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good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. our headlines today. more than 4,000 people are now known to have died after two major earthquakes in turkey and syria. the search continues for nicola bulley, the mother of two who went missing while walking her dog near a river 11 days ago. the prime minister's expected to announce a cabinet reshuffle as he replaces conservative party chairman nadhim zahawi. the olympic dream for three female afghan cyclists, who risked their lives to escape the taliban. the millions of pounds in energy support going unclaimed — hundreds of thousands of households on prepayment meters are missing out, as government vouchers to help
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prepayment customers go unused. i'll have the details. in sport, how manchester city face more than 100 charges of breaching of financial rules, which could see them fined, docked points or even relegated from the premier league. good morning. it isa it is a gold and a frosty start to the day in the southern half of the country. some mist and fog patches, some of which will be slow to clear. then we will see some sunshine. in the north, a milder start, cloudier with patchy rain in the west. details later in the programme. good morning. it's tuesday, 7th february. more than 4,000 people have died after two major earthquakes hit southern turkey and northern syria. the rescue effort has continued throughout the night, although freezing temperatures, snow and rain have hampered the search for survivors.
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dozens of countries, including the uk, have promised to send help. azadeh moshiri reports. it's a race to save lives that includes the smallest ones. syria's voluntary civil defence group, the white helmets, pulled ahmed out to safety. they say his family's home north of aleppo has been completely destroyed by the earthquake. syria was already torn apart by war or. it is home to millions of refugees. the white helmets say ahmed is one of them. millions of people are reeling across the region from the horrors they've witnessed. translation: my wife is still. in there, my wife is still in there. one should never give up on hope, but most probably she died. the first 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit near the turkish city of gaziantep in the early hours
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of the morning. a second 7.5 quake then hit further north in the afternoon. millions of people across turkey, syria, lebanon, cyprus and israel, felt them. now survivors are relying on emergency services to find them. but also on help from their neighbours, friends, and even strangers. this man tied a string to a water bottle and lowered it into the rubble for the survivors trapped beneath. translation: we have receivedi several offers of international aid for our country. offers of assistance from 45 countries, including nato and the european union, have reached us. emergency service teams have been deployed from around the world. they are now on the ground searching for bodies and offering food and shelter. and that help is essential.
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many are still missing. this young girl asks, "where is my mum?" some who have survived, now find themselves homeless. these bonfires are what keep them warm during a biting winter. translation: we'll be cold here until morning, freezing, - getting wet. we've got no place to go, no place to stay. my god, we don't even have a bed. as the search for survivors continues, rescue teams have another task at hand — counting the dead in one of the biggest earthquakes to hit the region in decades. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. let's ta ke let's take your life to gaziantep, where you can see an astonishing scene of devastation. —— live. we
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have had reports that the weather in turkey has been horrendous through the night. it looks quite clear. you can see the sun breaking through here in this particular location, but i know the weather has been tricky and hampering rescue efforts. 0ur middle east correspondent tom batemanjoins us now from adana in southern turkey. tom — what's the latest with the rescue effort overnight? well, this is adana, as you say. that winter storm has caused significant problems right across the region. what it has meant is it's been extremely difficult, both for rescue teams together through the conditions, already very bad, with many roads wrecked and ruined, particularly further out in this region, and then of course, for the survivors. because of the risk of the fear of aftershocks, people have
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fled buildings, sleeping outdoors and in their cars. this building was ten stories. it has completely collapsed. we are seeing the rescue workers now on top of the building, some of them using their hands to date. there are pneumatic drills. this is incredibly precarious work, because that rubble is unsafe. they have two grains. i was just down a side street here where a lot of the survivors from this particular area are huddled in blankets. i was talking to one woman whose daughter was on the second floor in this building. she was in tears. she has had no word. she has been up all night trying to find out what has happened to her daughter. she told me they have so far worked their way down to the sixth floor. her daughter was on the second floor. no news at all. her daughter was due to leave the country soon to visit her
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own daughters in germany, and she was looking forward to that. she talked about the devastating conversations she has had to have with her grandchildren about what has happened here. no word about her daughter. the rescue work, and the relief work, goes on. most of this city is relatively unscathed compared to the rest of the region. so these buildings, people say here, they say these are the worst constructor. there's a sense of as well as grief. constructor. there's a sense of as well as grief-— well as grief. obviously the story ou have well as grief. obviously the story you have told — well as grief. obviously the story you have told us _ well as grief. obviously the story you have told us is _ well as grief. obviously the story you have told us is devastating. l well as grief. obviously the story i you have told us is devastating. i'm sure there are similar stories across turkey. are there any signs of optimism when it comes to the rescue? i of optimism when it comes to the rescue? ., ., of optimism when it comes to the rescue? ~' . , ., . , rescue? i think there are in places like this. rescue? i think there are in places like this- we _ rescue? i think there are in places like this. we flew— rescue? i think there are in places like this. we flew into _ rescue? i think there are in places like this. we flew into adana - like this. we flew into adana overnight. the airport itself has become something of a hub for the entire rescue operation. it was
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filled with international rescue workers and also volunteers from other parts of turkey taking part in what is going on. so there is a huge sense of solidarity, a huge sense of people wanting to try to help. we are hearing about parts further south of here, particularly on the border in hartside province —— hatay province, where we have seen images of people calling out to people clearly still alive under the rubble, shouting back or aiding metalwork to make their presence known. but there are simply no rescue workers. they can't reach a lot of these regions. there will be many stories like that. this is such a vast area. notjust in southern turkey, but northern syria as well, where there are even more challenges because of the front lines between government—controlled and rebel —controlled areas. this has, the worst possible time of the year, hit in the middle of the night, and now a winter storm on top of that is
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making conditions incredibly challenging. making conditions incredibly challenging-— making conditions incredibly challenging. making conditions incredibly challenauin. ., ., ., ., challenging. tom, thank you for that latest report — challenging. tom, thank you for that latest report from _ challenging. tom, thank you for that latest report from adana. _ challenging. tom, thank you for that latest report from adana. help - challenging. tom, thank you for that latest report from adana. help is - latest report from adana. help is heading out to that region from the uk as well. we're joined now by paul taylor from react disaster response. you are heading out there today, is that right? i you are heading out there today, is that riuht? ., you are heading out there today, is that riuht? . ., ., ,, ., , that right? i am heading to stansted airort that right? i am heading to stansted airport after — that right? i am heading to stansted airport after this _ that right? i am heading to stansted airport after this interview _ that right? i am heading to stansted airport after this interview is - airport after this interview is finished. �* ., ., ., finished. and what then? how do you redict the finished. and what then? how do you predict the next _ finished. and what then? how do you predict the next few _ finished. and what then? how do you predict the next few hours _ finished. and what then? how do you predict the next few hours are - finished. and what then? how do you predict the next few hours are going l predict the next few hours are going to pan out? predict the next few hours are going to an out? ~ ., , predict the next few hours are going to an out? ~ ~ , ., , predict the next few hours are going to pan out?— to pan out? well, key for us is auoin to to pan out? well, key for us is going to be — to pan out? well, key for us is going to be getting _ to pan out? well, key for us is going to be getting into - to pan out? well, key for us is. going to be getting into turkey. to pan out? well, key for us is - going to be getting into turkey. and in my experience the aftermath of these events is very much the realm of uncertainty. we can make some assumptions about what people might need, and certainly, as was its biggest in europe or focused need, and certainly, as was its biggest in europe orfocused is on search and rescue efforts. as people are rescued, or are fixed, essentially, because i can't go back to their homes because of the
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aftershocks, or the secondary hazard of another bigger threat, they have no shelter. we will be focused on an assessment and are trying to identify the needs of the affected population, and helping to provide them with those humanitarian needs. principally at this point, and again because of the weather conditions, that will be shelter. what because of the weather conditions, that will be shelter.— that will be shelter. what are you takin: out that will be shelter. what are you taking out with _ that will be shelter. what are you taking out with you? _ that will be shelter. what are you taking out with you? we - that will be shelter. what are you taking out with you? we are - that will be shelter. what are you taking out with you? we are not i taking out with you? we are not takin: taking out with you? we are not taking anything _ taking out with you? we are not taking anything out _ taking out with you? we are not taking anything out with - taking out with you? we are not taking anything out with us. - taking out with you? we are not taking anything out with us. we| taking out with you? we are not. taking anything out with us. we are going out as a light footprint, two—person team. this is all about collaboration and team effort. we are working with our partner, a small ngo from france, and they are bringing intent tos, blankets and sleeping bags. the plan is to render view with them in gazzi and ntep on wednesday. —— tend tos. we will identify who is most in need and start the distribution efforts. we were slightly more emergency shelter from france. it is were slightly more emergency shelter from france-— from france. it is all about the coordination _ from france. it is all about the coordination with _ from france. it is all about the coordination with other - from france. it is all about the | coordination with other teams, working together to come up with the most effective result. we are
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looking at live pictures from turkey, apartment blocks, shops, collapsed in on themselves due to the magnitude of that earthquake. you have been two earthquake zones before and helped out. what are going to be the biggest challenges for you on the ground? the biggest challenae, for you on the ground? the biggest challenge. i — for you on the ground? the biggest challenge, i think, _ for you on the ground? the biggest challenge, i think, which _ for you on the ground? the biggest challenge, i think, which has - for you on the ground? the biggest challenge, i think, which has been| challenge, i think, which has been the current to think through what i have been hearing this morning, is the risk of secondary hazards. and in my experience, ones that tectonic activity starts, it takes a good while until it settles down. i was in nepal in 2015, responding to the earthquake on the 25th of april. three weeks later, i was in —— and other significant magnitude aspect. they can expect this to go on for weeks, if not a month. that is the challenge for the rescue efforts, and also for the local population. every time they try to galvanise themselves to go back to their houses, there is another aftershock. people will become fixed in what
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will become camps of internally displaced persons. they will need shelter, water, at some point food, and the people rescued will need medical support.— and the people rescued will need medical support. massive respect to ou and medical support. massive respect to you and your — medical support. massive respect to you and your colleagues. _ medical support. massive respect to you and your colleagues. how- medical support. massive respect to you and your colleagues. how do - medical support. massive respect to | you and your colleagues. how do you reconcile that, just at a time when people are trying to get out, you are going in with others? how do you tell your family are going in with others? how do you tell yourfamily that? it are going in with others? how do you tell your family that? it is are going in with others? how do you tell your family that?— tell your family that? it is a huge rivileue tell your family that? it is a huge privilege and _ tell your family that? it is a huge privilege and responsibility - tell your family that? it is a huge privilege and responsibility that l tell your family that? it is a huge i privilege and responsibility that we take really seriously, to be in a position where you can help people in their hour of need. so, it is upon us to bring our capital a game, essentially, and help people as much as we can. , w essentially, and help people as much as we can. a ., essentially, and help people as much aswe can. ., i. essentially, and help people as much aswe can. ., . ., as we can. good luck to you. we are thinkin: as we can. good luck to you. we are thinking of — as we can. good luck to you. we are thinking of you- _ as we can. good luck to you. we are thinking of you. all— as we can. good luck to you. we are thinking of you. all the _ as we can. good luck to you. we are thinking of you. all the very - as we can. good luck to you. we are thinking of you. all the very best. i thinking of you. all the very best. stay safe. take care.— rishi sunak is expected to announce a reshuffle of his ministerial team in the coming hours, as he seeks to fill the party chair role left vacant from when nadhim zahawi was sacked. let's talk about this with our chief political correspondent nick eardley. good morning, nick, how do we know this is going to happen before it happens? morning.
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well, we happen before it happens? morning. well. we are — happen before it happens? morning. well, we are expecting _ happen before it happens? morning. well, we are expecting that - happen before it happens? morning. well, we are expecting that that - well, we are expecting that that reshuffle will happen later this morning. i have been speaking to a lot of people in a lot of places in westminster about this over the last 24 hours. there have been a lot of rumours. i think we are going to start to see them coming true. we know that rishi sunak was looking for a new conservative party chairman. simply because he sacked the last one just over a week ago. so that is one of the appointments that i would expect we will see later this morning. the favourite for thatjob is a guide called greg hands. he is a trade minister at the moment. i think he has got a good chance of getting thatjob. not confirmed by downing street yet. we will need to wait and see exactly what that announcement is. but the other thing that i think it is a bit of a reorganisation of some
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government departments. that might sound quite dull, but i promise you it is going to be quite significant, actually. you might remember that over the summer rishi sunak promised a new department for a. the idea is to have a separate government body looking specifically at how to make sure the uk has decent energy security. —— department of energy. i think we might see some new government departments today as well, which is likely to mean some new ministers in senior roles. none of this confirmed yet, but it could be a busy morning. there will be a lot of ministers waiting by their phones as the day gets going. thank you very much indeed. nick early at westminster. —— nick eardley. detectives investigating the disappearance of nicola bulley are focusing their efforts on a river path, as they continue the search. the 45—year—old was last seen walking her dog in st michael's on wyre
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in lancashire 11 days ago. a team of specialist divers are searching the river, as our correspondent danny savage reports. yesterday morning, a new search team joined the hunt for nicola bulley — a team who had been contacted by her family to see if they could help. they are using an advanced sonar system which can map the riverbed. if the tragic truth is that nicola bulley is in the river, they are confident of success. i do believe she's in it, from the evidence we've got at the moment. i mean, everything is pointing to the river at the moment. and there's no — there doesn't seem to be a third party involved. this is the stretch of river where she went missing. it's twisty, murky and in places quite deep. it's not an easy stretch of water to check and be sure they haven't missed something. her friends and family are grateful for everything being done here. at the moment, we just need a picture to start to form. i mean, peter's knowledge
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and expertise in this area, we're just really hoping that he will shed some light on whether he thinks she is in the river, or not. the circumstances surrounding nicky bulley�*s disappearance are barely believable. she vanished in a short window of time when she was out of sight of others. the hope is that this new phase of searching will give some answers to herfamily. danny savage, bbc news st michael's on wyre. dave guest is there for us this morning. these search continuing again today? —— the search. that's right. it has been a huge surge. 0bviously, —— the search. that's right. it has been a huge surge. obviously, it has involve the police, the fire service, mountain rescue teams, drones, helicopters, sniffer dogs, members of the public, family and friends, all searching the river bank, surrounding fields, and
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yesterday, as danny reported, we saw the arrival of that special team —— specialist team, a private company who have worked with other police forces in the south of the country on this very type of operation, trying to locate people or things under water using sonar equipment. the boss of the company says that if nicola is in the water, they're confident they will find her. the police, of course, have said the theory they are working on very much is that somehow nicola fell into the water on friday, january 27. she couldn't get out, and she is still in there somewhere. the divers have beenin in there somewhere. the divers have been in the water since the 27th of january. it is very deep, it is very murky water. visit sonar equipment will help. they covered a section of river yesterday. they will continue searching today. we will be talking to somebody later to get the latest update about why they are so convinced if she is there they will
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find her. in the meantime, of course, for nicola's partner paul and two young daughters, this agonising wait goes on. they are still waiting for news. this is a mystery which has captivated the nation. she has been on every tv bulletin four days, on every front page. but as yet, exactly what happened to nicola bulley remains a mystery. dave, thank you. we will be back with you later. an 11—year—old girl who went missing in the scottish borders, has been found safe and well. a community—wide search was launched for kaitlyn easson, who was reported missing in galashiels on sunday. police scotland has thanked the public for sharing its appeals. thousands of nurses in england will take part in a second consecutive day of strike action today. the government has refused to reopen pay talks with union leaders, despite pleas from hospital bosses. the health secretary, steve barclay, said more than 80,000 appointments and 11,000 operations were cancelled as a result of strikes by nurses and ambulance workers yesterday.
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strike action by postal workers next thursday has been called off, following a legal challenge by royal mail. staff staged several strikes at the end of last year, but the communication workers union said it had been advised against fighting the case. royal mail said the cancelled strikes would mean relief for customers. it is 19 minutes past six. carol is the weather. some moments of rather springlike weather yesterday for some. absolutely right. it was lovely for some of us. we had some sunshine. for some, some of us. we had some sunshine. forsome, it some of us. we had some sunshine. for some, it will be similar today. we are looking at a cold start in the southern half of the country. temperatures are widely below freezing. there is also some mist and fog patches, particularly dense in east anglia, south—east and south—west england. you will see some of that in the welsh marches.
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—— welsh marches. in the north it is not as cold start. it is cloudier. we do have some showers. light rain and drizzle. this weatherfront we do have some showers. light rain and drizzle. this weather front is slowly slipping southwards. it will brighten up behind it. we will see sunshine for the south. if you are in an area where the fog lingers, temperatures will not be as high a disease. they will be a wee bit down. seven to 11 degrees. the weather front sinks further south overnight. it takes the odd spot of rain with it. mist and fog patches developing more widely and more quickly as we go through this evening, than last night. i will be slower to clear tomorrow as well. under the clear skies, we are also looking at a touch of frost, not just across parts of england and wales, but also likely across north—east scotland. into tomorrow, we are looking at some cloud across scotland and northern ireland. when we lose the mist and fog, a lot of
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sunshine in england and wales through the day. i want to draw your attention further north. a band of heavy rain. look at the squeeze on isobars. winds of 60 miles an hour to 75 mph. it could even be more than that at times. that is something we are keeping a close eye on. this is something that has changed since the forecast yesterday. it is coming our way sooner than we thought of this yesterday. it is coming our way sooner than we thought of this time yesterday. it looks like we have to avoid that. thank you. the spitfire, hurricane or lancaster are well known for their contribution to world war two. but for many, the mosquito also played a hugely significant role for the allies. made of wood, it was one of the world's fastest aircraft. but sadly, there aren't any left in the uk. now, a group of volunteers in east sussex is hoping to change that. tim muffett reports. �*here are pictures to carry in your mind's eye, when next you hear of our mosquitoes having been in action.�*
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what were they like to fly? beautiful. versatile. you had everything — speed, height — you name it, it was there. �*mosquitoes of raf coastal command on the way to attack enemy shipping, tucked away in a norwegian fjord.�* its nickname was the wooden wonder. �*they peel off at 5000 feet. �*they dive at an angle of 45 degrees, at a speed of over 300 miles an hour.�* the mosquito played a crucial role in defeating the nazis. there you go. - just nothing to it. george dunn, who is 100 years old, flew them on numerous missions during world war two. it was my favourite aircraft. i've flown several spitfires and that, but the mosquito was absolutely out of this world. �*this is the first time we have seen the new british mosquitoes in action.�* a bomber, a fighter, a reconnaissance aircraft, mosquitoes played many roles.
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it�*s thought there are only four airworthy planes left — three in the us and one in canada. a mosquito hasn�*t been built in the uk for 70 years. �*circularsaws, planes and carpenters�* tools build the component parts of fuselage and wings.�* until now. we're the people's mosquito. so, we're a uk charity rebuilding, remanufacturing, a de havilland i mosquito aircraft to british skies. using traditional methods, the volunteers are following original technical drawings, discovered in an old filing cabinet at the airbus factory in broughton in north wales, where mosquitoes were once built. �*in 22 months, the fastest aircraft in the world has emerged from blueprint and scale model to front line operations.�* they were probably going to be disposed of if nobody _ took the ownership. so we gladly accepted. george has come along to rye in east sussex to meet the volunteers.
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this plane will also feature original mosquito parts. we've rescued this control column from canada. - obviously, your flaps, your gears, can all go in the mosquito. - a standard, eh... standard. ..instrument panel. yeah. which you would set from your compass. we've got to bring it back to life as she was designed. _ what�*s it been like to see these pieces of equipment from original mosquitoes, and the thought that they�*re going to be going back in another mosquito? i can't believe that they're being renovated, resurrected, and going back to fly again. making a plane out of wood was controversial at first. in world war two, most combat aircraft were made of metal. but for the designer, sir geoffrey de havilland, it wasn�*t so much about saving money. he believed his wooden aircraft would be light, it would be streamlined
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because there�*d be no metal rivets, and it would be very, very fast. �*raf cameramen capture a vivid impression of speed, as the squadrons hop and roof skim their way to eindhoven.�* this is the log from your raids over berlin. that's right, yes. and it all comes back to you quite, quite easily. what was it like — were you scared, were you excited? what kind of emotions were going through your mind? well, i wouldn't say i was scared. you were more apprehensive, but not not so much with the mozzie. you've got the speed and you've got the height. amazing aircraft. with their current funding, the volunteers believe it�*ll take four years to get their mosquito in the air. the cockpit, actually, was quite small. it'sjust marvellous. i can't believe it's happening. unfortunately, i don't think i shall be here when it's completed!
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the team would dearly love to prove george wrong. tim muffett, bbc news rye in east sussex. that was pilot george dunn speaking to our correspondent tim muffett. do you or someone you know have a story to share about world war two? the bbc is trying to gather as many first—hand accounts from surviving veterans as possible, to preserve them forfuture generations. you can email bbc breakfast, or get in touch via the bbc news website. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i�*m alison earle. croydon high school for girls has described its former head emma pattison as "hugely respected and much loved" after she was found dead along
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with her husband and daughter. the family�*s bodies were discovered on sunday in a property at epsom college. police say it�*s an isolated incident. newspaper reports claim the school�*s rifle range was searched after gunshots were heard before they were found. a community centre in east london says it�*s been overwhelmed by donations to help those affected by the earthquake in turkey. these were the scenes as clothes, blankets and other essentials arrived in haggerston last night. the appeal was launched by the group karahasanlilar uk. about how they�*re going to feed themselves as their earnings dip, but their bills continue to rise. macmillan said it gave away more than £1.2 million to support cancer patients in london in 2021, up 21% on the year before, and expects even more people will need their help. i�*ve been doing this for, benefit advice for about 25 years. but i�*ve never seen the amount of concern from people in terms
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of how i�*m going to survive, how i�*m going to feed myself, how am i going to feed my kids? and then there is the priority, do i keep the heating on or do i put the heating off? do i buy enough basic food for the week or we go without certain things? there are hopes of a breakthrough in the long—running dispute with abellio bus drivers after their union voted to suspend their strikes. walk—outs planned for today have been called off and members are being balloted on whether to end their action altogether. it comes after a pay increase of 13.5% was put forward. travel now and this is how the at the tubes are looking at the moment. there�*s a good service on all lines. weather now, here�*s elizabeth. hello there, good morning. with high—pressure dominating as we head through the rest of the week, it is looking largely dry and settled. some more sunshine to come at times and things will be turning milder again as we head
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towards the weekend. today very similar to how it was yesterday, but it is a cold start to the morning. a widespread frost, temperatures below freezing and also some patches of mist and fog around as well. more extensive than it was yesterday, it will be slow to clear as we head through the morning so reduced visibility for many for quite some time. as we head through the afternoon there will be a lot of blue sky and sunshine, the fog certainly isn�*t everywhere. top temperatures a little lower than they were yesterday with a slower start. the winds are very light and it will of course stay dry. as we head through this evening and overnight, it�*s more of the same. clearskies, light winds, temperatures dropping below freezing widely into the start of the day tomorrow, so there will be a frost and some more patches of mist and fog too so poor visibility once again tomorrow morning. things will turn a bit milder as we head through thursday and friday. there�*s more on our website and social media, including cheryl
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on her west end debut. that�*s it for now, i�*m back in half an hour. good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. a rescue operation is continuing following two powerful earthquakes, which killed more than 3,800 people in turkey and syria. rescuers have spent the night digging through the rubble with their bare hands to find survivors. thousands of buildings have been flattened. these are life pictures right now. the first quake struck when people were asleep and it�*s feared many are still trapped. freezing temperatures are already hampering the aid effort and many familes have spent the night in the open after their homes were destroyed. these pictures, another search,
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another building collapse, people desperately listening, waiting, looking for any sign of life as they can bring people out. there are many anxious families here of turkish and syrian extraction. many turkish and syrian people here in the uk are worried about their family and friends. 0ur reporter peter harris has been speaking to a turkish restaurant owner in durham whose family home has been destroyed. frightening to watch, and when your friends and family are still in turkey, the anxiety is unimaginable. you feel helpless. like, you know you can�*t do anything. it�*sjust, like, you know that your family is dying, or they�*re in trouble. you�*re watching them, and then it�*s like everyone is your country people, everyone is like family. these things doesn�*t have relation, doesn�*t have colour, doesn�*t have conflict, to be honest. it�*s just human people are dying, that�*s just really sad.
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cendiz, who now lives in durham, was awoken by calls from family in his home town of elazig in the early hours. his brother described what happened as they scrambled to safety. he says literally, he got up, he was shaken that much, he said, "i just thought my building was going to collapse." the first thing he said, he just thought of getting the kids. then the wall collapsed. they managed to get out and then run. his best friend is still missing after the earthquake. suddenly home seems an awfully long way away. that was peter harris reporting. we�*re joined now by ali topalolu, from the charity, nottingham turkish community. good morning, thank you so much for talking to us today. give us an indication, ali, if you can, about your situation of your family and friends in turkey and what you know? as you may have heard, devastating a
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major earthquake happened in the early hours yesterday morning, we are trying to contact families and friends, although the internet is not very good within the region. 0bviously, they are all on the streets, gathering together those who have come out. it�*s shocking, i cannot find the words to describe the situation and it has affected almost 12 million people within the region. this is totally different earthquake to what has happened before, because, you know, all of the neighbouring cities, they are all affected. so nobody could help each other, everybody is trying to
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help their themselves in a way, and try to come out of the collapsed buildings. so it is devastating news. we have lost some immediate family, and it is shocking. i cannot find the correct words to describe the situation. 0bviously find the correct words to describe the situation. obviously the weather is not helping. the snow and heavy rains since yesterday. so hopefully what we can do here to help people with some donations, and we get the goods to transfer there as soon as possible. goods to transfer there as soon as ossible. �* ., ., , possible. ali, we have live images from hatay _ possible. ali, we have live images from hatay in _ possible. ali, we have live images from hatay in turkey _ possible. ali, we have live images from hatay in turkey this - possible. ali, we have live images from hatay in turkey this morning j from hatay in turkey this morning which is i know where you were born.
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can you tell us a little bit about what that place was like, we are now seeing images from gaziantep, give me an idea of what these places like that? $5 me an idea of what these places like that? �* , , ., me an idea of what these places like that? �* , i. ~ ., me an idea of what these places like that? a ~ ., ., , me an idea of what these places like that? a ~ ., ., that? as you know, gaziantep and hata are that? as you know, gaziantep and hatay are two _ that? as you know, gaziantep and hatay are two big _ that? as you know, gaziantep and hatay are two big cities. _ that? as you know, gaziantep and hatay are two big cities. and - that? as you know, gaziantep and hatay are two big cities. and the l hatay are two big cities. and the roadwork have been affected by the earthquake. and transportation between the two cities is impossible at the minute, as well as the airport. and people, they are suffering their most, in gaziantep and hatay particularly. because the state cannot access those areas from
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the hatay province. tell state cannot access those areas from the hatay province.— the hatay province. tell us a little bit if ou the hatay province. tell us a little bit if you can _ the hatay province. tell us a little bit if you can about _ the hatay province. tell us a little bit if you can about your - the hatay province. tell us a little| bit if you can about your campaign at the moment for donations, what are you looking for? film at the moment for donations, what are you looking for?— are you looking for? our campaign here here in _ are you looking for? our campaign here here in nottingham, - are you looking for? our campaign here here in nottingham, with - are you looking for? our campaign here here in nottingham, with the| here here in nottingham, with the community spirit of the turkish and kurdish people from the area, we have started a campaign here in nottingham to help those who have been affected by the devastating earthquake, focusing first on the urgent needs such as tents, blankets and clothes. as you know we are a registered charity, trying to help those people who need the most. we are hoping for people to support people affected by the quake in turkey. there are three different
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ways to help them with our campaign. we are asking people to donate clothing, also we are asking people to donate some money so that we can buy the food parcels, and this is three levels, wonderful food, buy the food parcels, and this is three levels, wonderfulfood, the other one for clothing, —— one is for the fruit. so we can get these things asap to the people who need it the most. mi. things asap to the people who need it the most. �* . ., things asap to the people who need it the most. �* ., ,, , ., ., it the most. ali, thank you for talkin: it the most. ali, thank you for talking to _ it the most. ali, thank you for talking to us, _ it the most. ali, thank you for talking to us, i _ it the most. ali, thank you for talking to us, i know- it the most. ali, thank you for talking to us, i know how - it the most. ali, thank you for| talking to us, i know how busy it the most. ali, thank you for - talking to us, i know how busy you are. nottingham, durham, salisbury, in the last half an hour we have spoken to people all over the uk coordinating and trying to get organised, raising money and said assistance to that earthquake zone. the bbc has learned that £50 million
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which the government has put aside to help people with their energy bills still hasn�*t been claimed. nina�*s here to explain. we�*ve talked a lot on breakfast about households being switched, sometimes forced, on to pre—payment meters. they are the pay as you go system, where you top up instead of paying a direct debit. they are often used by some of the most vulnerable customers, and yet, we�*ve learned hundreds of thousands of pre payment customers are not claiming the government support to which they are entitled. the energy support scheme is supposed to provide £400 to all households in britain. most get that automatically, with £66 added via direct debit every month. but for about two million households on prepayment meters, that support comes via vouchers, in the post or via email. but we now know that millions of pounds worth went unclaimed throughout october and november, and they�*ve have now expired. as the bbc�*s cost of living correspondent colletta smith reports.
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extra money for each household�*s energy bills. that was the promise. if you pay by direct debit in britain it�*s been £66 a month knocked off the bills or credited to your account. but the two million households with a physical pre—payment meter have been sent vouchers in the post or by email each month that then need to be taken to a local shop to be credited onto the meter. figures seen by the bbc from paypoint and the post office show that 81% of vouchers for october and november were cashed before they expired, which leaves more than three quarters of a million uncashed vouchers for october and november before the expiry date passed this weekend. but it�*s not too late. if you haven�*t received your voucher
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or haven�*t cashed it in time, then contact your energy supplier and ask for it to be reissued. citizens advice say that their data shows the main reason for people not cashing an energy voucher is simply that it hasn�*t arrived and energy firms need to do more. there are some people who have been told to check their email to see if it�*s in there and unfortunately they�*re not online, they don�*t use an email account regularly, so they can�*t use that method. and there seem to be many people where their address data is incorrect, so itjust hasn�*t landed on their doorstep. what we would like to see is that the energy firms make it really easy for people to contact them, to ask them to re—issue the voucher so people can use it to stay on supply. energy companies are already in hot water for the way they treat pre—payment customers, and now it seems some of the most vulnerable are out of pocket at a time they need it most. since the weather has turned colder, we have seen a kind of increase in the number of people taking
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the vouchers and obviously more quickly. so obviously this help is really, really needed by a lot of people across the country and obviously we can assume that they're very, very keen to redeem it as soon as they get their hands on it. but it�*s that first step of getting their hands on vouchers, which hasn�*t been as easy as it should be for many. coletta smith, bbc news. if you want to know if you might be entitled to a voucher you can check with your energy provider. and there�*s more on the cost of living crisis, including a section called tackling it together on the bbc website. that�*s bbc.co.uk/news, and by using the bbc news app. it isa it is a user—friendly way of finding out how you can get out. this money
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is there to be used and these vouchers are technically expired but they can take it up with energy providers and get the money back because it is worth a lot over six months. ~ , , , ., ~ because it is worth a lot over six months. ~ , , , ., ,, ., months. we will be speaking to the fuel bank foundation _ months. we will be speaking to the fuel bank foundation about - months. we will be speaking to the fuel bank foundation about tips - months. we will be speaking to the fuel bank foundation about tips for| fuel bank foundation about tips for getting hands on vouchers and any information you need so if you have got any questions get in touch in the usual way.— got any questions get in touch in the usual way. john is here with, i don't even — the usual way. john is here with, i don't even know— the usual way. john is here with, i don't even know where _ the usual way. john is here with, i don't even know where to - the usual way. john is here with, i don't even know where to start i the usualway. john is here with, i. don't even know where to start about don�*t even know where to start about manchester city. we don't even know where to start about manchester city-— manchester city. we didn't even see this coming — manchester city. we didn't even see this coming yesterday. _ manchester city. we didn't even see this coming yesterday. this - this coming yesterday. this investigation has been going for a lon- investigation has been going for a long time — investigation has been going for a long time. the investigation has been going for a lona time. ., ., , long time. the premier league has brou:ht long time. the premier league has brou . ht a long time. the premier league has brought a series _ long time. the premier league has brought a series of _ long time. the premier league has brought a series of allegations - brought a series of allegations against manchester city about breaches of their financial rules which govern how clubs need to operate in the premier league. this has been going on forfive operate in the premier league. this has been going on for five years operate in the premier league. this has been going on forfive years —— for years. has been going on forfive years —— foryears. it has been going on forfive years —— for years. it is the breadth and scale of the allegations that go right back to 2009, the first season where manchester city were taken over by the new owners. it details a
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catalogue of financial allegations, breaches, every season until now. if anyone is thinking this will be resolved quickly, i think perhaps it will not be the case. it resolved quickly, i think perhaps it will not be the case.— will not be the case. it might be resolved in _ will not be the case. it might be resolved in the _ will not be the case. it might be resolved in the court _ will not be the case. it might be resolved in the court rather - will not be the case. it might be | resolved in the court rather than will not be the case. it might be . resolved in the court rather than on the pitch. resolved in the court rather than on the itch. �* , ., , the pitch. and they won the sixth title last season _ the pitch. and they won the sixth title last season since _ the pitch. and they won the sixth title last season since the - the pitch. and they won the sixth title last season since the artisticj title last season since the artistic over. so it will run and run. it is an extensive list of alleged breaches of financial rules governing premier league clubs. and having faced a ban from european competition previously as part of a separate investigation, this puts the club back in the spotlight and facing a range of punishments if found guilty. as the bbc�*s sports editor dan roan reports. they are the dominant force in english football, but manchester city find themselves embroiled in one of the biggest scandals the game has seen. the six—time and reigning premier league champions facing the threat of expulsion from the top flight after being charged with more than 100 breaches of financial rules, relating to every full season since the abu dhabi takeover that transformed it into the richest club in the world in 2008.
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the catalogue of charges is unprecedented. those regarding financial reporting relate to nine seasons. the club is accused of not providing full details of player remuneration over six seasons and failing to co—operate with a four year premier league investigation. city are also accused of not providing details of former manager roberto mancini�*s pay over four seasons he was at the club. three years ago, city were thrown out of the champions league for breaking uefa financial fair play rules. the club accused of overinflating state—linked sponsorship deals. but city denied the breaches and its lawyers successfully appealed. the independent commission that�*s going to be appointed to deal with this has a huge swathe of potential sanctions available to it that range from fines at one end of the spectrum all the way through to, i suppose, point deductions, even retrospective points deductions, and potentially, i suppose, expulsion from the premier league itself. last year, city�*s manager pep guardiola defended the club
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but warned that he�*d resign if allegations of financial rule breaking were ever proven. city, who have always denied any wrongdoing, said in a statement they were surprised by the charges, and had the support of a body of irrefutable evidence. they said they were looking forward to putting the matter to rest once and for all, and there is no doubt the club�*s reputation is now on the line. aiming for a fifth premier league crown in six seasons, city�*s title defence is faltering, losing again this weekend. and the legal battle they now face in the weeks and months ahead could have huge repercussions for the club and the game. dan roan, bbc news. a sense of the possible repercussions to come from manchester city. and you can see how desperate clubs are to remain in the premier league, leeds united the latest to sack their manager in a bid to stay in the top flight. jesse marsch, the american manager departing, the club without a league win in seven games, sitting just only outside the relegation places
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on goal difference. he�*d only been at elland road for less than a year, the club have a big game against manchester united tomorrow night. and having been seconds away from one of the great fa cup stories, non—league wrexham get another go at it against sheffield united of the championship in theirfourth round replay tonight. just to set the scene, you might remember wrexham were 3—2 up whenjohn egan equalised in stoppage time for united at the racecourse ground last sunday. wrexham of course co—owned by the hollywood actors ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenny who�*ve really started to put the club back on the map. tonight�*s game will be streamed across the us. logic tells you, of course, that our great opportunity was to win the game at home. equally, we�*ll be going there to make it a cup tie. the owners, with the documentary, set out to raise the profile of the area and the club and they�*ve done that and ourjob is to make
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sure that there is some great viewing out there for people watching as far away as america. i know we are all looking for a bit of great drama in the absence of happy valley so there it is. look no further. it happy valley so there it is. look no further. , ., ,., happy valley so there it is. look no further. , ., , ., , further. it is a new box set. i hope it is a little — further. it is a new box set. i hope it is a little bit — further. it is a new box set. i hope it is a little bit more _ further. it is a new box set. i hope it is a little bit more uplifting. - it is a little bit more uplifting. great — it is a little bit more uplifting. great drama, entertainment and a bit of hollywood stardust. jon loves it more than anyone.— more than anyone. i love that it is bein: more than anyone. i love that it is being streamed _ more than anyone. i love that it is being streamed across _ more than anyone. i love that it is being streamed across the - more than anyone. i love that it is being streamed across the way i more than anyone. i love that it is being streamed across the way in | more than anyone. i love that it is i being streamed across the way in the us. ., , ., , , us. the documentary has interested eve one us. the documentary has interested everyone in — us. the documentary has interested everyone in the _ us. the documentary has interested everyone in the world _ us. the documentary has interested everyone in the world over. - here�*s carol with a look at the weather. it was cold on the way to work this morning! yes, it has been a really cold start for some of us! if you split the country into, in the north, temperatures are holding up where we
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have more cloud, in the south there is some frost. there is some freezing fog to look out for, east anglia, south east england and south—west england. you will run into some mist and fog patches around the welsh marches as well. when the fog lifts and some of it will be stubborn, you will see sunshine across southern areas including wales. in the north of england, cloud but brighter in the north—east, a weather front moving south across scotland and northern ireland introducing some cloud and patchy rain. it will brighten up behind it and these are the temperatures ranging from seven to 11 degrees in newcastle. this evening and overnight, as soon as it gets dark, the temperature will fall away quite rapidly, mist and fog patches developing more widely, and lasting longer due tomorrow than today. i weatherfront lasting longer due tomorrow than today. i weather front sinking south taking cloud with it across the north of scotland, clear skies behind where we could see some frost
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and frost further south. 0nce behind where we could see some frost and frost further south. once again mist and fog patches around which will be slow to clear tomorrow. when they do, for the bulk of england, wales and northern ireland, a dry day with some sunshine. the same for eastern scotland. this band of heavy rain is coming in, squally rain with gusts of rain up to 75 miles an hour or more. that is something we are keeping a close eye on. thank you, carol. three female cyclists who risked their lives to escape from the taliban have spoken for the first time about their hopes of reaching the 2024 olympics in paris. women and girls were banned from playing all sport in afghanistan, but since arriving in the uk in november, mina, parisia and arifa have been training twice a week. graham satchell went to meet them. nice and easy, we�*re just going to go easy. all right, with me? let�*s go. a cycle track in west london and a group of afghan athletes
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are being put through their paces. nice, let�*s go. i lost my dreams when taliban came in afghanistan. i have a safe life today in england. i can tell you, if you stay in afghanistan before and come in uk, you know, like a night and day, that changes like a night and day. these cyclists used to compete as a team. but when the taliban came back to power, cycling for all women was banned. suddenly, in one week, everything changed. the lights changed to the darkness. we couldn't imagine our future. we lost hope. the women in afghanistan are deprived of their basic human rights, unfortunately.
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to rescue the athletes. a fundraising event organised by the charity that helped to rescue the athletes. it took months of negotiating, but eventually three coaches, 15 athletes and some of their family members, 30 in all, were allowed into the country under the home office�*s lotr or leave outside the rules scheme. the cyclists have been training twice a week since they arrived in october. they�*re now under the expert guidance of coach james haigh. the girls call themselves the warriors. so it�*s, i mean, the word warrior, the definition itself is to have a fighting spirit, to have tenacity and to have drive. what i see out there on the bike, they�*ve certainly got all of that and certainly got a bright future. james tells me that your team is called the warriors. yes. are you a warrior? yes, we are warriors, really. notjust our life. for every exile, we are worriers.
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i hope other girls in afghanistan one day have a free life. i have my basic rights here. i can live like a human. i can ride my bicycle - and i can pursue my dreams. that's cycling, yeah, - to be a professional cyclist. the team have set their sights high. they are aiming for the olympic games in paris next year. they want to be a symbol of hope for the millions of women forced to endure the taliban regime in afghanistan. graham satchell, bbc news. what a story. mina, persia and arefa willjoin us on the sofa just
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after 8.30 this morning. almost a year after russia invaded ukraine, the labour party is calling on the uk government to boost military production to sustain its support for the country. last month, the prime minister confirmed that britain would be sending a small number of tanks to help fight against russian forces. we�*rejoined now byjohn healey, shadow defence secretary. good morning. boosting military production, give us some examples in practical terms, what you talking about doing?— practical terms, what you talking aboutdoina? �* ., , ' ., about doing? alongside the 14 tanks that the government _ about doing? alongside the 14 tanks that the government has _ about doing? alongside the 14 tanks that the government has sent - about doing? alongside the 14 tanks that the government has sent to - that the government has sent to ukraine which has our full support of the labour party, we sent 30 big artillery guns, a third of all of the guns that we have got in the british army. and we have sent those guns but there is no order in place to replace them. and there�*s not even the funding needed for the systems we need to replace them. so
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my argument today is that we have got to reboot defence plans like 25 other countries have done since the ukraine invasion, boost production of essential equipment so we can sustain supplies and support ukraine, but also rearm and restock the british military to deal with future conflict.— future conflict. that sounds expensive- _ future conflict. that sounds expensive. it _ future conflict. that sounds expensive. it depends - future conflict. that sounds expensive. it depends on . future conflict. that sounds i expensive. it depends on what future conflict. that sounds - expensive. it depends on what the government _ expensive. it depends on what the government will _ expensive. it depends on what the government will alter. _ expensive. it depends on what the government will alter. we - expensive. it depends on what the government will alter. we have i government will alter. we have backed the £2.3 billion the government has put aside especially for ukraine this year. and the chancellor has already said that they need to spend more on defence, they need to spend more on defence, the defence secretary admitted in the defence secretary admitted in the commons to me just last week that they have hollowed out and underfunded to the forces over the last 13 years so that is the first big test, the second big test is it is notjust how much you spend but how well you spend it. we have seen over £5 billion of mod waste in the
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last four years alone. we need an action plan to deal with better procurement, but we need to boost production so that we can meet the urgent requirements to support ukraine and equip our own forces for the future. to ukraine and equip our own forces for the future. ., , ., , ukraine and equip our own forces for the future. ., , .,, ., . , the future. to people watching this mornin: the future. to people watching this morning who _ the future. to people watching this morning who are _ the future. to people watching this morning who are worried _ the future. to people watching this morning who are worried about - the future. to people watching this| morning who are worried about how the government is going to afford to keep helping with heating bills, or pay nurses more settled strikes, can you understand how they might have some reservations right now about spending potentially billions more money on our defence? i spending potentially billions more money on our defence?— spending potentially billions more money on our defence? i entirely do, and these are — money on our defence? i entirely do, and these are always _ money on our defence? i entirely do, and these are always difficult - and these are always difficult decisions for government but the first duty of any government is to keep the country safe and defend its citizens, that�*s something that keir starmer recognises and i recognise as well and in the long run if ukraine do not win, the russian aggression will make us all less safe and we will find that the costs to us all in the economy, our cost of living, as well as our military,
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will rise accordingly.— will rise accordingly. what about nuclear defence, _ will rise accordingly. what about nuclear defence, would - will rise accordingly. what about nuclear defence, would labour. will rise accordingly. what about - nuclear defence, would labour spend more on that? ilil" nuclear defence, would labour spend more on that?— more on that? our commitment as a labour more on that? our commitment as a labour party — more on that? our commitment as a labour party and _ more on that? our commitment as a labour party and keir— more on that? our commitment as a labour party and keir starmer's - labour party and keir starmer�*s commitment to our nuclear deterrent is total. we have always had a twin track in labour, just like nato, so we have an unshakeable commitment to our nuclear deterrent but we are a permanent five member of the un security council so we also want to see the government to do much more than we have seen in the last decade to try and broker discussions that will lead in the long term to a de—escalation, arms controls, and multilateral disarmament in the long term. ., ., ., g , term. your former leaderjeremy corb n term. your former leaderjeremy corbyn never _ term. your former leaderjeremy corbyn never said _ term. your former leaderjeremy corbyn never said that _ term. your former leaderjeremy corbyn never said that he - term. your former leaderjeremy corbyn never said that he would | term. your former leaderjeremy l corbyn never said that he would be prepared to use a nuclear weapon. and some of your members quite liked that approach. it and some of your members quite liked that approach-— that approach. it has been unshakeable, _ that approach. it has been unshakeable, it _ that approach. it has been unshakeable, it has - that approach. it has been unshakeable, it has been l that approach. it has been _ unshakeable, it has been unshakeable labour policy from cilic to keir
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starmer. —— from neil kinnock to keir starmer. as part of defending britain but also our contribution to defending nato allies remains in place and our determination to see the new submarines built that will allow that to be keeping us safe in the future remains so if we get it changed labour government, there will be no change to the commitment to the deterrent but there will be a determination to do what britain can and use our influence in the world to broker discussions which could in the well —— long term see better arms controls, limitations and multilateral disarmament in the future. . ., multilateral disarmament in the future. ., ., ., , we will get the latest on the search for nicola bulleyjust after 7am. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.
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good morning from bbc london, with me, alison earle. croydon high school for girls has described its former head emma pattison as "hugely respected and much loved", after she was found dead along with her husband and daughter. the family�*s bodies were discovered on sunday in a property at epsom college. police say it�*s an isolated incident. newspaper reports claim the school�*s rifle range was searched after gunshots were heard before they were found. a community centre in east london says it�*s been overwhelmed by donations to help those affected by the earthquake in turkey. these were the scenes as clothes, blankets and other essentials arrived in haggerston last night. the appeal was launched by the group karahasanlilar uk. a cancer charity has said patients have told them they�*re worried about how they�*re going to feed themselves as their earnings dip, but their bills continue to rise. macmillan said it gave away more than £1.2 million to support cancer patients in london in 2021, up more than 20% on the year before, and expects even more people
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will need their help. i�*ve been doing this for, benefit advice for about 25 years. but i�*ve never seen the amount of concern from people in terms of how i�*m going to survive, how i�*m going to feed myself, how am i going to feed my kids? and then there is the priority, do i keep the heating on or do i put the heating off? do i buy enough basic food for the week or we go without certain things? there are hopes of a breakthrough in the long—running dispute with abellio bus drivers, after their union voted to suspend their strikes. walkouts planned for today have been called off, and members are being balloted on whether to end their action altogether. it comes after a pay increase of 13.5% pay increase was put forward. travel now, and this is how the at the tubes are looking at the moment. there�*s a good service on all lines. time for the weather now,
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with elizabeth rizzini. hello there, good morning. with high—pressure dominating as we head through the rest of the week, it is looking largely dry and settled. some more sunshine to come at times and things will be turning milder again as we head towards the weekend. today very similar to how it was yesterday, but it is a cold start to the morning. a widespread frost, temperatures below freezing and also some patches of mist and fog around as well. more extensive than it was yesterday, it will be slow to clear as we head through the morning so reduced visibility for many for quite some time. as we head through the afternoon there will be a lot of blue sky and sunshine, the fog certainly isn�*t everywhere. top temperatures a little lower than they were yesterday with a slower start. the winds are very light and it will of course stay dry. as we head through this evening and overnight, it�*s more of the same. clearskies, light winds, temperatures dropping below freezing widely into the start of the day tomorrow, so there will be a frost and some more patches of mist
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and fog too so poor visibility once again tomorrow morning. things will turn a bit milder as we head through thursday and friday. there�*s more on our website and social media, including cheryl on her west end debut. that�*s it for now. i�*m back in half an hour. good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. 0ur headlines today. almost 5000 people are known to have died after two major earthquakes in turkey and syria. the prime minister�*s expected to announce a cabinet reshuffle as he replaces conservative party chairman nadhim zahawi. the search continues for nicola bulley, the mother of two who went missing while walking her dog near a river 11 days ago. more bumper profits for energy companies? we�*ll find out in the next few minutes, as bp give us an update on how they performed last year. i�*ll have the latest.
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in sport, how manchester city face more than 100 charges of breaching of financial rules, which could see them fined, docked points, or even relegated from the premier league. good morning. it isa it is a cold and frosty start in the south. mist and fog will be slow to lift. some sunshine. further north, a motor starter. a fair bit of cloud and light rain in the north and west. details later in the programme. good morning. it�*s tuesday, 7th february. almost 5000 people have died after two major earthquakes hit southern turkey and northern syria. the rescue effort has continued throughout the night, although freezing temperatures, snow and rain have hampered the search for survivors. these shots coming into bbc news
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right now from the city of hatay in turkey. you can see apartment blocks, shopping centres, havejust collapsed in on themselves. the search goes on. there has been a winter storm. we know that the weather and parts of turkey and syria has been hampering the rescue operation. we can also bring you images from gazzi on tap, another turkish city, where rescues have been going on through the night. —— gaziantep. we are seeing this where everybody stops. we don�*t know if they are listening for someone, waiting for more equipment to come in, waiting to see what develops. but those rescue operations are very much stop, start. many more people arriving into the country in the next few hours to try to help. dozens of countries, including the uk, have promised to send help. we have seen pictures this morning
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of people being brought from the rubble. let�*s get the latest. azadeh moshiri reports. it�*s a race to save lives that includes the smallest ones. syria�*s voluntary civil defence group, the white helmets, pulled ahmed out to safety. they say his family�*s home north of aleppo has been completely destroyed by the earthquake. syria was already torn apart by war. it is home to millions of refugees. the white helmets say ahmed is one of them. millions of people are reeling across the region from the horrors they�*ve witnessed. translation: my wife is still. in there, my wife is still in there. one should never give up on hope, but most probably she died. the first 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit near the turkish city
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of gaziantep in the early hours of the morning. a second 7.5 quake then hit further north in the afternoon. millions of people across turkey, syria, lebanon, cyprus and israel, felt them. now survivors are relying on emergency services to find them. but also on help from their neighbours, friends, and even strangers. this man tied a string to a water bottle and lowered it into the rubble for the survivors trapped beneath. translation: we have receivedj several offers of international aid for our country. offers of assistance from 45 countries, including nato and the european union, have reached us. emergency service teams have been deployed from around the world. they are now on the ground searching for bodies and offering food and shelter. and that help is essential. many are still missing.
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this young girl asks, "where is my mum?" some who have survived, now find themselves homeless. these bonfires are what keep them warm during a biting winter. translation: we'll be cold here until morning, freezing, - getting wet. we�*ve got no place to go, no place to stay. my god, we don�*t even have a bed. as the search for survivors continues, rescue teams have another task at hand — counting the dead in one of the biggest earthquakes to hit the region in decades. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. we have been hearing from charities, from international relief teams, from international relief teams, from families based here in the uk, with relatives in turkey and
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assyria, fundraising, gathering materials trying to send what they can out there, including going out there themselves. earlier, our middle east correspondent tom bateman explained how the rescue effort in adana in southern turkey has been progressing. yeah, this was a ten story building behind me which came down in the initial quake. what is happening at the moment, and this is a very rare event compared to what is happening across the region, we have two diggers here clearing the rubble away from the edge of this. on top of the building itself, on top of the wreckage, i counted at least six recovery and rescue workers. they are now using cranes to lift parts of the rubble. it�*s incredibly precarious work for two reasons. first of all, their own safety, because the rubble is very dangerous. and, of course, the concerns about whether or not there are people still alive under the wreckage here. on the side streets
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here i was just speaking to quite a few people wrapped in blankets, they have been up all night. some have been evacuated from this building, others from other buildings in this area. one of the women i was just chatting to, her daughter was in this building. the last she knew, she was on the second floor. she told me the rescue workers were on their way down to the sixth floor. she was on the second floor. there was absolutely no word. her mother has been up all night waiting to get anything, but nothing at all. she was telling me how she is trying to tell her own grandchildren about what has happened. she has two daughters in germany. she was due to visit them in the next few days. she has had to have those conversations with her grandchildren. no work whatsoever. these kinds of scenes being replicated across this region.
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tom bateman giving us an update from adana in turkey. in the last few minutes, energy giant bp has released latest results. nina is here to update us. good morning. we are keeping a close eye on how much these global gas giants are making at a time when households are struggling, of course. we all know the name bp. a british based oil and gas company. they extract energy, they process it. a lot of it ends up in our homes. this morning we learned in 2022 they made profits of £23 billion. compare that to 10.6 billion. compare that to 10.6 billion the year before. so, double the amount of aid made a year earlier. why has that happened? we keep talking about the war in ukraine and the pressure on resources. inevitably that means prices go up. the wholesale price of energy sword. so what, you might say? businesses make lots of money. that�*s what big global companies do. as their companies have doubled, so
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have household bills. we have seen our household bills doubled in the same period, and that is with government support. what is the government support. what is the government done about it? then put in place this went full tax, an extra tax for these unexpected, extraordinary profits. and today, we learned that bp paid, they think, the latest estimate, i�*m sorry, is they paid around £678 million in windfall tax. that�*s not a lot of money when you compare it to the billions in profit. this will raise questions again about whether that system is working, especially when you look at shell last week announcing their biggest profits in their 115 year history. 111 million in windfall tax. it is important to remember these profits are for global companies. this is money they make globally. not all the money is made in the uk. and they are profitable in order to reinvest.
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when we are talking to households who are sitting this went out in the dark, in the cold, inevitably, there are questions around whether the system needs to be changed, and if it does, whose responsibility is that? fit. it does, whose responsibility is that? �* , , , �* it does, whose responsibility is that? , , , �* ., ~ that? a big number, isn't it? thank ou. nina that? a big number, isn't it? thank you. nina talking _ that? a big number, isn't it? thank you. nina talking about _ that? a big number, isn't it? thank you. nina talking about the - you. nina talking about the political consequences. rishi sunak is expected to announce a reshuffle of his ministerial team in the coming hours, as he seeks to fill the party chair role left vacant when nadhim zahawi was sacked. let�*s talk about this with our chief political correspondent nick eardley, whojoins us outside downing street. good morning, nick. what more do we know? morning. the cabinet is meeting this morning, but that meeting has been pushed back a bit, which suggests to me we are going to get some new names for the cabinet table within the next couple of hours. asjohn was just saying, nadeem the next couple of hours. asjohn wasjust saying, nadeem is the next couple of hours. asjohn was just saying, nadeem is a sacked last weekend. we are going to get a
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new conservative party chairman. —— nadhim zahawi. no names yet. the firm favoured is a trade minister called greg hands. 0ne firm favoured is a trade minister called greg hands. one other thing i think is going to happen this morning is that rishi sunak is going to change some of the machinery of government. again, that might sound a bit dull. but this bit is quite important, because he is going to create, i think, important, because he is going to create, ithink, a new important, because he is going to create, i think, a new department focusing solely on energy. after the big spike in energy prices we have been covering a lot in the last few months, and the war in ukraine, the pm has talked a lot about trying to improve energy security, make the uk self—reliant. i think there is a good chance he will set up a new department to look simply at that later on today. and bring some of the other departments that are left together, like business and trade. there may be some new names in government as well. some people
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changing theirjobs. i think we will start to get confirmation of that within the next couple of hours. there are some cars arriving here already. i will keep an eye out, i will keep you posted.— already. i will keep an eye out, i will keep you posted. an 11—year—old girl who went missing in the scottish borders has been found safe and well. a community—wide search was launched for kaitlyn easson, who was reported missing in galashiels on sunday. police scotland has thanked the public for sharing its appeals. thousands of nurses in england will take part in a second consecutive day of strikes today. the government has refused to reopen pay talks with union leaders, despite pleas from hospital bosses. the health secretary, steve barclay, said more than 80,000 appointments and 11—thousand operations were cancelled as a result of industrial action by nurses and ambulance workers yesterday. industrial action by postal workers next thursday, has been called off following a legal challenge by royal mail. staff staged several strikes at the end of last year, but the communication workers union said it had been advised
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against fighting the case. royal mail said the cancelled strikes would mean relief for customers. what you think the weather is going to be like today? do you think it is walk on a beach territory? i think it will be chilly but it will be nice and bright. carol is telling us something. good morning. it is a misty and a foggy start this morning, particularly east anglia, south—east and south—west england, and also the welsh marches. i co—starred in the south. —— a cold start. more cloud lingering in the north of the country producing patchy rain. that will move south. for many it is going to be a dry start. dry eventually across the north of scotland. here is the weather front producing this patchy rain and
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extending into northern ireland. for north west england, you have got a bit more cloud. brighter skies in the north—east. then we are into some sunshine as we go through the morning, when eventually the fog lifts. here and there the fog will linger. that will hold the temperatures down. weather front in scotland putting into northern england. —— pushing. the weather front continues making slow progress overnight. you might get the odd spot of rain. clear skies to the north and south. 0nce spot of rain. clear skies to the north and south. once again there will be some frost. and we will see some mist and fog patches develop more widely across england and wales, which will take longer to clear tomorrow. tomorrow, when it does left, once again there will be a lot of sunshine. more cloud peppei’y a lot of sunshine. more cloud peppery parts of scotland and northern ireland. we have got this band of heavy rain and squally winds. gusts of up to 75 mph in
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western scotland. it is also to pretty windy in shetland. these are the temperatures. sixes, sevens and eights. thank you. quarter past seven. detectives investigating the disappearance of nicola bulley are focusing their efforts on a river path as they continue the search. the 45—year—old was last seen walking her dog in st michael�*s on wyre in lancashire 11 days ago. a team of specialist divers are searching the river, as our correspondent danny savage reports. yesterday morning, a new search team joined the hunt for nicola bulley — a team who had been contacted by her family to see if they could help. they are using an advanced sonar system which can map the riverbed. if the tragic truth is that nicola bulley is in the river, they are confident of success. i do believe she�*s in it, from the evidence we�*ve got at the moment. i mean, everything is pointing to the river at the moment.
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and there�*s no — there doesn�*t seem to be a third party involved. this is the stretch of river where she went missing. it�*s twisty, murky and in places quite deep. it�*s not an easy stretch of water to check and be sure they haven�*t missed something. her friends and family are grateful for everything being done here. at the moment, we just need a picture to start to form. i mean, peter's knowledge and expertise in this area, we're just really hoping that he will shed some light on whether he thinks she is in the river, or not. the circumstances surrounding nicky bulley�*s disappearance are barely believable. she vanished in a short window of time when she was out of sight of others. the hope is that this new phase of searching will give some answers to herfamily. danny savage, bbc news st michael�*s on wyre. peter faulding leads a specialist team of divers that has been assisting with the search.
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hejoins us now. morning to you. thank you for giving us your time. i know how busy you are. just give us the latest information that you have following the initial searches that you have made? ., , ., . , made? right, the initial searches esterda made? right, the initial searches yesterday we _ made? right, the initial searches yesterday we done _ made? right, the initial searches yesterday we done downstream l made? right, the initial searches| yesterday we done downstream in made? right, the initial searches- yesterday we done downstream in the tidal section of the river. not the key area where nicola originally went missing, but today, we are focusing on the area upstream from the wear, which is nontidal, and going about a mile upstream. this includes the area where the phone was found, nicola�*s phone was found on a bench. that was thoroughly searched on the day by police divers when nicola went in. these are very professional divers. they never found nothing. that is the odd thing
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about this. that is what i can�*t get my head around. it is very strange. we saw in danny�*s report that you are using sonar equipment. do you think taking that back to the original scene where the phone was, does that give you the opportunity to look in greater detail at different areas?— to look in greater detail at different areas? to look in greater detail at differentareas? , ., , ., different areas? yes, that is what we are going _ different areas? yes, that is what we are going to — different areas? yes, that is what we are going to do. _ different areas? yes, that is what we are going to do. we _ different areas? yes, that is what we are going to do. we are - different areas? yes, that is what we are going to do. we are going | different areas? yes, that is what l we are going to do. we are going to go back over the area just in case. we don�*t know for certain that nicola is in the river. but if she went further in the up, she could drift down by now. we are going back over the original area searched twice by the police. sonar will image the river bed and see everything lying down there, sticks, stones, everything. if nicola is there, we will find her. now we are going back to the key area where all the evidence that we�*ve got so far was found. the evidence that we've got so far was found-— the evidence that we've got so far was found. �* , , ., was found. and peter, 'ust explain to us, was found. and peter, 'ust explain to what — was found. and peter, 'ust explain to what at was found. and peter, 'ust explain to us, what is the _ was found. and peter, just explain to us, what is the theory _ was found. and peter, just explain to us, what is the theory behind i to us, what is the theory behind going upstream from where we believe
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she disappeared?— going upstream from where we believe she disappeared? right. we have been tasked by the — she disappeared? right. we have been tasked by the police. _ she disappeared? right. we have been tasked by the police. i _ she disappeared? right. we have been tasked by the police. i am _ she disappeared? right. we have been tasked by the police. i am totally - tasked by the police. i am totally in agreement. we worked on a job a few years ago where we were tasked with searching down. the gentleman was found originally 200 metres up from where we started. we have got no specific intelligence here that nicola, if she is in the river, she could have been, she could have fallen in further up, we don�*t know. the key focus has been around the bench area. we have to rule everything out. we can�*tjust go for the event. we have to cover the whole stretch of river to make sure there are no untoward circumstances. how long is that stretch overall from where the phone was found on the bench to the park downstream that you are checking yesterday? == that you are checking yesterday? -- to the that you are checking yesterday? » to the part. probably about 200 metres from the bench to the actual wear. it is not a long way. that is
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a very easy task. we will cover that extremely quickly. 0n a very easy task. we will cover that extremely quickly. on a straight river we can cover ten miles a day. this is a very winding river and its very in places. but we have got a dive team with us. the underwater search team from the police as well. if we do find any targets that we feel are significant, we will put divers in straightaway. i feel are significant, we will put divers in straightaway.- feel are significant, we will put divers in straightaway. i know you have spoken _ divers in straightaway. i know you have spoken before _ divers in straightaway. i know you have spoken before about - divers in straightaway. i know you have spoken before about a - divers in straightaway. i know you have spoken before about a gut . have spoken before about a gut instinct, which i guess comes with lots of experience about this type of work. what is your goat telling you today? == of work. what is your goat telling you today?— you today? -- gut instinct. if nicola is— you today? -- gut instinct. if nicola is not _ you today? -- gut instinct. if nicola is not in _ you today? -- gut instinct. if nicola is not in that - you today? -- gut instinct. if nicola is not in that stretch l you today? -- gut instinct. if| nicola is not in that stretch of you today? -- gut instinct. if- nicola is not in that stretch of the river today, nicola is not in that stretch of the rivertoday, my nicola is not in that stretch of the river today, my view is there could be a third party involved and this was a decoy placed by the river. i�*ve had this before in a surge up north where a stiletto shoe was found by the river. she was eventually found in a haystack miles away. so, it could have been placed
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as a decoy. there�*s not enough cctv to cover particular areas here, so again, the police are working hard in the background looking at everything. it�*s so unusual. they have got no clear information to go on at the moment.— on at the moment. your sound 'ust cut out at that fl on at the moment. your sound 'ust cut out at that point. i on at the moment. your sound 'ust cut out at that point. you �* on at the moment. your sound 'ust cut out at that point. you are h cut out at that point. you are suggesting that the phone on the bench could potentially be a decoy, or that is something you would like to be investigated, is that right? yeah. absolutely. that could be a decoy. we don�*t know. that river has already been searched. normally, when we deal with a drowning victim, they are where they go down. the police divers that acted immediately that day, they put an underwater search team in out of the area of the banch and searched it thoroughly. i would have expected nicola to be in the water by the bench. she wouldn�*t have moved.
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bodies don�*t float. 0nce bench. she wouldn�*t have moved. bodies don�*t float. once they go to the bottom, they stay on the bottom for seven, the bottom, they stay on the bottom forseven, eight the bottom, they stay on the bottom for seven, eight days, the bottom, they stay on the bottom forseven, eight days, untilthey start to decompose, then they flowed to the surface. this is so strange. in my 28 years of experience, working on hundreds of cases, i have never seen something so unusual. peter faulding, thank you very much forjoining us. another day of searching for nicola bulley continues. we will keep across that story and bring you any developments if and when they come. moving on. it�*s the latest technology to take the internet by storm. chat gpt is a chat bot that seems capable of creating human—like responses to almost anything you ask it. now, tech giants google have launched their latest rival to the software with a programme called bard. james clayton has more.
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chat gtp said the internet on fire when it launched in november. it�*s incredibly detailed answers have amazed users. it can pass exams, compose poems, even write code. it�*s seen as game—changing technology. now google has rushed to announce its version of chat gpt. it�*s called bard and it�*s based on similar technology. "bard seeks to combine the breadth of the world�*s knowledge with the power, intelligence and creativity of our large language models," google�*s boss, sundar pichai, wrote in a blog. mr pichai stressed he wanted google�*s ai services to be bold and responsible, but there was more than a whiff of panic too. this announcement is the latest salvo in a monumentalfight between google and microsoft. because make no mistake about it, chat gpt threatens to undermine google�*s entire business model. that�*s because chat gpt�*s ai could transform search engines, producing far more tailored and relevant results. it�*s now widely expected that microsoft�*s search engine bing will be incorporated into chat gpt
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and that announcement is expected imminently. and you can see why google is seriously worried. more than 90% of the world�*s searches are on google. the company makes a fortune from that dominance through advertising revenue. in contrast, around 3% of searches are currently on bing. microsoft would love a bit of that pie. in mountain view, home of google�*s headquarters, executives are concerned. they hope that bard will be the answer to chat gpt. the company has poured money into ai over the past few years. bard is based around a language model called lamda, which one google employee said was so humanlike he believed the system to be sentient. we still don�*t know how good bard is or will be, but one thing we do know is that google is seriously spooked. just one way chat gpt is already disrupting the tech industry. james clayton, bbc news, silicon valley.
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we�*re joined now by our technology editor zoe kleinman. what more can you tell us? what implications will these have for us? i think this is a really disruptive technology that is going to affect everybody�*s lives in the coming few years. i think we are looking at the next five to ten years. let me give you two answers. lots of concern aboutjobs, but whether it is a serious threat to people because �*s jobs. whether it is a serious threat to people because �*sjobs. anything that involves something like copywriting, you can write speeches, copywriting, you can write speeches, copy for websites, news articles, scripts. people like you and i should definitely be concerned about it. it can�*t speak. it is only text. we have still got that for now. there is a real concern that it is going to slowly start taking over doing these jobs. going to slowly start taking over doing thesejobs. we have seen in places like south korea there are people using artificial intelligence 2% of the news, to do breaking stories, that sort of thing, because it is so much quicker than getting a human to where they need to be. and the other big concern people have is
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about education. i am hearing from lots of people i know who are teachers, who are lecturers at universities, and they are worried that students are using chat gpt to write essays. you can say to do it, write essays. you can say to do it, write me 200 words about the end of the second world war, and will do it. you�*ll get a perfectly written, well produced essay. it takes moments. three to four seconds. that�*s it. there�*s your homework done. that is that you�*re education model. think about coursework, how we apply to universities. we are going to have to figure out how to spot stuff written by a human and iai. it is not going to be easy. == iai. it is not going to be easy. -- ai. iai. it is not going to be easy. -- ai- there — iai. it is not going to be easy. -- ai- there are _ iai. it is not going to be easy. —— ai. there are clearly concerned aboutjobs, plagiarism and ethics. but in the morning when the news is pretty heavy and depressing, there is also quite fun stuff with this as well, some interesting applications? 0ver1 million people use chat gpt in the first few days it was released. i don�*t think they were using it for professional purposes. you can get it to do anything. i was
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looking at it before christmas. i said, can you write me a song about christmas in the style of taylor swift? within seconds i have this fantastic song. i don�*t think taylor swift needs to be too worried, but it was a good mimic of her style. it will also give you recipes. the best ingredients for a chocolate cake. its ability to mimic other styles is really good fun. if you can get onto it, it is free to use at the moment, microsoft�*s one. chat gpt is available now. sometimes it gets busy at peak times but it is worth having. you will be surprised by how convincing it can be. we having. you will be surprised by how convincing it can be.— convincing it can be. we have got a few seconds _ convincing it can be. we have got a few seconds if _ convincing it can be. we have got a few seconds if you _ convincing it can be. we have got a few seconds if you want _ convincing it can be. we have got a few seconds if you want to - convincing it can be. we have got a few seconds if you want to give - convincing it can be. we have got a few seconds if you want to give us| convincing it can be. we have got a | few seconds if you want to give us a burst of your taylor swift song. i don't think the world is quite ready don�*t think the world is quite ready yet! i don't think the world is quite ready et! ., ., , �* yet! i need to rehearse! don't wor . yet! i need to rehearse! don't worry- thank _ yet! i need to rehearse! don't worry. thank you. _ yet! i need to rehearse! don't worry. thank you. well - yet! i need to rehearse! don't worry. thank you. well done, j yet! i need to rehearse! don't - worry. thank you. well done, zoe. can�*t make her sing at this time of the day! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.
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hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. good morning from bbc london with me alison earle. croydon high school for girls has described its former head emma pattison as "hugely respected and much loved" after she was found dead along with her husband and daughter. the family�*s bodies were discovered on sunday in a property at epsom college. police say it�*s an isolated incident. newspaper reports claim the school�*s rifle range was searched after gunshots were heard before they were found. a community centre in east london says it�*s been overwhelmed by donations to help those affected by the earthquake in turkey. these were the scenes as clothes, blackets and other essentials blankets and other essentials arrived in haggerston last night. the appeal was launched by the group karahasanlilar uk. a cancer charity has said patients have told them they�*re worried about how they�*re going to feed
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themselves as their earnings dip, but their bills continue to rise. macmillan said it gave away more than £1.2 million to support cancer patients in london in 2021, up more than 20% on the year before, and expects even more people will need their help. i�*ve been doing this for, benefit advice for about 25 years. but i�*ve never seen the amount of concern from people in terms of how i�*m going to survive, how i�*m going to feed myself, how am i going to feed my kids? and then there is the priority, do i keep the heating on or do i put the heating off? do i buy enough basic food for the week or we go without certain things? there are hopes of a breakthrough in the long—running dispute with abellio bus drivers after their union voted to suspend their strikes. walk—outs planned for today have been called off and members are being balloted on whether to end their action altogether. it comes after a pay increase of 13.5% was put forward.
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travel now and this is how the at the tubes are looking at the moment. there�*s a good service on all lines. time for the weather now, here�*s elizabeth rizzini. hello there, good morning. with high—pressure dominating as we head through the rest of the week, it is looking largely dry and settled. some more sunshine to come at times and things will be turning milder again as we head towards the weekend. today very similar to how it was yesterday, but it is a cold start to the morning. a widespread frost, temperatures below freezing and also some patches of mist and fog around as well. more extensive than it was yesterday, it will be slow to clear as we head through the morning so reduced visibility for many for quite some time. as we head through the afternoon there will be a lot of blue sky and sunshine, the fog certainly isn�*t everywhere. top temperatures a little lower than they were yesterday with a slower start. the winds are very light and it will of course stay dry. as we head through this evening and overnight, it�*s more of the same. clearskies, light winds, temperatures dropping below freezing widely into the start of the day
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tomorrow, so there will be a frost and some more patches of mist and fog too so poor visibility once again tomorrow morning. things will turn a bit milder as we head through thursday and friday. there�*s more on our website and social media, including cheryl on her west end debut. that�*s it for now, i�*m back in an hour. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. as we�*ve been hearing throughout the morning, a rescue operation is continuing following two earthquakes, which killed almost 5,000 people in turkey and syria. that is a shocking figure. we are bringing you live images from
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gaziantep, a rescue operation is ongoing, as it is in towns and cities across turkey and syria. thousands of buildings have been flattened. we gave you the number of almost 5000, there are fears that people might still be trapped beneath the rubble. the people might still be trapped beneath the rubble. , , beneath the rubble. the good news is we have seen — beneath the rubble. the good news is we have seen pictures _ beneath the rubble. the good news is we have seen pictures this _ beneath the rubble. the good news is we have seen pictures this morning i we have seen pictures this morning of people being brought alive from the wreckage, so there is hope. there is an awful lot of work going on internationally to get aid teams to the scene. we�*re joined now by ubeyd sakin from nonprofit organisation human appeal, who is in southern turkey helping with relief efforts, and zaheer khan who�*s the organisation�*s director of community fundraising. good morning to you both. if we could come _ good morning to you both. if we could come to _ good morning to you both. if we could come to you _ good morning to you both. if we could come to you first, - good morning to you both. if we could come to you first, ubeyd. un is to the earthquake, tell us what happened. == is to the earthquake, tell us what ha ened. ,, is to the earthquake, tell us what hauened. ,, happened. -- you witnessed the earthquake- _ happened. -- you witnessed the earthquake. personally, - happened. -- you witnessed the earthquake. personally, i-
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happened. -- you witnessed the| earthquake. personally, i cannot earthquake. personally, icannot fully express it, but i remember that one minute being very long. i don�*t really recall how i woke up, but after i was expecting that it would stop after several seconds, but as i saw, it has continued, i was concerned that it would end unexpectedly. i remember running to the other room and bringing my son to our bedroom. and after a while it stopped. as soon as it stopped and we knew that was the end, we took a few things with us and we left the building. and we got away from the building. and we got away from the building as much as we could. and from there wejoined. building as much as we could. and from there we joined. you building as much as we could. and from there we joined.— from there we “oined. you are describing — from there we joined. you are describing what _ from there we joined. you are describing what many - from there we joined. you are describing what many people| describing what many people experienced, it was night time, everybody was asleep, a terrifying
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experience for you and your family. yes, that�*s correct. it was just a bit part 4am. neither me nor my wife had seen anything like this. turkey is historically prone to earthquakes, but it has been also expressed by the authorities, this is the second strongest earthquake in the last century. we is the second strongest earthquake in the last century.— in the last century. we are seeing live images _ in the last century. we are seeing live images here _ in the last century. we are seeing live images here on _ in the last century. we are seeing live images here on our _ in the last century. we are seeing live images here on our screens l in the last century. we are seeing| live images here on our screens of the rescue operation in gaziantep, this is ongoing all over the country. you have been on the ground helping relief efforts, can you tell us what you have seen after the last 24 hours? i us what you have seen after the last 24 hours? . , . us what you have seen after the last 24 hours? ., , ., , ., 24 hours? i have seen a number of rescue workers _ 24 hours? i have seen a number of rescue workers and _ 24 hours? i have seen a number of rescue workers and the _ 24 hours? i have seen a number of rescue workers and the number i 24 hours? i have seen a number of rescue workers and the number is | rescue workers and the number is increasing more and more, today�*s official information is that
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yesterday night it was 9000 and now it is 12,000 rescue professionals working all over different cities. for us on the ground we are trying to support in the first 24 hours the rescue workers, because those first hours are really important for any survivors. yesterday, the weather was very harsh, today as well, it�*s even worse. and the rescue workers are professionals and volunteers, but there were no resources for them. so many ngos are sudden to help them and we are one of them. we will come back to you in a moment, ubeyd. let�*s talked as i hear in the studio. —— lets talk to you in the student, zaheer. you have offices in
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gaziantep so you know from people like ubeyd what is happening in the ground and it is so terrible. it�*s ground and it is so terrible. it's an absolute — ground and it is so terrible. it's an absolute nightmare. we have been working _ an absolute nightmare. we have been working in_ an absolute nightmare. we have been working in disaster management for the last_ working in disaster management for the last 30 — working in disaster management for the last 30 years but for us this is one of— the last 30 years but for us this is one of the — the last 30 years but for us this is one of the biggest disasters. people have mentioned before this is the biggest _ have mentioned before this is the biggest earthquake in almost a century— biggest earthquake in almost a century now. for us this is very close _ century now. for us this is very close to — century now. for us this is very close to home because we have staff members. _ close to home because we have staff members, we have family and friends on the _ members, we have family and friends on the ground, we are really concerned about their welfare. they are absolute heroes in terms of, despite — are absolute heroes in terms of, despite the challenges they are facing. — despite the challenges they are facing, we are on the ground trying to help _ facing, we are on the ground trying to help and — facing, we are on the ground trying to help and pull people from the rubble _ to help and pull people from the rubble and provide attempts at shelter— rubble and provide attempts at shelter for those people. rubble and provide attempts at shelterforthose people. it's rubble and provide attempts at shelter for those people. it's a huge _ shelter for those people. it's a huge emergency situation we are dealing _ huge emergency situation we are dealing with. it has been sleepless nights— dealing with. it has been sleepless nights for— dealing with. it has been sleepless nights for us but we can only imagine _ nights for us but we can only imagine what people in istanbul and turkey— imagine what people in istanbul and turkey and — imagine what people in istanbul and turkey and northern syria, areas that people have been working on since _ that people have been working on since the — that people have been working on since the start of the conflict, in syria. _ since the start of the conflict, in syria. we — since the start of the conflict, in syria, we have been working on the ground _ syria, we have been working on the ground there. for us it isjust very personat — ground there. for us it isjust very personal. we have got hospitals we
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have got _ personal. we have got hospitals we have got that we are supporting there. _ have got that we are supporting there. it — have got that we are supporting there, it supports hundreds of people — there, it supports hundreds of people every day. we had to close the hospital and sent people home yesterday, some were expectant mothers, _ yesterday, some were expectant mothers, newborn babies. only god knows _ mothers, newborn babies. only god knows what — mothers, newborn babies. only god knows what the situation is that they are — knows what the situation is that they are in _ knows what the situation is that they are in right now. we knows what the situation is that they are in right now.— they are in right now. we are caettin they are in right now. we are getting some _ they are in right now. we are getting some live _ they are in right now. we are getting some live images, i they are in right now. we are l getting some live images, they they are in right now. we are - getting some live images, they are from the bigger towns and cities where there is and better communication, but there are small towns and villages which have not been reached yet, and we don�*t know how much suffering and damage there is. ., , ., how much suffering and damage there is. ., ,., ., , how much suffering and damage there is. ., , ., ., , ., how much suffering and damage there is. there are so many remote areas, we refer back _ is. there are so many remote areas, we refer back to _ is. there are so many remote areas, we refer back to northern _ is. there are so many remote areas, we refer back to northern syria, - we refer back to northern syria, areas _ we refer back to northern syria, areas that — we refer back to northern syria, areas that are just not even being monitored — areas that are just not even being monitored at the moment. we just have no— monitored at the moment. we just have no idea how bad the devastation is. have no idea how bad the devastation is we _ have no idea how bad the devastation is we are _ have no idea how bad the devastation is. we are fortunate that in some of the larger— is. we are fortunate that in some of the larger cities, there are aid workers. _ the larger cities, there are aid workers, rescue agencies, government officials— workers, rescue agencies, government officials trying to help pull people from the — officials trying to help pull people from the rubble. some of those smaller— from the rubble. some of those smaller towns and cities, we have no
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idea who _ smaller towns and cities, we have no idea who is _ smaller towns and cities, we have no idea who is stuck, who is without food _ idea who is stuck, who is without food and — idea who is stuck, who is without food and shelter now. the rescue mission _ food and shelter now. the rescue mission is — food and shelter now. the rescue mission is not only about helping people _ mission is not only about helping people under the rubble but providing the warmth is to hopefully stop further deaths from occurring. ubeyd, _ stop further deaths from occurring. ubeyd, that's a really good point to ubeyd, that�*s a really good point to pick up on, how will you be able to assess damage and get help to people in northern syria where it is more difficult to get to those parts? in difficult to get to those parts? i�*i all of our work, we are in close coordination with the organisations that are present. as you have said, when there is no official authority to make his needs assessments instantly, the way to go with this is sharing information with organisations and that is the case right now. fort northern syria, the united nations have share own assessment and they have got the
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information from other organisations and we have contributed. we have an initial assessment regarding our facilities, we will soon reopen them. and we know the scope of the damage right now. and in addition to this, we will have already completed our plans to particularly help with food items and hygiene items right now, and we will try to replace as many tents as we can as soon as possible. it many tents as we can as soon as ossible. ,., , ~' ,, many tents as we can as soon as ossible. ,., , ,, i. ., possible. it sounds like you are doinu an possible. it sounds like you are doing an amazing _ possible. it sounds like you are doing an amazing job _ possible. it sounds like you are doing an amazing job in - possible. it sounds like you are doing an amazing job in the - possible. it sounds like you are l doing an amazing job in the most challenging of circumstances, ubeyd. our thoughts go out all of you and the work you are doing. but you are also dealing with your family, you mentioned your little boy you are hugging yesterday morning, how you explain to him, to children, what has happened and what the future might hold? it�*s
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has happened and what the future might hold?— has happened and what the future miaht hold? �*, ., ., , might hold? it's not... i mean, my wa of might hold? it's not... i mean, my way of dealing _ might hold? it's not... i mean, my way of dealing with _ might hold? it's not... i mean, my way of dealing with it, _ might hold? it's not... i mean, my way of dealing with it, in _ might hold? it's not... i mean, my way of dealing with it, in that - way of dealing with it, in that evening he was just asking me, way of dealing with it, in that evening he wasjust asking me, what is this, what is happening? i don�*t believe he was very scared of it at that moment, because that is the very first time he had encountered it. but later on as we gathered with other families and obviously children speak to each other, i think you got an understanding of what was really happening. and the aftershocks, i�*m sure he knew, after the big aftershock that was about a 6 degrees magnitude, he was more scared. so i saw him getting consciousness of how nature works. so i tried to explain to him, natural disasters happen. and that�*s just one of the things that we cannot control but as humanitarians,
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i kept insisting on this word because he kept asking, why are you not here with us, you are outside, i said, we need to help others. fiur said, we need to help others. our best wishes _ said, we need to help others. our best wishes to _ said, we need to help others. our best wishes to you and your family, and they give all of the work you are doing, and zaheer, thank you very much for coming in because we know you are very busy with your fundraising. this is the scene in gaziantep now, these are the images of the rescue operation which is still ongoing. we have no control over the camera but we know there are various scenes in gaziantep of piles of rubble where buildings have been destroyed, rescue operations are very much stop and start. let�*s take you down to hatay. i know that in gaziantep in the last few hours, a five—year—old has been taken out, well, the rubble. just one optimistic story to
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bring the middle of the destruction and disaster in the last 24 hours. back to gaziantep, this is very much the scene of a focused, intense rescue operation this morning. it hard to tell from these pictures but i guess the woolly hats and coats to tell a story, it is freezing cold there, there has been snow in some areas, freezing temperatures, a storm which is hampering rescue efforts over the next few days. more heavy rain is expected and that will cause more potential problems with disease spreading. so these teams are trying to do everything they can as quickly as they can forget any survivors out of the rubble before things get even more difficult. lat things get even more difficult. lot ofthe things get even more difficult. lot of the appeals are asking for blankets, coats, hats and gloves because it is so cold. thank you forjoining us this morning. let�*s get the sport with john. less about what is on the pitch but what is by the scenes.
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the premier league investigation has been rumbling for years, four years they have been investigating financial irregularities around premier league clubs and how they report financial figures for manchester city. questions over what they paid one of their former managers, roberto mancini. there is a catalogue of allegations against manchester city which go way back to the first season when they were taken over by their abu dhabi owners. it is a huge investigation which manchester city say they will fight tooth and nail but it gives you an indication of the breadth and scale of what they are facing at the moment at manchester city. ihshd scale of what they are facing at the moment at manchester city. and where this aoes moment at manchester city. and where this goes now- — moment at manchester city. and where this goes now. possible _ moment at manchester city. and where this goes now. possible punishments i this goes now. possible punishments is the key phrase. _ the alleged breaches have put manchester city back into the spotlight with punishments ranging from fines, to docked points, even expulsion from the league. it�*s not the first time they�*ve faced an investigation like this, uefa handed them a european ban,
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which was overturned by the court of arbitration for sport. an independent commission will preside over the allegations which city say they�*re surprised by, but have a body of irrefutable evidence to fight the charges. and you can see how desperate clubs are to remain in the premier league, leeds united the latest to sack their manager in a bid to stay in the top flight. jesse marsch, the american manager departing, the club without a league win in seven games, sitting just only outside the relegation places on goal difference. he�*d only been at elland road for less than a year, the club have a big game against manchester united tomorrow night. we were saying this morning, if you�*re looking for some drama to fill the void left by happy valley, how about some box office action that�*s proving popular the other side of the pond? the rise of wrexham under hollywood owners ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenny has seen their matches shown stateside
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and the club faces its next thrilling installment tonight, an fa cup fourth round replay with sheffield united. and asjoe lynskey reports, win later and it will be an upset for the ages. stoppage time last sunday and non—league wrexham were on course for the fifth round. an fa cup upset and a hollywood story, but football brought a brutal twist. all the way through, they have levelled! astonishing! sheffield united scored late on, a 3—3 draw means tonight they start again. a replay at bramall lane where the championship side now have home advantage. but wrexham faced the same task in the third round and won at coventry. logic tells you, of course, that our great opportunity was to win the game at home but equally, we went to conventry and played really well on the day. and we�*ll be going there
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to make it a cup tie. is ryan reynolds flying in again? i don�*t know, he hasn�*t said. but when ryan does come sometimes we find out very late ourselves. they're on an unbelievable journey. and everything that's happening is so good for them, so good for the national league, for football in general, cameras and radio, disney, documentary. drives me on, that kind of thing. i want to beat them because of that, 100%, 100%. the cameras have been rolling since the fourth qualifying round. all wrexham�*s cup games have been streamed in the us. national league�*s wrexham visits sheffield united from the championship on espn2. ryan reynolds�*s wife watched the draw at the racecourse, and saw the co—owners crippling anxiety. now in rob mcelhenney�*s words, they�*re going back for seconds. when it tonight and they will host spurs in round five. wrexham are the last non—league team left in the cup, but this match has global interest. in california, and north wales,
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they hope for great things from the sequel. joe lynskey, bbc news. it would be such a story, one of mir-round _ it would be such a story, one of 4/4—round replay replays tonight. and if we�*ve learnt anything from the last couple of days, don�*t mess with one of golf�*s most historic landmarks. we�*re talking the swilcan bridge at the home of golf, st andrews where winners of the open stand with the claretjug. golf fanatics flock there to get a picture on the historic stones. itjust used to be the bridge. then they added a paved area at each end. which lots of have likened to a patio. commentator ken brown says "the swilken bridge, now serving food!" several fans added a set of table and chairs onto the newly renovated surface. may a barbecue? maybe, if you've
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fancied it! st andrews said it was necessary because of the wear on the ground and the mud on the approach as you can see here, but former open winner nick faldo not a fan either, he�*s plumping for a bit of mud over the new look cement. and after the uproar, it�*s been announced the area will be "reinstated with turf" in the coming days. we don�*t like change, do we? especially around the historic landmark which is 700 years old. some things you just don�*t mess with. some things you 'ust don't mess with. �* , , some things you 'ust don't mess with. �* ,, , with. don't mess with goals, you end u . with. don't mess with goals, you end u- with with. don't mess with goals, you end up with trouble! _ with. don't mess with goals, you end up with trouble! just _ with. don't mess with goals, you end up with trouble! just don't _ with. don't mess with goals, you end up with trouble! just don't complain l up with trouble! just don't complain if ou aet up with trouble! just don't complain if you get muddy — up with trouble! just don't complain if you get muddy shoes! _ up with trouble! just don't complain if you get muddy shoes! -- - up with trouble! just don't complain if you get muddy shoes! -- don't i if you get muddy shoes! -- don't mess with _ if you get muddy shoes! -- don't mess with the _ if you get muddy shoes! -- don't mess with the golf! _ if you get muddy shoes! -- don't mess with the golf! it _ if you get muddy shoes! -- don't mess with the golf! it looks - if you get muddy shoes! -- don't mess with the golf! it looks like l mess with the golf! it looks like carol— mess with the golf! it looks like carol might have muddy shoes, she is out in _ carol might have muddy shoes, she is out in a _ carol might have muddy shoes, she is out in a field! —
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good morning. the cold start in southern — good morning. the cold start in southern areas, mulled in the north where _ southern areas, mulled in the north where more — southern areas, mulled in the north where more cloud is there, but also mist and _ where more cloud is there, but also mist and fog, some dents in east anglia. _ mist and fog, some dents in east anglia. the — mist and fog, some dents in east anglia, the south—west and south east of— anglia, the south—west and south east of england. anglia, the south-west and south east of england.— anglia, the south-west and south east of england. generally when the mist and fog — east of england. generally when the mist and fog lifts _ east of england. generally when the mist and fog lifts it _ east of england. generally when the mist and fog lifts it will _ east of england. generally when the mist and fog lifts it will be _ east of england. generally when the mist and fog lifts it will be sunny i mist and fog lifts it will be sunny in southern areas. more cloud but it will be milder through the day in the north. extending across scotland, a few spots of rain getting into northern ireland. some of the mist and fog will be slow to lift but when it does, there will be a lot of sunshine scott —— across much of england and wales. a weather front six south taking head with it, into southern scotland and northern ireland, to the shelter of the pennines in the ec will see some sunshine, and behind it in scotland there will be a return to drier conditions with some sunshine. with temperatures ranging from seven to 11 degrees. through the evening and
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overnight, the weather front continues to push southwards as a weak feature, the odd spot of rain in it but quite widely we will see some mist and fog patches develop across england and wales. some of it will be dense and freezing. where we have got to clear skies across the far north—east of scotland, we could see a touch of frost. generally the northern half of the country is milder than the southern half. tomorrow and fog will be slow to lift, when it does there will be a lot of sunshine around. more cloud at times through scotland and northern ireland and then this next system arrives. a band of heavy rain, squally winds. a yellow weather warning out for gusts of wind up to 75 miles an hour. we could find some disruption to fairies. the area it covers is western scotland including the islands, including shetland. it will be windy there. when the weather
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front sinks south, it is a cold front, it turns much colder. through the course of thursday, the weather front will make it down to the south of england. not much more in it than a band of cloud, and behind it a lot of sunshine. in the colder air, the showers are likely to be wintry. above 300 and —— 150 metres, but they could be lower later in the day. as we move on into friday, the cold front goes and the atlantic it brings a warm front, you can see from the yellow that the milder air is coming our way. the friday, a lot of dry weather, a cold start in the south but as the weather front comes in it will introduce some thick cloud and splashes of rain across the northern half of the country, temperatures climbing back up, 12 in aberdeen possibly 13 along the east coast. the mild weather continues
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into the weekend. that�*s great news. that�*s what we need. it�*s the swinging 60s, the bright lights of london. the perfect setting for a new tv comedy series funny woman is based on a novel by nick hornby. let�*s take a look. i�*m curious. what makes you think i would allow the reputation of the network to rest on the inexperienced shoulders of a nobody from liverpool? nobody from blackpool. well, sophie is different. and maybe people from blackpool would like to see themselves - represented on television. never seen one of them eat. perhaps they shovel down the pies when they get home. no, no, they don�*t, no. they party all night with pop stars. see the redhead ? she went on a date with a beatle. no! yeah. he wasjust the drummer, though, so. we�*re joined now by two of the stars, arsher
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ali and alexa davies. good morning. thank you for coming in. alexa, you explain, there were references to blackpool, that is key to this whole storyline? yes. references to blackpool, that is key to this whole storyline?— to this whole storyline? yes, that is barbara 's _ to this whole storyline? yes, that is barbara 's home _ to this whole storyline? yes, that is barbara 's home town, - to this whole storyline? yes, that is barbara 's home town, she - to this whole storyline? yes, that is barbara 's home town, she is i is barbara �*s home town, she is played by gemma artisan, and she comes to london in search of comic fame. she wants to be in sitcoms like lucille ball and she is quite successful after a few trials and tribulations. it successful after a few trials and tribulations.— tribulations. it doesn't come straightaway? _ tribulations. it doesn't come straightaway? no, _ tribulations. it doesn't come straightaway? no, with - tribulations. it doesn't come straightaway? no, with all. tribulations. it doesn't come i straightaway? no, with all the tribulations. it doesn't come - straightaway? no, with all the best underdo: straightaway? no, with all the best underdog stories, _ straightaway? no, with all the best underdog stories, you _ straightaway? no, with all the best underdog stories, you have - straightaway? no, with all the best underdog stories, you have to - straightaway? no, with all the best underdog stories, you have to fightj underdog stories, you have to fight for it— underdog stories, you have to fight for it a _ underdog stories, you have to fight for it a little bit. we underdog stories, you have to fight for it a little bit.— for it a little bit. we are talking about the 60s, _ for it a little bit. we are talking about the 60s, when _ for it a little bit. we are talking about the 60s, when perhaps l for it a little bit. we are talking - about the 60s, when perhaps people didn�*t always like the idea of women being sunny. i didn't always like the idea of women being sunny-— being sunny. i guess we don't really have a president _ being sunny. i guess we don't really have a president here _ being sunny. i guess we don't really have a president here in _ being sunny. i guess we don't really have a president here in this - have a president here in this country _ have a president here in this country -- _ have a president here in this country. —— women being sunny. —— women _ country. —— women being sunny. —— women being — country. —— women being sunny. —— women being funny. we had the
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president — women being funny. we had the president in america with lucille ball but— president in america with lucille ball but we are, with nick's but, we have got— ball but we are, with nick's but, we have got a — ball but we are, with nick's but, we have got a northern woman front and centre _ have got a northern woman front and centre of— have got a northern woman front and centre of the show. it is the golden a-e centre of the show. it is the golden age of— centre of the show. it is the golden age of british comedy in the 60s, coming _ age of british comedy in the 60s, coming out — age of british comedy in the 60s, coming out of radio into tv. even now _ coming out of radio into tv. even now. you — coming out of radio into tv. even now. you can— coming out of radio into tv. even now, you can reverse engineer shows like only _ now, you can reverse engineer shows like only falls and horses to that period _ like only falls and horses to that period of— like only falls and horses to that period of time. if you didn't have that experience you would not have del boy— that experience you would not have del boy now. that experience you would not have del boy now-— del boy now. this was before the live birds and _ del boy now. this was before the live birds and all— del boy now. this was before the live birds and all of— del boy now. this was before the live birds and all of those - del boy now. this was before the live birds and all of those big - live birds and all of those big sitcoms. —— the liver birds. so it was just about to happen. sitcoms. -- the liver birds. so it wasjust about to happen.- sitcoms. -- the liver birds. so it wasjust about to happen. was 'ust about to happen. yes, this is wasjust about to happen. yes, this is set in 1964 _ wasjust about to happen. yes, this is set in 1964 so _ wasjust about to happen. yes, this is set in 1964 so liver— wasjust about to happen. yes, this is set in 1964 so liver birds - wasjust about to happen. yes, this is set in 1964 so liver birds was - is set in1964 so liver birds was about— is set in 1964 so liver birds was about to — is set in 1964 so liver birds was about to happen. this was about her being _ about to happen. this was about her being a _ about to happen. this was about her being a bright spark of her own
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world — being a bright spark of her own world. . , . being a bright spark of her own world. , , ., , ., world. yes, they are struggling to fill the show _ world. yes, they are struggling to fill the show in _ world. yes, they are struggling to fill the show in a _ world. yes, they are struggling to fill the show in a way, _ world. yes, they are struggling to fill the show in a way, it _ world. yes, they are struggling to fill the show in a way, it has - world. yes, they are struggling to fill the show in a way, it has got l fill the show in a way, it has got very— fill the show in a way, it has got very formulaic— fill the show in a way, it has got very formulaic when _ fill the show in a way, it has got very formulaic when you - fill the show in a way, it has got very formulaic when you meet l fill the show in a way, it has got- very formulaic when you meet them. and they— very formulaic when you meet them. and they are — very formulaic when you meet them. and they are looking _ very formulaic when you meet them. and they are looking for _ very formulaic when you meet them. and they are looking for something i and they are looking for something which _ and they are looking for something which sparks. — and they are looking for something which sparks, and _ and they are looking for something which sparks, and my— and they are looking for something which sparks, and my character- which sparks, and my character dennis — which sparks, and my character dennis is — which sparks, and my character dennis is the _ which sparks, and my character dennis is the producer- which sparks, and my character dennis is the producer and - which sparks, and my character dennis is the producer and a . which sparks, and my character. dennis is the producer and a talent spotter— dennis is the producer and a talent spotter and — dennis is the producer and a talent spotter and sees _ dennis is the producer and a talent spotter and sees in _ dennis is the producer and a talent spotter and sees in gem _ dennis is the producer and a talent spotter and sees in gem at - dennis is the producer and a talent spotter and sees in gem at the - spotter and sees in gem at the future — spotter and sees in gem at the future of— spotter and sees in gem at the future of comedy. _ spotter and sees in gem at the future of comedy.— spotter and sees in gem at the future of comedy. alexa, you play larue, future of comedy. alexa, you play large. really _ future of comedy. alexa, you play large, really important _ future of comedy. alexa, you play large, really important character. | large, really important character. —— you play marge. i large, really important character. -- you play marge-— large, really important character. -- you play marge. i feel like i do marne -- you play marge. i feel like i do marge quite _ -- you play marge. i feel like i do marge quite a _ -- you play marge. i feel like i do marge quite a bit _ -- you play marge. i feel like i do marge quite a bit sometimes. - -- you play marge. i feel like i do marge quite a bit sometimes. is i -- you play marge. i feel like i do| marge quite a bit sometimes. is it like ou're marge quite a bit sometimes. is it like you're going to? sometimes, | like you're going to? sometimes, eah. like you're going to? sometimes, yeah- quite _ like you're going to? sometimes, yeah. quite deadpan? _ like you're going to? sometimes, yeah. quite deadpan? yes, - like you're going to? sometimes, yeah. quite deadpan? yes, the l yeah. quite deadpan? yes, the grounding _ yeah. quite deadpan? yes, the grounding force, _ yeah. quite deadpan? yes, the grounding force, someone - yeah. quite deadpan? yes, the grounding force, someone to i yeah. quite deadpan? yes, the| grounding force, someone to do yeah. quite deadpan? yes, the - grounding force, someone to do the reality check and say, ok, you might be going quite well quite now, you might be beautiful and funny but you need to pay the rent. that�*s what marge is about, she is a working—class girl, a very normal
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girl, and i think comes in and is very glamorous and exciting. even though she is from blackpool and knows about football and is very similar to marge, she is very different at the same time. so is marne different at the same time. so is marge wanting — different at the same time. so is marge wanting to _ different at the same time. so is marge wanting to be _ different at the same time. so is marge wanting to be a _ different at the same time. so is marge wanting to be a star - different at the same time. so is marge wanting to be a star as well? i think marge could be. i marge wanting to be a star as well? i think marge could be.— i think marge could be. i think she could be! if— i think marge could be. i think she could be! if you _ i think marge could be. i think she could be! if you give _ i think marge could be. i think she could be! if you give her— i think marge could be. i think she could be! if you give her time, - i think marge could be. i think she j could be! if you give her time, she could be! if you give her time, she could be. could be! if you give her time, she could be- and _ could be! if you give her time, she could be. and the _ could be! if you give her time, she could be. and the show— could be! if you give her time, she could be. and the show looks - could be. and the show looks beautiful as _ could be. and the show looks beautiful as well, _ could be. and the show looks beautiful as well, there's - could be. and the show looks - beautiful as well, there's something about— beautiful as well, there's something about the _ beautiful as well, there's something about the 60s. _ beautiful as well, there's something about the 60s, the _ beautiful as well, there's something about the 60s, the clothes - beautiful as well, there's something about the 60s, the clothes are - about the 60s, the clothes are great. — about the 60s, the clothes are great. the _ about the 60s, the clothes are great, the hair— about the 60s, the clothes are great, the hair is _ about the 60s, the clothes are great, the hair is great. - about the 60s, the clothes are great, the hair is great. the i about the 60s, the clothes are - great, the hair is great. the scenes are great — great, the hair is great. the scenes are great what _ great, the hair is great. the scenes are great. what was _ great, the hair is great. the scenes are great. what was it— great, the hair is great. the scenes are great. what was it like - great, the hair is great. the scenes are great. what was it like to - great, the hair is great. the scenes. are great. what was it like to make? that's— are great. what was it like to make? that's one _ are great. what was it like to make? that's one of— are great. what was it like to make? that's one of the _ are great. what was it like to make? that's one of the best _ are great. what was it like to make? that's one of the best things - are great. what was it like to make? that's one of the best things about i that's one of the best things about thisiob. _ that's one of the best things about thisjob, you get to go into worlds that you _ thisjob, you get to go into worlds that you had no part of. you get to live through — that you had no part of. you get to live through it. our designers and everyone — live through it. our designers and everyone involved did an amazing 'ob. everyone involved did an amazing job we _ everyone involved did an amazing job. we were also around the corner from _ job. we were also around the corner from here _ job. we were also around the corner from here filming in the old coronation street studios. and just to walk— coronation street studios. and just to walk up — coronation street studios. and just to walk up to a live camera, the old-style — to walk up to a live camera, the
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old—style camera, and how big they werei _ old—style camera, and how big they were. and _ old—style camera, and how big they were, and her —— and the tech of it, the feel— were, and her —— and the tech of it, the feelof— were, and her —— and the tech of it, the feel of the — were, and her —— and the tech of it, the feel of the close, you didn't have _ the feel of the close, you didn't have to — the feel of the close, you didn't have to do _ the feel of the close, you didn't have to do much, you were just there — have to do much, you were just there if— have to do much, you were just there. if you were wearing a 3—piece suit like _ there. if you were wearing a 3—piece suit like i_ there. if you were wearing a 3—piece suit like i do. — there. if you were wearing a 3—piece suit like i do, you just stand in a different— suit like i do, you just stand in a different way. and everyone is smoking! _ different way. and everyone is smoking! absolutely everyone is smoking — smoking! absolutely everyone is smoking everywhere. it smoking! absolutely everyone is smoking everywhere.— smoking! absolutely everyone is smoking everywhere. it really dates it, doesn't smoking everywhere. it really dates it. doesn't it? _ smoking everywhere. it really dates it, doesn't it? it — smoking everywhere. it really dates it, doesn't it? it is _ smoking everywhere. it really dates it, doesn't it? it is interesting, - it, doesn't it? it is interesting, we have been _ it, doesn't it? it is interesting, we have been talking - it, doesn't it? it is interesting, we have been talking about. it, doesn't it? it is interesting, | we have been talking about the it, doesn't it? it is interesting, - we have been talking about the tv series that has been on itv, nolly, we have got a fascination even today evenif we have got a fascination even today even if you don�*t remember the original series of behind—the—scenes and tv heritage. original series of behind-the-scenes and tv heritage-— and tv heritage. yeah, i love tv, i love watching _ and tv heritage. yeah, i love tv, i love watching shows _ and tv heritage. yeah, i love tv, i love watching shows where - and tv heritage. yeah, i love tv, i love watching shows where you i and tv heritage. yeah, i love tv, i | love watching shows where you can see how it is being made. we were talking earlier, anything to do with tv being made, that was, we walk straight on here and we were like wow, we have seen this on the tv!
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yes, everyone smoking! it�*s wow, we have seen this on the tv! yes, everyone smoking!— yes, everyone smoking! it's an interesting _ yes, everyone smoking! it's an interesting peek _ yes, everyone smoking! it's an interesting peek behind - yes, everyone smoking! it's an interesting peek behind the - yes, everyone smoking! it's an - interesting peek behind the curtain. we love to see it, some gossip behind — we love to see it, some gossip behind the _ we love to see it, some gossip behind the scenes. _ we love to see it, some gossip behind the scenes. if— we love to see it, some gossip behind the scenes.— we love to see it, some gossip behind the scenes. if you get the cusset behind the scenes. if you get the gusset here. _ behind the scenes. if you get the gusset here, let _ behind the scenes. if you get the gusset here, let us _ behind the scenes. if you get the gusset here, let us know. - behind the scenes. if you get the gusset here, let us know. we - behind the scenes. if you get the i gusset here, let us know. we didn't gusset here, let us know. we didn�*t get any less money. —— gossip here. thank you very much for coming in. the six—part series will air on sky max and now from thursday. stay with us, headlines coming up.
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good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. our headlines today. almost 5,000 people are now known to have died after two major earthquakes in turkey and syria. the energy giant bp doubles its profits in the space of a year. as millions struggle to pay their household bills, we look at reaction to the energy firms�* bumper profits. the search continues for nicola bulley, the mother of two who went missing while walking her dog near a river 11 days ago.
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the prime minister�*s expected to announce a cabinet reshuffle as he replaces conservative party chairman nadhim zahawi. the olympic dream for three female afghan cyclists, who risked their lives to escape the taliban. good morning. it isa it is a cold and frosty start in the south. some mist and fog. that will give way to some sunshine. in the north it is cloudier and milder, with rain in the north and west. details later in the programme. good morning. it�*s tuesday, 7th february. almost 5,000 people have died after two major earthquakes hit southern turkey and northern syria. after two major earthquakes hit the rescue effort has continued throughout the night, although freezing temperatures, snow and rain have hampered the search for survivors. dozens of countries, including the uk, have promised to send help. azadeh moshiri reports.
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they say his family because my com has been completely destroyed by the earthquake. syria was already torn apart by war. it is home to millions of refugees. the white helmets say this boy is one of them. millions of people are reading across the region from the horrors they have witnessed. translation: mi; horrors they have witnessed. translation:— horrors they have witnessed. translation: my wife is still in there, m translation: my wife is still in there. my wife _ translation: my wife is still in there, my wife is _ translation: my wife is still in there, my wife is still _ translation: my wife is still in there, my wife is still in - translation: my wife is still in there, my wife is still in there. i there, my wife is still in there. one should never give up on hope, but most probably, she died. the first 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit near the turkish city of gaziantep
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in the early hours of the morning. a second 7.5 quake then hit further north in the afternoon. millions of people across turkey, syria, lebanon, cyprus and israel felt them. now survivors are relying on emergency services to find them. but also, and help from their neighbours, friends and even strangers. this man tied a string to a water bottle and lowered it into the rubble for the survivors trapped beneath. translation: ~ ., . translation: we have received several offers — translation: we have received several offers of _ translation: we have received several offers of international i translation: we have receivedj several offers of international aid for our tree. offers of assistance from 45 countries, including nato and the european union, have reached us. , and the european union, have reached us. . , , . and the european union, have reached us. , , . ., , ., us. emergency service teams have been deployed _ us. emergency service teams have been deployed from _ us. emergency service teams have been deployed from around - us. emergency service teams have been deployed from around the i us. emergency service teams have - been deployed from around the world. they are now on the ground, searching for bodies and offering food and shelter. and that help is essential. many are still missing.
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this young girl asks, where is my mum? some who have survived now find themselves homeless. these bonfires are what keep them warm during the biting winter. translation: ~ , biting winter. translation: , translation: we will be cold here until morning. _ translation: we will be cold here until morning, freezing, _ translation: we will be cold here until morning, freezing, getting - until morning, freezing, getting wet. we have got no place to go, no place to stay. my god, we don�*t even have a bed. ihts place to stay. my god, we don't even have a bed-— have a bed. as the search for survivors _ have a bed. as the search for survivors continues, - have a bed. as the search for survivors continues, rescue i have a bed. as the search for - survivors continues, rescue teams have another task at hand. counting the dead in one of the biggest earthquakes to hit the region in decades. earlier, our middle east correspondent tom bateman explained how the rescue effort in adana in southern turkey has been progressing. yeah, this was a ten story building behind me which came down in the initial quake.
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what is happening at the moment, and this is a very rare event compared to what is happening across the region, we have two diggers here clearing the rubble away from the edge of this. on top of the building itself, on top of the wreckage, i counted at least six recovery and rescue workers. they are now using cranes to lift parts of the rubble. it�*s incredibly precarious work for two reasons. first of all, their own safety, because the rubble is very dangerous. and, of course, the concerns about whether or not there are people still alive under the wreckage here. on the side streets here i was just speaking to quite a few people wrapped in blankets, they have been up all night. some have been evacuated from this building, others from other buildings in this area. one of the women i was just chatting to, her daughter was in this building. the last she knew,
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she was on the second floor. she told me the rescue workers were on their way down to the sixth floor. she was on the second floor. there was absolutely no word. her mother has been up all night waiting to get anything, but nothing at all. she was telling me how she is trying to tell her own grandchildren about what has happened. the woman trapped in this building had two daughters in germany. she was due to visit them in the next few days. she has had to have those conversations with her grandchildren. no word whatsoever. these kinds of scenes being replicated across this region. tom bateman reporting from adana a short time ago. we are going to bring you the live scenes from hatay. work still ongoing. this is a residential building that has collapsed. rescuers trying to move some of that rubble. you can see it is fairly intensely focused on one particular
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place. a short time ago we did see them all stop and wait and try and hear, listen for any sense. with more snow and rain and storms on the way to parts of that region, across turkey and syria, the race is on to try to find people as soon as i possibly can. we will bring you any updates as we get them. seven minutes past eight. the energy giant bp has reported record profits this morning after energy prices surged last year. nina is here to update us. good morning. we all know bp. it is the british energy giant that extracts and processes oil and gas and ends up in many of our must. this morning we learnt that last year they made £23 billion in profits. that is double what they made of the year before. and of the year before that i actually made a loss. so you can see how much more
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money they are making at the moment. —— they actually made a loss. we keep talking about the war on ukraine and the pressure it puts on raw energy. that sent prices soaring. so what, you might say, this is what big multinational companies do, they make lots of money? is there profits have been doubling, so too have our energy bills, roughly double over the same period. that is even when you incorporate the government�*s contribution to energy bills. there are questions around whether this is fair. and questions about what happens to those profits, because the government introduced the windfall tax to redistribute some of the excess profits. how much windfall tax will bp have to pay? the windfall tax _ tax will bp have to pay? the windfall tax was _ tax will bp have to pay? tis: windfall tax was devised for windfall, extraordinary money that comes into businesses because of circumstances outside their control. it is specifically for oil extract is here in the uk, for example, for resources extracted in the uk. we learned that bp will give around 678
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million in 2022 in terms of windfall taxes. that makes up less than 3% of their overall profits. last week we learnt about shell. their profits for the biggest in their history. just 111 million in windfall tax being paid from 32 billion profit. the tuc have said this morning they think it will make hard pressed families feel like cash machines. labour says a proper windfall system now needs to be introduced. things are not as simple as they seem. full stubble, these are global businesses. —— first of all. and secondly, they need to make money to reinvest in green energy. but when we are talking, every week, to families having to sit in the dark and thecolds together the winter, the juxtaposition of these billions coming through the covers is very unsettling for lots of people. thank you for now. detectives investigating the disappearance of nicola bulley, are focusing their efforts on a river path as they continue the search.
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the 45—year—old was last seen walking her dog in st michael�*s on wyre in lancashire 11 days ago. dave guest is there for us this morning. another big underwater search today? that�*s right. that search has been going on since friday the 27th of january, the day that nicola bulley was last seen. yesterday, the police teams were joined by a specialist private company which does underwater searches. private company which does underwatersearches. it private company which does underwater searches. it was requested by members of the family, the police agreed the team could come along. they have been using sonar equipment to try to plumb the depths of the river here to see if nicolette is indeed in the water. the police very much working on the theory at the moment that she slipped into the water for some reason or another and didn�*t resurface. the family saying, please keep an open mind, so other avenues
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are still being investigated by detectives. but for now, the searches are resuming. they will be going back into the water shortly. a little earlier they had of the private company which is now doing some of the underwater searching, said he was completely baffled. it�*s the most mysterious kc has come across in nearly 25 years in the business. he told us what his priorities would be this morning. today we are focusing on the area upstream — today we are focusing on the area upstream from the wear, which is nontidal. — upstream from the wear, which is nontidal, and going about a mile upstream — nontidal, and going about a mile upstream. this includes the area where _ upstream. this includes the area where the — upstream. this includes the area where the phone was found, nicola's found _ where the phone was found, nicola's found was— where the phone was found, nicola's found was found on the bench. as i state. _ found was found on the bench. as i state. that— found was found on the bench. as i state, that was thoroughly searched on the _ state, that was thoroughly searched on the day _ state, that was thoroughly searched on the day by police divers when nicola _ on the day by police divers when nicola went in. these are very professional divers and they never found _ professional divers and they never found nothing. that is the odd thing about— found nothing. that is the odd thing about this — found nothing. that is the odd thing about this. that's what i can't get my head — about this. that's what i can't get my head around. it's very strange. well. _ my head around. it's very strange. well. this— my head around. it's very strange. well. this is— my head around. it's very strange. well, this is a mystery which has captivated the attention of the
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nation, really. it has been featured on tv bulletins for days. nicola�*s picture has been on the front page of every paper. let�*s not forget it at the back of this is a family desperate for news, waiting to hear something concrete about what happened when nicola went walking her dog on friday, the 27th of january. at the moment of those answers are still not forthcoming. absolutely. and we are thinking of them. thank you. an 11—year—old girl who went missing in the scottish borders has been found safe and well. a community—wide search was launched for kaitlyn easson, who was reported missing in galashiels on sunday. police scotland has thanked the public for sharing its appeals. westminster is abuzz this morning. rishi sunak is expected to announce a reshuffle of his ministerial team in the coming hours, as he seeks to fill the party chair role left vacant let�*s talk about this with our chief political correspondent nick eardley, whojoins us from downing street.
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is there a buzz? yeah, i'd say a bit of a bun- — is there a buzz? yeah, i'd say a bit of a bun- not— is there a buzz? yeah, i'd say a bit of a buzz. not quite _ is there a buzz? yeah, i'd say a bit of a buzz. not quite what - is there a buzz? yeah, i'd say a bit of a buzz. not quite what it - is there a buzz? yeah, i'd say a bit of a buzz. not quite what it was i of a buzz. not quite what it was when we were here when prime ministers moving in and out every couple of days. there are a good few cars turning up. what we are expecting in the next hour or so is the new conservative party chairman to be confirmed. nothing has been confirmed this morning. the chatter i hear is it is likely to be a guy called greg hands. he is a trade minister. there are a lot of people tipping him to get that chairman job. a tough time to get it, three months out from the local elections in england and with the conservatives trailing in the opinion polls. it won�*t be an easy job for him. the other big thing i know is going to happen today, eight there is going to be a pretty big reorganisation of some government departments. it might sound a bit dry, but it�*s pretty important,
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because the prime minister is going to create a separate energy department to look at energy security. remember i was telling about the cars? there is one of them. an energy security department designed to make sure the uk can be self—sufficient, to try and everybody�*s bills down in future. there will be a couple of other government departments brought together. there will be a new department for science and innovation as well. lots going on here today. we should get a confirmation of most of that within the next hour. i will keep watching out for people walking up the street and give you a shout. d0 out for people walking up the street and give you a shout.— and give you a shout. do that. we will talk to — and give you a shout. do that. we will talk to you _ and give you a shout. do that. we will talk to you soon. _ thousands of nurses in england will take part in a second consecutive day of strikes today. the government has refused to reopen pay talks with union leaders, despite pleas from hospital bosses. the health secretary, steve barclay, said more than 80,000 appointments and 11,000 operations were cancelled as a result of industrial action by nurses and ambulance workers yesterday.
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ijust want i just want to share with everyone at homejohn�*s i just want to share with everyone at home john�*s favourite story and the newspaper today. do you want to tell everybody why you like it so much? you would have thought a packet of crisps is a relatively new invention, wouldn�*t you? but face, this is a recipe book going on the market today, which suggests chips were invented, not in america, but here in the uk. crisps. 1817. the crisp. 0k. the recipe is a bit grim. they weren�*t called crisps or chips in those days. itjust says, peel large spots, cut them thickly and add some fried lard or dripping, and sprinkle with very little salt. oh, ithink sprinkle with very little salt. oh, i think they sound gorgeous. fantastic. i don�*t think the recipe has changed a huge amount.
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not really. i don�*t think we would want to eat of the originals. crisps, they are old. older than we thought. carol is the weather. maybe a slightly warmer weekend coming? that�*s right. not as cold as it currently is. good morning. it is a north—south split of the moment. cold in the south. benson in oxfordshire, —7. as we push further north, glasgow, 8 degrees. bear that in mind if you are stepping out. we have also got some mist and fog patches, particularly so across east anglia, for example, south east england and parts of south—west england. most of it will lift quite readily. some of it will stay. that will hold the temperature down. a lot of us are starting with sunshine. northwest think that, scotland and northern ireland will see more cloud as a weather front slowly sinks southwards, with light rain and drizzle. the shelter in northern england is likely to be in the east, where we will see some sunshine. through the day as the
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weather front sinks southwards, it will brighten up behind and across scotland and the north of northern ireland. these are the temperatures. this evening and overnight the weather front continues to slide further south. weather front continues to slide furthersouth. under weather front continues to slide further south. under clear skies across much of england and also wales, the temperature will fall away rapidly. we are looking at a widespread frost and also some mist and fog patches once again forming, perhaps more widely tonight. across the north—east of scotland under clear skies you can expect some frost. tomorrow, the mist and fog will be slow to left. when it does, there will be a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, but there is an exception to that. the cloud building ahead of this weather front bringing in some heavy rain to the north—west and with it, across scotland, winds of up to 75 mph. potentially disruptive. these are the temperatures. the sevens, eights, maybe ten in glasgow. thank you.
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rising energy costs have left many people struggling to pay the bills. but the bbc has learned that as much as £50 million of government money to help has been left unclaimed. customers with traditional pre—payment meters could have cashed in vouchers for extra support, but one in five of those eligible in october and november weren�*t used. our cost of living correspondent colletta smith explains. extra money for each household�*s energy bills. that was the promise. if you pay by direct debit in britain it�*s been £66 a month knocked off the bills or credited to your account. but the two million households with a physical pre—payment meter have been sent vouchers in the post or by email each month that then need to be taken to a local shop to be credited onto the meter. figures seen by the bbc from paypoint and the post office show that 81% of vouchers for october and november were cashed before they expired,
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which leaves more than three quarters of a million uncashed vouchers for october and november before the expiry date passed this weekend. but it�*s not too late. if you haven�*t received your voucher or haven�*t cashed it in time, then contact your energy supplier and ask for it to be reissued. citizens advice say that their data shows the main reason for people not cashing an energy voucher is simply that it hasn�*t arrived and energy firms need to do more. there are some people who have been told to check their email to see if it�*s in there and unfortunately they�*re not online, they don�*t use an email account regularly, so they can�*t use that method. and there seem to be many people where their address data is incorrect, so itjust hasn�*t landed on their doorstep. what we would like to see is that the energy firms make it really easy for people to contact them, to ask them to re—issue the voucher so people can use it to stay on supply. energy companies are already in hot water for the way they treat
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pre—payment customers, and now it seems some of the most vulnerable are out of pocket at a time they need it most. since the weather has turned colder, we have seen a kind of increase in the number of people taking the vouchers and obviously more quickly. so obviously this help is really, really needed by a lot of people across the country and obviously we can assume that they're very, very keen to redeem it as soon as they get their hands on it. but it�*s that first step of getting their hands on vouchers, which hasn�*t been as easy as it should be for many. coletta smith, bbc news. we�*re joined now by matt cole, head of the fuel bank foundation — a charity set up to help people benefit from fuel crisis support. thank you for coming in. a £50 millionjust sitting thank you for coming in. a £50 million just sitting there waiting to be used by people who desperately
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needed. when you heard of that figure, were you surprised? it�*s a figure, were you surprised? it's a crazy number— figure, were you surprised? it's a crazy number but _ figure, were you surprised? it's a crazy number but i _ figure, were you surprised? it's a crazy number but i wasn't - figure, were you surprised? it�*s a. crazy number but i wasn't surprised. crazy number but i wasn�*t surprised. people come into our food crazy number but i wasn�*t surprised. people come into ourfood bank centres are struggling. they don�*t have the money to keep warm. when we talk to them about making sure they get the money they need to get, a lot of people do not how to get hold of the voucher. they have heard about it but don�*t know who to talk to. clearly, if you haven�*t cashed your voucher, to. clearly, if you haven�*t cashed yourvoucher, if to. clearly, if you haven�*t cashed your voucher, if you haven�*t received it, speak to your energy company. we need to reunite people with missing money as quickly as possible. with missing money as quickly as ossible. ., , , , , , ., possible. could energy suppliers do more to tell — possible. could energy suppliers do more to tell people _ possible. could energy suppliers do more to tell people how _ possible. could energy suppliers do more to tell people how to - possible. could energy suppliers do more to tell people how to do - possible. could energy suppliers doj more to tell people how to do this? yeah, absolutely. some energy companies are doing a greatjob in linking people up. we need all the energy companies to go as far as possible to make sure that people living without energy can access these vouchers to get the money they need to top up. every week we are spending about a third of £1 million at the charity finding crisis energy for people who don�*t have the money they need to keep warm. i�*m not saying everybody is missing a voucher, but some people are. i guess part of the issue is people
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are having to use their phones or laptops to make those connections and make phone calls, and sometimes that�*s not possible if you are running out of money? that's not possible if you are running out of money? absolutely, it's a really — running out of money? absolutely, it's a really common _ running out of money? absolutely, it's a really common problem. - running out of money? absolutely, it's a really common problem. it'sl it�*s a really common problem. it�*s charged correct it�*s hard to charge a mobile phone if you live in the dark with out —— without energy. we need to make sure they government is writing to people about missing vouchers. the government know who�*s vouchers. the government know who�*s vouchers have not been redeemed. we need to make sure people are getting notified that this money is there. you mentioned the government stop we have a response from them this morning. they say they want to make sure that everybody gets the support they are entitled to. until the beginning of the year, january one, 99% of energy bill support prepayment vouchers had been issued, they say. they say they get suppliers to make three attempts to reach customers if they haven�*t been in touch. they would say they are doing enough already, or they are doing enough already, or they are doing a lot? i
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doing enough already, or they are doing a lot?— doing enough already, or they are doing a lot? i don't about you, but ialwa s doing a lot? i don't about you, but i always seem _ doing a lot? i don't about you, but i always seem to _ doing a lot? i don't about you, but i always seem to fail— doing a lot? i don't about you, but i always seem to fail to _ doing a lot? i don't about you, but i always seem to fail to pay - doing a lot? i don't about you, but i always seem to fail to pay my - doing a lot? i don't about you, but i always seem to fail to pay my car insurance in time because i miss the three e—mails they sent me. we need to make sure that people haven�*t redeemed a voucher, 90% have not cast their prepayment vouchers, something more is needed than a couple of e—mails or letters. there needs to be a concerted effort. there needs to be strong action to make sure these people get a copy of the voucher they can take to the local corner shop and get the money they need. at the moment people are struggling to keep warm. this would solve the problem. igrufhat struggling to keep warm. this would solve the problem.— struggling to keep warm. this would solve the problem. what happens to a voucher if it — solve the problem. what happens to a voucher if it is _ solve the problem. what happens to a voucher if it is not _ solve the problem. what happens to a voucher if it is not redeemed? - solve the problem. what happens to a voucher if it is not redeemed? it - voucher if it is not redeemed? it just goes. money disappears. people need to claim this money. if you don�*t claim any missing vouchers by the end ofjune, the money gets returned to the treasury. the government _ returned to the treasury. the government says _ returned to the treasury. the government says they get in touch three times. they could be people with e—mails sitting in the junk folders that they don�*t know are there? folders that they don't know are there? ., ., , ,., , , there? yeah, absolutely. sometimes when we have _ there? yeah, absolutely. sometimes when we have spoken _ there? yeah, absolutely. sometimes
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when we have spoken to _ there? yeah, absolutely. sometimes when we have spoken to clients - there? yeah, absolutely. sometimes when we have spoken to clients they| when we have spoken to clients they have given an e—mail address and change their name and address, change their name and address, change their name and address, change theirjob, or set a new account up. sometimes the e—mail address they are using is not the one the energy company has. what is important as well is that people who prepay don�*t have a really strong relationship with their energy supplier. they top up at the corner shop. not normally through the energy supplier. sometimes an e—mail coming from a company you don�*t really work with that often, people, it just goes astray. really work with that often, people, itjust goes astray. you really work with that often, people, it just goes astray.— itjust goes astray. you so much for cominu itjust goes astray. you so much for coming in- — itjust goes astray. you so much for coming in- -- _ itjust goes astray. you so much for coming in. -- thank— itjust goes astray. you so much for coming in. -- thank you _ itjust goes astray. you so much for coming in. -- thank you so - itjust goes astray. you so much for coming in. -- thank you so much i itjust goes astray. you so much for| coming in. -- thank you so much for coming in. —— thank you so much for coming in. —— thank you so much for coming in. if you want to know if you might be entitled to a voucher you can check with your energy provider. and there�*s more on the cost of living crisis, including a section called �*tackling it together�*, on the bbc website. morning live follows us on bbc one this morning. let�*s find out what they have in store. good morning. good morning. coming
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up good morning. good morning. coming up today, over to me and people in the uk are struggling with the debilitating effects of long covert. the vaccine is the best defence we have against the virus. but your chance to get your booster for free might be running out.— chance to get your booster for free might be running out. doctor pin is here to help- _ might be running out. doctor pin is here to help. yes, _ might be running out. doctor pin is here to help. yes, if _ might be running out. doctor pin is here to help. yes, if you _ might be running out. doctor pin is here to help. yes, if you are - might be running out. doctor pin is here to help. yes, if you are a - here to help. yes, if you are a healthy— here to help. yes, if you are a healthy adult under 50 in england, you have _ healthy adult under 50 in england, you have less than a week before the free booster offer ends. iwill you have less than a week before the free booster offer ends. i will be talking _ free booster offer ends. i will be talking about this, and answering your questions.— your questions. plus, food prices are auoin your questions. plus, food prices are going up _ your questions. plus, food prices are going up faster— your questions. plus, food prices are going up faster than - your questions. plus, food prices are going up faster than 15 - your questions. plus, food pricesj are going up faster than 15 years. adding nearly £800 to the average annual shopping bill. we have a digital expert who can buy you a bargain and find you a freebie. also, having got through her battle with breast cancer, present a michaela _ with breast cancer, present a michaela strachan heads meet the fellow— michaela strachan heads meet the fellow survivors continuing their recovery— fellow survivors continuing their recovery by raising dragon boats. it recovery by raising dragon boats. it will_ recovery by raising dragon boats. it will get — recovery by raising dragon boats. it will get your feathered friends rising to the dinner table. gardner mark lane shows us how to serve a winter banquet for your guests.
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absolutely. it is freezing outside and we _ absolutely. it is freezing outside and we are — absolutely. it is freezing outside and we are all— absolutely. it is freezing outside and we are all trying _ absolutely. it is freezing outside and we are all trying to - absolutely. it is freezing outside and we are all trying to stay - and we are all trying to stay warm, birds _ and we are all trying to stay warm, birds included. _ and we are all trying to stay warm, birds included. i— and we are all trying to stay warm, birds included. iwill— and we are all trying to stay warm, birds included. i will show- and we are all trying to stay warm, birds included. i will show you - and we are all trying to stay warm, birds included. i will show you howj birds included. i will show you how to make _ birds included. i will show you how to make cakes _ birds included. i will show you how to make cakes to _ birds included. i will show you how to make cakes to help _ birds included. i will show you how to make cakes to help them - birds included. i will show you how. to make cakes to help them through the cold _ to make cakes to help them through the cold night — to make cakes to help them through the cold night. with _ to make cakes to help them through the cold night. with a _ to make cakes to help them through the cold night. with a number- to make cakes to help them through the cold night. with a number is - the cold night. with a number is decreasing. _ the cold night. with a number is decreasing. it— the cold night. with a number is decreasing, it is _ the cold night. with a number is decreasing, it is more _ the cold night. with a number isj decreasing, it is more important than _ decreasing, it is more important than ever~ — decreasing, it is more important than ever-— decreasing, it is more important than ever. , ., ., , than ever. things are heating up in the six nations. _ than ever. things are heating up in the six nations. ugo _ than ever. things are heating up in the six nations. ugo monye - than ever. things are heating up in the six nations. ugo monye kicks i than ever. things are heating up in i the six nations. ugo monye kicks off the six nations. ugo monye kicks off the analysis and tells us how he almost lost his big toe in his career. see you at 9:15am. a bit squeamish about big toes! not sure i want to know about that. i think he did it twice. i know about that. i think he did it twice. , , i think he did it twice. i suppose he has got _ i think he did it twice. i suppose he has got two. _ he has got two. i hope he has more than that. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. if good morning from bbc london with me alison earle.
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croydon high school for girls has described its former head emma pattison as "hugely respected and much loved" after she was found dead along with her husband and daughter. the family�*s bodies were discovered on sunday in a property at epsom college. police say it�*s an isolated incident. newspaper reports claim the school�*s rifle range was searched after gunshots were heard before they were found. a community centre in east london says it�*s been overwhelmed by donations to help those affected by the earthquake in turkey. these were the scenes as clothes, blankets and other essentials arrived in haggerston last night. the appeal was launched by the group karahasanlilar uk. a cancer charity has said patients have told them they�*re worried about how they�*re going to feed themselves as their earnings dip, but their bills continue to rise. macmillan said it gave away more than £1.2 million to support cancer patients in london in 2021, up more than 20% on the year before and expects even
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more people will need their help. i�*ve been doing this for, benefit advice for about 25 years. but i�*ve never seen the amount of concern from people in terms of how i�*m going to survive, how i�*m going to feed myself, how am i going to feed my kids? and then there is the priority, do i keep the heating on or do i put the heating off? do i buy enough basic food for the week or we go without certain things? there are hopes of a breakthrough in the long—running dispute with abellio bus drivers after their union voted to suspend their strikes. walk—outs planned for today have been called off and members are being balloted on whether to end their action altogether. it comes after a pay increase of 13.5% was put forward. travel now and this is how the tubes are looking at the moment. there�*s a good service on all lines. time for the weather now, here�*s elizabeth rizzini.
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hello there, good morning. with high—pressure dominating as we head through the rest of the week, it is looking largely dry and settled. some more sunshine to come at times and things will be turning milder again as we head towards the weekend. today very similar to how it was yesterday, but it is a cold start to the morning. a widespread frost, temperatures below freezing and also some patches of mist and fog around as well. more extensive than it was yesterday, it will be slow to clear as we head through the morning so reduced visibility for many for quite some time. as we head through the afternoon there will be a lot of blue sky and sunshine, the fog certainly isn�*t everywhere. top temperatures a little lower than they were yesterday with a slower start. the winds are very light and it will of course stay dry. as we head through this evening and overnight, it�*s more of the same. clearskies, light winds, temperatures dropping below freezing widely into the start of the day tomorrow, so there will be a frost and some more patches of mist and fog too so poor visibility once again tomorrow morning.
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things will turn a bit milder as we head through thursday and friday. there�*s more on our website and social media, including cheryl on her west end theatre debut. that�*s it for now, i�*m backjust after nine. good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. as we�*ve been hearing throughout the morning, a rescue operation is continuing following two earthquakes, which killed nearly 5000 people in turkey and syria. thousands of buildings have been flattened causing fears that people may still be trapped beneath the rubble. that death toll is climbing all the time. aid agencies are trying to reach those most at risk after a night of freezing temperatures. this is the scene in gaziantep, the rescue operation is still very much ongoing, a painstaking operation, this is a densely populated
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residential area, rescuers are having to bring in heavy lifting equipment as well as stopping and pausing and painstakingly removing rubble and bricks in case they can find people who are still alive. sometimes they just stop find people who are still alive. sometimes theyjust stop and pause when they think they might have heard something, might have heard somebody call. there is complete silence and then they start work again. that scene is replicated, collapsed buildings right across the area of turkey and in syria as well. a huge region has been affected. we can speak now to kitle eikelberg in richmond, who has family and friends in an area that has been heavily affected by the earthquake. kitle, good morning, thank you for joining us. it must be so hard to see these images and to be here. have you been able to get in touch with any of your friends and family? only managed yesterday evening to my
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cousin. everyone is in utter shock, and people have been dying. yeah, so, just a couple of minutes phone call in the evening yesterday. and nothing today. we are just devastated, we are helpless, basically, just watching the pictures. so there are families gone in the village, we are talking about buildings, they arejust in the village, we are talking about buildings, they are just two stories high. and i cannot imagine what happened to the high—rise buildings in the towns and cities. so that is it, really. we have a very large diaspora in europe from our region. i only see the cries of help because no one can do anything. there is no help so farfrom no one can do anything. there is no help so far from what i heard from my cousin, there are no on coming to help cover elderly is —— there is no
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one coming to help, and there are elderly outside in the freezing temperatures. we are feeling guilty, i know it�*s not rational but it�*s just not being able to do anything. there is no help, there is no aid reaching hundreds of villages, which are cut off. i�*m not talking about villages where they are in difficult terrain, they are very close to the motorway, my village is only three miles to the motorway. about ten kilometres away from the epicentre of the first quake. and there is no one. there are still families buried deadin one. there are still families buried dead in the village. and there is nothing. dead in the village. and there is nothinu. �* ,., dead in the village. and there is nothinu. �* , dead in the village. and there is nothing._ there - dead in the village. and there is nothing._ there is i dead in the village. and there is i nothing._ there is no nothing. i'm so sorry. there is no equipment _ nothing. i'm so sorry. there is no equipment to _ nothing. i'm so sorry. there is no equipment to lift _ nothing. i'm so sorry. there is no equipment to lift the _ nothing. i'm so sorry. there is no equipment to lift the concrete. i i nothing. i'm so sorry. there is no i equipment to lift the concrete. i am so, so equipment to lift the concrete. i am so. so sorry- _ equipment to lift the concrete. i am so. so sorry- you — equipment to lift the concrete. i am so, so sorry. you mentioned your village is very close to the epicentre of the earthquake? yes, i can see there _ epicentre of the earthquake? yes, i can see there is _ epicentre of the earthquake? yes, i can see there is a _ epicentre of the earthquake? yes, i can see there is a hill— epicentre of the earthquake? yes, i can see there is a hill were - epicentre of the earthquake? yes, i can see there is a hill were used i epicentre of the earthquake? yes, i can see there is a hill were used to| can see there is a hill were used to go and climb, and i can see the
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exactarea. go and climb, and i can see the exact area. this is how far it is. about ten kilometres away. and there are constant tremors. no one is daring to get near their houses. there is no food, no water. and people are running out of battery power on their phones. we don�*t want to ring them because we don�*t want them to be cut off totally. my village isjust them to be cut off totally. my village is just one, them to be cut off totally. my village isjust one, but them to be cut off totally. my village is just one, but there are hundreds, and they are quite highly populated area. there are villages in the mountains, in the neighbouring provinces, where perhaps they don�*t have that sort of communication. the elderly may be don�*t have a mobile phone. and then we have families in the province capital, people screaming from the
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buildings because there are not enough people to help. there is not enough people to help. there is not enough rescue vehicles to help to move the rubble. so they are just waiting there. igrate move the rubble. so they are 'ust waiting there.�* waiting there. we are 'ust seeing some pictures h waiting there. we are 'ust seeing some pictures now, _ waiting there. we are just seeing some pictures now, this - waiting there. we are just seeing some pictures now, this is - waiting there. we are just seeing some pictures now, this is from i waiting there. we are just seeing i some pictures now, this is from the city of gaziantep, we can see diggers going through the rubble and crowds of people in their high vis jackets. it looks like quite a coordinated effort there. your concern is for those rural communities where there is many people and help cannot get close to it. , , ., ,., it. yes, there is the manpower needed. donations _ it. yes, there is the manpower needed. donations are - it. yes, there is the manpower needed. donations are great i it. yes, there is the manpowerl needed. donations are great for rebuilding in the longer term but right now there are people needed to listen and move the rubble and machinery. there is another town 50
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kilometres from my village. there are buildings, 56—storey buildings, whole streets flattened and there are no hi vis jackets there. great for the pictures that people are doing but we are looking at hundreds if not thousands of buildings that have collapsed. it has been raining, snowing, overnight, ispoke have collapsed. it has been raining, snowing, overnight, i spoke to a friend who is running out of food and water and fuel and the battery in their car, because they are actually using their car headlights to see. imagine the countryside on the pitch dark. it is devastating. all i can say is please, please, try to reach the remote villages and
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towns as well as cities were highly populated buildings have collapsed. i have got a distant cousin, no one has heard of them, they are in a high—rise building. all i see is things on facebook saying, please just rescue their operation. that�*s all i can say, there has to be manpower and the army had to get involved. they have vehicles, they have manpower, at least get blankets, tents, generators, power banks for their mobile phone. the water, there is no water in my village, no power. this village is not remote at all. it�*s just devastating. not remote at all. it's 'ust devastatingi not remote at all. it's 'ust devastating. not remote at all. it's 'ust devastatin.. ., ,, , ., ., , devastating. thank you for sparing the time to — devastating. thank you for sparing the time to talk—
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devastating. thank you for sparing the time to talk to _ devastating. thank you for sparing the time to talk to us _ devastating. thank you for sparing the time to talk to us this - devastating. thank you for sparing | the time to talk to us this morning. i know it is such a difficult time for you and yourfamily i know it is such a difficult time for you and your family but we hope you get some good news. we have been reporting this morning that there is help hopefully on the way very soon. bj richardson is an american teacher who has been living in gaziantep, turkey, near the epicentre, for the past seven years and hejoins us now. a good morning to you. first of all, how are you now, are you somewhere safe? . . how are you now, are you somewhere safe? , ., , , safe? yes, i have been sheltering for more than _ safe? yes, i have been sheltering for more than the _ safe? yes, i have been sheltering for more than the last _ safe? yes, i have been sheltering for more than the last day, - safe? yes, i have been sheltering for more than the last day, at - safe? yes, i have been sheltering for more than the last day, at my| for more than the last day, at my school�*s gymnasium. there are about 200 people here. we are safe, there is no running water, electricity is on and off, and it�*s only generate electricity, so that as long as the gas lasts. as long as our physical safety, we are ok. talk gas lasts. as long as our physical safety, we are ok.— gas lasts. as long as our physical safety, we are ok. talk us through where ou safety, we are ok. talk us through where you were — safety, we are ok. talk us through where you were and _ safety, we are ok. talk us through where you were and what - safety, we are ok. talk us through | where you were and what happened when he became aware of the earthquake, i know it was the middle of the night.
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earthquake, i know it was the middle of the night-— of the night. yes, i was in my apartment— of the night. yes, i was in my apartment sleeping _ of the night. yes, i was in my apartment sleeping on - of the night. yes, i was in my apartment sleeping on the i of the night. yes, i was in my i apartment sleeping on the third floor of a five floor building, about 30 apartments in my building. i was sleeping, it was about 415 in the morning. when that first 7.8 earthquake hits, immediately you go from dead sleep to wide awake. the panic sets in. i went to the nearby doorframe, sorry the background noise, it�*s the safest place in the apartment. the shock continued going and i was fully expecting to that building while i was right there to collapse. the shockjust did not seem to stop. it was only a minute and a half but it seemed like forever. ~ . . and a half but it seemed like forever. . ., , ., , forever. we are seeing live images from gaziantep, _ forever. we are seeing live images from gaziantep, of— forever. we are seeing live images from gaziantep, of the _ forever. we are seeing live images from gaziantep, of the rescue - from gaziantep, of the rescue operation that continues, it is ongoing, it looks freezing cold, we can see lots of people, lots of work as they�*re attempting to clear rubble from what looks like a collapsed residential building. what
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is the area like, how densely populated is it?— is the area like, how densely populated is it? is the area like, how densely oulated is it? ., , ,.,. , populated is it? gaziantep is a city officiall of populated is it? gaziantep is a city officially of 1.5 _ populated is it? gaziantep is a city officially of 1.5 million _ populated is it? gaziantep is a city officially of 1.5 million people. - populated is it? gaziantep is a city officially of 1.5 million people. ati officially of 1.5 million people. at the peak of the syrian refugee crisis, there were also 500,000 syrian refugees here in the city. at this point in time, a good number of those are gone so we are probably 1.7 million. and wejust do not have the manpower to be able to handle the manpower to be able to handle the crisis. many of the northern areas of the city, it�*s been horrible what has happened. near me, about two kilometres from where i am, 13 floor building that collapsed yesterday, in the 7.5 earthquake. you mentioned that things are difficult where you are, i know you are sheltering in a gymnasium. have you any indication of when help might get to you? i
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you any indication of when help might get to you?— you any indication of when help might get to you? i have not, but when i might get to you? i have not, but when i have _ might get to you? i have not, but when i have spoken _ might get to you? i have not, but when i have spoken with - might get to you? i have not, but when i have spoken with the - when i have spoken with the president of the school, i know he has been in contact with people like that. but there are only 200 people here, that is much smaller than many of the other locations. so i�*m sure that they are prioritising help based on need. so i doubt we will get anything for the next couple of days. get anything for the next couple of da s. �* ., , ., get anything for the next couple of da s. �* ., i. ., ., ., days. and how will you manage for the next couple _ days. and how will you manage for the next couple of _ days. and how will you manage for the next couple of days, _ days. and how will you manage for the next couple of days, are - days. and how will you manage for the next couple of days, are you i the next couple of days, are you managing to keep warm? i know you have shelter but what is it like? welcome inside it�*s not... outside its may be two or three degrees, it has been slowing but thank god today it has been clear. inside it is cold, i am wearing a sweatshirt and myjacket but it is not intolerably cold, we can survive with this. at night you can get colder but we are
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all linked together, people share blankets, 200 people on one floor. including children from the school as well? . including children from the school as well? , ., ., ,., :: as well? yes, there are about 50 kids here. _ as well? yes, there are about 50 kids here, most _ as well? yes, there are about 50 kids here, most of _ as well? yes, there are about 50 kids here, most of the _ as well? yes, there are about 50 kids here, most of the kids - as well? yes, there are about 50 kids here, most of the kids that l as well? yes, there are about 50 i kids here, most of the kids that are here are early primary or kindergarten age or younger. many of them are actually from the community and not actually from the school. probably about a quarter of the people here are kids which means there will be lots of crying through there will be lots of crying through the night. ibj. there will be lots of crying through the nitht. 1 , the night. b], we wish you well, thank you _ the night. bj, we wish you well, thank you for— the night. b], we wish you well, thank you for talking _ the night. b], we wish you well, thank you for talking to - the night. b], we wish you well, thank you for talking to us. - the night. b], we wish you well, thank you for talking to us. b] i thank you for talking to us. bj richardson, english teacher and gaziantep resident talking to us from turkey this morning. so many stories and hopefully help on its way. the spitfire, hurricane or lancaster are well known for their contribution to world war two but for many, the mosquito also played a hugely
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significant role for the allies. made of wood, it was one of the world�*s fastest aircraft, but sadly there aren�*t any left flying in the uk. now, a group of volunteers in east sussex is hoping to change that. tim muffett reports. �*here are pictures to carry in your mind�*s eye, when next you hear of our mosquitoes having been in action.�* what were they like to fly? beautiful. versatile. you had everything — speed, height — you name it, it was there. �*mosquitoes of raf coastal command on the way to attack enemy shipping, tucked away in a norwegian fjord.�* its nickname was the wooden wonder. �*they peel off at 5000 feet. �*they dive at an angle of 45 degrees, at a speed of over 300 miles an hour.�* the mosquito played a crucial role in defeating the nazis. there you go. just nothing to it. george dunn, who is 100 years old, flew them on numerous missions during world war two. it was my favourite aircraft.
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i've flown several spitfires and that, but the mosquito was absolutely out of this world. �*this is the first time we have seen the new british mosquitoes in action.�* a bomber, a fighter, a reconnaissance aircraft, mosquitoes played many roles. it�*s thought there are only four airworthy planes left — three in the us and one in canada. a mosquito hasn�*t been built in the uk for 70 years. �*circularsaws, planes and carpenters�* tools build the component parts of fuselage and wings.�* until now. we're the people's mosquito. so, we're a uk charity rebuilding, remanufacturing, a de _ havilland mosquito aircraft to british skies. _ using traditional methods, the volunteers are following original technical drawings, discovered in an old filing cabinet at the airbus factory in broughton in north wales, where mosquitoes were once built.
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�*in 22 months, the fastest aircraft in the world has emerged from blueprint and scale model to front line operations.�* they were probably going to be disposed of if nobody _ took the ownership. so we gladly accepted. george has come along to rye in east sussex to meet the volunteers. this plane will also feature original mosquito parts. we've rescued this control column from canada. - obviously, your flaps, your gears, can all go in the mosquito. - a standard, eh... standard. ..instrument panel. yeah. which you would set from your compass. we've got to bring it back to life as she was designed. _ what�*s it been like to see these pieces of equipment from original mosquitoes, and the thought that they�*re going to be going back in another mosquito? i can't believe that they're being renovated, resurrected, and going back to fly again. making a plane out of wood
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was controversial at first. in world war two, most combat aircraft were made of metal. but for the designer, sir geoffrey de havilland, it wasn�*t so much about saving money. he believed his wooden aircraft would be light, it would be streamlined because there�*d be no metal rivets, and it would be very, very fast. �*raf cameramen capture a vivid impression of speed, as the squadrons hop and roof skim their way to eindhoven.�* this is the log from your raids over berlin. that's right, yes. and it all comes back to you quite, quite easily. what was it like — were you scared, were you excited? what kind of emotions were going through your mind? well, i wouldn't say i was scared. you were more apprehensive, but not not so much with the mozzie. you've got the speed and you've got the height. amazing aircraft. with their current funding, the volunteers believe it�*ll take four years to get their mosquito
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in the air. the cockpit, actually, was quite small. it'sjust marvellous. i can't believe it's happening. unfortunately, i don't think i shall be here when it's completed! the team would dearly love to prove george wrong. tim muffett, bbc news rye in east sussex. would that be amazing? absolutely fantastic story. that was pilot george dunn speaking to our correspondent tim muffett. do you or someone you know have a story to share about world war two? the bbc is trying to gather as many first—hand accounts from surviving veterans as possible, to preserve them for future generations. you can email bbc breakfast or get in touch via the bbc news website.
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is that your mum, dad, grandma, great—grandparents, get in touch, we are gathering those stories. lrufe great-grandparents, get in touch, we are gathering those stories.— are gathering those stories. we have the sto of are gathering those stories. we have the story of the _ are gathering those stories. we have the story of the weather _ are gathering those stories. we have the story of the weather over - are gathering those stories. we have the story of the weather over the - the story of the weather over the coming days and it is going to get a bit warmer, carol? that�*s right, not as cold in the week coming up but a blip in that impetus on thursday. we have a widespread frost in southern england and wales at the moment, freezing fog as well, especially east anglia, the south east and parts of the southwest. i have had some reports that there are delays and cancellations of flights coming out of city airport. moving north, more cloud and the temperatures have held up. this is also where we have some patchy light rain and drizzle. this weather front producing it is sinking south through the day, high cloud as it gets into northern england, behind it it will brighten up england, behind it it will brighten up and ahead of it when we lose the mist and fog we will see some sunshine but some of the mist and fog will be slow to lift.
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temperatures today seven to 11 degrees. this evening and overnight, weather front degrees. this evening and overnight, weatherfront sinks degrees. this evening and overnight, weather front sinks south, mostly as a band of cloud. temperatures will fall away rapidly in england and wales, where we will have a widespread frost and also some mist and fog patches developing quite widely tonight as well. under clear skies in the north—east of scotland we could also some frost as well as southern areas. the mist and fog will be slow to clear tomorrow morning, some of it sticking into the afternoon. when it does, there will be dry weather, variable cloud but when the weather changes in the north west, there is an active weather front coming in north west, there is an active weatherfront coming in introducing heavy rain and squally winds. the met office has a yellow weather warning out, gusts of wind up to 75 miles an hour in the outer hebrides, the isle of skye or western scotland. that could be disrupted. temperatures tomorrow are a bit cooler, seven to nine but beyond that after thursday, friday and into
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the weekend, it turns that bit milder. you are right.- the weekend, it turns that bit milder. you are right. only because ou told milder. you are right. only because you told me. _ milder. you are right. only because you told me, carol! _ milder. you are right. only because you told me, carol! she _ milder. you are right. only because you told me, carol! she is - milder. you are right. only because you told me, carol! she is always i you told me, carol! she is always right, say what carol says! this is a remarkable story. three female cyclists who risked their lives to escape from the taliban have spoken for the first time about their hopes of reaching the 2024 olympics in paris. women and girls were banned from playing all sport in afghanistan, but since arriving in the uk in november, mina, persia and arifa have been training twice a week. graham satchell went to meet them.
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a cycle track in west london and a group of afghan athletes are being put through their paces. nice, let�*s go. i lost my dreams when taliban came in afghanistan. i have a safe life today in england. i can tell you, if you stay in afghanistan before and come in uk, you know, like a night and day, that changes like a night and day. these cyclists used to compete as a team. but when the taliban came back to power, cycling for all women was banned. suddenly, in one week, everything changed. the lights changed to the darkness. we couldn't imagine our future. we lost hope. the women in afghanistan are deprived of their basic human rights, unfortunately. a fundraising event organised by the charity that helped to rescue the athletes. it took months of negotiating, but eventually three coaches, 15 athletes and some of their family members, 30 in all, were allowed into the country under
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the home office�*s lotr or leave outside the rules scheme. the cyclists have been training twice a week since they arrived in october. they�*re now under the expert guidance of coach james haigh. the girls call themselves the warriors. so it�*s, i mean, the word warrior, the definition itself is to have a fighting spirit, to have tenacity and to have drive. what i see out there on the bike, they�*ve certainly got all of that and certainly got a bright future. james tells me that your team is called the warriors. yes. are you a warrior? yes, we are warriors, really. notjust our life. for every exile, we are worriers. i hope other girls in afghanistan one day have a free life.
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i have my basic rights here. i can live like a human. i can ride my bicycle - and i can pursue my dreams. that's cycling, yeah, - to be a professional cyclist. the team have set their sights high. they are aiming for the olympic games in paris next year. they want to be a symbol of hope for the millions of women forced to endure the taliban regime in afghanistan. graham satchell, bbc news. we�*re joined now by cyclists mina, persia and arefa and charity worker yvette hoyle who supported the three women in getting to the uk. good morning all of you. morning, thank you- — good morning all of you. morning, thank you. tell— good morning all of you. morning, thank you. tell us _ good morning all of you. morning, thank you. tell us a _ good morning all of you. morning, thank you. tell us a little - good morning all of you. morning,
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thank you. tell us a little bit - good morning all of you. morning, thank you. tell us a little bit if - thank you. tell us a little bit if ou can thank you. tell us a little bit if you can about _ thank you. tell us a little bit if you can about what _ thank you. tell us a little bit if you can about what it - thank you. tell us a little bit if you can about what it is - thank you. tell us a little bit if you can about what it is like i thank you. tell us a little bit if. you can about what it is like being here and training and having that dream. ~ ., , here and training and having that dream. . ~ ., , ., dream. when i was in afghanistan i had a dream _ dream. when i was in afghanistan i had a dream of _ dream. when i was in afghanistan i had a dream of being _ dream. when i was in afghanistan i had a dream of being a _ dream. when i was in afghanistan i | had a dream of being a professional cyclist but in afghanistan i had no opportunity to continue dreaming. and now i am here, i have many opportunities, i have many friends helping me to achieve my dream. that�*s wonderful to hear. how are you finding life in the uk, cycling in the uk?— in the uk? oh, it's fantastic. i really like _ in the uk? oh, it's fantastic. i really like it. _ in the uk? oh, it's fantastic. i really like it. because - in the uk? oh, it's fantastic. i really like it. because i'm - in the uk? oh, it's fantastic. i really like it. because i'm free in the uk? oh, it's fantastic. i. really like it. because i'm free to really like it. because i�*m free to cycle, to take my bike, and train. the story of how you got here is really interesting. i know you have been a really big part of it, tell us how this all started. i been a really big part of it, tell us how this all started.- us how this all started. i am a volunteer _ us how this all started. i am a volunteer with _ us how this all started. i am a volunteer with a _ us how this all started. i am a volunteer with a charity - us how this all started. i am a volunteer with a charity called us how this all started. i am a - volunteer with a charity called help children _ volunteer with a charity called help children now, which is founded by a business _ children now, which is founded by a business entrepreneur and landmine activist _ business entrepreneur and landmine activist and — business entrepreneur and landmine activist and actor. and we received
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activist and actor. and we received a cat!— activist and actor. and we received a cat! in _ activist and actor. and we received a call in 2020 in october by a young lady and _ a call in 2020 in october by a young lady and a _ a call in 2020 in october by a young lady and a corresponding from the bbc asking if we could help the .irls bbc asking if we could help the girls in— bbc asking if we could help the girls in their plight. —— correspondence. they were obviously terrified. _ correspondence. they were obviously terrified, and just sport loving sport. — terrified, and just sport loving sport, they became sport. so the taliban— sport, they became sport. so the taliban targeted the girls in their villages — taliban targeted the girls in their villages. they were looking for a way out — villages. they were looking for a way out and we offered to help. arefa. _ way out and we offered to help. arefa. it's — way out and we offered to help. arefa, it's been a long journey but arefa, it�*s been a long journey but here you are in the uk. now you are dreaming the olympics. yes. tell us, paris next year? _ dreaming the olympics. yes. tell us, paris next year? 2024. _ dreaming the olympics. yes. tell us, paris next year? 2024. i _ dreaming the olympics. yes. tell us, paris next year? 2024. i wanted - dreaming the olympics. yes. tell us, paris next year? 2024. i wanted to i paris next year? 2024. i wanted to be a writer. _ paris next year? 2024. i wanted to be a writer. to _ paris next year? 2024. i wanted to be a writer, to give... _ paris next year? 2024. i wanted to be a writer, to give... sorry! - be a writer, to give... sorry! that's— be a writer, to give... sorry! that's fine. _ be a writer, to give... sorry! that's fine, that's _ be a writer, to give... sorry! that's fine, that's fine! - be a writer, to give... sorry! that's fine, that's fine! we i be a writer, to give... sorry! i that's fine, that's fine! we are that�*s fine, that�*s fine! we are seeing some pictures of you
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training. so you are in a classroom there, is that in a school? that training. so you are in a classroom there, is that in a school?- there, is that in a school? that is a dim there, is that in a school? that is a cycling circuit, _ there, is that in a school? that is a cycling circuit, it's _ there, is that in a school? that is a cycling circuit, it's a _ there, is that in a school? that is a cycling circuit, it's a specialist i a cycling circuit, it�*s a specialist thing for cyclists, they come here to train, that is indoor training. indoor training is good in the uk because the weather is terrible. persia, i�*m fascinated to know, how does the training you are able to do here, compared to previously? what is it like to train here?— is it like to train here? when we were in afghanistan, _ is it like to train here? when we were in afghanistan, we - is it like to train here? when we were in afghanistan, we would i is it like to train here? when we i were in afghanistan, we would do is it like to train here? when we - were in afghanistan, we would do our exercising _ were in afghanistan, we would do our exercising. when we started the first time — exercising. when we started the first time to make our team, most of the time _ first time to make our team, most of the time we — first time to make our team, most of the time we used inside schools at the time we used inside schools at the night _ the time we used inside schools at the night time. and we did other exercises — the night time. and we did other exercises with our afghan coach. when _ exercises with our afghan coach. when we — exercises with our afghan coach. when we come here to the uk, we can touch— when we come here to the uk, we can touch our— when we come here to the uk, we can touch our dream and we are feeling
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really— touch our dream and we are feeling really free — touch our dream and we are feeling really free. when we do our cycling and exercising, we can do it on the road. _ and exercising, we can do it on the road. we _ and exercising, we can do it on the road, we have got our coach james. it road, we have got our coach james. it was _ road, we have got our coach james. it was really — road, we have got our coach james. it was really different. really different. , , it was really different. really different. , ' ., it was really different. really - different._ because we different. different how? because we can be more — different. different how? because we can be more safe, _ different. different how? because we can be more safe, be _ different. different how? because we can be more safe, be relaxed, - different. different how? because we can be more safe, be relaxed, and i can be more safe, be relaxed, and very comfortable.— very comfortable. because it is a big change- _ very comfortable. because it is a big change. really _ very comfortable. because it is a big change. really big _ very comfortable. because it is a big change. really big change. i very comfortable. because it is a i big change. really big change. you had a bit big change. really big change. you had a big smile _ big change. really big change. you had a big smile when _ big change. really big change. you had a big smile when you - big change. really big change. you had a big smile when you talked i had a big smile when you talked about that sense of freedom. yes. about that sense of freedom. yes, because before _ about that sense of freedom. yes, because before in _ about that sense of freedom. yes, because before in afghanistan, we had to— because before in afghanistan, we had to cover our face to do our exercising. _ had to cover our face to do our exercising, and no one had to know we are _ exercising, and no one had to know we are girls — exercising, and no one had to know we are girls. and now here, we are really— we are girls. and now here, we are really happy. — we are girls. and now here, we are really happy, really happy with exercising. really happy, really happy with exercising-— really happy, really happy with exercisint. �* ., ., ., exercising. arefa, how do you feel about being _
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exercising. arefa, how do you feel about being here, _ exercising. arefa, how do you feel about being here, have _ exercising. arefa, how do you feel about being here, have you - exercising. arefa, how do you feel about being here, have you felt i exercising. arefa, how do you feel. about being here, have you felt like you have changed? yes. about being here, have you felt like you have changed?— you have changed? yes, of course. now i you have changed? yes, of course. now i have — you have changed? yes, of course. now i have a _ you have changed? yes, of course. now i have a safe _ you have changed? yes, of course. now i have a safe life _ you have changed? yes, of course. now i have a safe life in _ you have changed? yes, of course. now i have a safe life in england. i you have changed? yes, of course. nowl have a safe life in england. i | now i have a safe life in england. i have _ now i have a safe life in england. i have a _ now i have a safe life in england. i have a lot — now i have a safe life in england. i have a lot of — now i have a safe life in england. i have a lot of opportunity _ now i have a safe life in england. i have a lot of opportunity and - have a lot of opportunity and facilities _ have a lot of opportunity and facilities to— have a lot of opportunity and facilities to make _ have a lot of opportunity and facilities to make a - have a lot of opportunity and facilities to make a brilliant i facilities to make a brilliant future _ facilities to make a brilliant future. �* . . . facilities to make a brilliant future. �*, . , 1., future. it's exciting. i bet you can't believe _ future. it's exciting. i bet you can't believe that _ future. it's exciting. i bet you can't believe that you - future. it's exciting. i bet you can't believe that you are - future. it's exciting. i bet you i can't believe that you are sitting can�*t believe that you are sitting here knowing that they are safe, they are here, they are training, and it has all come good.- they are here, they are training, and it has all come good. yeah, i think we spent _ and it has all come good. yeah, i think we spent 12 _ and it has all come good. yeah, i think we spent 12 months - and it has all come good. yeah, i - think we spent 12 months campaigning really assertively in order to get the girls here. and in the first few months when the girls were in afghanistan, which is when we first came across the girls, they were hiding in the hills and they were on the move constantly for four months. so we couldn�*t actually get them between october to february to pakistan, and then they were there for eight months, and there was lots of complexity is there with visas and things. it was touch and go constantly and i was constantly on the phone with persia every other
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day having discussions and trying to say, look, we are trying to get you here. it was a massive collaborative team, government, mps, priti patel decided to have, felicity beauchamp is very helpful, a number of people helps to get the girls here. the training centre is at hillingdon, that has all been donated, fantastic sponsors, loads of people have got behind the girls. its, sponsors, loads of people have got behind the girls.— behind the girls. a huge team effort. thank— behind the girls. a huge team effort. thank you _ behind the girls. a huge team effort. thank you very - behind the girls. a huge team effort. thank you very much i behind the girls. a huge team i effort. thank you very much for behind the girls. a huge team - effort. thank you very much for all coming in, come back next year with your olympic medals. gold! it�*s a deal. you�*re watching bbc breakfast. it's 8:59.
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