to us this morning. the brexit—cast reunion episode is available to listen to now. search for newscast on bbc sounds,
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or wherever you get your podcasts. a big day for people marking the particular anniversary of brexit and also a big day in sport. it is transfer deadline day. expect that full well to go crazy. all sorts of rumours about players moving between clubs. many of them true? you might see lionel messi hanging out of a helicopter or neymar at watford junction train station. this is when everyone starts to watch the airports. you will be great to social media inking, is that true? is it a complete fabrication? is it a lie? significantly, i think this is genuine, we could see the british transfer record broken twice.
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a big bed coming in for a big bed coming inforan a big bed coming in for an se every so —— a bid coming infor a big bed coming in for an se every so —— a bid coming in for alessia russo. it's the day fans hope their club pulls off that dream signing. and for all the fun and games, there is some serious cash being offered, and in chelsea's case it could see them break the british transfer record. who are they after? well, it's enzo fernandez, bidding more than 105 million, here he is scoring at the world cup. if the move happens it'd be the highest transfer fee paid by a british club. they've already signed six players this month, and taken another on loan. it comes after a summer that saw them spend a premier league record £270 million. and how about this? arsenal making a world—record bid for manchester united's alessia russo. the striker turned down a contract extension injune. the fee is believed to be more than the record of £400,000 barcelona paid for england
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midfielder keira walsh in september. russo's current deal runs out this summer. remember yesterday we told you how wrexham co—owner ryan reynolds wants to take the club to the premier league? if the non—league side make it through their fa cup replay with sheffield united they'll face tottenham. it could be a real test for them. west ham will face manchester united in the fifth round, after they beat derby last night. they progressed, thanks to goals from jarrod bowen and michail antonio. women's fa cup holders chelsea host 14—time winners arsenal in theirfifth round encounter. chelsea beat liverpool 3—2 on sunday with a hat—trick from sam kerr. 0ther ties will see wsl leaders manchester united taking on durham. beaten finalists last year, manchester city will travel to bristol city. it doesn't always have to be players jetting in to svae the day. everton hope that will come in
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the shape of new manager sean dyche. he has replaced frank lampard. he spent ten years in charge of burnley and moves to goodison with the club 19th, two points from safety. sir mo farah has confirmed he will race in what he expects to be his final london marathon this year before retirement. the four—time olympic champion turns 40 in march and has only competed sporadically over the last three years due to injury problems. farah of course made his name with success on the track in the 5,000 and 10,000m events, but he's completed the full marathon distance on three occassions with his best result third in 2018. clearly he wants to bow out with a little more success. he says he has done with the track. keep your eyes peeled on what the year has in store for him but it could be his last
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ever marathon. i am sure he will get a big sendoff. still no messages about transfers. have you spotted lionel messi at an airport yet? not yet. did you know there is gold in scotland? a lot of gold. nearly 60 kilos — worth more than £3 million — every single month. that's how much it's hoped will be extracted from scotland's only gold mine by the end of this year. and the firm that runs it says it could soon expand to other sites across the highlands. david henderson has this report. there's ear defenders for your ears. this long, dark tunnel runs deep underground. it's scotland's only gold mine, and it's nowjust starting to give up its treasure. it's taken years to reach this point, to drive a tunnel more than a kilometre into the heart of this mountain, following a gold—bearing vein of quartz. what lies ahead are years
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of mining that gold. but geologists think there could be far more gold still to be discovered, perhaps even under my feet. how many miles of tunnels have you got here? so we have 1.2 kilometres... a hundred people work here. among them, mine geologist rachel paul, whose job it is to chart that seam of gold right through these rocks. so the vein itself... so it's a quartz vein, which runs through the mountain and it's been here for 408 million years. and you can almost see it above our heads right now. so it's a quartz vein and it has sulfides in it. you can see it a little bit closer in my hand. so we're looking for quartz vein, we're looking for different types of mottling and different shear structures. in a long soundproofed shed just below the mine, machines crush the quartz and rock to get at the gold. before the end of the year, the goal is to bring out 2,000 ounces of gold every month, worth millions of pounds. but they've been prospecting far beyond this site and think more seams of gold
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are there to be discovered. setting the scene, perhaps, for a gold rush across the highlands in the coming years. so the areas that we have stretches to the west, just south of 0ban, down campbeltown way and it continues on all the way through to loch tay and the like. we have 2,900 square kilometres of area that we can explore and so once we've actually done this vein and the vein next to it, then we'll explore out and see how far and big we can actually make this company. so this is a bar of 22 carat scottish gold. most of the gold is sold abroad, but a few kilos remain in scotland to be turned into jewellery like this. it's a small but growing market. obviously, you have people that have been born and bred in scotland and want a piece of their country. but you also have so many people from all over the world that feel this really special connection to scotland and want to take a piece of it home. we've done a huge range of bespoke commissions, so things like wedding bands, signet rings are really popular as well as the more statement—style pieces.
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there's a limited supply of scottish gold, but high prices around the world have fuelled demand and mean the effort to mine it could pay off well. david henderson, bbc news. wow! shall we go there? i wonder who owns the gold mine? as soon as i leave the studio i will be checking. this morning we are looking at a blustery start to the day. anything that wins will strengthen. there will be showers around. this weatherman is heading south, producing cloud and drizzle. it will clear, producing sunshine and showers. this is where we are looking at the strongest winds
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today. males, even severe gales later. tonight we watched the weather front weakening. some wintry showers on tops of the hills and mountains in scotland. cloud and drizzle clears, the sun comes out. some showers dotted around. some in the south—west of england by some in northern ireland and england. the lion's share blowing swiftly across the country will be in scotland. these black circles represent the strengths of the wind gust. the strongest are in the north of the country. wherever you are today it will be blustery. these are the temperatures. ranging from six in the north to 12 as we push south. this evening and overnight there winds will continue to strengthen. in the middle of the night in particular looking at severe gales across the far north of scotland and
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the northern isles. touching 70, 80 miles on our. also rain moving out of central and southern scotland into northern england and northern ireland with clear skies on either side. still blustery showers in the north. these are the temperatures, four where you see the blues on the chance that is where temperatures could be freezing or below. the be the risk of ice best thing in the morning. into wednesday, you can see the low pressure bringing the strong wind moves away. the wind will still be a feature. it will start to ease. a weather front continues to drift further south. a weather front continues to drift furthersouth. it a weather front continues to drift further south. it flips around and starts to journey north. this ridge of high pressure building across us as well. things are quieter. more on the way of dry conditions. temperature six to 12. as the head
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into thursday, the weather front that flips round continues to journey steadily north. the rain will be heavy and persistent for a time. a second weather front moving in. a lot of dry weather bar a few showers. enlighten went 20 will feel better, seven to 12 degrees. high pressure is in charge. as the weather front sinks out it was the cooler air coming our way. full time in parts of scotland i will be wintry showers, even at lower levels. forthe wintry showers, even at lower levels. for the rest of us it will be dry. high pressure re—accepts its influence a little bit quieter. it be cold saturday. cold and cold all in one forecast. i am of! if i am not back in half and now you know i will have found my deeds. left on my own here. thank you very much
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indeed. never mind gold, what about some sequence? the countdown has begun. earlier, we showed you how liverpool is preparing to host eurovision. breakfast�*s jayne mccubbin is in liverpool this morning. the is in liverpool this morning. lights are on, the logo ready. the lights are on, the logo is ready. jayne is very excited. i wish i wore my — ready. jayne is very excited. i wish i wore my sparkles, _ ready. jayne is very excited. i wish i wore my sparkles, i _ ready. jayne is very excited. i wish i wore my sparkles, i do _ ready. jayne is very excited. i wish i wore my sparkles, i do not - ready. jayne is very excited. i wish i wore my sparkles, i do not havel i wore my sparkles, i do not have any. good morning. this is the official start, the launch event of the eurovision song contest. the morning to our guests. good morning, everybody. —— good morning. excitement here for this moment. we will talk to everybody in a minute. let me give you a tour of the set for the event tonight. these are the official keys of the eurovision song contest. every country that has
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taken part has put a key on here. liverpool will do that as well this year on behalf of ukraine. these will be handed over to mark the start of the contest as it is handed over from turin start of the contest as it is handed overfrom turin in italy to liverpool. another thing happening tonight is the draw which will decide which countries face each other in which draw. two semifinals. 98 days away now. all that will be decided tonight with the schoolchildren. rylan and aj will be coming down to chat to us about it in a while. this is the theme, united by music. it is all about keeping ukraine in mind. have a look at this really moving film that will launch the event. my baton is my weapon. it's one that reaches to the soul.
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it's not one that kills. and, my goodness! this is going to be something, isn't it? you guys had
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the honour of taking part in the event tonight. is that right? yes. i am excited- _ event tonight. is that right? yes. i am excited- i _ event tonight. is that right? yes. i am excited. i used _ event tonight. is that right? yes. i am excited. i used to _ event tonight. is that right? yes. i am excited. i used to watch - am excited. i used to watch eurovision as a kid and i remember the not _ eurovision as a kid and i remember the not your— eurovision as a kid and i remember the not your toy show. you eurovision as a kid and i remember the not your toy show.— eurovision as a kid and i remember the not your toy show. you are going to be doinu the not your toy show. you are going to be doing the _ the not your toy show. you are going to be doing the draw. _ the not your toy show. you are going to be doing the draw. i _ the not your toy show. you are going to be doing the draw. i am _ the not your toy show. you are going to be doing the draw. i am really - to be doing the draw. i am really excited. to be doing the draw. i am really excited- i — to be doing the draw. i am really excited. i have _ to be doing the draw. i am really excited. i have always _ to be doing the draw. i am really excited. i have always had - excited. i have always had eurovision, _ excited. i have always had eurovision, not _ excited. i have always had eurovision, not really- excited. i have always had - eurovision, not really watching it but playing — eurovision, not really watching it but playing in— eurovision, not really watching it but playing in the _ eurovision, not really watching it but playing in the background. . eurovision, not really watching it but playing in the background. ii but playing in the background. i have _ but playing in the background. i have always _ but playing in the background. i have always thought, _ but playing in the background. i have always thought, that - but playing in the background. i have always thought, that is - but playing in the background. i. have always thought, that is really toot _ have always thought, that is really cool. ., , ., ., have always thought, that is really cool. ., ., , have always thought, that is really cool. ., cool. now you get to play your part. thins like cool. now you get to play your part. things like this _ cool. now you get to play your part. things like this do _ cool. now you get to play your part. things like this do not _ cool. now you get to play your part. things like this do not happen - things like this do not happen everyday. things like this do not happen eve da . ~ . ., things like this do not happen eve da .~ . ., ., ., things like this do not happen eve da. . ., ., ., ~ , everyday. were a treat for our kids! so exciting — everyday. were a treat for our kids! so exciting for— everyday. were a treat for our kids! so exciting for our— everyday. were a treat for our kids! so exciting for our school. -- - everyday. were a treat for our kids! so exciting for our school. -- what | so exciting for our school. —— what a treat _ so exciting for our school. —— what a treat for— so exciting for our school. —— what a treat for our— so exciting for our school. —— what
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a treat for our kids! this so exciting for our school. -- what a treat for our kids!— a treat for our kids! this is false. you admitted — a treat for our kids! this is false. you admitted off-camera - a treat for our kids! this is false. you admitted off-camera you - a treat for our kids! this is false. i you admitted off-camera you have a treat for our kids! this is false. - you admitted off-camera you have not you admitted off—camera you have not really been found before. this is your moment to engage. do you own any sparkles? ida. this is what we any sparkles? no. this is what we need to work on. these are our super fans, adam and harry. huge fans. what can we expect?— fans, adam and harry. huge fans. what can we expect? liverpool is a ci of what can we expect? liverpool is a city of music- _ what can we expect? liverpool is a city of music. we _ what can we expect? liverpool is a city of music. we can _ what can we expect? liverpool is a city of music. we can expect - what can we expect? liverpool is a city of music. we can expect so - city of music. we can expect so much — city of music. we can expect so much i— city of music. we can expect so much lam _ city of music. we can expect so much. i am so excited. still cannot believe _ much. i am so excited. still cannot believe it — much. i am so excited. still cannot believe it. ., ., ., believe it. you travel to tel aviv- - - _ believe it. you travel to tel aviv- -- in — believe it. you travel to tel aviv. .. in 2019. _ believe it. you travel to tel aviv. .. in 2019. so - believe it. you travel to tel| aviv... in 2019. so exciting, believe it. you travel to tel l aviv... in 2019. so exciting, i cannot leave _ aviv... in 2019. so exciting, i cannot leave it. _ aviv... in 2019. so exciting, i cannot leave it. councillor- aviv... in 2019. so exciting, i. cannot leave it. councillor harry do le, cannot leave it. councillor harry doyle. the _ cannot leave it. councillor harry doyle, the biggest _ cannot leave it. councillor harry doyle, the biggest fan - cannot leave it. councillor harry doyle, the biggest fan in - cannot leave it. councillor harry doyle, the biggest fan in the . cannot leave it. councillor harry i doyle, the biggest fan in the city. —— | doyle, the biggest fan in the city. —— i cannot leave it. i doyle, the biggest fan in the city. -- i cannot leave it.— -- i cannot leave it. i love eurovision, _ -- i cannot leave it. i love eurovision, all— -- i cannot leave it. i love eurovision, all the - -- i cannot leave it. i love - eurovision, all the excitement. we are ready~ —
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eurovision, all the excitement. we are ready~ a — eurovision, all the excitement. we are ready~ a huge _ eurovision, all the excitement. we are ready. a huge day— eurovision, all the excitement. we are ready. a huge day for- eurovision, all the excitement. we are ready. a huge day for the - eurovision, all the excitement. we are ready. a huge day for the city. | are ready. a huge day for the city. it are ready. a huge day for the city. it morning — are ready. a huge day for the city. it morning to _ are ready. a huge day for the city. it morning to everybody. - are ready. a huge day for the city. it morning to everybody. i- are ready. a huge day for the city. it morning to everybody. i want i are ready. a huge day for the city. it morning to everybody. i want to move quickly because i want to introduce the star of the show. —— good morning. this is david and svetlana his mum. when did you arrive in the city? hide svetlana his mum. when did you arrive in the city?— arrive in the city? we arrived in june 2022- _ arrive in the city? we arrived in june 2022. here _ arrive in the city? we arrived in june 2022. here to _ arrive in the city? we arrived in june 2022. here to liverpool i arrive in the city? we arrived in i june 2022. here to liverpool from ukraine _ june 2022. here to liverpool from ukraine because of the situation in ukraine _ ukraine because of the situation in ukraine. now we are here and david visits— ukraine. now we are here and david visits the _ ukraine. now we are here and david visits the school and we are happy that we _ visits the school and we are happy that we are — visits the school and we are happy that we are in the safe place. thank you very— that we are in the safe place. thank you very much for this possibility. you have — you very much for this possibility. you have settled into school really well. . ~ you have settled into school really well. . ,, , ., you have settled into school really well. . ~' , ., , you have settled into school really well. . ,, , . you have settled into school really well-_ your l you have settled into school really - well-_ your hope well. thank you very much. your hope is for the war— well. thank you very much. your hope is for the war to _ well. thank you very much. your hope is for the war to be _ well. thank you very much. your hope is for the war to be over. _ well. thank you very much. your hope is for the war to be over. in _ well. thank you very much. your hope is for the war to be over. in the - is for the war to be over. in the meantime something special is going to happen. we could not get the winners of the eurovision song
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contest, we could not get the winners here. instead we have you to sing for us. i want you to perform. this is your name and in the eurovision song contest. i want you to take it away. —— this is your moment. 0h, oh, my goodness! give me one of these and give me one of these. how fantastic was that?! please stay
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around and do something for us later. amazing. bravo, young man. fantastic. he was brilliant. we need to sign him up for may. fantastic. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. i'm assad ahmad. a church of england priest who was the vicar of a church in virginia water in surrey has been barred from the ministry for 12 years for sharing virulently anti—semitic material. the reverend dr stephen sizer was found by a church tribunal to have provoked and offended thejewish community and engaged in anti—semitic activity. the complaint was made by the president of the board of deputies of britishjews. dr sizer has declined to comment. an urgent appeal has been made for a woman to come forward after a foetus was found in a box
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outside barnet hospital, less than 24 hours ago. police were called yesterday morning when the box containing a 16—week—old foetus was discovered. officers and staff say they're concerned for the woman's welfare, saying it's likely to be a traumatic time for her. it's been disclosed that there were nearly 15,000 allegations of racism, harassment, sexism and homophobia against police in london last year alone. the metropolitan police says the vast majority of complaints related to what it described as low—level conduct. but insisted it was determined to root out those who corrupt the force. unmesh desai — who's labour's policing and crime member on the london assembly, who requested the information — is calling for action to dispel what he calls the growing distrust in the met. four—time olympic champion sir mohammed farah says he's preparing to say an emotional london marathon goodbye as he expects it to be his last one. the 39 year—old multiple
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gold medalist from west london expects this — to be his final year of racing before retirement. farah says, "without the fans i don't think i would have ever achieved what i have." campaigners have raised £100,000 to buy an ancient woodland in south—east london, saving it from developers. gorne wood in brockley contains trees that are hundreds of years old and it's the closest surviving patch of ancient woodland to the city of london. money was raised through cake sales in local schools, bike rides and walks. some children even donated their pocket money. let's take a look at the tubes. for a second warning it is a straight sweep of good service on all lines. now the weather. a largely cloudy start this morning. we've got a cold front sinking south through the night, bringing the cloud and some patchy light rain and drizzle. it will clear though to a drier afternoon with some sunshine. you can see isobars quite tightly
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packed, so it's a breezy day. that cold front sinking south. you can see the cloud. and within that, like i say, some light rain and drizzle. but post—midday, it clears with the cloud and the rain, so drier with some sunshine. and temperatures today relatively mild at 12 celsius. now overnight, it's dry and it's clear. that ridge of high pressure continues to build. still a little breezy, though, so that's going to prevent too much in the way of mist and fog. but it is quite chilly, the minimum temperature dropping down to 3 celsius. now, as we head through the rest of this week, that ridge of high pressure stays with us. so largely fine and dry and temperatures remain in double figures through to the weekend. that's it. iam back i am back in half an hour. good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. 0ur headlines. the uk will be the only major economy to shrink this year according to the international monetary fund.
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the world's most important financial institution puts it down to high interest rates and tax rises — but says things are now shifting in the right direction. we look at what the the stark prediction mean for you. firefighters vote for their first national strike for 20 years — the union says it's giving employers ten days to do a deal. in sport. is the british transfer record set to be broken twice? with chelsea bidding £105 million for world cup winner enzo fernandez as arsenal make a world record move for lioness alessia russo. what an epic night it was — michael "bully boy" smith will be here to tell us whether becoming world champion has sunk in yet. we have cloud and light rain moving
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south, clearing southern england this morning. then a day of sunshine and showers. most of the showers in the north. the wind will become a feature. all the details later. it's tuesday, january the 31st. the world's most important financial institution, the international monetary fund, expects the uk to be the only major advanced economy to shrink this year. it predicts the economy will contract by 0.6% as the cost of living continues to hit households. nina is here and can tell us more. what does it say? what the imf does is look at the global economy and individual economies to identify where there are risks, and it looks at policies for growth and keeping economy is stable. it has looked at the uk economy and instead of saying it will get bigger it said it will
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get smaller. essentially, a recession. what is important is when you look at the other g7 nations, america, japan, france, italy and others. growth predicted in these. against a backdrop of a global economy on the rise we are an outlier. they point to different things at play, which is our dependency on expensive energy sources and the knock—on in terms of managing the economy and policies such as higher taxes, interest rates, things that can stifle growth. rates, things that can stifle urowth. �* . . rates, things that can stifle urowth. a. , rates, things that can stifle urowth. , ., , growth. as a response to this high inflation there _ growth. as a response to this high inflation there is _ growth. as a response to this high inflation there is a _ growth. as a response to this high inflation there is a tightening - growth. as a response to this high inflation there is a tightening of. inflation there is a tightening of monetary policy by the bank of england — monetary policy by the bank of england. in the uk, this feeds quickly— england. in the uk, this feeds quickly into mortgages because a lot of mortgages are adjustable rates. a lot of homeowners are seeing an increase — lot of homeowners are seeing an increase in— lot of homeowners are seeing an increase in mortgage payments. taciag.r increase in mortgage payments. today is three days — increase in mortgage payments. today is three days since _ increase in mortgage payments. today is three days since the _ increase in mortgage payments. today is three days since the uk _ increase in mortgage payments. today is three days since the uk -- - increase in mortgage payments. irr— is three days since the uk —— three years since the uk left the eu. people will wonder if there is any
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connection. people will wonder if there is any connection-— people will wonder if there is any connection. ., ,., connection. the timing of the report is coincidental _ connection. the timing of the report is coincidental but _ connection. the timing of the report is coincidental but it _ connection. the timing of the report is coincidental but it comes - connection. the timing of the report is coincidental but it comes on - connection. the timing of the report is coincidental but it comes on the l is coincidental but it comes on the anniversary. there is no mention of brexit in the report. there will be people pointing to ripples we are feeling around trade relations and shortages of labour. the good news in the report is they say after the shock of the mini—budget which was regarded as disastrous, the autumn statement stabilise things and in the words of the report things are on the right track. predictions that in 2020 for the economy will grow again. what does recession mean? less growth, less investment and statistically means standards of living will take a hit. perhaps not a huge shock to the government but not nice to hear. a lot of households will worry what it will mean. we are already struggling. firefighters across the uk have voted overwhelmingly to strike in a dispute about pay. if the action goes ahead it will be
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the first nationwide walkout by fire staff in almost two decades. howard johnson is at soho fire station in central london. do soho fire station in central london. you want to br with do you want to bring us up—to—date with how this has come about? good morning. it is a story we have heard over the past month, all about the growing chorus of public sector workers who say their pay is not keeping up with the cost of living. what we are seeing now is firefighters joining the growing chorus and demanding a better deal, asking employers to come to the table within ten days with a much better deal. they are the brave workers that put themselves in danger. but firefighters across the uk say years of inadequate pay offers mean they are willing to go on strike. this anger and disappointment goes back for ten, 12 years.
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we have had pay restraint, now, where are our real wages have fallen behind the cost of living, basically, so firefighters are seeing in their pockets a 12% decrease in their pay, real pay, each month. and that equates to around about £4,000 a year. firefighters do an importantjob. firefighter salaries range from £24,000 per yearfor a trainee tojust under £46,000 for a station manager. union members rejected a previous 5% pay offer in november. they are calling for an above—inflation rise the fire brigades union has given the government and employers ten days to respond. until then, they say they will delay announcing any strike dates. we have written to our employers to demand a meeting with them to see if we can resolve this dispute. they have agreed that and we will meet them on the 8th of february. i hope that that meeting on the 8th
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of february allows the employers to come back with a better offer that our members consider worthy of voting on. and if they do that, then we can avoid a strike. in a separate ballot, control—room staff in the north west of england also agreed to the proposed walk—outs. in response, downing street said the government would urge the fbu to reconsider and keep negotiating. this is the latest union to vote to take action over pay offers that do not match the rising cost of living. in scotland, a strike by teachers has entered its third week. teachers in england and wales willjoin this industrial action on wednesday. the february the 1st mass strike action will also be joined by civil servants, university staff, railway and bus workers — totalling around half a million people. industrial action on a scale not seen for more than a decade.
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the fire brigades union say that if a deal is not reached, on the ninth, they will set a date for strike action and already we are hearing from fire chiefs in northern ireland talking about contingency plans and potentially bringing in the army to help out and maybe they will call off strike action if a fire is bad enough and needs extra support. but what they are saying, fire workers, is they do not want to do this, they hoped a deal can be reached. thanks. and we'll be speaking to the general secretary of the fire brigades union, matt wrack, just after 8. the author of a five—year—old report about the hillsborough disaster has said it's intolerable that the government has still not responded to the document. bishopjamesjones wrote his review about the experiences of the hillsborough families in 2017. today, the police are expected to issue an apology. judith moritz reports.
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the horror of hillsborough continues to be felt almost 34 years after the crush on the terraces that killed 97 liverpool supporters. police failures were the main cause of the disaster, but the fans were wrongly blamed and, for years, theirfamilies fought forjustice. # walk on, walk on with hope #. in 2016, they rejoiced when fresh inquests returned verdicts of unlawful killing. the former bishop of liverpool, jamesjones, was then commissioned to write a report about the experience of the hillsborough families to ensure their pain and suffering wouldn't be repeated. the government is yet to respond. i think we have to put ourselves in the shoes of the families. this year, it will be 34 years since the tragedy. and for them to wait for so long
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for a response to these 25 points of learning is intolerable and adds to their pain. and i think, in some instances, even affects their own grieving. let's hope that's only the beginning of what's going to be done. margaret aspinall, whose sonjames was killed, is one of those who has campaigned on behalf of the hillsborough families. she is also critical of the time it's taken to hear from government. i rememberwriting — idon't know who it was to, to somebody in government — to say i hope this report does not get put on a shelf gathering dust for years, like other things in the past have done. we are now into 2023. how long does it take to read a report, to come out with the findings or what you think should happen? when bishopjames published this report in 2017, he made 25 recommendations, just under half of which were directed at the police.
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today, there will be the first national police response to it and i understand, for the first time, an apology issued on behalf of all of the police forces in england and wales. there are calls for there to be a hillsborough law which would help victims of future mass tragedies. the government says it will publish its response to the bishop's report in due course. the death toll in the suicide bombing at a mosque in the pakistani city of peshawar has risen to 87. rescue teams are still trying to find bodies under the rubble of the damaged building. it is the latest in a string of attacks targeting police. the pakistani taliban denied involvement after an initial claim by one of its commanders. the princess of wales has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the importance of the first five years of a child's life.
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the project has been described by palace sources as the princess's life's work and draws attention to how babies and children develop in response to early experiences. she spoke about this at an event last night. by building a supportive, nurturing world around children and those caring for them, we can make a huge difference to generations to come. because, fundamentally, healthy, happy children shape a healthy, happy future. acouple of weeks ago we had the pleasure of meeting little peggy. she was gorgeous. well... in that well... she was on because she was entered into the uk's ugliest dog contest. the owner admitted she was quirky. and guess what?
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she won. five year old peggy fought off competition from seven other dogs to be crowned the winner. her prize is a pamper session at a doggie spa, followed by a professional photo shoot. she is enjoying that. well done. congratulations from us. we loved meeting you. her owners had a positive attitude. embrace it, run with it. do not change, peggy. she was a calm, lovely, affectionate dog. she had kind eyes. is that like saying she had a good personality? warm heart. here's carol. it is not too cold with temperatures above average for many but there will be blustery showers, bass frequently in the north of the country, with strengthening winds. it is windy and we have rain moving south. by the time it gets to southern england, it will not be much more than cloud and drizzle.
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you can see the showers, geared across north. through the rest of the day, showers continue, driven quickly from west to east. some will be wintry above about 400 metres. above 500 metres through the day, we could have 10—15 centimetres of snow. between, showers. in northern ireland, northern england. this is the cloud in the south. it will continue to clear. behind it, brightening up and the sun will come out. wherever you are today, wind will be a feature. the strongest wind across the north. this is where we have temperatures, 5—7. in the south, 11—12. 0vernight, the wind will strengthen. we could have severe gales in the far north of scotland up to 80 mph. showers continue. and a weather front moves
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out of central and southern scotland into northern ireland and northern england. not a particularly cold night but in the highlands, where we have had showers, it could be icy first thing tomorrow. thank you very much. we have a shocking story. a quarter of young people have been exposed to online pornography by the time they finish primary school — that's according to a report published by the children's commissioner for england. the survey of 1,000 young people aged between 16 and 21 found one in ten of those surveyed had seen adult content by the age of nine. and by the time they're 13, that figure rises to 50%. the report says almost half of young people believe most girls enjoy acts of sexual aggression.
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that is the shocking thing included in it. yesterday, on this programme, actor emily atack spoke to us about the explicit images and messages she receives every day and the impact that has had on her. when i started the process i was looking at the law. i did a talk in parliament about the emotions i go through when i am said this kind of stuff and the mental impact. looking at the law will be... looking at the law, having laws changed and tweaked, it would feel more comforting to know they were taking it seriously. so there is that. then the journey i have gone on, it seriously. so there is that. then thejourney i have gone on, i have realised it is like trying to change the infrastructure of what we see as societal norm. 0n the infrastructure of what we see as societal norm. on some days it feels impossible to try to change but i guess we have to start somewhere. i think it is looking at behaviours and attitudes. let's now speak to the children's commissioner for england,
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dame rachel de souza. good morning. reading the findings of the report, it is shocking to read out loud. what parts of the report were the most disturbing? tau report were the most disturbing? you icked u- report were the most disturbing? gm. picked up on some of them. this is ground—breaking research because it is national and we surveyed 1000 young people between 16 and 21. what shocked me most was how young children are seeing pornography. you are right, 10% of nine—year—olds, but also a quarter of children in year six, 11—year—olds, a quarter of every class of top primary seeing pornography. that was shocking. for need,it pornography. that was shocking. for need, it is how that is influencing behaviour and confusing and really upsetting and shaping behaviours of older teenagers. 80% of 18—21
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—year—olds said before 18 they had seen violent pornography, violent sexual acts. and half of girls saying they have experienced that. and half of young people saying they think probably baby girls like that. what came across in research was just how confused, worried, upset young people are about it, but also, where they are seeing this. the place they are accessing first is twitter, which might surprise people. and then it is pornography sites and —— probably maybe girls like that. i think we need to sit up and take notice of this and think about what we need to do to support young people. the problem is young
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boys, girls are seeing sexual violence, it is nasty, and thinking it is normal and shaping behaviour and that is what we have to try to sort out now. it and that is what we have to try to sort out nova— sort out now. it is a difficult conversation _ sort out now. it is a difficult conversation to _ sort out now. it is a difficult conversation to have - sort out now. it is a difficult conversation to have with i sort out now. it is a difficult conversation to have with a| sort out now. it is a difficult - conversation to have with a child of any age but where does the conversation start?- any age but where does the conversation start? that is a good cuestion. conversation start? that is a good question- i _ conversation start? that is a good question- i got — conversation start? that is a good question. i got a _ conversation start? that is a good question. i got a group _ conversation start? that is a good question. i got a group of - conversation start? that is a good question. i got a group of 116-21 l question. i got a group of 116—21 —year—olds and asked what do you wish your parents had known about this? and one thing they said was they wanted their parents, in their words, to talk to them often. in an age—appropriate way about things they might see so they are not confused. that is difficult but we have advice on how to do that. normal age appropriate. it is not real, it is acting. but also, having conversations about why you cannot have an internet connected phone to young and why you should not be on
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social media until it is age appropriate. there are some powerful things parents can do. parents talk to me all the time and are worried about this. simple boundaries around accessing stuff and talking to children about what they might see. and school helps, also. how can social media platforms stop children accessing this content? timed;r accessing this content? they absolutely — accessing this content? they absolutely can. _ accessing this content? they absolutely can. we - accessing this content? they absolutely can. we are - accessing this content? they l absolutely can. we are talking accessing this content? iia: absolutely can. we are talking about what parents should do. parents cannot stop the tide of this stuff on social media. the tech firms need to do this. i have called on them to do this. do not wait for the 0nline safety bill. they can take down images. they know how young children are on site and they could make sure they have proper age assurance. the law is going through parliament. it will force them to do it but these are multi—billion pound companies
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who should have a moral compass and do this now and they can. i see tech companies every six months and challenge them, how are you stopping children to young online? why do you not take images down? it is affecting society and children's happiness. affecting society and children's happiness-— affecting society and children's ha iness. ~ ., happiness. when you confront them, what do they — happiness. when you confront them, what do they say? — happiness. when you confront them, what do they say? they _ happiness. when you confront them, what do they say? they will - happiness. when you confront them, what do they say? they will often i what do they say? they will often cive a what do they say? they will often give a long _ what do they say? they will often give a long diatribe _ what do they say? they will often give a long diatribe of _ what do they say? they will often give a long diatribe of what - what do they say? they will often give a long diatribe of what they i give a long diatribe of what they are doing but it is not good enough. i think they have not engaged properly, self—regulation has not worked. some cleaning up their act a bit but we need protection of the 0nline safety bill to keep children safe. i do not think they have taken it seriously enough and i have challenged them about this. twitter should not have that terrible material for under 18s to access. it is not acceptable. it takes too long to get it down by them and those
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things need sorting out. it is important- _ things need sorting out. it is important. thank— things need sorting out. it is important. thank you - things need sorting out. it is important. thank you for talking to us. we've all read books or seen movies about ships which set sail in search of buried treasure but for marine archaeologists there comes a time when the ships become the buried treasure. hooe lake in plymouth has around 40 buried wrecks which can be investigated at low tide. as alex green reports, the true identity of one of these rotting hulks has now been discovered. now buried in what's referred to as a ship graveyard. the true identity of this 150—year—old vessel buried in hooe lake on the outskirts of plymouth has been discovered. this ship was thought to have been a dutch barge called the two brothers. but after an archaeological excavation and some sifting through the archives, it was identified as a west country schooner called thejohn sims. when we investigated her, we found
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that she wasn't built like one. she was built far more like a west country ship. accidentally finding her name in a letter was just a stroke of luck, but that allowed us to find a photograph of her. we then advertised the fact that she's here on social media and on our website. and i expect what usually happens is that the families of people associated with the ship get in touch. there's a lot involved in identifying a ship which has broken down as much as this, including getting your hands dirty at low tide. so one of the things that we do when we're looking at the hulks and the wrecks and even what we do underwater is we have to kind of figure out what type of vessel it is if we don't know the name of it. thejohn sims is just one of the 36 hulks buried on the foreshore in hooe lake, and that's just the ones that are known about. and we started to look at hooe lake specifically because there's almost 40 wrecks that you can see within the lake and one of the ones
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that we were looking at was originally called what we thought was the two brothers, which is where we're standing. we thought she was a dutch barge, but there's a certain way that certain vessels are made so that we can look at that and kind of check off things as we go. and we couldn't check off any of those things. records show that after an almost 80—year sailing career, thejohn sims was converted to a timber lighter in 1935 for use in timberyard at the end of hooe lake, where the wreck lays today. every time we look at something, we find something new. the hulks in hooe lake tell us lots about trading and what was happening in plymouth back in the 1800s. but also they provide examples of ships that kind of no longer exist. some of the ones we found in the lake, some of the ones we've identified, are the last surviving examples of this particular type. this newly identified ship lays alongside other ship hulks, thought to date back to the 18705 and beyond. and collectively, along with the many shipwrecks underwater around plymouth, they tell a story of this naval city
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and its maritime heritage. alex green, bbc news. exciting stuff. really fascinating. it's a big day in liverpool as the official eurovsion handover ceremony takes place. jayne mccubbin is there. it looks gorgeous there. how beautiful is this place? we are in st george's hall and tonight, 7pm, bbc two, this is where we kick—start the eurovision song contest with a live drawer and on stage will be ryland clark and aj. it is not the final countdown, it is the semi final countdown. less then 100 days to go until the first semifinal, but this is notjust about the final on may the 13th.
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this is a two week event that will take over the city. and is it fair to say that the city is flipping excited? cheering really excited to showcase livable on behalf of ukraine. —— showcase liverpool. you have been here about seven months. tell me your hopes for this eurovision song contest. i am excited because _ this eurovision song contest. i am excited because it _ this eurovision song contest. i am excited because it is _ this eurovision song contest. i am excited because it is a _ this eurovision song contest. i —ii excited because it is a really nice song. i excited because it is a really nice sonu. ~' . excited because it is a really nice sonu. ~ , ,., ., song. i like the sun. the song that won last year. _ song. i like the sun. the song that won last year, but _ song. i like the sun. the song that won last year, but who _ song. i like the sun. the song that won last year, but who do - song. i like the sun. the song that won last year, but who do you - song. i like the sun. the song that| won last year, but who do you want to win this year?— won last year, but who do you want to win this year?- you - won last year, but who do you wantj to win this year?- you want to win this year? ukraine. you want the -a to win this year? ukraine. you want the party at — to win this year? ukraine. you want the party at your— to win this year? ukraine. you want the party at your place _ to win this year? ukraine. you want the party at your place next - to win this year? ukraine. you want the party at your place next year. i the party at your place next year. give us a quick burst of their song and we will hand back to the studio.
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cheering . how good is he? you win. back to the studio. he is a star. take a bow. take cover. bow. ta ke cover. we bow. take cover. we are about to throw darts in the studio. whose idea was this. are you sure about this? we have a good tutor, michael "bully boy" smith, world champion will be here to coach. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london.
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a church of england priest who was the vicar of a church in virginia water in surrey — has been barred from the ministry for 12 years for sharing "virulently antisemitic" material. the reverend dr stephen sizer was found by a church tribunal to have "provoked and offended thejewish community" and "engaged in anti—semitic activity." the complaint was made by the president of the board of deputies of britishjews. dr sizer has declined to comment. an urgent appeal has been made for a woman to come forward, after a foetus was found in a box outside barnet hospital less than 24 hours ago. police were called yesterday morning when the box containing a 16—week—old foetus was discovered. officers and staff say they're concerned for the woman's welfare, saying it's likely to be a "traumatic" time for her. it's been disclosed that there were nearly 15,000 allegations of racism, harassment, sexism and homophobia against police in london last year alone. the metropolitan police says the "vast majority" of complaints
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related to what it described as "low—level conduct." but insisted it was "determined to root out those who corrupt" the force. unmesh desai, who's labour's policing and crime member on the london assembly, who requested the information, is calling for "action" to dispel what he calls the "growing distrust" in the met. four—time olympic champion sir mohammed farah says he's preparing to say an "emotional" london marathon "goodbye," as he expects it to be his last one. the 39—year—old multiple gold medalist from west london expects this to be his final year of racing before retirement. farah says... "without the fans i don't think i would have ever achieved what i have." campaigners have raised £100,000 to buy an ancient woodland in south—east london, saving it from developers. gorne wood in brockley contains trees that are hundreds of years old, and it's the closest surviving patch of ancient woodland to the city of london. money was raised through cake sales in local schools,
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bike rides and walks. some children even donated their pocket money. let's take a look at the tubes now. now onto the weather with kate. good morning. a largely cloudy start this morning. we've got a cold front sinking south through the night, bringing the cloud and some patchy light rain and drizzle. it will clear though to a drier afternoon with some sunshine. you can see isobars quite tightly packed, so it's a breezy day. that cold front sinking south. you can see the cloud. and within that, like i say, some light rain and drizzle. but post—midday it clears with the cloud and the rain, so drier with some sunshine. and temperatures today relatively mild at 12 celsius. now overnight, it's dry and it's clear. that ridge of high pressure continues to build. still a little breezy, though, so that's going to prevent too much in the way of mist and fog. but it is quite chilly, the minimum temperature dropping down to 3 celsius. now, as we head through the rest
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of this week, that ridge of high pressure stays with us. so largely fine and dry and temperatures remain in double figures through to the weekend. that's it. back tojon and sally. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. millions of people might have had their details stolen in a cyber—attack on the retailerjd sports. earlier this month, hackers caused more than two weeks of disruption to royal mail's overseas deliveries. nina has more. we are hearing more and more about it. you mi-ht be lo- ed we are hearing more and more about it. you mi-ht be lo ed in we are hearing more and more about it. you mi-ht be lo- -ed in to say it. you might be logged in to say many different retail apps on your iphone and not think about someone harvesting your personal information. when we shop online we hand
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over our addresses and bank details and trust they will be safe. butjd sports has warned that around 10 million customers might have had their personal details and order information stolen by hacker. it affects customers across a range of brands owned byjd, including size? millets, blacks, and scotts. this specifically affects orders placed between november 2018 and october 2020. and it's thought addresses, e—mail details, phone numbers, and the final four digits of customer's payment cards could have been taken. bits of our online identityjigsaw that can of course lead to money being taken. jd sports has apologised and says it will be contacting customers whose data might have been stolen. jd sports isn't the only big name to have been hit by cyber criminals in recent weeks. royal mail's overseas
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deliveries have been impacted by an attack on its systems. the disruption lasted for two weeks and although they've now recovered, some small businesses are stll feeling the impact of not being able to fulfil orders from abroad. and look at this — one businessman from wales decided to take matters in to his own hands. packed his parcel — took it on holiday to new york — just to be sure it actually got to his us customer. how's that for customer service?! and in december, the guardian newspaper said it too was hit by a cyber—attack which affected some operations at its headquarters in london. are our details ever truly safe online? what can you do to protect yourself? joining me now is lauren wills—dixon, a solicitor and expert in data privacy. good morning to you. some people might, what are the implications
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this data is harvested? the scary thing about _ this data is harvested? the scary thing about these _ this data is harvested? the scary thing about these cyber - this data is harvested? the scaryj thing about these cyber incidents this data is harvested? the scary i thing about these cyber incidents is the unknown. data getting into the hands _ the unknown. data getting into the hands of— the unknown. data getting into the hands of cyber criminals, probably the most — hands of cyber criminals, probably the most high—risk data breaches are when _ the most high—risk data breaches are when financial information is obtained. i can see why it is very distressing — obtained. i can see why it is very distressing to have things like your name' _ distressing to have things like your name. your— distressing to have things like your name, your home address, your e—mail address— name, your home address, your e—mail address potentially being harvested and getting into the hands of criminals. and getting into the hands of criminals-— criminals. not only financial vulnerability _ criminals. not only financial vulnerability but _ criminals. not only financial vulnerability but your - criminals. not only financial vulnerability but your sense j criminals. not only financial. vulnerability but your sense of security is jeopardised. vulnerability but your sense of security isjeopardised. how vulnerability but your sense of security is jeopardised. how do we know it has happened and would we always know? late know it has happened and would we always know?— always know? we would not always know. always know? we would not always know- data — always know? we would not always know. data breaches _ always know? we would not always know. data breaches happen - always know? we would not always know. data breaches happen every| always know? we would not always i know. data breaches happen every day and cyher— know. data breaches happen every day and cyber incidents happen every day. and cyber incidents happen every day if _ and cyber incidents happen every day. if there is a real risk of harm to individuals, that is the point at which _ to individuals, that is the point at which an— to individuals, that is the point at which an organisation must report a personal— which an organisation must report a personal data breach to the information commissioner in the uk. if something is significantly
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serious _ if something is significantly serious. jd has taken the opinion that the — serious. jd has taken the opinion that the data breach that has taken place _ that the data breach that has taken place with — that the data breach that has taken place with them is significantly serious — place with them is significantly serious and there is potential risk of harm _ serious and there is potential risk of harm to — serious and there is potential risk of harm to individuals. it is about a regulatory perspective and on top of the _ a regulatory perspective and on top of the organisations had to consider, do i need to tell individuals about it? the legal test is similar~ — individuals about it? the legal test is similar. 0ur individuals about it? the legal test is similar. our people at risk of harm? — is similar. 0ur people at risk of harm? if— is similar. our people at risk of harm? if so _ is similar. our people at risk of harm? if so you have a duty to notify— harm? if so you have a duty to notify individuals.— harm? if so you have a duty to notify individuals. two important questions. _ notify individuals. two important questions. if _ notify individuals. two important questions, if we _ notify individuals. two important questions, if we lose _ notify individuals. two important questions, if we lose money - notify individuals. two important questions, if we lose money as l notify individuals. two importantj questions, if we lose money as a result of data being stolen, who do we take it up with? the retailer or the bank? 0r we take it up with? the retailer or the bank? or do we have to write off? . , , ., the bank? or do we have to write off? , , , ., ., the bank? or do we have to write off? ,, ., off? firstly, if you have lost money. _ off? firstly, if you have lost money, definitely _ off? firstly, if you have lost money, definitely speak- off? firstly, if you have lost money, definitely speak to | off? firstly, if you have lost - money, definitely speak to your bank's — money, definitely speak to your bank's fraud team in the first instance _ bank's fraud team in the first instance. in that circumstance i would — instance. in that circumstance i would expect an organisation that has been — would expect an organisation that has been affected to contact
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regulators and individuals about the support— regulators and individuals about the support they may be able to offer as well. support they may be able to offer as well in _ support they may be able to offer as well. in terms of protecting yourself, _ well. in terms of protecting yourself, i think people have the best time — yourself, i think people have the best time and again —— as have heard this time _ best time and again —— as have heard this time and — best time and again —— as have heard this time and again, password protection. follow policies and make sure you _ protection. follow policies and make sure you are — protection. follow policies and make sure you are obtaining your own obligation— sure you are obtaining your own obligation to keep data safe. and doinu our obligation to keep data safe. fific doing your best to obligation to keep data safe. e'"ic doing your best to change obligation to keep data safe. el"ic doing your best to change those passwords. it is so important, isn't it? thank you so much. keep changing your password. log out of apps so data cannot be stolen while you are still logged in the findings have been stolen take up with your bank and your retailer as well because it is up to them to keep your details safe. ida is up to them to keep your details safe. ., ., ,, ., safe. do not have the same password for everything- _ safe. do not have the same password for everything. easier _ safe. do not have the same password for everything. easier said _ safe. do not have the same password for everything. easier said than - for everything. easier said than done. remembering _ for everything. easier said than | done. remembering passwords for everything. easier said than - done. remembering passwords even harder sometimes. _
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iam quite i am quite nervous about when of the things we have got to do in a minute. shall we tell everyone what it is? we are going to be throwing darts with the world champion. how many doubts about thrown in my life? one, about half—an—hour ago. yes. i 0ne, about half—an—hour ago. yes. i am not worried about not hitting the right thing, not hitting the board, ijust do not right thing, not hitting the board, i just do not want to hit a person. it will be fine. you have good hand and eye coordination. i am hopeless. do not stand with me. any tips? a steady hand. you will be fine. avoid the pressure of playing with the world champion. ready for the chaos of transferred deadline day? we are going to see reporters camping outside training grounds, peering through the windows of blacktown
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taxis and expensive cars. enzo fernandes, transfer —— the record transfer deal could be exceeded. also that of alessio rousseau. —— alessia russo. it's the day fans hope their club pulls off that dream signing. and for all the fun and games, there is some serious cash being offered, and in chelsea's case it could see them break the british transfer record. who are they after? well, it's enzo fernandez, bidding more than 105 million, here he is scoring at the world cup. if the move happens it'd be the highest transfer fee paid by a british club. they've already signed six players this month, and taken another on loan. it comes after a summer that saw
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them spend a premier league record £270 million. and how about this? arsenal making a world—record bid for manchester united's alessia russo. the striker turned down a contract extension injune. the fee is believed to be more than the record of £400,000 barcelona paid for england midfielder keira walsh in september. it would be a big move, joining a rival. the deadline for domestic transfers in the women's super league is 5pm today. if you are keeping your eyes peeled, if it is not lionel messi or neymar... we need to be on russo watch. the wrexham story could be set for another plot twist. beat sheffield united in their fa cup replay, and they'll welcome tottenham to the racecourse ground in the fifth round. already there are west ham who will face manchester united in the fifth round, after they beat derby last night. thanks to goals from jarrod bowen and michail antonio. ryan reynolds yesterday said he wanted to test himself against those premier league sides. that is where
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they want to get to. they could have a chance to do that in the next round. sir mo farah has confirmed he will race in what he expects to be his final london marathon this year before retirement. the four—time olympic champion turns 40 in march and has only competed sporadically over the last three years due to injury problems. farah of course made his name with success on the track in the 5,000 and 10,000m events, but he's completed the full marathon distance on three occassions with his best result third in 2018. a big yearfor him. he will be looking to sign off in style. a big moment for you both as well. we can compete with mo farah. we need to sort your darts names. i was told i wasjohn bed and breakfast k.
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we have an extraordinary story of triumph. that is the reason. here he is. he has gone from being a nearly man to the best darts player in the world. having lost eight finals in a row, michael �*bully boy�* smith hit a nine—dart finish on his way to beat three—time champion michael van gerwen earlier this month. let's take a look. this is it. he was born to be a world champion and he has fulfilled his destiny. michael smith has fulfilled his dreams. michael smith is the champion of the world. michael smith has done it.
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what a performance! what a final! the man from st helens. michael is here with us. the morning. the moment with the family, the tracey, you waited a long time for that, the tracey, you waited a long time forthat, didn't the tracey, you waited a long time for that, didn't you? the tracey, you waited a long time forthat, didn't you? it the tracey, you waited a long time for that, didn't you?— for that, didn't you? it was my third world _ for that, didn't you? it was my third world final— for that, didn't you? it was my third world final in _ for that, didn't you? it was my third world final in five - for that, didn't you? it was my third world final in five years. | third world final in five years. last year was the worst. me and my older son cried backstage for half—an—hour. i made a promise to him the next one i would not lose again. i went away and did it. i do not want to lie to my kids. i could not want to lie to my kids. i could not see him crying that way. i knew it hurt me as much as it hurt him. he loved it, was crying more than
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me. is he loved it, was crying more than me. . . he loved it, was crying more than me, , ., , ., he loved it, was crying more than me. , ., ., , me. is that something that helped ou me. is that something that helped you anyway? _ me. is that something that helped you anyway? either— me. is that something that helped you anyway? either trying - me. is that something that helped you anyway? either trying to - me. is that something that helped you anyway? either trying to take | you anyway? either trying to take yourself out of the equation a little bit. ~ , ., little bit. when i when it is not 'ust for little bit. when i when it is not just for me. — little bit. when i when it is not just for me, it _ little bit. when i when it is not just for me, it is _ little bit. when i when it is not just for me, it is for— little bit. when i when it is not just for me, it is for my - little bit. when i when it is not just for me, it is for my family| little bit. when i when it is not i just for me, it is for my family as well. on stage i have pictures of both my boys. when i need a lift i go straight to my kids can look at why i am doing it, turn around and get ready for the next three darts. talking about the importance of your family. what about the crowd? the noise, their costumes, it is crazy. how aware are you a ball of that? —— how aware are you of all of that? it is kind of a blur. you do not hear anything. you cannot hear it when you play really well. talk
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anything. you cannot hear it when you play really well.— you play really well. talk us throu~h you play really well. talk us through the _ you play really well. talk us through the really _ you play really well. talk us through the really special. you play really well. talk us i through the really special nine you play really well. talk us - through the really special nine dart finish. we have that and we can show it to everybody now. here we go. double 12! . . it to everybody now. here we go. double 12!— it to everybody now. here we go. double 12! . , ., ., ., double 12! that is amazing. how did ou do double 12! that is amazing. how did you do that? _ double 12! that is amazing. how did you do that? l _ double 12! that is amazing. how did you do that? i did _ double 12! that is amazing. how did you do that? i did not _ double 12! that is amazing. how did you do that? i did not know - double 12! that is amazing. how did you do that? i did not know how- you do that? i did not know how secial it you do that? i did not know how special it was. _ you do that? i did not know how special it was. when _ you do that? i did not know how special it was. when i _ you do that? i did not know how special it was. when i watched i you do that? i did not know how| special it was. when i watched it after, about 1000 times, i realised it is something that could never be beaten. i checked out. not only in darts at one of the greatest sporting moments. really good to be involved in that. xy�*all sporting moments. really good to be involved in that.— involved in that. you have that forever. involved in that. you have that forever- lt _ involved in that. you have that forever. it can _ involved in that. you have that forever. it can never— involved in that. you have that forever. it can never be - involved in that. you have that. forever. it can never be beaten, only replicated. _ forever. it can never be beaten, only replicated. i— forever. it can never be beaten, only replicated. i was _ forever. it can never be beaten, only replicated. i was not - forever. it can never be beaten, only replicated. i was not that l only replicated. i was not that hurst to do it and i will not be the last. —— the first. we left ali pali
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at one o'clock in the morning and went home to school. they went home at half past eight with a small trophy, showing friends and teachers. . trophy, showing friends and teachers-— trophy, showing friends and teachers. . , , teachers. that is the first time they have _ teachers. that is the first time they have ever— teachers. that is the first time they have ever been _ teachers. that is the first time they have ever been early - teachers. that is the first time they have ever been early for. they have ever been early for school. ., . , they have ever been early for school. ., ., , ., school. normally i get them in a minute before _ school. normally i get them in a minute before the _ school. normally i get them in a minute before the gate - school. normally i get them in a minute before the gate shuts. . school. normally i get them in a i minute before the gate shuts. they were that early that day. iloathed minute before the gate shuts. they were that early that day.— were that early that day. what a tro - h ! were that early that day. what a trophy! that _ were that early that day. what a trophy! that looks _ were that early that day. what a trophy! that looks incredibly - were that early that day. what a i trophy! that looks incredibly heavy. i do not know about their weight but i do not know about their weight but i lifted it with one hand. my arm locked and i had to get to the guy next to me. the adrenaline took over. completed the dream. late next to me. the adrenaline took over. completed the dream. we have in the studio — over. completed the dream. we have in the studio with _ over. completed the dream. we have in the studio with us _ over. completed the dream. we have in the studio with us this _ over. completed the dream. we have in the studio with us this morning. i in the studio with us this morning. where do you keep a trophy like that? it where do you keep a trophy like that? , ., , , where do you keep a trophy like that? , . , , ., , that? it is massive. that is the last time _ that? it is massive. that is the last time it _ that? it is massive. that is the last time it has _ that? it is massive. that is the last time it has been _ that? it is massive. that is the last time it has been in - that? it is massive. that is the last time it has been in my - that? it is massive. that is the i last time it has been in my house. we take it to the pub and people
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have pictures with it. it is always on show. my dad takes it home and brings it back the day after. people get to celebrate. i brings it back the day after. people get to celebrate.— get to celebrate. i am curious to know, get to celebrate. i am curious to know. how _ get to celebrate. i am curious to know. how did — get to celebrate. i am curious to know, how did you _ get to celebrate. i am curious to know, how did you start - get to celebrate. i am curious to | know, how did you start playing? going to school, i never gave a thought as to what darts my dad used to play. i was trying to show off in front of my friends and fell off my bike and jarred my hip. i was on crutches for about eight weeks. i could not walk very well. started to watch my dad practising behind the front door. i was like, can i have a go? after a few weeks i hit my first 180. i thought, go? after a few weeks i hit my first 180. ithought, if go? after a few weeks i hit my first 180. i thought, if i can make money from it, why not? i managed to win the men's event after about a year and a half. i thought, the men's event after about a year and a half. ithought, i'm the men's event after about a year and a half. i thought, i'm going to give this a go. i have been doing it for two years and i can make money
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from it. iam not for two years and i can make money from it. i am not the brightest person. it was a good thing. they managed to fall into a sport i was good at. ida managed to fall into a sport i was aood at. ,, managed to fall into a sport i was aood at. y., , ., managed to fall into a sport i was aood at. , ., managed to fall into a sport i was noodat. ., good at. do you play for fun? do you -la a few good at. do you play for fun? do you play a few darts _ good at. do you play for fun? do you play a few darts to — good at. do you play for fun? do you play a few darts to relax _ good at. do you play for fun? do you play a few darts to relax at _ good at. do you play for fun? do you play a few darts to relax at home? i play a few darts to relax at home? is it your job play a few darts to relax at home? is it yourjob and a different thing? is it your “0b and a different thin ? ~ , ,., is it your “0b and a different thin? g ., is it your “0b and a different thing? my son has a dartboard in his bedroom. thing? my son has a dartboard in his bedroom- l — thing? my son has a dartboard in his bedroom- i go _ thing? my son has a dartboard in his bedroom. i go there. _ thing? my son has a dartboard in his bedroom. i go there. at _ thing? my son has a dartboard in his bedroom. i go there. at 11 _ thing? my son has a dartboard in his bedroom. i go there. at 11 30 - thing? my son has a dartboard in his bedroom. i go there. at 11 30 am, i thing? my son has a dartboard in his bedroom. 1 go there. at 11 30 am, || bedroom. i go there. at 11 30 am, i locked up behind me. i go for three hours, four hours, pick the kids up from school. far hours, four hours, pick the kids up from school-— from school. for hours every day. you mention _ from school. for hours every day. you mention music— from school. for hours every day. you mention music and _ from school. for hours every day. you mention music and that - from school. for hours every day. you mention music and that is i from school. for hours every day. i you mention music and that is quite important for you, isn't it? speaking of music, this is your
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music. i was like, please, give me some support. i was like, please, give me some su ort. , i was like, please, give me some su--ort. , . i was like, please, give me some su--ort. , , , i was like, please, give me some su--ort. , ,~ ,., support. they picked this one. normally in — support. they picked this one. normally in music, _ support. they picked this one. normally in music, he - support. they picked this one. normally in music, he walked| support. they picked this one. - normally in music, he walked towards the dark board and get ready. —— towards the darts board and get ready. shall we? iam not sure towards the darts board and get ready. shall we? i am not sure about this. you will have to give us some coaching. do you want to go first? shall we have one dart each? 0k. coaching. do you want to go first? shall we have one dart each? ok. go on. do you want to go first? we have both played... we both have not played. you have played. what are you going to hit? the
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played. you have played. what are you going to hit?— you going to hit? the board, hopefully- — you going to hit? the board, hopefully- d _ you going to hit? the board, hopefully. d want _ you going to hit? the board, hopefully. d want to - you going to hit? the board, hopefully. d want to go - you going to hit? the board, hopefully. d want to go for l you going to hit? the board, hopefully. d want to go for a bull's-eye? _ hopefully. d want to go for a bull's-eye? too _ hopefully. d want to go for a bull's-eye? too early - hopefully. d want to go for a bull's-eye? too early for - hopefully. d want to go for a | bull's-eye? too early for me. hopefully. d want to go for a - bull's-eye? too early for me. no. are ou bull's-eye? too early for me. no. are you right-handed? _ bull's-eye? too early for me. no. are you right-handed? let - bull's-eye? too early for me. no. i are you right-handed? let handed. bull's-eye? too early for me. no. - are you right-handed? let handed. -- left handed- — are you right-handed? let handed. -- left handed. left _ are you right-handed? let handed. -- left handed. left foot _ are you right-handed? let handed. -- left handed. left foot first. _ are you right-handed? let handed. -- left handed. left foot first. do - are you right-handed? let handed. -- left handed. left foot first. do not - left handed. left foot first. do not use the dart. _ left handed. left foot first. do not use the dart, look _ left handed. left foot first. do not use the dart, look where - left handed. left foot first. do not use the dart, look where you - left handed. left foot first. do not use the dart, look where you want left handed. left foot first. do not l use the dart, look where you want it to go. i use the dart, look where you want it to no. ., use the dart, look where you want it to .o, ., ., use the dart, look where you want it to no. ., ., ., ., use the dart, look where you want it to .o, ., ., ., ., ., “ to go. i do not want to overthink it. there to go. i do not want to overthink it- there you _ to go. i do not want to overthink it. there you go. _ to go. i do not want to overthink it. there you go. all _ to go. i do not want to overthink it. there you go. all right. - to go. i do not want to overthink it. there you go. all right. if- to go. i do not want to overthinkj it. there you go. all right. if you are right-handed... _ it. there you go. all right. if you are right-handed... one - it. there you go. all right. if you are right-handed... one of- it. there you go. all right. if you l are right-handed... one of them. are right—handed... one of them. push your arm straight through. there is no stopping her. have we got time for one more? try and get the bull's—eye. shall i? do you reckon you can? i have two darts
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left. ., ., , ., reckon you can? i have two darts left. ., ., ., , left. you hit that board. that is the main one. _ left. you hit that board. that is the main one. no! _ left. you hit that board. that is the main one. no! sadly, - left. you hit that board. that is the main one. no! sadly, that| left. you hit that board. that is| the main one. no! sadly, that is unbelievable. _ the main one. no! sadly, that is unbelievable. that _ the main one. no! sadly, that is unbelievable. that is _ the main one. no! sadly, that is. unbelievable. that is unbelievable, isn't it? . ., ., isn't it? that was a dart! fantastic. _ isn't it? that was a dart! fantastic. how - isn't it? that was a dart! fantastic. how did - isn't it? that was a dart! fantastic. how did i - isn't it? that was a dart! fantastic. how did i do i isn't it? that was a dart! - fantastic. how did i do that? isn't it? that was a dart! _ fantastic. how did i do that? thank you so much. best of luck. do you want to stand beside your trophy? edit want to stand beside your trophy? of course i want to stand beside your trophy? oi course i can. want to stand beside your trophy? of course i can. what _ want to stand beside your trophy? of course i can. what do _ want to stand beside your trophy? of course i can. what do you _ want to stand beside your trophy? of course i can. what do you think? - want to stand beside your trophy? of course i can. what do you think? i i course i can. what do you think? i should think _ course i can. what do you think? i should think michael _ course i can. what do you think? i should think michael is _ course i can. what do you think? i should think michael is shaking i course i can. what do you think? i should think michael is shaking in | should think michael is shaking in his shoes after that performance. this morning you might well see some trees shaking. we are looking at blustery showers. there went will strengthen through the day. to give an idea of the wind gas we have had,
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in the north of scotland, in excess of 50 miles an hour. north wales 47 miles an hour. northern ireland 45 in blackpool 40 miles an hour. tells a story, a windy start to the day. here is the uk, the weatherfront a story, a windy start to the day. here is the uk, the weather front is wrapped all the way around it. if we follow their weather front to where it currently is draped across the south of england. it has been pushing south overnight. as it continues its journey claiming the sad later, not much more in it than a band of cloud and drizzle. —— clearing the south later. the lion's share moving swiftly across scotland will be in scotland. some of those will be wintry, above about 400 metres. the black circles represent the strength of the wind. it will be windy
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wherever you are. temperatures today five in lerwick to 12 in london and cardiff. 12, above average for the time of year. the wind is continuing to strengthen during the evening. gales in the north and severe gales in the far of scotland. still the showers continue across the north. meanwhile rain pushes southwards across central and southern scotland. clips northern ireland and northern england. 0n either side of it some clear skies. there are showers by day, the blue on the charts, we could have ice to watch out for first thing. 0n charts, we could have ice to watch out for first thing. on tuesday low pressure moves away. —— on wednesday. the shell is still with us in the north—west. here is the weather front bringing rain across scotland and also northern ireland and northern england. it sinks south
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and northern england. it sinks south and then starts to retreat north again. eitherside and then starts to retreat north again. either side we're looking at sunny spells. these are the temperatures, five in the north and 12 in the south. the weather front is still with us on thursday. some of the rain will pep up, being heavy and persistent. a few showers peppering western areas. most of us will have a dry day with variable amounts of sunshine. temperature wise seven to 12 degrees. as we head into or the end of the week, high pressure is in charge. by the time we get to saturday, this weather front starts to sink south. it will turn cooler behind it and we will see snow in scotland. we might get —— it might get down to lower levels. after that things will turn a bit milder. i am very, very
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impressed, sadly. ithink a bit milder. i am very, very impressed, sadly. i think maybe there was a little bit of trickery going on. i am not sure. talk us through how you did it. it was all in the mind. focus, practice, years of training. the mind of the director, gareth! jojo moyes, the author of the international bestseller me before you, is known for writing novels that will have you sobbing by the end of the first chapter. but her latest book, someone else's shoes, is a more uplifting page turner looking at female friendship. jojo is with now. good morning. thank you for coming in. was it important for you? we have all had a terrible few in. was it important for you? we have all had a terrible few years with the pandemic to do something with the pandemic to do something with a more positive message? exactly that. i had had bruising few years. i could not watch or read anything that was too depressing. i thought i would write something that was the kind of thing i wanted to
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read, something that would make me laugh orfeel read, something that would make me laugh or feel uplifted. the read, something that would make me laugh or feel uplifted.— laugh or feel uplifted. the opening few chapters _ laugh or feel uplifted. the opening few chapters of— laugh or feel uplifted. the opening few chapters of the _ laugh or feel uplifted. the opening few chapters of the book _ laugh or feel uplifted. the opening few chapters of the book a - laugh or feel uplifted. the opening few chapters of the book a really l few chapters of the book a really interesting. you write about women and there are women that i recognise, there are characters. there is a gym scene... 0k. you are there is a gym scene... ok. you are so aood there is a gym scene... ok. you are so good at — there is a gym scene... oil you are so good at finding there is a gym scene... oil. you are so good at finding that character and knowing what they would be wearing, what they would be saying, what is going through their head. you mightjudge someone on how they look but they had their own personal crisis going on. look but they had their own personal crisis going om— look but they had their own personal crisis going on— crisis going on. exactly. it is about two — crisis going on. exactly. it is about two women _ crisis going on. exactly. it is about two women who - crisis going on. exactly. it is about two women who are l crisis going on. exactly. it is - about two women who are really different on paper. one is a wealthy american who has everything, she is a trophy wife. another is a downtrodden print worker from a trophy wife. another is a downtrodden print workerfrom london whose husband is depressed. she does not have much money, she has a bullying boss. they swap gym bags. it is what happens when they are. where each other�*s shoes. the
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it is what happens when they are. where each other's shoes. the shoes in ruestion where each other's shoes. the shoes in question are _ where each other's shoes. the shoes in question are really _ where each other's shoes. the shoes in question are really important, - in question are really important, aren't they? there is something really special about a particular type of shoe, isn't there? i am a trainers person _ type of shoe, isn't there? i am a trainers person for— type of shoe, isn't there? i am a trainers person for 9596 - type of shoe, isn't there? i am a trainers person for 9596 of- type of shoe, isn't there? i am a trainers person for 9596 of the i type of shoe, isn't there? i am a . trainers person for 9596 of the time. trainers person for 95% of the time. you cannot deny there is an impact about a really good pair of high—heeled shoes. you yourself differently. it makes the character behave differently after a few initial wobbles.— behave differently after a few initial wobbles. it initial wobbles. literal wobbles. it is that uniform _ initial wobbles. literal wobbles. it is that uniform and _ initial wobbles. literal wobbles. it is that uniform and what - initial wobbles. literal wobbles. it is that uniform and what happens| is that uniform and what happens when it is stripped away. mi is that uniform and what happens when it is stripped away.- when it is stripped away. all like dorothy in _ when it is stripped away. all like dorothy in the _ when it is stripped away. all like dorothy in the wizard _ when it is stripped away. all like dorothy in the wizard of - when it is stripped away. all like dorothy in the wizard of oz. - when it is stripped away. all like - dorothy in the wizard of oz. trading laces but dorothy in the wizard of oz. trading places but with _ dorothy in the wizard of oz. trading places but with menopausal - dorothy in the wizard of oz. trading | places but with menopausal women. did you enjoy writing this book? the did you enjoy writing this book? iie: pandemic years, did you enjoy writing this book? tie: pandemic years, i had gone three stuff myself. writing is divided
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into those he became really prolific all those whose brains felt like cotton—wool. i was one of theirs. when i finally got back to and i knew how i wanted to tell the story, it was lovely. it was like finding a part of myself again. is it it was lovely. it was like finding a part of myself again.— part of myself again. is it right that obviously _ part of myself again. is it right that obviously we _ part of myself again. is it right that obviously we have - part of myself again. is it right that obviously we have all - part of myself again. is it right that obviously we have all had | part of myself again. is it right l that obviously we have all had a difficult time, had a difficult few years, challenging people in lots of different ways. does that help you eventually? when your brain is like cotton—wool, does it help you in the end because you can let it go? i think you are right, every book is free therapy. i realised i was processing something i had not realised at the time. it is cheaper than a psychiatrist. i think... realised at the time. it is cheaper than a psychiatrist. ithink... i don't know, i had a theory that writers are missing a layer of skin.
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you have to feel all this stuff to be able to put it onto the page. a bit like actors, if that does not sound pompous. maybe our radars are set to pick things up a letter more than people. sometimes i can be in a car with people and seeing everything and going, look at this! i do not have that brain. i am always reading a room. the i do not have that brain. i am always reading a room. the book is ve much always reading a room. the book is very much about — always reading a room. the book is very much about female _ always reading a room. the book is very much about female friendship| very much about female friendship and how important it is. how important has that been the last few years? i important has that been the last few ears? .. ., important has that been the last few ears? . . ., 4' important has that been the last few ears? .. ., ~ ., important has that been the last few ears? ll, l, ~ l, l, years? i cannot think how i would have not years? i cannot think how i would have got through _ years? i cannot think how i would have got through the _ years? i cannot think how i would have got through the last - years? i cannot think how i would have got through the last few - years? i cannot think how i would i have got through the last few years. i have had the same best friend i had when i was 16. i moved back to london for the last 26 years. my friend, cathy, i know she is watching. just to be able to walk the dog with her in the morning and
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grab the dog with her in the morning and gmba the dog with her in the morning and grab a coffee. sorry to keep going back to the pandemic but that connection is what we all missed and what i really appreciate now is seeing people, talking. just the little things, grabbing a coffee in the morning. little things, grabbing a coffee in the morning-— little things, grabbing a coffee in the mornin:. l, the morning. from writing the book what did you _ the morning. from writing the book what did you learn? _ the morning. from writing the book what did you learn? people - the morning. from writing the book| what did you learn? people watching is feeling a bit like salmon in your book, running on empty stop —— a bit like sam in your book, running on empty. where do you start? get dressed up _ empty. where do you start? get dressed up i _ empty. where do you start? (set dressed up i put make—up empty. where do you start? (1st dressed up i put make—up on and have nice underwear. talk to someone. these women in this book thought they had nothing in common. we ended up they had nothing in common. we ended up with four women who were so different and ended up holding each other up getting things done. i do not want to say too much about that
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but it is more important than ever. nice shoes. i but it is more important than ever. nice shoes-— but it is more important than ever. nice shoes. i wore them especially. lovel to nice shoes. i wore them especially. lovely to meet _ nice shoes. i wore them especially. lovely to meet you. _ jojo's new book, someone else's shoes, will be released on thursday. stay with us, headlines coming up.
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good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. our headlines. the uk will be the only major economy to shrink this year, according to the international monetary fund. the world's most important financial institution puts it down to high interest rates and tax rises, but says things are now shifting in the right direction. we look at what the the stark prediction mean for you. firefighters vote for their first national strike for 20 years. the union says it's giving employers ten days to do a deal. this ten days to do a deal. is where it all begins. we ari this is where it all begins. we are in liverpool for the official launch event of your vision 2023. and this city is very excited. in sport, could the british transfer record be broken twice on deadline day? with chelsea bidding 105 million pounds for world cup winner
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enzo fernandez as arsenal make a world record move for alessia russo. we have cloud and light rain and drizzle clearing the south of england this morning and then for many dry with sunshine. blustery showers in the forecast, especially in the north where the wind will continue to strengthen. all the details later. it's tuesday, january 31st. the world's most important financial institution, the international monetary fund, expects the uk to be the only major advanced economy to shrink this year. it predicts the economy will contract by 0.6%, as the cost of living continues to hit households. nina is here and can tell us more. what does it say? when the imf
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speaks everybody listens. the most important financial institution. identifying risks and economies and recognise policies that might stabilise economies and help them grow. they look to the uk and instead of saying the economy will get bigger, they say this year, it is set to shrink. what is important in the report is when you look at other g7 nations such as the us, canada, france, they are predicted to grow, and even russia, left in the cold by many trading partners, their economy is predicted to grow. against this backdrop of a global economy on the up, the uk is an outlier. they say it comes to dependency on expensive energy resources and the knock—on that comes with that, managing high inflation means higher taxes, interest rates increasing and they stifle growth. as a response to this high inflation, there is a tightening of monetary policy by the bank of england.
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in the uk, this feeds quickly into mortgages, because a lot of mortgages are adjustable rates. so a lot of homeowners with mortgages are seeing an increase in their mortgage payments. today, three years since the uk left the eu. people will wonder if there is a connection. it is the eu. people will wonder if there is a connection.— is a connection. it is coincidental, this announcement, _ is a connection. it is coincidental, this announcement, but - is a connection. it is coincidental, this announcement, but people i is a connection. it is coincidental, l this announcement, but people will say there has been a ripple effect on trading partners and relationships and also on accessibility in the labour market. that impacted the economy. within the report there is no mention of brexit. the good news within it, predictions we are on the right track because of the autumn statement bringing things back on track following the disastrous mini—budget and they say by 2020 for the economy will grow again. in the meantime, what recession means is less money about, less spent and less money about, less spent and
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less investment and a slide statistically in standards of living. statistically in standards of livina. , statistically in standards of wm. , ,l, , living. this report is about the big iicture, living. this report is about the big picture. the _ living. this report is about the big picture, the global— living. this report is about the big picture, the global economy. - living. this report is about the big picture, the global economy. butl picture, the global economy. but also interesting figures out in the last minutes about the cost of everything in the grocery basket. irate everything in the grocery basket. we 'ust everything in the grocery basket. 7 just got startling figures around food inflation, the rate prices rise. it hit 16.7% in the four weeks to january so a shop that would have cost you £100, now costing almost 117. milk, eggs, dog food. just about everything is noticeable. and more evidence it is impacting the way we shop. budget retailers such as lidl supermarket taking a greater share, as our supermarket home brand items with 9% growth. we are shopping differently. this is what is happening at home but it feeds into the bigger report from the imf. how much we are paying when we go to
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the supermarket impact on wide it spending and investment and to a certain extent it tells us that something we know. the big questions now are where we go from here and how long it lasts. inflation is set to come down but how quickly and by how much? that is what we need to know. firefighters across the uk have voted overwhelmingly to strike in a dispute about pay. if the action goes ahead it will be the first nationwide walkout by fire staff in almost two decades. howard johnson has more. they are the brave workers that put themselves in danger. but firefighters across the uk say years of inadequate pay offers mean they are willing to go on strike. this anger and disappointment goes back for ten, 12 years we've had pay restraint, now, where are our real wages have fallen behind the cost of living, basically.
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so firefighters are seeing in their pockets a 12% decrease in their pay, real pay, each month, and that equates to around about £4,000 a year. firefighters do an importantjob. firefighter salaries range from £24,000 per yearfor a trainee tojust under £46,000 for a station manager. union members rejected a previous 5% pay offer in november. the fire brigades union has given the government and employers ten days to respond. until then, they say they will delay announcing any strike dates. in a separate ballot, control—room staff in the north west of england also agreed to the proposed walk—outs. in response, downing street said the government would urge the fbu to reconsider and keep negotiating.
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this is the latest union to vote to take action over pay offers that do not match the rising cost of living. in scotland, a strike by teachers has entered its third week. teachers in england and wales willjoin this industrial action on wednesday. the february the 1st mass strike action will also be joined by civil servants, university staff, railway and bus workers — totalling around half a million people. industrial action on a scale not seen for more than a decade. the author of a five—year—old report about the hillsborough disaster has said it's intolerable that the government has still not responded to the document. bishopjamesjones wrote his review about the experiences of the hillsborough families in 2017. today, the police are expected to issue an apology. judith moritz reports. the horror of hillsborough continues to be felt almost sa years after the crush on the terraces that
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killed 97 liverpool supporters. police failures were the main cause of the disaster, but the fans were wrongly blamed and, for years, theirfamilies fought forjustice. # walk on, walk on with hope #. in 2016, they rejoiced when fresh inquests returned verdicts of unlawful killing. the former bishop of liverpool, jamesjones, was then commissioned to write a report about the experience of the hillsborough families to ensure their pain and suffering wouldn't be repeated. the government is yet to respond. i think we have to put ourselves in the shoes of the families. this year, it will be sa years since the tragedy. and for them to wait for so long for a response to these 25 points of learning is intolerable and adds
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to their pain and, i think, in some instances, even affects their own grieving. let's hope that's only the beginning of what's going to be done. margaret aspinall, whose sonjames was killed, is one of those who has campaigned on behalf of the hillsborough families. she is also critical of the time it's taken to hear from government. i rememberwriting — i don't know who it was to, to somebody in government — to say i hope this report does not get put on a shelf gathering dust for years, like other things in the past have done. we are now into 2023. how long does it take to read a report, to come out with the findings or what you think should happen? when bishopjames published this report in 2017, he made 25 recommendations, just under half of which were directed at the police. today, there will be the first national police response
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to it and, i understand, for the first time, an apology issued on behalf of all of the police forces in england and wales. there are calls for there to be a hillsborough law which would help victims of future mass tragedies. the government says it will publish its response to the bishop's report in due course. more than a quarter of children will have seen pornography by the time they've left primary school. a report by the children's commissioner for england found consumption of adult content is widespread among young people, and often involving violence towards women. the death toll in the suicide bombing at a mosque in the pakistani city of peshawar has risen to 87. rescue teams are still trying to find bodies under the rubble of the damaged building. it is the latest in a string of attacks targeting police. the pakistani taliban denied involvement after an initial claim by one of its commanders.
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the princess of wales has launched a new campaign to raise awareness of the importance of the first five years of a child's life. the project has been described by palace sources as the princess's life's work, and draws attention to how babies and children develop in response to early experiences. she spoke about this at an event last night. by building a supportive, nurturing world around children and those caring for them, we can make a huge difference to generations to come. because, fundamentally, healthy, happy children shape a healthy, happy future. here's carol. earlier she promised a wild night tomorrow. we are looking forward to it. good morning, this morning it is quite
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wild. windy in the north of the country but wherever you are will be windy. this is a picture from the channel islands earlier. some will be starting with sunshine. but we have a weather front moving south. but look at the showers coming in across the north. some of those are wintry above about 400 metres. we have this line of cloud from the weather front producing drizzle at ten o'clock. that will clear. behind it, sunshine. you could catch a shower in wales and south—west england but more likely in northern ireland, northern england and especially scotland. with the strong wind, they will blow across quickly from the west. the status quo prevails as we go through the afternoon. on higher ground above 500 metres, in scotland, we could see 10—15 centimetres of additional snow. the wind will strengthen.
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particularly as we go through the evening, peaking probably in the middle of the night with severe gales likely in the far north of scotland, up to 80 mph gusts. and we have rain moving across central and southern england, —— central and southern england, —— central and southern scotland going into england and northern ireland. where we have had showers through the course of the day, you might find it is icy on untreated surfaces. the wind only slowly easing through the course of the day. firefighters have become the latest public sector workers to vote to go on strike, in a dispute over pay. the fire brigades union said more than 80% of its members who took part in the ballot backed the move. we can speak now to the general secretary of the fire brigades union, matt wrack. good morning. do you want to spell out what it is you want? it is
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almost 9096, _ out what it is you want? it is almost 9096, 8896 _ out what it is you want? it is almost 9096, 8896 voted, - out what it is you want? iii 3 almost 90%, 88% voted, about 90% of members voted for strike action, following 12 years of attacks on pat’- following 12 years of attacks on pay. we have seen the worst cuts in history, fire stations closed, fire stations axed and 12,000 firefighter jobs go at the same time as year after year of attacks on pay, so a competent firefighter, even according to government measures of inflation which are debatable is at least £4000 a year worse off than if we had kept pace with inflation. that is the background to the anger reflected in such a huge vote for strike action. we are seeking to resolve that. we did not call strike action. we decided that before the results. we wrote to fire service employers asking for a meeting. we have never walked away from
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negotiations. we have invited them to negotiate. they have agreed to meet us on the 8th of february and we hope by the eighth, they wake up to the seriousness of the situation and level of anger within the fire service and come up with an improved offer. , l, ' , l, service and come up with an improved offer. , l; ," l, offer. they offer you are given in november _ offer. they offer you are given in november was _ offer. they offer you are given in november was 596, _ offer. they offer you are given in november was 596, which - offer. they offer you are given in november was 596, which was i offer. they offer you are given in i november was 596, which was rejected. november was 5%, which was rejected. you want a credible offer instead, you say. you want a credible offer instead, ou sa . ~ . l, you want a credible offer instead, ousa .~ l, l, you want a credible offer instead, ou sa .~ l, l, l, you want a credible offer instead, ou sa .l l, l, l, l, you say. what are you wanting? you have to look — you say. what are you wanting? you have to look at _ you say. what are you wanting? you have to look at the _ you say. what are you wanting? you have to look at the history _ you say. what are you wanting? you have to look at the history of - you say. what are you wanting? you have to look at the history of it. i have to look at the history of it. we have tried to resolve pace since may of last year when we wrote the claim letter. we wrote a detailed letter to employers. they originally offered 2%. that probably set the tone of the discussions because that angered people. as inflation took off they were offered yet another low pay rise. we began our campaign and members became more angry and it
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took until october to revise that upwards, having told us there was no money for more than 2% they suddenly said there was no more money than 5%. members voted on 5%. the membership, the firefighters voted by 79% it was not acceptable. that is why we moved to a ballot for strike action and members voted by 88% in england, scotland and wales and by 94% in northern ireland for action. d0 and by 9496 in northern ireland for action. ,, l, and by 9496 in northern ireland for action. l, , , action. do you want significantly more than _ action. do you want significantly more than the _ action. do you want significantly more than the 596? _ action. do you want significantly more than the 596? clearly, i action. do you want significantly more than the 596? clearly, we | action. do you want significantly i more than the 596? clearly, we want significantly — more than the 596? clearly, we want significantly more. _ more than the 596? clearly, we want significantly more. in _ more than the 596? clearly, we want significantly more. in my _ more than the 596? clearly, we want significantly more. in my view i more than the 596? clearly, we want significantly more. in my view is i significantly more. in my view is why should we take another pay cut? i am not going to negotiate on the tv. it is for employers to come up with something credible and members will decide what that is. members will decide what that is. members will assess the risks of going on strike. they do not want to go on
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strike. they do not want to go on strike. also whether they can pay bills, rent and mortgage. we will have to weigh up those issues, depending on what the employers come up depending on what the employers come up with. but the ball is in their court now until the 8th of february. i suspect viewers will be worried about safety, public safety if firefighters are on strike. i completely understand that and no firefighter wants to be in this position. firefighters do notjoin the service to go on strike. they are proud of thejob the service to go on strike. they are proud of the job they do, of their profession. they want to serve their profession. they want to serve their communities and regularly go above and beyond their role in their daily work. that is the nature of the people in the service. equally, they have to pay bills and look after their families and that is why we are in this position. the question of safety rests with the fire service employers and government. there are requirements on services to put in place measures
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for such circumstances. every time it is raised, fire officers and the government assure everyone they have adequate protections in place. i have never discussed that with the government except to be told everything is fine so that question is for government. however, what i would say is let's try and avoid a strike, let's get round the table, stop messing about, wake up to how serious the situation is, negotiate and make an improved offer and we can avoid a strike.— scotland's first gold mine has just recorded its highest ever production profits. it was built during the pandemic and has had to overcome lots of challenges. david henderson has more.
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there's ear defenders for your ears. this long, dark tunnel runs deep underground. it's scotland's only gold mine, and it's nowjust starting to give up its treasure. it's taken years to reach this point, to drive a tunnel more than a kilometre into the heart of this mountain, following a gold—bearing vein of quartz. what lies ahead are years of mining that gold. but geologists think there could be far more gold still to be discovered, perhaps even under my feet. how many miles of tunnels have you got here? so we have 1.2 kilometres. a hundred people work here. among them, mine geologist rachel paul, whosejob it is to chart that seam of gold right through these rocks. so the vein itself... so it's a quartz vein, which runs through the mountain and it's been here for 408 million years. and you can almost see it above our heads right now. so it's a quartz vein and it has sulfides in it. you can see it a little
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bit closer in my hand. so when looking for quartz vein, we're looking for different types of mottling and different shear structures. in a long soundproofed shed just below the mine, machines crush the quartz and rock to get at the gold. before the end of the year, the goal is to bring out 2,000 ounces of gold every month, worth millions of pounds. but they've been prospecting far beyond this site and think more seams of gold are there to be discovered. setting the scene, perhaps, for a gold rush across the highlands in the coming years. so the areas that we have stretch to the west, just south of 0ban, down campbeltown way and it continues on all the way through to loch tay and the like. we have 2,900 square kilometres of area that we can explore and so once we've actually done this vein and the vein next to it, then we'll explore out and see how far and big we can actually make this company. so this is a bar of 22 carat scottish gold. most of the gold is sold abroad, but a few kilos remain in scotland to be turned
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into jewellery like this. it's a small but growing market. obviously, you have people that have been born and bred in scotland and want a piece of their country. but you also have so many people from all over the world that feel this really special connection to scotland and want to take a piece of it home. we've done a huge range of bespoke commissions, so things like wedding bands, signet rings are really popular as well as the more statement—style pieces. there's a limited supply of scottish gold, but high prices around the world have fuelled demand and mean the effort to mine it could pay off well. david henderson, bbc news. it is beautiful. it is beautiful. it is beautiful. it is gorgeous. we need to get the pans out and go looking. lovely stuff from the highlands. there is gold in them there hills. morning live follows us on bbc one this morning. let's find out what they have in store with sam and gethin. coming up on morning live.
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with more of us turning to electric heaters to save money to stay warm, we'll be hearing why they're one of the leading causes of house fires in the uk and how a dusty home could be deadly. not turning the heating on, combined with the recent cold weather is a perfect storm for condensation, but our diy expert wayne perrey is here to help. over a fifth of uk houses have mould or damp problems, and one of the main causes is condensation. it's relatively easy to fix, so i'll show you how do it with a homemade moisture trap, which costs around 85p. he is so handy. plus, it's the debilitating condition that can cause temporary blindness, loss of speech and excruciating pain. migraines affect ten million people in the uk. we find out how a new nhs wonder drug is offering hope to sufferers. also, soup is healthy and cheap to make, but it's not always the most exciting. so chef briony may williams is here to make a meal out of it, adding the finishing touches
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with toppings like blue cheese, bacon and pumpkin seeds. and she's used to making celebs the star of the show, but now strictly—pro amy dowden tells us about her new series dare to dance, coaching ordinary people to achieve the routines of their dreams. see you at 9:15. lam i am looking forward to the soup. we need more soup. a winter warmer. lovely idea. time for news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. a church of england priest, who was the vicar of a church in virginia water in surrey, has been barred from the ministry for 12 years for sharing "virulently antisemitic" material. the reverend dr stephen sizer was found by a church tribunal to have "provoked and offended thejewish community" and "engaged in anti—semitic activity." the complaint was made by the president of the board
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of deputies of britishjews. dr sizer has declined to comment. an urgent appeal has been made for a woman to come forward after a foetus was found in a box outside barnet hospital less than 24 hours ago. police were called yesterday morning when the box containing a 16—week—old foetus was discovered. officers and staff say they're concerned for the woman's welfare, saying it's likely to be a "traumatic" time for her. it's been disclosed that there were nearly 15,000 allegations of racism, harassment, sexism and homophobia against police in london last year alone. the metropolitan police says the "vast majority" of complaints related to what it described as "low—level conduct." but insisted it was "determined to root out those who corrupt" the force. unmesh desai, who's labour's policing and crime member on the london assembly, who requested the information, is calling for "action" to dispel what he calls the "growing distrust" in the met. four—time olympic champion sir mohammed farah says he's preparing to say an "emotional"
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london marathon "goodbye," as he expects it to be his last one. the 39—year—old multiple gold medalist from west london expects this to be his final year of racing before retirement. farah says, "without the fans i don't think i would have ever achieved what i have". campaigners have raised £100,000 to buy an ancient woodland in south—east london, saving it from developers. gorne wood in brockley contains trees that are hundreds of years old, and it's the closest surviving patch of ancient woodland to the city of london. money was raised through cake sales in local schools — bike rides and walks. some children even donated their pocket money. let's take a look at the tubes now. there are minor delays on thejubilee line. now on to the weather with kate.
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good morning. a largely cloudy start this morning. we've got a cold front sinking south through the night, bringing the cloud and some patchy light rain and drizzle. it will clear though to a drier afternoon with some sunshine. you can see isobars quite tightly packed, so it's a breezy day. that cold front sinking south. you can see the cloud. and within that, like i say, some light rain and drizzle. but post—midday it clears with the cloud and the rain, so drier with some sunshine. and temperatures today relatively mild at 12 celsius. now overnight, it's dry and it's clear. that ridge of high pressure continues to build. still a little breezy, though, so that's going to prevent too much in the way of mist and fog. but it is quite chilly, the minimum temperature dropping down to 3 celsius. now, as we head through the rest of this week, that ridge of high pressure stays with us. so largely fine and dry and temperatures remain in double figures through to the weekend. that's it. hello, this is breakfast
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with sally nugent and jon kay. you need your sequence and your father's. later. it's an exciting day for eurovision fans, as the competition heads to liverpool today as part of the official hand—over from turin. we'll also find out which countries have secured their place in the semi—finals as part of a special programme on bbc two this evening. breakfast�*s jayne mccubbin is in liverpool this morning. jayne, how are people there feeling ahead of today? one word, excited. this is where it all begins. it is going to be the music event of the year and the launch of this event happens right on this stage, 7pm, bbc two tonight and it is all going to kick off without the above found superstars, rylan and aj.
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such a pleasure, as well, - to be able to hold it in the city. it's such an honour, absolutely. ican't wait _ exciting. it is exciting. exciting. told you so. tonight, a special ceremony will see the keys to the competition handed over to liverpool. this man is in charge of the whole shebang for the bbc. the pressure! don't worry. only 160 million people are watching, yeah. can you give us any clues? ha! can i give you any clues? no. what i can say is today we've got our first event, which is the handover event from turin, last year's hosts, to liverpool. and also the allocation of the 37 countries into which semifinal they will be in, which, for the first time, are going to be live on bbc one. is this the biggest gig of your life? i think it is one of the most important. the act of bringing the people together through music. let's face it, a time when a bit ofjoy, bit of light,
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a bit of togetherness wouldn't go amiss. it is a gift. and no better place to do it than in liverpool. and liverpool's bars, pubs and clubs are raring to go. how massive will this be? it'sjust going to be insane. i thought eurovision, you just come for the night. and it's not, is like a two, three—week event. you know for bars, restaurants, hospitality. the amount of events that are going to be going on. there is going to be such a buzz. the night it got announced, ifelt like the president or something had got on the phone. i was like, get me the fizz, get me the fizz. we need the fizz. he's bringing former eurovision winners to liverpool to host a huge party, including... # run for your money and takej a chance and it'll turn out right. # and when you can see how it's gotta be. - # you're making your mind up #. is there any other place to be? than liverpool? absolutely not, absolutely not. it's going to be amazing. eurovision now, compared to how it was when we did it, is fantastic.
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but, back then... very staged, very proper, very conservative in their suits. back then they just wanted the free glass of wine. there were going, hurry up and finish! we want to go to the after show party. and now, isjust one big party, the whole of it. it's the best thing ever. eurovision, liverpool! eurovision. can't wait? can't wait. and it is big. look to camera and give me the facial expression that tells me how you feel about eurovision. this is the woman who will be hosting eurovision on liverpool's waterfront. the biggest of big gigs here at the arena take 1—2 days to build. not this. it is big. so for eurovision, it's five weeks. the first two weeks of those five weeks is just all about the rigging. so it's about lighting, making sure they have got all the special effects in there. after that, we then get into building things.
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so we build the stage, we are going to be building the commentator moves, and then we are going to have all the bubbles, effectively. —— the commentator booths. the green room down on the arena floor where the contestants and delegations are going to be. last question, be honest, how much pressure are you under. . .for guest passes? a lot of pressure for guest passes, but it is high demand, low availability. it will be the music event of the year. the winner... is ukraine! i but liverpool, of course, is hosting on behalf of last year's winners ukraine. for you, this is really important? it is very important because it will make our voice. eurovision is in the uk, but it will be ukrainian voices, ukrainian hearts talk to the world.
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it will make the world will not forget us. —— it will make the world not forget us. eurovision is an event which shows that life has not stopped for ukrainians. and that they are resilient. you are saying this gives people hope? yes, they have this hope in the future and that they will win. hope is what this event gives them, an event which means so many different things to so many different people. eurovision, in three words? big, camp, party! music, costumes, happiness. huge, fabulous, spectacular! united by music. and that is the theme, isn't it?
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united by music. we are very enthusiastic, aren't we? lots of enthusiasm. let me introduce their marriage to wren and the mayor of liverpool. stefano, tonight, you will hand over the keys of this event to liverpool. —— the mayor of turin. event to liverpool. -- the mayor of turin. . l, l , event to liverpool. -- the mayor of turin-_ you - event to liverpool. -- the mayor of| turin._ you mum turin. engage all the city. you mum meia turin. engage all the city. you mum mega proud — turin. engage all the city. you mum mega proud to _ turin. engage all the city. you mum mega proud to do — turin. engage all the city. you mum mega proud to do this _ turin. engage all the city. you mum mega proud to do this but _ turin. engage all the city. you mum mega proud to do this but you i turin. engage all the city. you mum mega proud to do this but you are l mega proud to do this but you are keeping ukraine in your thoughts. —— you are mega proud. keeping ukraine in your thoughts. -- you are mega proud.— keeping ukraine in your thoughts. -- you are mega proud. ukrainians have been art you are mega proud. ukrainians have been part of— you are mega proud. ukrainians have been part of everything _ you are mega proud. ukrainians have been part of everything we _ you are mega proud. ukrainians have been part of everything we have i been part of everything we have done _ been part of everything we have done. tonight it starts and i hope ukrainians— done. tonight it starts and i hope ukrainians can see themselves everywhere. ukrainians can see themselves everywhere-— ukrainians can see themselves everywhere. ukrainians can see themselves eve here. l, l, 1 l, everywhere. come and meet aj and r lan, everywhere. come and meet aj and rylan. who — everywhere. come and meet aj and rylan. who will _ everywhere. come and meet aj and rylan, who will be _ everywhere. come and meet aj and rylan, who will be kicking - rylan, who will be kicking off tonight. you have been leading up to this event. i tonight. you have been leading up to this event. . , tonight. you have been leading up to this event. l, , li l, this event. i had been so lucky to have been _
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were out last night. what happens in liverpool stays in _ were out last night. what happens in liverpool stays in liverpool. - liverpool stays in liverpool. liverpool _ liverpool stays in liverpool. liverpool knows how to party. such a .ood liverpool knows how to party. such a good vibe, _ liverpool knows how to party. such a good vibe, being— liverpool knows how to party. such a good vibe, being here, _ liverpool knows how to party. such a good vibe, being here, it— liverpool knows how to party. such a good vibe, being here, it is- good vibe, being here, it is brilliant _ good vibe, being here, it is brilliant. it— good vibe, being here, it is brilliant. it is— good vibe, being here, it is brilliant. it is the _ good vibe, being here, it is brilliant. it is the first i good vibe, being here, it is. brilliant. it is the first event. good vibe, being here, it is- brilliant. it is the first event. we couldn't— brilliant. it is the first event. we couldn't be — brilliant. it is the first event. we couldn't be more _ brilliant. it is the first event. we couldn't be more excited - brilliant. it is the first event. we couldn't be more excited to i brilliant. it is the first event. we couldn't be more excited to be l brilliant. it is the first event. we i couldn't be more excited to be doing this draw— couldn't be more excited to be doing this draw and — couldn't be more excited to be doing this draw and handover— couldn't be more excited to be doing this draw and handover tonight - couldn't be more excited to be doing this draw and handover tonight on i this draw and handover tonight on bbc two — this draw and handover tonight on bbc two. ~ . this draw and handover tonight on bbc two. l l, , ,l, «i this draw and handover tonight on bbc two. l l, , ,,i l, bbc two. when i have spoken to ukrainians _ bbc two. when i have spoken to ukrainians about _ bbc two. when i have spoken to ukrainians about this, _ bbc two. when i have spoken to ukrainians about this, i - bbc two. when i have spoken to ukrainians about this, i have i bbc two. when i have spoken to ukrainians about this, i have felt bbc two. when i have spoken to i ukrainians about this, i have felt a bit awkward. how can you have this ioy bit awkward. how can you have this joy alongside what is going on? they say it gives hope. joy alongside what is going on? they say it gives hope-— say it gives hope. seeing them when last ear, say it gives hope. seeing them when last year. they _ say it gives hope. seeing them when last year, they were _ say it gives hope. seeing them when last year, they were playing - say it gives hope. seeing them when last year, they were playing table i last year, they were playing table football _ last year, they were playing table football and having a nice time. while _ football and having a nice time. while makes eurovision so special is it is 13 _ while makes eurovision so special is it is 13 weeks of the year, the whole — it is 13 weeks of the year, the whole programme where nothing else matters _ whole programme where nothing else matters -- _ whole programme where nothing else matters. —— it is the two weeks of the year~ — matters. —— it is the two weeks of the year~ it— matters. —— it is the two weeks of the year~ it is— matters. —— it is the two weeks of the year. it is such a special feeling _ the year. it is such a special feeling that everyone is welcome. i 'ust feeling that everyone is welcome. i just hopem — feeling that everyone is welcome. i just hope... i know liverpool knows how to _ just hope... i know liverpool knows how to party — just hope... i know liverpool knows how to party but eurovision does as
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well and _ how to party but eurovision does as well and i_ how to party but eurovision does as well and i hope liverpool is ready. i well and i hope liverpool is ready. i read _ well and i hope liverpool is ready. i read something saying you love to go to eurovision. have you taken part before? in go to eurovision. have you taken part before?— part before? in the background, never. obviously, _ part before? in the background, never. obviously, last _ part before? in the background, never. obviously, last year, i. part before? in the background, l never. obviously, last year, i got to hand _ never. obviously, last year, i got to hand out — never. obviously, last year, i got to hand out the _ never. obviously, last year, i got to hand out the jury— never. obviously, last year, i got to hand out the jury votes - never. obviously, last year, i got to hand out the jury votes live i never. obviously, last year, i got . to hand out the jury votes live from salford. _ to hand out the jury votes live from salford. which _ to hand out the jury votes live from salford, which was _ to hand out the jury votes live from salford, which was an _ to hand out the jury votes live from salford, which was an absolute i salford, which was an absolute dream — salford, which was an absolute dream we _ salford, which was an absolute dream. we painted _ salford, which was an absolute dream. we painted the - salford, which was an absolute dream. we painted the town. salford, which was an absolute . dream. we painted the town red. salford, which was an absolute - dream. we painted the town red. i cannot_ dream. we painted the town red. i cannot wait— dream. we painted the town red. i cannot wait for— dream. we painted the town red. i cannot wait for what _ dream. we painted the town red. i cannot wait for what is _ dream. we painted the town red. i cannot wait for what is to - dream. we painted the town red. i cannot wait for what is to come. it| cannot wait for what is to come. it will be _ cannot wait for what is to come. it will be truly — cannot wait for what is to come. it will be truly amazing. _ cannot wait for what is to come. it will be truly amazing. to - cannot wait for what is to come. it will be truly amazing. to do - cannot wait for what is to come. it will be truly amazing. to do it - will be truly amazing. to do it alongside _ will be truly amazing. to do it alongside rylan... _ will be truly amazing. to do it alongside rylan... ililie- will be truly amazing. to do it alongside rylan...— will be truly amazing. to do it alonuside r lan...~ . . alongside rylan. .. we are so excited to be back together. _ alongside rylan. .. we are so excited to be back together. you _ alongside rylan. .. we are so excited to be back together. you are - alongside rylan. .. we are so excited to be back together. you are perfect| to be back together. you are perfect touether. to be back together. you are perfect together- can _ to be back together. you are perfect together. can we _ to be back together. you are perfect together. can we take _ to be back together. you are perfect together. can we take a _ to be back together. you are perfect together. can we take a moment - to be back together. you are perfect together. can we take a moment to | together. can we take a moment to look at rylan's feet? are these your eurovision shoes? at look at rylan's feet? are these your eurovision shoes?— eurovision shoes? at eurovision every year _ eurovision shoes? at eurovision every year i _ eurovision shoes? at eurovision every year i always _ eurovision shoes? at eurovision every year i always like - eurovision shoes? at eurovision every year i always like to - eurovision shoes? at eurovision every year i always like to make eurovision shoes? at eurovision i every year i always like to make an effort _ every year i always like to make an effort it _ every year i always like to make an effort it is— every year i always like to make an effort. it is the biggest show on
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earth _ effort. it is the biggest show on earth. europe, australia, america, everyone _ earth. europe, australia, america, everyone is— earth. europe, australia, america, everyone is watching. the sparkles... _ everyone is watching. the sparkles... you _ everyone is watching. the sparkles... you get - everyone is watching. the | sparkles... you get ready. everyone is watching. the i sparkles... you get ready. i everyone is watching. the - sparkles... you get ready. i am still not ready. _ sparkles. .. you get ready. i am still not ready. i _ sparkles... you get ready. i am still not ready. i need - sparkles... you get ready. i am still not ready. i need to - sparkles... you get ready. i am still not ready. i need to ask i sparkles... you get ready. i am l still not ready. i need to ask you, do ou still not ready. i need to ask you, do you have _ still not ready. i need to ask you, do you have anything _ still not ready. i need to ask you, do you have anything booked - still not ready. i need to ask you, do you have anything booked on. still not ready. i need to ask you, . do you have anything booked on may the 13th this year? i am do you have anything booked on may the 13th this year?— the 13th this year? i am sure we will 'ust the 13th this year? i am sure we willjust be _ the 13th this year? i am sure we willjust be having _ the 13th this year? i am sure we willjust be having a _ the 13th this year? i am sure we willjust be having a lovely - the 13th this year? i am sure we | willjust be having a lovely time, walking — willjust be having a lovely time, walking around. tonight is about the semi final— walking around. tonight is about the semi final allocations and we will leave _ semi final allocations and we will leave it _ semi final allocations and we will leave it at — semi final allocations and we will leave it at that.— semi final allocations and we will leave it at that. what is happening toni . ht? leave it at that. what is happening tonight? why _ leave it at that. what is happening tonight? why do — leave it at that. what is happening tonight? why do we _ leave it at that. what is happening tonight? why do we need - leave it at that. what is happening tonight? why do we need to - leave it at that. what is happening tonight? why do we need to tune l leave it at that. what is happening l tonight? why do we need to tune in tonight? why do we need to tune in to bbc two at 7pm? we tonight? why do we need to tune in to bbc two at 7pm?— to bbc two at 7pm? we officially hand over eurovision _ to bbc two at 7pm? we officially hand over eurovision to - to bbc two at 7pm? we officiallyi hand over eurovision to liverpool from _ hand over eurovision to liverpool from turin — hand over eurovision to liverpool from turin and we will find out which — from turin and we will find out which country will perform in each of the _ which country will perform in each of the semifinals. we will also find out about — of the semifinals. we will also find out about the big five, where they will he _ out about the big five, where they will be voting as well, where the uk will be voting as well, where the uk
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will vote _ will be voting as well, where the uk will vote. they cannot wait to find out where — will vote. they cannot wait to find out where their favourites will be. there _ out where their favourites will be. there will— out where their favourites will be. there will be some surprises. i have heard some of the key people involved in the 2012 olympics, which we know was amazing, are involved in this television spectacular tonight. they have. rest assured that eurovision on the bbc on behalf of ukraine _ eurovision on the bbc on behalf of ukraine will be a spectacle like no other _ ukraine will be a spectacle like no other. ~ ., . . other. worth watching. tune in toniuht other. worth watching. tune in tonight watching _ other. worth watching. tune in tonight watching us _ other. worth watching. tune in tonight watching us during - other. worth watching. tune in tonight watching us during the | other. worth watching. tune in - tonight watching us during the draw and the _ tonight watching us during the draw and the handover. _ tonight watching us during the draw and the handover. massive - tonight watching us during the draw and the handover. massive keys. i tonight watching us during the draw. and the handover. massive keys. harte and the handover. massive keys. have ou tried to and the handover. massive keys. have you tried to let — and the handover. massive keys. have you tried to let the _ and the handover. massive keys. you tried to let the keys? and the handover. massive keys. have you tried to let the keys? it _ and the handover. massive keys. have you tried to let the keys? it took - you tried to let the keys? it took two of us- _ you tried to let the keys? it took two of us- very _ you tried to let the keys? it took two of us. very heavy. _ you tried to let the keys? it took two of us. very heavy. just - you tried to let the keys? it took two of us. very heavy. just get l two of us. very heavy. just get fingerprint _ two of us. very heavy. just get fingerprint lock, _ two of us. very heavy. just get fingerprint lock, it _ two of us. very heavy. just get fingerprint lock, it will - two of us. very heavy. just get fingerprint lock, it will be - two of us. very heavy. just get l fingerprint lock, it will be easier. worth— fingerprint lock, it will be easier. worth watching and you are very excited to be taking part. irate worth watching and you are very excited to be taking part. we are. we are very _ excited to be taking part. we are. we are very honoured _ excited to be taking part. we are. we are very honoured to - excited to be taking part. we are.
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we are very honoured to be - excited to be taking part. we are. i we are very honoured to be asked excited to be taking part. we are. i we are very honoured to be asked to do this _ we are very honoured to be asked to do this. both of us as eurovision fans, _ do this. both of us as eurovision fans. it — do this. both of us as eurovision fans. it is — do this. both of us as eurovision fans. it is a _ do this. both of us as eurovision fans, it is a pleasure and honour. can we _ fans, it is a pleasure and honour. can we wish— fans, it is a pleasure and honour. can we wish you good luck? we want to wish them good luck, don't we? i to wish them good luck, don't we? i will be all right. thank _ to wish them good luck, don't we? i will be all right. thank you - to wish them good luck, don't we? i will be all right. thank you for - will be all right. thank you for 'oinin: will be all right. thank you for joining us _ will be all right. thank you for joining us this _ will be all right. thank you for joining us this morning. - will be all right. thank you for joining us this morning. back| will be all right. thank you for i joining us this morning. back to will be all right. thank you for - joining us this morning. back to you in the studio. _ brilliant stuff. thank you very much indeed. this is not even the competition. it is when he said, it is this television show on earth. having this way. now for the sport. tra nsfer transfer deadline day. crazy things happen on transfer deadline day. it is when fans think, are they going to bring in a player to turn the season around? do we still get surprises? potentially something can
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be done. there could be a deal that emerges at some point this afternoon. the strangest things are when a player drives himself to a club. that is the crazy stuff that can happen. if he wanted it to happen, believe this can be the day, transfer deadline day. morning. it is a day that football fans can go a little crazy for, but come the end of it later, in all likelihood we may see the british transfer fee broken twice. the biggest money is likely to be spent by chelsea on enzo fernandez, world cup winner with argentina, here he is scoring. the 105 million offered would be the highest transfer fee paid by a british club. chelsea have already signed six players this month, and taken another on loan. if it comes off would take their spending past half a billion pounds since the club's new american owners took over.
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this could be one to watch as well. the bbc understands manchester united have rejected a world record bid from arsenal for england forward alessia russo. but with her contract up in the summer, united risk losing herfor nothing. there could be some movement today. the fee is believed to be more than the record of £a00,000 barcelona paid for england midfielder keira walsh. the deadline for domestic transfers in the women's super league is 5pm today. the wrexham story could be set for another plot twist. beat sheffield united in their fa cup replay, and they'll welcome tottenham to the racecourse ground in the fifth round. already there are west ham, who will face manchester united in the fifth round, after they beat derby last night. thanks to goals from jarrod bowen and michail antonio. elsehwere, holders chelsea host 14—time winners arsenal in the fifth round of the women's fa cup.
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they beat liverpool 3—2 on sunday with a hat—trick from sam kerr. other ties will see wsl leaders manchester united taking on durham. beaten finalists last year, manchester city will travel to bristol city. for some clubs, it's notjust players jetting in to save the day. save their season. everton hope that will be new manager sean dyche, who has replaced frank lampard. he spent ten years in charge of burnley and moves to goodison with the club 19th — two points from safety. he says his task is to put out a team that works, that fights and wears the badge with pride. and a picture you don't want to see. that is jake wightman — the standout british performer with that 1500m gold at last year's world championships, with his foot in a boot. he's posted on social media, revealing he suffered an accident in the gym while training in south africa and will miss the start of the indoor season and potentially the world indoor
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championships in march. after that world success he was so hopeful he was going to kick on and this would year potentially winning more medals once again. a setback. an accident in the gym. innocuous, unfortunate that it will take a long period to recover from this. hopefully he will be back later in the year. in the short—term, a real blow for him. good luck on transfer deadline day. eyes on the skies. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. lam i am keeping lam keeping my i am keeping my eyes on the skies as well. the weather today is quite wild. getting wilder through the
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course of the night. blustery showers and strengthening winds. wins are strong at the moment, blowing a gale in western scotland will stop you can make out the uk. the centre of the low pressure is here. this weather front has been producing rain as it has been sinking south during the. the night. now it is in southern england. through the rest of the morning it will continue to clear away. for most of us it will be a dry day with sunshine. we can catch a shower across south—west england, wales, also into northern ireland and england. most of the shallots will scotland. driven along on dusty wins. —— most of the showers will be in scotland. we are looking at temperatures of five in lerwick and 12 in london and cardiff. overnight
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that winds will continue to strengthen. gales in the north the country. severe gales in the far north of scotland. we expect to peak in the middle of the night. we continue with showers as well. further south rain across central and southern scotland will edge into northern england and northern ireland. on either side of that there will be clear skies. a chilly night in prospect. these are the overnight lows. three in norwich to in st helier. in the wednesday and thursday, this ridge of high pressure starts to build in. the low pressure starts to build in. the low pressure pulls off towards scandinavia. as you can see from this chart it will be windy for a time. only slowly through the day will the wins start to ease. the weather front leading out of scotland into northern ireland and england overnight pushes just a
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little further south during the day before it flips around and starts to push slowly northwards once again. on either side again, a fair bit of sunshine around with bright spells. temperatures five in lerwick to ten or 11 as we push that bit further south. the weather front is still with us, still continuing its journey, moving north. heavy and persistent rain across scotland. another one comes into the north—west. the peppering of showers across parts of western england, also through wales. if you getting into northern ireland as well. a lot of dry weather around and a fair bit of dry weather around and a fair bit of sunshine. these are the temperatures. seven in lowick to 12 in london. temperatures still above average for the time of year. as we head on through thursday into friday, high pressure takes charge. you can see the weather fronts toppling along the area of high
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pressure. one of them starts to sink south. this is a cold front. behind it the able turn colder. we will see wintry showers in scotland. for a time temperatures will get down to low levels. —— it will get down. into sunday high pressure again exerts its influence so temperatures settle and we are into double figures. temperatures usually five, six in the north to seven, eight in the south at this time of year. countdown's susie dent has become a fully trained volunteer for the charity, guide dogs. she'll be using her already impressive language skills to take the visually impaired on days out and describing the world around them. let's take a look at susie in training. 0k. so i'm guessing i have to start with length and patterns. so i'm just going to use my finger, which is really unhygienic. i wouldn't want to do
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this for anyone else. and i'm hoping... i'm on the flat surface and so are you. 0k. no more stairs in front of us. we are now going to cross over. 0k? are you ready to go? cross over. we're going to cross over the road. 0k. are we going slightly down? we are slightly sloped, yes. is this pace still 0k? yes, thank you. i'm going to put my hand on the back of a chair and then you can use yourother hand... yeah. 0k. feel down. you've got that link and you feel it's quite a high chair? yeah. does it feel ok? yes, thank you. brilliant. 0k. just slip in the seat. what a gorgeous thing to be able to do. there what a gorgeous thing to be able to do. . , ., what a gorgeous thing to be able to do. . ,., . , what a gorgeous thing to be able to do. . . , ., what a gorgeous thing to be able to do. . . i. , do. there are so many other people i have met, do. there are so many other people i have met. who _ do. there are so many other people i have met, who are _ do. there are so many other people i have met, who are sited _ do. there are so many other people i have met, who are sited guides, -
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do. there are so many other people i have met, who are sited guides, who say it is a privilege for them. it is taking time to pause and appreciate what we have and take for granted completely. this appreciate what we have and take for granted completely.— granted completely. this is something _ granted completely. this is something you _ granted completely. this is something you have - granted completely. this is| something you have wanted granted completely. this is . something you have wanted to granted completely. this is - something you have wanted to do for quite some time. i something you have wanted to do for quite some time.— something you have wanted to do for quite some time. i worked on a power of description — quite some time. i worked on a power of description campaign _ quite some time. i worked on a power of description campaign describing - of description campaign describing what you are seeing and having an attempt to open up the world for them a little bit. so many of them feel isolated. then corona five happened. i cannot wait to be partnered up. —— then coronavirus happened. partnered up. -- then coronavirus happened-— partnered up. -- then coronavirus ha ened. ~ . . , , happened. what will happen them? guide dos happened. what will happen them? guide dogs take _ happened. what will happen them? guide dogs take a _ happened. what will happen them? guide dogs take a lot _ happened. what will happen them? guide dogs take a lot of— happened. what will happen them? guide dogs take a lot of care - happened. what will happen them? guide dogs take a lot of care in - guide dogs take a lot of care in finding the right partner for you. they assess how much time you can offer. it doesn't have to be one hour at the same day each week. they will fit around your timings. whoever i meet, we will go and do
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things they really want to do but had not been able to do through sight loss, like going to a football match, a gig, a shopping trip. things that will open up their world a little bit. , , ., a little bit. reseller you in training. _ a little bit. reseller you in training, all— a little bit. reseller you in training, all sorts - a little bit. reseller you in training, all sorts of - a little bit. reseller you in - training, all sorts of challenges you have had to go through. —— we saw you in training. did you have had to go through. -- we saw you in training.— saw you in training. did you show the matching _ saw you in training. did you show the matching socks _ saw you in training. did you show the matching socks exercise? - saw you in training. did you show| the matching socks exercise? you were trying _ the matching socks exercise? you were trying to _ the matching socks exercise? you were trying to describe them, where you? were trying to describe them, where ou? �* , were trying to describe them, where you? absolutely hopeless. the simple act of pouring — you? absolutely hopeless. the simple act of pouring water _ you? absolutely hopeless. the simple act of pouring water into _ you? absolutely hopeless. the simple act of pouring water into a _ you? absolutely hopeless. the simple act of pouring water into a cup. you i act of pouring water into a cup. you could not have done boiling water from a kettle. i was not particularly adroit in doing this. i had to stick my finger in it which would not have been very nice for anyone else to drink. in some ways, how simple it is. not a great
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commitment in terms of time and training. isay commitment in terms of time and training. i say simple. it is a wonderful thing that you can put your arm out and trace your arm to a handrail. i think we over complicate things sometimes. i learned how discombobulated it is not to learn where i am going. i was taken on a circuit around the reading hub for guide dogs. i knew i was turning a bit had no ideal guide dogs. i knew i was turning a bit had no idea i had done a full circle at all. itjust really bit had no idea i had done a full circle at all. it just really takes you about that in a very positive way. you appreciate what people are dealing with on a daily basis. what dealing with on a daily basis. what affect did the _ dealing with on a daily basis. what affect did the pandemic have on finding volunteers and getting trained? irate finding volunteers and getting trained? ~ . . , trained? we have huge waiting list, some 700 people — trained? we have huge waiting list, some 700 people in _ trained? we have huge waiting list, some 700 people in need _ trained? we have huge waiting list, some 700 people in need of- trained? we have huge waiting list, some 700 people in need of a - some 700 people in need of a volunteer. the whole service has had
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to be paused for a little while who need a my sighted guide because of the deficit. ijust, honestly, i cannot wait to meet who it is and see what they would like to do. we matched our interest and will hopefully go on walks and do some fun stuff together.— hopefully go on walks and do some fun stuff together. whoever gets you will be given — fun stuff together. whoever gets you will be given some _ fun stuff together. whoever gets you will be given some wonderful- will be given some wonderful descriptions and language about what is around them. i descriptions and language about what is around them.— is around them. i hope they can understand _ is around them. i hope they can understand me. _ is around them. i hope they can understand me. i— is around them. i hope they can understand me. iwill_ is around them. i hope they can understand me. i will have - understand me. i will have to de—nerdify a little bit, is that as a word. it is notjust giving something back, it will do a lot for everybody as well. ltrlul’ith something back, it will do a lot for everybody as well.— everybody as well. with that in mind, everybody as well. with that in mind. you _ everybody as well. with that in mind. you say _ everybody as well. with that in mind, you say much _ everybody as well. with that in mind, you say much about - mind, you say much about communication and words. have you learned a whole new language of
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communication by doing this? new skills. i communication by doing this? new skills. ~' communication by doing this? new skills. ~ . . skills. i think so. i am about words. skills. i think so. i am about words- l— skills. i think so. i am about words. i live _ skills. i think so. i am about words. i live in _ skills. i think so. i am about words. i live in my- skills. i think so. i am about words. i live in my head - skills. i think so. i am about words. i live in my head a i skills. i think so. i am about. words. i live in my head a lot. i realise how silent i am a lot of the time. if i go on a walk i am going through everything in my head. with a partner you want that chat, articulating, talking about the foliage and the trees, picking up the sounds. sounds he might not have tapped into as well. it is going to be a real learning experience for me to see what they are experiencing. also in as much as you are volunteering and trying to help someone, i imagine the whole experience might help you in lots of ways. experience might help you in lots of wa s. ., . y y experience might help you in lots of wa s. ., . , , . ways. totally. very enriching. peo - le ways. totally. very enriching. people have _ ways. totally. very enriching. people have said _ ways. totally. very enriching. people have said how- ways. totally. very enriching. people have said how much . people have said how much inspiration it has brought them. just trying to do those tasks and seeing how my horizons narrowed. i think 83% of people with sight loss
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that the questions had said they felt more isolated and they have really wanted to be able to reduce that isolation and go out and do things and regain independence. it is not about dogs, it is the guide dogs association we are talking about but also people without dogs he might be living with new site loss was that they want to expand their horizons and to reduce that narrowing of horizons. i think it is going to be a wonderful thing. i am itching, i cannot wait to see who i am matched with. just seeing experiences. some wonderful videos on the website are people who have been matched up. i on the website are people who have been matched up.— on the website are people who have been matched up. i encourage people to look at that — been matched up. i encourage people to look at that as _ been matched up. i encourage people to look at that as well. _ been matched up. i encourage people to look at that as well. how _ been matched up. i encourage people to look at that as well. how will - to look at that as well. how will this bit in with a dayjob? you are busy with countdown. this bit in with a day job? you are busy with countdown.— busy with countdown. again, hopefully. — busy with countdown. again, hopefully, because - busy with countdown. again, hopefully, because my - busy with countdown. again, i hopefully, because my schedule is busy with countdown. again, - hopefully, because my schedule is a bit inconsistent in that it comes in ebbs and flows, i will be much for
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somebody who is very flexible and he can fit around my timetable as much as i can fit around theirs. —— and who can fit around. everyone has an hour or so. who can fit around. everyone has an hour orso. it who can fit around. everyone has an hour or so. it would encourage me to get out and learn new things. that is so good for us all, especially with mental health, taking on new challenges. i with mental health, taking on new challenues. ., ., , , , , challenges. i would not be surprised if our new challenges. i would not be surprised if your new partner _ challenges. i would not be surprised if your new partner wants _ challenges. i would not be surprised if your new partner wants to - challenges. i would not be surprised if your new partner wants to come . if your new partner wants to come into the studio.— into the studio. that would be fantastic- _ into the studio. that would be fantastic. in _ into the studio. that would be fantastic. in our _ into the studio. that would be fantastic. in our countdown i into the studio. that would be i fantastic. in our countdown audience for years to have the lovely craig, who had guide dog, bruce. that almost set me off on myjourney. coming into the studio with the wonderful. irate coming into the studio with the wonderful-— coming into the studio with the wonderful. ~ , , ., , , , wonderful. we wish you the very best of luck with all _ wonderful. we wish you the very best of luck with all of _ wonderful. we wish you the very best of luck with all of it. _ wonderful. we wish you the very best of luck with all of it. sounds - of luck with all of it. sounds really exciting. _ of luck with all of it. sounds really exciting. i _ of luck with all of it. sounds really exciting. i cannot i of luck with all of it. sounds l really exciting. i cannot wait. of luck with all of it. sounds i really exciting. i cannot wait. do ou have really exciting. i cannot wait. do you have a kind word we can use instead of ugly? we are talking
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about a dog. we have spoken about peggy before. a couple of people were not happy because we suggested peggy was an ugly dog. ihla were not happy because we suggested peggy was an ugly dog-— peggy was an ugly dog. no dogs are u:l . there peggy was an ugly dog. no dogs are ugly- there is— peggy was an ugly dog. no dogs are ugly- there is a _ peggy was an ugly dog. no dogs are ugly. there is a french _ peggy was an ugly dog. no dogs are ugly. there is a french phrase. i peggy was an ugly dog. no dogs are ugly. there is a french phrase. joli i ugly. there is a french phrase. joli led. . . , ugly. there is a french phrase. joli led. . , , ,, led. that is peggy. she was entered into u:liest led. that is peggy. she was entered into ugliest dog _ led. that is peggy. she was entered into ugliest dog in _ led. that is peggy. she was entered into ugliest dog in britain _ led. that is peggy. she was entered into ugliest dog in britain and i led. that is peggy. she was entered into ugliest dog in britain and she . into ugliest dog in britain and she won. she has beaten off the competition, beating seven other dogs. she is now officially the ugliest dog in britain. she isjoli led. she has a pamper session at a doggy spa followed by a photo shoot. it is the pearls and their tongue. you have got to mention the tongue.
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holly is saying we have got to embrace. everything about her, including the tongue. she is officially a winner of the ugliest dog in britain competition, the most jolie laide perhaps.
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