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today at six — the rising cost of childcare and it's impact on the economy. parents tell us they are being forced to give up work and nurseries say they are having to close as they cannot afford to run. when we worked it out it was just pen and paper how much childcare it would cost and itjust wasn't worth me going back to work. the government says it has spent £20 billion in five years to help families. labour say they would overhaul the current system. also on the programme... delays for parts of the h52 high speed rail line north of birmingham as the government tries to cut costs. getting ready for heavy snow and blizzards forecast across parts of the uk as the met office warns there could be significant disruption. music. and meet the woman flying the flag
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for the uk in this year's eurovision song contest — mae muller will be heading to liverpool in may. on bbc london: more than 200 people arrested by the met police and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. four days after their 7—0 thrashing at anfield, how will manchester united respond in europe? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the cost of childcare is rising — making it increasingly difficult for many parents to go to work. one children's charity found the average cost of childcare for under twos in britain is almost 15,000 pounds a year — though that varies greatly depending on where you are. (ani look at the difference in the amount of your wages you'll spend — roughly 44% for full time workers on average pay — but in scotland it's around 35% —
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and more than 50% in london. the government says its invested £20 billion over five years to help families with childcare. labour says it would completely overhaul childcare calling the current system �*broken�*. our political correspondent alex forsyth has more.> children can bring enormousjoy, but they can cost, particularly when it comes to childcare. that is something parents at this baby and toddler group in cheshire know all too well. rachel isn't returning to herjob in the health service because it would cost too much. when we worked out. _ because it would cost too much. when we worked out, it _ because it would cost too much. when we worked out, it was _ because it would cost too much. when we worked out, it wasjust _ because it would cost too much. “mien we worked out, it wasjust pen because it would cost too much. 71ng we worked out, it wasjust pen and we worked out, it was just pen and paper, how much childcare would cost and itjust wasn't paper, how much childcare would cost and it just wasn't worth paper, how much childcare would cost and itjust wasn't worth me going back to work. which isn't good, because obviously we have only got one income. because obviously we have only got one income-— because obviously we have only got one income. . , ' ., g; :: one income. parents can get 15 or 30 hours of free — one income. parents can get 15 or 30 hours of free childcare and _ one income. parents can get 15 or 30 hours of free childcare and other - hours of free childcare and other support, depending on their circumstances and children's ages.
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but many say the system is still far too costly and complex. across the road, this preschool is one of many sane funding shortfalls and spiralling costs mean theirfuture is uncertain. i spiralling costs mean their future is uncertain-— spiralling costs mean their future is uncertain. i cannot say i will be here in five _ is uncertain. i cannot say i will be here in five years _ is uncertain. i cannot say i will be here in five years still, _ is uncertain. i cannot say i will be here in five years still, or- is uncertain. i cannot say i will be here in five years still, or even i is uncertain. i cannot say i will be here in five years still, or even if| here in five years still, or even if i will still be here next year. because until something really changes that makes it easier for parents to afford and makes it easier for us to parents to afford and makes it easierfor us to provide parents to afford and makes it easier for us to provide staff with good wages, who knows? today, labour said reforming — good wages, who knows? today, labour said reforming the _ good wages, who knows? today, labour said reforming the childcare _ good wages, who knows? today, labour said reforming the childcare system - said reforming the childcare system would be a top priority if they get into power. the would be a top priority if they get into power-— into power. the next labour government _ into power. the next labour government will _ into power. the next labour government will build - into power. the next labour government will build a - into power. the next labour - government will build a modern childcare system, one that supports families from the end of parental leave, right through to the end of primary school. leave, right through to the end of primary school-— primary school. beyond plans for school breakfast _ primary school. beyond plans for school breakfast clubs, - primary school. beyond plans for school breakfast clubs, they - primary school. beyond plans for. school breakfast clubs, they haven't yet spelt out what they would do. are you saying you would scrap the three hour system? we are you saying you would scrap the three hour system?— are you saying you would scrap the three hour system? we want to move awa from three hour system? we want to move away from that _ three hour system? we want to move away from that model, _ three hour system? we want to move away from that model, it _ three hour system? we want to move
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away from that model, it isn't - away from that model, it isn't working and so many providers are going bust and parents don't get what they need and children can get the start in life they need and deserve. we will have to look at it differently. deserve. we will have to look at it differentl . ., deserve. we will have to look at it differently-— deserve. we will have to look at it differently. you know there will be arents differently. you know there will be parents that _ differently. you know there will be parents that he _ differently. you know there will be parents that he the _ differently. you know there will be parents that he the idea _ differently. you know there will be parents that he the idea of - differently. you know there will be | parents that he the idea of ditching free hours and they get nervous if there is nothing on the table to replace that with, no detail? i am replace that with, no detail? i am keen to listen _ replace that with, no detail? i am keen to listen to _ replace that with, no detail? i am keen to listen to parents - replace that with, no detail? i—fn keen to listen to parents and providers make sure we are delivering the very best for all of our families.— delivering the very best for all of our families. you could be talking about billions _ our families. you could be talking about billions more _ our families. you could be talking about billions more going - our families. you could be talking about billions more going into - our families. you could be talking j about billions more going into the childcare system is that what labour is talking about and if so, how would you pay for it? bill is talking about and if so, how would you pay for it? all other elements _ would you pay for it? all other elements would _ would you pay for it? all other elements would be _ would you pay for it? all other elements would be fully - would you pay for it? all otherl elements would be fully funded would you pay for it? all other - elements would be fully funded and fully costed. elements would be fully funded and fully costed-— fully costed. there is not a lot of detail in labour's _ fully costed. there is not a lot of detail in labour's plan _ fully costed. there is not a lot of detail in labour's plan so - fully costed. there is not a lot of detail in labour's plan so far, - fully costed. there is not a lot of detail in labour's plan so far, but they think it would be a defining issue of the next election. they have identified over 100 seats where they think it would make a big difference. meanwhile, the government is under pressure from one of its own mps to do about the childcare system.— childcare system. many will be watchin: childcare system. many will be watching next _ childcare system. many will be watching next week's - childcare system. many will be watching next week's budget. |
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childcare system. many will be l watching next week's budget. it childcare system. many will be . watching next week's budget. it is my parents, grandparents, it is about businesses and people saying they cannot recruit. women are active in the way in the marketplace but they are not acting a full tilt. this is one economic issue i have been pushing with the chancellor of the exchequer. the been pushing with the chancellor of the exchequer-— been pushing with the chancellor of the exchequer. the government says it has spent — the exchequer. the government says it has spent more _ the exchequer. the government says it has spent more than _ the exchequer. the government says it has spent more than £20 - the exchequer. the government says it has spent more than £20 billion i it has spent more than £20 billion helping the childcare costs. as the parties draw up plans to tackle this issue, what will matter is who can convince parents? alex forsyth, bbc news. how much support with childcare can you get from the government at the moment? our employment correspondent zoe conway has all the details. juggling childcare and work is a challenge for families up and down the country — we know it's a shared responsibility but most of the data on this issue refers to women. official statistics show that 1.5 million women don't work due to caring and another study estimates that 1.7m women can't take on more hours of paid work due to childcare costs. and the economy is the loser in all of this — with one estimate
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that if women were offered affordable childcare, they would generate an extra £27 billion for the uk economy per year. the government has actually increased investment in childcare over the last decade. in 2010 to 2011 total spending on childcare in england was £2 billion — by last year it had doubled to £4 billion. but what's it being spent on? most parents can access a tax—free childcare scheme saving 20% on costs — and from three years old, parents can get 15—30 hours of free childcare a week — depending on the hours they work and their income. some two—year—olds can also qualify for free hours. funding is slightly different in northern ireland. all eyes are now on the budget next week, and how the government plans to address this issue. sophie. if you go to bbc news online — you can find more information
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about different schemes that offer some free childcare provision across the uk — as well as other ways you can get help with the cost. you can also get there by using the bbc news app. a court has heard the mother of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel describe the moment that her daughter was shot dead in liverpool last year. cheryl korbel recorded a video interview with a police officer a week after the shooting in august. it was played in court today at the trial of thomas cashman, who is charged with olivia's murder. our north of england correspondent judith moritz was in court. olivia pratt—korbel was the baby of her family. just nine years old, she was upstairs in bed when chaos came to her front was upstairs in bed when chaos came to herfront door. the gunman was upstairs in bed when chaos came to her front door. the gunman was chasing another man through the streets. they reached olivia's has. her mother had left the door on the latch and the man being chase try to get inside. today the court heard from her mum, cheryl. a week after the shooting, she was interviewed by
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police. today, thejury watched her video evidence. speaking through tears, she remembered the moment the gunmen opened fire on her doorstep. she said, i was screaming, just screaming to go away. and then i heard the gunshot, i realised because i felt it, it had hit my hand. i think at the same time i heard the baby scream and that is when i turned round and spotted her, sat at the bottom of the stairs. olivia had got out of bed, her mum sobbed, she realised her daughter had been hit. she said, i knew she had been hit. she said, i knew she had gone. thomas cashman is charged with murdering olivia. he watched the video flanked by security officers. in courtroom number one, olivia's family cried as they listen to cheryl korbel relive the detail of that night. inside the dot, thomas cashman wiped away tears with a tissue. afterwards, thejudge thomas cashman wiped away tears with a tissue. afterwards, the judge told the jury she knew it had been a tissue. afterwards, the judge told thejury she knew it had been hard to watch. she said, i know you will put your emotions aside when you
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consider your verdict, put your emotions aside when you consideryourverdict, but that doesn't mean we don't feel emotion and i'm conscious of this is difficult. thomas cashman's trial is being held amid high security. he denies five offences, including the murder of olivia pratt—korbel. the case continues. judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. the government is to delay building work on several parts of the high speed hs2 rail line in an attempt to cut costs. the bbc understands that sections from manchester to crewe and birmingham to crewe will be affected. one estimate has put the cost above £100 billion. our transport correspondent, katy austinjoins me now. where are we with this now then? it has been the set with costs and delays. between old oak common in west london and birmingham are still being built and is due to open sometime between 2029 and 2033, with the line to euston in central london
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coming later. the neck stretch between birmingham and crewe is scheduled for delivery between 2030 and 203a. but today it was announced that construction would be delayed by two years. this would suggest a new window for opening of between 2032 and 2036. the transport secretary in announcement today, did not put a new date on it. he said the aim is to deliver high—speed services to crewe and the north—west as soon as possible after accounting for that delay in construction. it is understood the government still hopes the line to manchester can be completed within the existing timeframe by 2041. today's move seems to be aimed at spreading spending on the project across more years, as inflation bites and costs increase. laboursays years, as inflation bites and costs increase. labour says delays just pile up costs in the long run and it sees this as sacrificing levelling up sees this as sacrificing levelling up goals for short—term spending
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targets. up goals for short-term spending tardets. ., ., up goals for short-term spending tardets. . ,, i. gary lineker says he does not fear being suspended by the bbc after criticising the government's asylum policy on twitter. the match of the day host had compared the language the government used — in setting out its illegal migration bill earlier this week — to "that used by germany in the 1930s". today gary lineker thanked people for their support during the row over impartiality at the bbc. but there's been no comment from the bbc. our media correspondent david sillito reports. as he left home today gary lineker gave a cheerful greeting to the waiting reporters. very good morning to you all. morning. and when asked if he feared suspension he suddenly did not appear worried. do you fear getting suspended? no. and he was not giving anything away about what the bbc said was a frank conversation about his political tweets. has the director general said anything to you? um, yeah. what has he said? he said, we'd have chat, we chat often. anything about the tweet, gary?
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do you regret sending the tweet at all? no. the tweets which have led to all of this began with a description of the home secretary's statement as "beyond awful". he then defended the statement saying the policy was "immeasurably cruel" and added "the language used is not the similar to that used by germany in the 30s." a comparison which the home secretary says is deeply offensive. to throw out those flippant analogies diminishes, it diminishes the unspeakable tragedy that millions of people went through. i don't think anything that is happening in the uk today can come close to what happened in the holocaust. close to what happened in the holocaust-— close to what happened in the holocaust. �* ., ., holocaust. and then another tweet a- eared holocaust. and then another tweet appeared in — holocaust. and then another tweet appeared in which _ holocaust. and then another tweet appeared in which gary _ holocaust. and then another tweet appeared in which gary lineker - holocaust. and then another tweet | appeared in which gary lineker said what he described as this ridiculously out of proportion story seems to be abating and confirmed he would be presenting much the of day as normal on saturday. suggesting,
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he thinks, it is all over. however, the view of the bbc on the actions of its highly paid staff have yet to be revealed. david sillitoe, bbc news. the head of the united nations nuclear watchdog has warned of potential disaster after the power supply to the zaporizhzhia plant in southern ukraine was again hit by shell fire. cities across the country have come under sustained russian missile attack, with at least nine people killed. power to the plant has now been restored. the ukrainian military said more than 80 mostly air—launched cruise missiles were fired at areas, including those shown here. just under half are said to have been intercepted by air defences. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports from kyiv. this is what a cruise missile can do. a residential part of lviv in the far west of ukraine. homes turned to rubble, streets torn apart. lives turned upside down. in all, five people died here. this may be hundreds of miles
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from the fighting, but this morning, it's very much on the front line. in a residential area in north—west kyiv, cars were damaged by falling debris and shrapnel after a russian drone was shot down in the sky. two people were injured and taken to hospital. translation: there was an explosion in the sky. l i saw smoke and fire. victor told us how his car was damaged and how he tried to help his neighbours. translation: cars were set on fire. we took fire extinguishers from our vehicles to try and put them out, but it didn't succeed and the fires spread. translation: i'm fed up with it, can't stand all this. _ i don't have the strength any more. why are they doing this? they are scaring the children. these strikes might have been targeted against energy infrastructure, but here, not so much. as you can see, cars damaged, some of them destroyed and burnt out. all around me, the windows have been
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blown in and the residents' blocks, and over here debris litters this children's playground. smoke on kyiv�*s skyline — the aftermath of a strike on energy infrastructure in the south, one of many such attacks on similar targets across the country. for some hours, power was cut to the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in europe, currently under russian control. the risks of overheating reactors all too evident for the un nuclear watchdog. each time, we are rolling a dice. and if we allow this to continue time after time, then one day our luck will run out. but for now, people are trying to get on with normal life after the most substantial air strikes for several weeks. they know they won't be the last. james landale, bbc news, kyiv.
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the time is 6:15. our top story this evening: for the rising cost of childcare and its impact on the economy, parents tell us they are being forced to give up work. and coming up, we meet great britain's youngest special olympian, preparing to swim for a medal in this summer's games. coming up on sportsday on the bbc news channel in the next 15 minutes. it's golf�*s unofficial fifth major but rory mcilroy he needs to raise his game in florida. he is struggling in his first round. get the latest from sawgrass. temperatures plunged again last night to minus 16 in the highlands, the coldest march night for more than a decade, as snow fell across parts of the uk. and there's more on the way. the met office has warned there could be severe disruption for parts of the midlands, the north of england, wales and northern ireland. danny savage reports from north yorkshire.
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for most of today, it was north wales, the midlands and northern england where the heaviest snow fell. it doesn't take much to make driving conditions treacherous. the hilly roads of north derbyshire were a challenge. certain roads around here have now been closed. the main road is still open, and the gritters are trying their hardest to keep it clear. across england and wales, hundreds of schools were closed or sent pupils home early. this was huddersfield early this afternoon, as the poor weather spread north. this is the summit of the a66 on the border with cumbria and county durham. it doesn't look too bad at the moment, but the weather is set to get much worse, so what the highways agency are doing, they're about to shut the snow gates down in cumbria, those in durham as well, and then this stretch of road will be abandoned until the weather improves. a few minutes later, police shut the road to all traffic. they then set off along it to clear any drivers parked in lay—bys.
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you can see all these winds picking up and how the snow drifts, and especially we've got a saying in welsh, "eira bach". so, you know, very, very small snow. farmers have a tough few days ahead. for them, it's notjust the snow, it's the wind, too. the wind will drift the snow onto these areas, and what happens is the sheep go for shelter, and then they get covered in it, so buried alive. there's an amber weather warning for snow in northern ireland, too. it's in force until the early hours of tomorrow morning. in england, it's the pennines which are set to see the heaviest falls — this was wensleydale this afternoon. some areas have seen deep snow, but the worst conditions are not widespread. danny savage, bbc news. we will have the latest on that weather shortly, at the end of the programme. junior doctors in england
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are set to go on strike for 72 hours next week. the head of the nhs england is warning that the strikes will have an impact on the progress being made tackling hospital waiting times. the latest figures show the number of people in england waiting to start hospital treatment has already returned to record levels. our health editor, hugh pym, is here. yes, sophie. the figures do show there have been improvements with emergency care since the intense pressures at the turn of the year. but the waiting list for planned operations and appointments has gone up to 7.21 million, another record high. however, the number within that waiting more than 18 months for treatment has fallen. injanuary this year, it was around 45,000. that compares with around 77,000 in january 2022. there's a target of eliminating those longer waits by april, but nhs leaders warned today that next week's strikes byjunior doctors will see more cancellations. some hospitals are using new techniques to get more patients treated. do you think he's safe at home,
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or shall we call someone to go and see him today? here at watford general, they've pioneered so—called virtual wards. in this hub, doctors and other clinical staff are monitoring patients remotely. patients at home are given devices to take health readings, for example blood pressure, and these are fed back to the hospital and watched closely by the medical team. no oxygen, good blood pressure... if there are concerns, patients can be brought straight back to the hospital. they've treated about 500 patients at home in this way so far, and that created space on the wards for others. we feel that this could make a massive difference across the whole country, in terms of freeing up thousands and thousands of beds, and also thousands of patients having care at home, rather than in hospital. it's one solution — but technology like this needs investment and staff to run it, and they're far from easy to find right now. an nhs staff survey shows fewer rate the quality of care in their own workplace. in 2019, just over 70% said
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they would recommend it to friends or family. but within three years, that number had dropped below 63%. so there's a lot for the health service to think about, with backlogs, strikes, and continuing pressure ahead. sophie. hugh, thank you. during the pandemic, hundreds of thousands of people in the uk left the workforce and they still haven't returned. the governor of the bank of england says it's unusual and marks the uk out in the world. the issue of our so—called missing workers is one that the chancellor is likely to address when he unveils his budget next wednesday. our economics editor, faisal islam, has been to cambridge, a high—growth city with plenty ofjob vacancies, to find out what has happened to our missing workers. "get back to work — the economy needs you." not to be taking walks on a monday morning, but to be at work. that's one government message to people such as mike, who retired at 54 during the pandemic
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from managing software programmers in cambridgeshire. let's go for a walk! it's wonderful. i can't believe it's two years already, to be honest. it's absolutely flown by. so it starts during the pandemic? yes... hundreds of thousands of workers have, for a variety of reasons, dropped out of the workforce and not returned since the pandemic. early retirees are one of the biggest groups, and it's holding back the economy, and so a key budget focus. i do miss the work, and i do miss the people very much, but going back and actually the stress levels, i don't want to go back to that. people said, shortly after ifinished, i was a changed person. yeah. my wife likes me| a lot more, i think now, so, you know, it's a good thing. the government fears workers are not taking into account that they might live until 100 and need their pension to last that long. mike, though, has done a spreadsheet calculating how to make his pension last into the late 2060s. britain's missing workers will feature a lot in the budget next week. we understand that an advertising
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campaign is planned to try to persuade those pandemic retirees back into the workforce. there'll be more funding for childcare to do the same for working mums. but what about britain's missing growth? this cambridge science park is the sort of place where you have the tech and medicines research of the future. but at least in the forecast published next week, the pandemic, the energy shock and post—brexit changes to trade and investments continue to cast a shadow over the economy. just over the road from this hothouse of british growth, we went in search of missing student workers at a further education college — another source of workplace shortages. a lot of my friends go to sixth form, and most of them don't really have part—time jobs, because they just can't balance the workload. people are struggling to get back into work. they're struggling to find jobs, and they're struggling to build up the confidence to go back to the workforce, i think. people perceive cambridge
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to be a boom town with loads of vacancies — does it feel like that to you? i would say on a student level, not so much. just because students need those part—time jobs, so they can carry on studying. today, there's a careers fair attended by local employers across hospitality, tech and childcare — a familiar post—pandemic story of vacancies everywhere. youngsters nowadays all want to be top earners. they want to be the next bill gates or the next instagram person, and i don't think it works out like that. back in the cambridgeshire countryside, farmers too say they're missing their european workforce after brexit. mike, though, seems pretty settled in his new life. so is there anything the government could do to persuade you to get back into the workforce? no, no, i don't think so. the budget will have to answer how, and if, britain's workforce returns to full strength. faisal islam, bbc news, in cambridge. a 25—year—old singer from london
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has been chosen to represent the uk in this year's eurovision song contest. mae muller will perform her track i wrote a song at the competition in liverpool in may. our music correspondent mark savage reports. hello! i'm mae muller, and i'm representing the uk in this year's eurovision! and this is the song she'll be taking to liverpool in may. # instead i wrote a song # about how you did me wrong # i could have cried at home and spent the night alone # instead i wrote a song... # nice, yeah, this is good. it's going to be so good. | her song was written about a brutal break—up. i was really annoyed at this guy, i wanted to do something crazy, maybe burn his house down, i don't know. but instead i took the high road, and i wrote a song. and that's called growth, ladies and gentlemen. raised in north london, she was working at this pub when she signed her first publishing deal, since when she's racked up more than two billion streams. mae was chosen for eurovision by tap music, the company behind
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ellie goulding and lana del rey. when we met mae, her charisma, her determination, all those things, she has such great wit, she's super—intelligent. yeah, she seemed like the right choice. but she has big shoes to fill... # up in space, man... # ..after sam ryder�*s second—place finish at last year's eurovision. you've got to go big, and you've got to do it right, and i feel like this is obviously such a level up. but fans are already predicting great things. it's going to be great in the arena, i think that'll really work. - but let me put you on the spot, where do you think it's going to come? i think that's a top—ten entry, and that's good, top ten out of all the countries is a really good result. mark savage, bbc news. the tv astrologer mystic meg has died at the age of 80. her real name was margaret lake.
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she was the sun newspaper's horoscope writer for more than 20 years and a well—known tv figure in the 1990s. one of the biggest sporting events in the world gets under way in berlin this summer. more than 7,000 competitors from nearly 200 nations will take part in the special olympics world summer games — a celebration of sport for people with intellectual disabilities. taylor mackenzie from dundee is 15 years old and the youngest member of the british team. joe wilson has been to meet her. every day after school, taylor mackenzie trains. all that commitment for this moment. oh, my god! yeah, she's going to the special olympics world games in berlin. i got accepted into the so gb team! wahey, that's amazing! i struggle in school quite a bit, so i'd say swimming kind ofjust blurs all that out,
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and itjust is a better thing to focus on. it gives me something to express my feelings and how i am. taylor has autism and a learning disability, but swimming is her identity. something exceptional happened when she was five. she got out of the water, and then she says, - "tickle toes touching water." and we looked at each other - and we went, "what did she say?" and it was the first time - we had actually heard her speak. when taylor started achieving at gates, _ i think she realised that she actually could do something well and that she could be like any other person in the pool. in the pandemic, taylor trained in the garden with a piece of bungee rope. brilliant. but everything changed. and across all levels of intellectual disability, sport is often crucial. for our athletes, the pandemic has created a lot of challenges for them. they've lost their structure.
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they've lost their social connection. they've lost their support. they've lost that sense of being and belonging. so being able to have the world games come back with a bang is so significant for us in the movement. taylor's training for berlin alongside mainstream swimmers. she gets clear, concise instructions. to be honest, what works for taylor when we are adapting it that way works really well for the other kids as well. so break it down in the way that taylor understands, but you're helping everybody. ah, that's inclusion in action. that is the special olympics represented by taylor mackenzie. joe wilson, bbc news, dundee. time for a look at the weather, here's stav danaos. what is it looking like, then? pretty treacherous through central parts of the uk, good evening, the amber warnings remain parts of the uk, good evening, the amberwarnings remain in parts of the uk, good evening, the amber warnings remain in full parts of northern ireland, northern england, north wales, the snow has
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been edging into southern scotland as well, completely covering northern ireland at times. to the south, milderwith northern ireland at times. to the south, milder with heavy showers, but the amber warnings are for the heaviest snow, these are the measurements we are looking at, a risk of freezing rain and ice across north wales for a time. it will start to work its way southwards and eastwards the tonight, so in fact parts of northern england, the pennines and north wales could see the heaviest snowfall during the later part of the evening into the overnight period. milder across the south, very cold across scotland, widespread frost. the area of low pressure starts to pull out, there will come into the north sea during friday, so quickly pulling away from southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales, sleet and rain pushing on towards eastern england for a while, strong northerly winds too, but then the wind turn light, a much brighter, quieter afternoon with sunshine, but it will be much colder across the
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