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they took my money. how much money did you have in your piggy bank? _ 115. and how much do you have now? one dol—... uh, 1 cent. this is my lesson, you know, first and foremost, and hopefully parents out there see and learn from this. the main takeaway, think twice about who you give your phone to. karen morrison, bbc news. and also, a 30—year—old portuguese dog has been named as the world's oldest ever. bobi is a pure—bred rafeiro do alentejo — a breed that has an average life expectancy of 12 to m years.
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but his owners say the secret to his 20 long years is the "calm, peaceful environment" he lives in. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. the weekend is not looking bad at all for most of us, we have some sunshine in the forecast. the main feature is it is going to be turning a little bit colder and also overnight frosts will return, and on top of that we will have some mist and fog but it won't happen until early into next week. at the moment it is relatively mild out there, you can see this wedge of mild air, warm air over us, can see this wedge of mild air, warm airover us, but can see this wedge of mild air, warm air over us, but the wind will change direction from sunday onwards and we will have a colder area of whether over us. but at the moment mild and often cloudy, some of the cloud is quite thick, producing a little bit of drizzle and light rain here and there, particularly in northern scotland and western coasts of the uk. glimmers of brightness from time to time but i don't think there will be much change this afternoon and into this evening. you can see tonight, again, overcast,
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the winds from the south—west, no frost tonight, temperatures nine in the western isles, seven in newcastle and liverpool and about that in london and cardiff as well. so tomorrow we will wake up to rather cloudy skies. again there will be a few breaks, come the afternoon you are most likely to have some sunshine around east anglia, south east, midlands, may be to the east of the pennines, but to the north—west we expect some rain later in the evening, and the east in the late afternoon, belfast, glasgow, edinburgh should have at least some rain. and again mild, perhaps even 14 degrees in the south. this weather front as it makes its journey tomorrow evening, saturday night, eventually it will fizzle out because there is high pressure in the south of the country, it squeezes out the fronts, the air sinks, and any rainfall in that high on sunday, really strong area of high pressure. when high pressure becomes a strong and dominant it dominant it means it doesn't tend to budge, doesn't shift, and it drives our weather for quite some time. you can see the wind is blowing around the centre of
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the high pressure, but within it the winds are light. even though the temperatures take a bit of a drop on sunday, single figures, the winds will be very light. there is a little bit of a month to the sunshine now so it is going to feel pleasant. i talked about that strong area of high pressure, you can see it dominating the weather across europe and these weather fronts never have any chance of encroaching around our shores because of the intensity of that high. if you look at the outlook, for much of the week, even well into next week, the weather looks fine, lots of sunshine on the way. maybe northern parts of the british isles may be clipped occasionally by weather systems, but fine weather ahead. thank you very much, tomasz schafernaker. that's
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good afternoon. here is your latest sports news. following on from the international olympic to soften its decision on banning russian and belarusian athletes, elina svitolina says continuing to sanction players is the only way to stop the war in ukraine. , , , , ukraine. the ioc is under pressure from the united _ ukraine. the ioc is under pressure from the united nations _ ukraine. the ioc is under pressure from the united nations do - ukraine. the ioc is under pressure from the united nations do not. from the united nations do not discriminate against athletes and allow them to compete under neutral flags. i allow them to compete under neutral flaas. ., �* ~' allow them to compete under neutral flaus, ., �* 4' ., flags. i don't think that the neutral flag _ flags. i don't think that the neutral flag is _ flags. i don't think that the neutral flag is changing - flags. i don't think that the - neutral flag is changing anything so much. for me it is all about we should sanction as much as possible people from russia and belarus because they are doing severe things in ukraine. unfortunately, we cannot choose some outlets that say we are against the war and some are for the war, because there are some outlets
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that are wearing the z on their chest, so this unfortunately we cannot choose, but we have to do it, we have to sanction them all because this is the only way that can stop the war. ., , ., , ., the war. three more people have withdrawn _ the war. three more people have withdrawn from _ the war. three more people have withdrawn from the _ the war. three more people have withdrawn from the disciplinary l withdrawn from the disciplinary process relating to allegations of historic racism at yorkshire county cricket club. they were among seven people charged by the internet wales cricket board in relation to allegations made by azeem rafiq. the public hearing was due to take place next month. we understand that we don't believe they will get a fair hearing. andrew gale opted out of the process injune. rachel furniss has left a woman super sleek —— super league side liverpool —— liverpool. she was vice captain, helping liverpool win
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promotion to the wsl last year. she also became northern ireland's record goal—scorer before retiring from international duty in august. we understand she is due tojoin bristol city. heather watson is out of the thailand open in the quarterfinals. it is the first time that watson has made the last eight of a journeyman for nearly two years. she is currently ranked 160 in the world. britain's men's tennis team have one of their toughest test over the weekend. they're playing colombia in bogota, meaning it is at altitude. because of that they have to use special pressure loose balls. they have the stronger line with dan evans due to play in the singles and doubles, but playing over 2500 metres above sea level using different balls aren't on a clay surface will not suit the british team, meaning it will be very
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difficult for them to reach the group stages in september. you can watch it on the iplayer this evening at eight o'clock. anthonyjoshua's comeback fight has been announced. he is expected to take on the americanjermaine franklin in the 1st of april in the 02 in london. joshua has lost his last two fights, to alexander is sick. that is it from me. much more on the bbc website, including the news that ford are returning to formula 1 after more than 22 years out of the sport. good afternoon. you will have a look at a few other stories making the this lunchtime. the australian tennis player nick kyrgios has pleaded guilty to assaulting his ex—girlfriend. the court in canberra heard he pushed chiara passari to the ground during an argument in 2021. kyrgios avoided a conviction because the magistrate said the offence was a "single
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act of stupidity". the wimbledon finalist says he deeply regrets what happened. phil mercer reports. nick kyrgios arrived at court on crutches after recent knee surgery. his lawyers said the assault on his former girlfriend chiara passari was out of character and a genuinely isolated incident. he pushed her to the ground during a heated argument outside a block of flats in canberra. the magistrate, beth campbell, said that nick kyrgios had been guilty of a single act of stupidity carried out in the heat of the moment. she said she would be treating him exactly the same as any other young man who came before her at the court here in canberra, even though he could hit a tennis ball particularly well. the magistrate even had relationship advice for nick kyrgios, saying that he and his present or future partner should make each other happy.
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she said if they didn't make each other shine, he should walk away. in a statement, the australian tennis star said "he wasn't in a good place when this took place and that he'd reacted to a situation in a way i deeply regret". he said he was "sincerely sorry for the hurt he'd caused. "mental health is tough", he added. "life can seem overwhelming". in a victim impact statement, miss passari said she felt betrayed by last year's wimbledon finalist and that the assault had caused her pain and distress. with no criminal record, nick kyrgios is free to travel and pursue his tennis career, although the court was told he will need ongoing support for mental health issues. phil mercer, bbc news, canberra. the former pop star gary glitter has
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been released from prison. the 79—year—old, whose real name is paul gadd, was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. he has served half of his 16—year sentence. extremely famous for a series of hits in 1972, 1973. at the end of that decade he actually ended up being bankrupt, and in the �*90s was arrested on child pornography charges. he's being released from prison now after eight years of a 16—year term. he was arrested in 2015 and was found guilty of one count of attempted rape, four of indecent assault and one count of sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 13. in 2021 he was the first to be arrested under the met�*s operation youtree, you'll remember, the investigation
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launched in the wake of the jimmy savile scandal. he had also previously been arrested and convicted in vietnam for child sex offences. he was convicted of abusing two vietnamese girls, aged ten and 11. this all hails back to investigations in the 1990s when it was found, in 1997, a computer engineer had been servicing his laptop, his computer, and found indecent images of children. that came to light in 1997 and in fact i remember reporting on that case at the time. on that occasion, in the 1990s, he was jailed for four months after pleading guilty to sa offences. so this is really a story of a man at the height of his career in the �*70s,
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became bankrupt at the end of the �*70s and then really all these terrible allegations and offences. now he has been released from prison and in his 70s. we will have to see now where his future lies. because we're just hearing just in the last hour or so about this from the press association news agency, my assumption is we haven't yet got any reaction to this, but this will certainly a reaction. it certainly will because these are very serious offences. and of course gary glitter had a huge profile — many people today might not know but every school child knew his songs in the �*70s. and he was quite a figure at the time, but his downfall was absolutely catastrophic. aruna iyengar there. to the us now, where amazon has reported its worst ever annual loss since it listed on the stock market back in 1997. amazon was $2.7 billion in the red in 2022.
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consumers have been cutting back on online shopping, giving the e—commerce giant its least profitable holiday period for years. from new york, samira hussain has more. amazon shares plunged 50% in 2022. the company blamed higher gusts because of inflation, the war in ukraine and supply chain disruptions. adding to amazon's woes, the spending habits of consumers, who pulled back on nonessential purchases and really started shopping irl. now, amazon had already warned wall street that revenue growth for this fourth quarter for which it was just reported would be weaker in night than in years past. so what can we talk about going forward? well, amazon already announced more than 18,000 job cuts, and it still expects sales to increase in the next quarter, while still warning that the strong us dollar could actually temper its revenue growth.
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and while on the topic of earnings, google�*s parent company alphabet also reported and as we've seen with tech companies that depends on advertising, they also took a hit. now time for some of the stories making the headlines from across the uk. a vintage train is being restored in memory of a rail enthusiast who died at the shoreham airshow disaster. graham mallinson was a passionate volunteer at the bluebell railway at sheffield park, where a brighton atlantic steam train known as beachy head is being repaired in his memory. ben weisz reports. anthony mallinson got his love of steam from his dad, graham. i can't thank him enough for that.
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it's given me those railway interests for life. his dad died at the shoreham airshow disaster in 2015. after a seven year wait, the inquest finally found last month that all 11 victims had been unlawfully killed. to finally get a conclusion and a ruling that we felt was the right verdict, and it was justice. it was justice. and i do feel that we can now move forward and grieve for our loved ones quietly. and in that quiet grief, graham is remembered throughout sheffield park, a smoke box numberplate echoed by his arch at the shoreham memorial. a way in a shed, the bluebell railway is restoring a beauty. the outer dome cover donated by graham's sister. the cab windows given in graham's memory. and he was very keen on it, as he was with lots of other
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locomotives here at bluebell railway. and so he contributed quite a bit. in this building, there's a list of all the people who sponsored things, about 500 of them. hopefully ready within 12 months, anthony can't wait to see beachy head get up steam and take to the tracks. really good to see it coming to fruition, and it was a project that dad was very closely following. he was very much looking forward to seeing beachy head recreated and running from sheffield park up to east grinstead. he will be very much part of that locomotive when she does run here on the railway. after seven years, looking back over the disaster, the mallinsons hope 2023 is a year of looking forward. a year to remember graham quietly, and enjoy his legacy on the railway. ben weisz, bbc south east today, sheffield park.
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a family bakery established in 1914 in a town near swansea is closing down, and say that huge energy costs and the price of ingredients are to blame. noakes bakery says they cannot continue trading after their energy bills soared to an unsustainable level. this bakery has been in the noakes family for three generations and for over a century has been baking bread for the people of pontarddulais. but it's closing, and soaring costs, they say, are to blame. 0ur actual costs are so high. i employ seven girls. it used to be more. the wages are going up all the time but the main thing that has really hurt us is the electricity. whereas i was paying £1,500 a month, which we could afford, i am paying out £1,000 a week. £4,500 a month. i can't do that. the shop is busy and customers travel from far and wide.
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the bakery favourites are still popular with customers, many who have been brought up on noakes' bread and pasties. thank you very much. i will miss you. but as in other parts of wales, the high street here is changing. it's a nail in the coffin of the high street here. i'm standing in the shop now, there used to be a co—op opposite, closed, nothing has come in its place. and many, many of the businesses that i remember as a child just live on in memory. many of the staff have been here for over 20 years, some starting straight from school. for them, the news of the closure is heartbreaking. sick. yeah, yeah. quite... i'm going to go now. quite emotional, really. all of us were when we found out. but at the end of the day, i we all respect paul's reasons for doing it. bakeries like this one are at the heart of the high street in towns and villages across wales,
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but with costs soaring, more and more of them are facing an uncertain future. other businesses along the high street say they will miss their busy neighbours. i was quite shocked and i am going to miss my rolls from next door — especially bacon. very disappointed to hear that it's going. it's quite sad for the village. it's the end of an era for this business, but increasing production costs mean a family that has been baking bread in this community since 1914 are closing the doors for the last time. campaigners want statue built for those who fought for improvements in fishing vessels.
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on the dock i was the child there after ten years of age. that is one of the ships that hasn't come back up of the ships that hasn't come back up to now. what is in that child's mind? nobody knows. the shipowners don't care. angry. emotional. formidable. lillian wanted action. in the winter of 1968 howell had been stunned. three trawlers sunk within a matter of weeks. lillian, christinejensen, yvonne blenkinsop led a successful campaign to improve safety at sea, sometimes taking on the law and the dismissive mess of the trawler
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owners. d0 dismissive mess of the trawler owners. y ., dismissive mess of the trawler owners. i. , . dismissive mess of the trawler owners. , . . , ., owners. do you expect any sort of revolt from — owners. do you expect any sort of revolt from the _ owners. do you expect any sort of revolt from the men _ owners. do you expect any sort of revolt from the men who - owners. do you expect any sort of revolt from the men who go - owners. do you expect any sort of revolt from the men who go to - owners. do you expect any sort of i revolt from the men who go to see? thankfully, the ordinary fishermen are interfering —— sick of these women — are interfering —— sick of these women interfering in their own business _ women interfering in their own business. �* ., . , business. but the woman became heroes. business. but the woman became heroes- now _ business. but the woman became heroes. now people _ business. but the woman became heroes. now people want - business. but the woman became heroes. now people want them . business. but the woman became| heroes. now people want them to business. but the woman became - heroes. now people want them to have their own statue. it is heroes. now people want them to have their own statue.— their own statue. it is visual. if it is in the _ their own statue. it is visual. if it is in the centre _ their own statue. it is visual. if it is in the centre of _ their own statue. it is visual. if it is in the centre of space - their own statue. it is visual. if| it is in the centre of space which lets the next generation know what's happened when we are all gone. timer;r happened when we are all gone. they achieved more _ happened when we are all gone. they achieved more in _ happened when we are all gone. they achieved more in a _ happened when we are all gone. they achieved more in a few weeks than the trade _ achieved more in a few weeks than the trade unions manage in a century _ the trade unions manage in a century. to change the face of health — century. to change the face of health and safety for ever all over the world — health and safety for ever all over the world. , ., health and safety for ever all over the world. , . ., ~ health and safety for ever all over the world. , . . ~ ., the world. they are walking to hessel road, _ the world. they are walking to hessel road, taking _ the world. they are walking to hessel road, taking in - the world. they are walking to hessel road, taking in the - the world. they are walking to - hessel road, taking in the homes of the four women. there is a long way to go to raise the £100,000 needed, but they believe it is another campaign worth fighting for. 46 years ago to this very day, a 12 year old girl
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from preston passed away. she was cremated, and her ashes were collected and stored in an oak casket. today, those ashes are in the hands of preston crematorium having been found lying in undergrowth at hesketh park in southport. hesketh park in southport, a place emma and her family loved to visit. so it was around here back injune. me and my two daughters come here all the time to the park, and ijust noticed a wooden box just right there. it was like a really clean, bright wooden box. it just didn't look right. it stood out amongst all this. this is the ashes casket emma found amongst the foliage. the engraving, although slightly damaged, revealed emma had found the ashes of a little girl who died in 1977 at the age of 12.
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her name was yvonne harrison. losing a child must be horrendous anyway, and then to lose the ashes again must be heartbreaking, if that is the case. emma decided to report herfind to the local council. from there, they went to southport crematorium and then on to preston crematorium. we received a phone call from southport crematorium and they asked if we had a record for this name, and they gave me all the dates of death, all the information, and i found the deceased within our ledger. the plaque was very tarnished so i have cleaned it up so you can now see the inscription. the plaque is engraved with the name evyonne, a different spelling to that given in the reports. the actual name in the ledger is yvonne and the authority card inside the casket confirms that the name is actually yvonne. that ledger, which is a public record, details the name of the applicant. that is the person that makes
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the application for cremation. in this case, a james harrison, who was at the time living in the holme slack area of preston at the same time as address 12—year—old yvonne. we really want to find the applicant or a relative of the applicant. you know, any set of ashes is really important that it is in the correct hands. but in this case, with it being a child, i think it is really important that ashes are reunited with the family. lost ashes are rare, but during filming, and in an unexpected twist, another ashes casket was discovered. so, i have got the ashesjust here. this time, they were found in a waiting area at preston hospital. i am absolutely flabbergasted, to be honest. it is not something that ever happened before. the details within include the names of a michelle hope, who died in 2010 at the age of 28, and keith lee, who died in 2005, aged 31.
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we are all really shocked that finding two sets of ashes in such a short space of time. we are really eager to find the family for both of these sets of ashes and reunite them. the final resting place of these lost souls awaits. we arejust we are just hearing of the death of packer rabanne. he has died at the age of 88. perhaps it is well known for perfume as for his clothes. he has died in brittany in france at the age of 88.
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experts say it's one of most important ancient sites in britain and yet it's almost completely unknown to the general public. the thornborough henges in yorkshire, a huge monument described as the stonehenge of the north, will be opened to visitors from today. john maguire reports. they were built more than 4,500 years ago and in recent times they have been locked away on land owned by a construction firm, but now, the thornborough henges can be visited by the public, from today. they have been gifted to english heritage. it describes them as the stonehenge of the north, probably the most important prehistoric site between wiltshire and the orkney islands. the three huge mounds are 200 metres across and, in places, up to four metres tall. it is believed they were once topped with gypsum, making them almost illuminous against the landscape and visible from miles away.
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one theory is that they are aligned to mirror the constellation of orion with the henges representing the belt in the night sky. like stonehenge they represent a physical link to our neolithic history, one with so many unanswered questions, but one that exemplifies how important this site was to the people that created it thousands of years ago. john maguire, bbc news, ripon. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. hello. a fairly overcast day today but it will be getting brighter over the next few days. predominantly dry and the night—time frosts are expected to return. here is the latest satellite picture. you can see a lot of cloud across the uk but there are a few breaks here and there. let's
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look at the forecast heading into the evening. a few breaks here and there, maybe some spots of drizzle with the cloud is thickest out towards western parts of the uk. no frost tonight. what now with temperatures between five and 9 degrees in the western isles. saturday starts off pretty cloudy. later in the day we are expecting thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain in northern ireland and western and western and central scotland. before england and wales, saturday will be dry and mild, with temperatures getting up to around 14 degrees in the south—east. sunday will be sunnier.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: the partner of nicola bulley who vanished while walking her dog in lancashire a week ago says he's living in a �*nightmare' and wants her home: we are never, ever going to lose hope, of course we're not, but right now it is as though she has vanished into thin air. closing statements will be heard today in the public inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s in which 30,000 were infected with hiv and hepatitis c. a man who climbed into windsor castle with a loaded crossbow admits a treason charge for trying to harm the late queen. the government has abandoned plans to house asylum seekers in a pontins holiday park in merseyside.
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