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that perhaps camilla as the new queen consort would wear it at her coronation. india had already made it clear they did not want that, somebody from the ruling bjp party said it would bring back painful memories of india's colonial past, so the royal family has decided that camilla will queen mary's crown, it will be reset with different diamonds from queen elizabeth because my collection. this was one of the issues that had to be addressed before the coronation. the next, prince harry, will he attend and what role will he play? charlotte gallagher, thank you. with a look ahead to tonight's six and ten, here's huw edwards in cardiff. this year the bbc is celebrating a century of broadcasting here in wales, so today we'll be reflecting on some of the big events of the past hundred years and, of course, we'll bring you all the day's main news — the urgent efforts to get aid into syria and turkey following the earthquake, and the job cuts in ford in the uk. so join us later on at six and ten.
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time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. what is the weather in wales like? love must be in the air, it is the warmest day of the year so far at least for wales, temperatures up to 16 celsius added one or two hotspots i6 celsius added one or two hotspots it could get up to around 17. the average is closer to eight. but will beating records, that is 90 degrees set in set in somerset in the late 90s. another explanation why it might be so warm is notjust love that this current of mild air stretching from the canaries, plus portugal, the bay of biscay and spreading across the uk. we have winds from the south, high temperatures tend to be downwind of any more hilly areas or mountain ranges. i6 any more hilly areas or mountain ranges. 16 near aberystwyth, could be up to 17 in one or two spots but not so mild for most of us, 11, i2 not so mild for most of us, 11, 12 or 13 and very cold in lincolnshire,
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where it has been foggy. tonight, clear across the bulk of the country but it weather front approaching western areas so belfast and glasgow will be relatively mild in the morning, five or 7 degrees with damp weather, elsewhere with the clear skies over night, a touch of frost on the way. there is a change in the forecast tomorrow, a weather front is approaching, the rain is certainly on the way for some western parts of the country. high pressure has been in charge of the weather for days but it is slipping away towards the east, and this weather front is sneaking into this area of high pressure so the rain is fizzling out, we do not expect much rainfall across southern areas, it should fall mostly in the west. mild in the south tomorrow, 14, glasgow is fresher at around nine. thursday looks pretty grey to start with and probably to finish too, some outbreaks of rain but relatively mild despite the cloud, temperatures
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around 13 for the midlands, around 12 degrees in liverpool on thursday and then friday could turn really blustery, at least earlier in the day, this low pressure will zip across the country, those pressure lines, i suppose, across the country, those pressure lines, isuppose, mean across the country, those pressure lines, i suppose, mean winds spreading into this area, widespread scales across the northern half of the uk. tomorrow onwards, lots of darker clouds, meaning lots of cloud heading our way, obviously, darker clouds, meaning lots of cloud heading ourway, obviously, until outbreaks of rain. back to you, and happy valentine's. that's all from the bbc news at 0ne, so it's goodbye from me, good afternoon. i'm delyth lloyd. it's 1.33pm and here's your latest sports news. stuart broad has been recalled to the england squad for the first test against new zealand which starts on thursday in mount maunganui. the fast bowler missed the december test series
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win against pakistan because he was on paternity leave. it means broad and james anderson will get the chance to eclipse australian greats shane warne and glenn mcgrath as the most prolific bowling parterniship in test history this week. 0llie robinsonjoins the pair in the pace attack for the day—night opening match of the two—test series. great britain has chosen not to compete at the women's world boxing championships next month over concerns about russian participation. the international boxing association will let russian and belarusian boxers compete under their countries�* flags in new delhi. it contravenes international olympic committee guidance to exclude athletes from the two nations following russia's invasion of ukraine. the championships run from the 15th until the 25th march. bath prop will stuart has returned to the england squad after injury, as kyle sinckler emerges as a doubt for next saturday's crunch six nations match with wales. stuart has been named in the latest 26—man training squad after missing
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england's games against scotland and italy with an elbow problem. sinckler will miss training this week because of a facial injury, but he will stay in camp for rehab. england face wales in cardiff on 25th feb. it's the start of the champions league knockout stages tonight and tottenham will be looking to bounce back from their premier league defeat to leicester at the weekend, when they face ac milan. spurs are missing several key players for their trip to the san siro, including rodrigo bentancur, who is out for the season with a knee injury. antonio conte though has called on his squad to come together in order to improve their results on the pitch. in the last seven days we had four serious injuries. for this reason, i think, to stay together is very important and to try, in this type of situation, to create the right speed, to help each other much more than before, to overcome this difficult period.
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good news for paris saint—germain, with both kylian mbappe and lionel messi training ahead of their first leg match with bayern munich in the french capital. both have been carrying injuries but will be available for the match against the germans. commonwealth games 800 metres silver medallist peter bol has had his provisional suspension for doping lifted after his b sample produced a different result to his a sample. the australian returned an adverse finding at an out—of—competition test in october. he requested his b sample be tested, which returned an "atypical finding", but sport integrity australia says this is not the same as a negative result and will continue its investigation. premier league referee lee mason has been stood down from var duty this weekend after failing to spot an offside for brentford's equaliser against arsenal on saturday. mason missed christian norgaard's offside in the build—up to ivan toney�*s equaliser for brentford at the emirates. mason's omission from this weekend's fixtures follows the removal ofjohn brooks from last night's
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merseyside derby and wednesday's match between arsenal and manchester city. grimsby town fans have been banned from taking their "iconic" inflatable fish mascots to the side's forthcoming fa cup fifth round tie against southampton. the club said its request to allow �*harry haddocks�* into the match on the first march had been turned down. in a statement, it said southampton had made similar refusals to other clubs and warned that any inflatables found inside the ground would be confiscated. nearly 5,000 grimsby fans are expected to travel to the match at st mary�*s next month. that�*s all the sport for now. earlier we reported that moldova had closed its airspace for security
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reasons, its aviation authority said it would provide more information later on and we will bring you that once we have it. let�*s get more now on the search and recovery operations following last week�*s earthquake in turkey and syria. barak akkurt and his team have been working on a rescue mission in antakya in southeast turkey. bbc panorama was following their work as they received a call from a man desperate to find his parents, wife and his three—year—old daughter. a warning you might find some of this clip distressing.
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when we first arrived here, we heard a little, little scratch, after our call, and now we made 360 degrees listening, and after our calls we heard a little murmuring from a lady, and now we are focussing on the right—hand side of the building, because we know that on the right—hand side of the building there is the entrance and the stairways, so we�*re going to concentrate on that part first. it�*s a nightmare. antakya is facing one of its darkest days, i can say. it�*s been so long since the quake happened, do you reckon they could be still alive? yes, we have seen miracles
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and i believe in miracles. and you can watch the full panorama programme, aftershock, on the bbc iplayer. an iranian chess player who removed her headscarf at an international tournament has told the bbc she has no regrets. living in exile in southern spain, sara khadem says it was the least she could do given the sacrifices protestors in iran were making. she says she hopes she will play for her country again. razia iqbal reports. sara khadem is 25 now but has been playing competitively since she was eight. chess was unbanned in iranjust before ayatollah khamenei�*s death and, in the decades after that, the country has become a chess powerhouse and sara khadem one of its biggest and most promising stars. in december last year she decided not to wear the compulsory
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hijab when competing. her life has changed utterly, not least where she lives now on the spanish coast. chess is a game that requires a player to calculate their opponent�*s third orfourth move. 25—year—old sara khadem has made a few calculations, but to remove her headscarf was the least she could do given what was happening in iran. but it was the right thing to do. that decision, though, has led to her exile and for now a life lived in a secret location. when i was playing in almaty there were many things going on in iran. and many young women, they were not wearing the scarf on the streets, and that was the rule in the country. so i would say i was really inspired by what they were doing back at home. but presumably you realised that you were taking a risk. yeah. the things that happened
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was not really something that i was hoping for. i mean, leaving the country. leaving iran completely was not what was going on in my mind, and that is something i really miss, but i wouldn�*t say i regret it. since september last year, iran has been shaken by girls and women protesting against the death in custody of mahsa amini... chanting. ..for an apparent hijab infraction. many have been killed and many more arrested. there have been enormous sacrifices. for me, leaving my family was one of the most difficult things that i have ever done, and also iran, but if i want to compare what i did to what people are doing, i wouldn�*t say that it was difficult, because the risk that they are taking is much higher.
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led by the prime minister of the country, there is, though, some comfort in spain�*s embrace of sara khadem. it was kind of a mixed feeling to see that in a country you would be really appreciated, to be invited by the prime minister, and in your own country that you have achieved lots of success, you just get arrestment orders! the current loss of her country has not dimmed sara�*s commitment to chess. yeah, i consider myself as a professional chess player. that is the only thing i know. razia iqbal, bbc news, southern spain. an independent commission looking into the sexual abuse of minors in the portuguese catholic church said it has documented over 4,800 victims. it said this was only the tip of the iceberg. four years ago pope francis promised to root out paedophilia within the church when many sex
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abuse cases came to light around the world. solemn notes dedicated to the victims of abuse. they open a session detailing yet more trauma at the hands of the catholic church. the findings are both appalling and familiar. translation: it is an open wound that hurts and shames us. - we ask forgiveness from all the victims, those who courageously gave their testimony, who were in silence for so many years, and those who still live with their pain in the depths of their hearts, without sharing it with anyone. these letters and numbers represent the thousands of children sexually abused by members of the portuguese catholic church. the crimes span more than 70 years. the commission made several findings. it counted 11,815 child
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victims of sexual abuse. more than 52% of the victims were male. and so, contrary to other studies, there were a significant number of female victims. their abusers were 96% male, and 77% of them were priests at the time of the events. first, listen to victims, continue to listen to victims because this will not be the end of it. we have now a certain number of those who have been listened to, who have answered the questionnaire. but this is not the end. 25 cases have now been passed to public prosecutors. many others fell outside the statute of limitations. now, bishops from the portuguese catholic church will meet in march for an extraordinary session. there, they will discuss new measures to offer justice to past victims, as well as prevent future abuses. until then, the church hopes victims can find some comfort in speaking out and finally being heard.
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a county durham woman has a sobering story for valentine�*s day. she met a man online who pretended to be someone else, spent 2.5 years with him and even had his baby before she found out the truth. coleen greenwood was conned by a man who called himself james scott and claimed to be a firefighter. his real name was greg wilson, he wasn�*t a firefighter and he had a wife and children living just a few miles away. wilson was given a six—year sentence for fraud in 2020. coleen has been speaking to mark denten.
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when coleen greenwood met a man who called himself �*firefighterjoe�* online, she thought she had found her perfect partner. he told her his name was james scott. he just seemed a nice enough guy. he did call in at my house in his full regalia — the trousers, the hat — smelling of smoke. but james scott didn�*t exist. his real name was greg wilson, an unemployed former soldier living 28 miles away from her with a wife and three sons. he told me he�*d had a vasectomy. he told me the hospital, the consultant�*s name. you can imagine my surprise two months later when i fell pregnant. james claimed it was a miracle. he then registered the child under his false name. james went and registered his name as the father, "james scott, firefighter", so my son has a surname that we couldn�*t alter because he was given a surname that didn�*t actually exist. wilson convinced coleen�*s sister and others to invest in a restaurant project using more lies. he was so manipulative. he had an interior designer.
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he had an architect involved to do some conversions. all these people were working believing the stories he was telling them and none of them ever got paid. coleen was now living with a man she knew as james, but wedding plans were delayed and, after 2.5 years of deceit, his lies began to unravel. we were due to get married. we had a date set for the wedding and james had suspected testicular cancer at this point, so the wedding was put on hold. he�*d claimed he had cancer? yes. he didn�*t have cancer. my sister, she had quite a few of her own properties and james had got someone in to change the boilers and she�*d given him cash to have that done. she got all the relevant paperwork proving it had been done. she went to one of the houses to do a spot check and that boiler hadn�*t been changed and the whole thing unravelled. wilson pleaded guilty to multiple counts of fraud and was given a six—year prison sentence in 2020. since then, coleen�*s rebuilt her life. i can�*t lie and say i�*m the person
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i was prior to meeting him because i don�*t think anybody could be to encounter that level of manipulation and lies and deceit, but i was a victim and you can�*t blame yourself and you can�*t let it spoil the rest of your life. you can hear coleen�*s story in a new podcast on bbc sounds called love bombed, narrated by vicky pattison. concerns are being raised about the rapid deterioration of concrete structures in coastal areas as a result of the salty sea air. concrete is corroded by coastal air at a faster rate than elsewhere. an independent expert has told bbc south east today he is concerned the issue of concrete corrosion at brighton�*s sea wall is not being taken seriously enough by the city council — an allegation the council denies. luke hanrahan reports. scaffolding to prevent crumbling concrete falling from rapidly deteriorating balconies at this brighton block.
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a large chunk recently narrowly missing a resident as she walked into the building. at some point it�*s going to push the brickwork out to such an extent it is going to fall down. a survey has found concrete here at marlborough court has decayed faster than it would have elsewhere. the culprit, salty sea air. the salty air is really the issue in the area. if you look at the same sort of buildings in, say, london, it wouldn�*t have the same impact. there has been a major lack of understanding across the board on the council itself. other buildings if you look around the area, they are all going through the same. across brighton, the ocean breeze has sped up the corrosion of concrete. salt — the key element compounding the decay. the impact perhaps nowhere more obvious than the victorian seawall, a protective layer of concrete visibly crumbling. i think the council should have done something years ago. _ it is getting, you know, - too far gone, some of this. they have got to spend a lot of money. -
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funding for the first phase of the restoration of the madeira terrace has been secured by brighton city council. for independent concrete scanning expert callum weekes, the condition of the concrete is cause for immediate concern. completely unca red for. there are three bits that i canjust pick of the structure and that outer layer that is that defence to the concrete reinforcement is just completely crumbling away. we have used an ultrasound pulse echo to have a look under the surface. we can see some voiding in this concrete structure, serious signs of wear and tear, and just being left by the council just to decay and crack away. brighton city council says the past structural city assessments have found no there are no significant structural defects. it says it is currently carrying out a detailed inspection that will provide up—to—date information. and that it is well—known that some areas of madeira terrace are structurally unsafe, which is why they have been fenced off. it says it has been possible to keep one staorcase open by installing a protective structure directly
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above the entrance and exit to it. luke hanrahan, bbc south east today, brighton. an ice skating team for people with disabilities and additional needs is hoping its international success will encourage more people into the sport. skaters who train at telford ice rink won dozens of medals at this year�*s inclusive skating virtual world championships. the team now wants even more people to take to the ice. sophie madden has been to meet them. gliding, leaping and twirling. these are some of the uk�*s best inclusive ice skaters. the team, based at telford ice rink, began with just one skater, and after recent medal winning successes, they hope to encourage more people with disabilities and additional needs to give ice—skating a try. the whole point of inclusive skating is that it is inclusive of everybody, so that it why i put this team together and they make me proud every day. inclusive skating means creating an environment
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where anyone can get on the ice, and these skaters want to show what it is that they can do. cameron sergeant, who was sarah�*s first student, has autism, anxiety and a learning disability, and is now a senior men�*s champion in free skating, free dance and pairs. he said ice—skating means the world to him. well, ijust like the thrill of gliding across an icy surface because it makes me feel free and it doesn't make me feel anxious at all. his mum alison said finding ice—skating as a child was life changing for the 20—year—old. we had tried various different. things and then literally one day there was skating on the television in the background. _ we weren't particularly watching it. and he suddenly said, - "that's what i want to do." and i thought, "goodness, i how on earth do i do that?" he has always struggled with communication and just having friends. he finds it difficult _ to understand that relationship. and skating has made the world of difference to that. _ vicky smart has optic nerve atrophy,
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which restrict her peripheral vision and nystagmus, which affect her depth perception and spatial awareness. she also won medals at the inclusive skating virtual world championships, held in december. i think it is just showing what is possible, attempting new skills, learning something that most people kind of shy away from and wouldn�*t dare to try. hopefully, these amazing athletes will encourage even more people to get their skates on. it�*s a while since the christmas decorations were taken down, but some people just love dressing up for an occassion. one woman in exeter has gone all—out, decorating her house with more than 1,000 giant love hearts for valentines day. it�*s not the first time carmen croxall has transformed her home. janine jansen has been to take a look. spooked up the house for hallowe�*en. for christmas, she transformed it into a delicious gingerbread house.
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and now for valentine�*s day, she�*s gone lurve crazy! # call me, call me any, anytime~~#_ # don't worry, be happy...# how many love hearts does it take to say i love you? 1,000. my favourite phrase is this one — just for you. because i think that kind of captures everything that i�*m about doing things that i love and just having a bit of fun. # we are family...# people love it. people absolutely love it. when they walk past, they always chat to me. it makes me happy. # kiss me, honey, honey...# and if you step inside, yes, you guessed it, more hearts. but what happens to all the stuff? the gingerbread house has got a new home.
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it�*s going to a shopping centre. and then all the love hearts, i�*m going to make, like a little kind of display, a permanent display on my office wall when i�*m finished. so many love messages to choose from, but for me, i can�*t wait to see what she does for easter. janine jansen, bbc spotlight exeter. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with tomasz. hello. well, earlier on today it was a cold and frosty start for some of us, but, this valentine�*s day, mother nature really is warming things up for us — possibly 17 degrees celsius in one or two spots. the average is eight, but we�*re not beating records. that�*s closer to 19 degrees celsius
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set in somerset in the late �*90s. here�*s the reason for the milder air. it�*s coming all the way from the canaries past portugal, through the bay of biscay, spreading across the uk. in fact, going even further north into the norwegian sea. typical temperatures today will be closer to around 11 in scotland and more like 12 to 14 across england, sojust one or two areas we�*ll get temperatures in the mid, maybe the high teens. a lot of clear weather through this afternoon, this evening, but out towards the west a weather front is approaching and that does spell rainfall. belfast, eventually glasgow a little bit milder with the cloud and the rain, but where it will be clear overnight a touch of frost is certainly possible. here�*s the weather map for tomorrow. that high pressure we had for quite some time has now slipped away towards the east and we have a weather front crossing the uk, but the high pressure is still close by. in fact, it�*s very much influencing the weather across the bulk of europe and still eastern areas of the country.
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that does mean as this weather front pushes eastwards, look at that, you can see the rain mostly fizzles away, so there�*ll be a little bit of rain, but not much. still mild in the south—east tomorrow, 14, but in the north showers, breezier and around nine expected in glasgow and stornoway. here�*s the forecast for thursday. for most of england and wales as well as northern ireland it�*s going to be an overcast day, a little bit of rain. i think the best of the weather will be in the north of scotland on thursday. here temperatures will be around seven or eight degrees celsius. a change on the way, though, for the end of the week. friday sees a nasty low pressure sweeping across the country, the north, that will bring gales for a time at least through early friday morning. here�*s the outlook through the rest of the week and into the weekend. it certainly looks like things are turning. you can see the dark clouds there and remember the gales expected on friday in the north. bye— bye.
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this is bbc news. i�*m lukwesa burak. the headlines: the un says more than 7 million children are affected by the turkey—syria earthquakes. the syrian government has now agreed to open more border crossings to allow aid into the country — for three months. president asad confirmed the need for urgent aid to enter all region in syria. bbc analysis of a&e waiting times in over 100 hospital trusts shows more than half of patients waited longer than 4 hours, as services struggle to cope this winter. 0ns figures show wages have been increasing at their fastest rate in more than 20 years. but, pay increases are not keeping up with the rising cost of living.

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