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something rather are prepared to do something rather thanjust are prepared to do something rather than just wait. are prepared to do something rather than just wait-— than just wait. sofia drives an electric vehicle _ than just wait. sofia drives an electric vehicle but _ than just wait. sofia drives an electric vehicle but like - than just wait. sofia drives an i electric vehicle but like millions, doesn't have a driveway so she plugs in through the front window. does it go through the window?— in through the front window. does it go through the window? yeah. she sa s she go through the window? yeah. she says she has _ go through the window? jew she says she has understanding neighbours. she has an electric car and she charges it by searching the wire from the window there. what you think about that? it’s wire from the window there. what you think about that?— think about that? it's not brilliant. _ think about that? it's not brilliant, is _ think about that? it's not brilliant, is it? _ think about that? it's not brilliant, is it? that's - think about that? it's not brilliant, is it? that's the think about that? it's not - brilliant, is it? that's the best she can d0- — brilliant, is it? that's the best she can do. it _ brilliant, is it? that's the best she can do. it is. _ brilliant, is it? that's the best she can do. it is. i— brilliant, is it? that's the best she can do. it is. i would - brilliant, is it? that's the best she can do. it is. i would do i brilliant, is it? that's the best she can do. it is. i would do itj brilliant, is it? that's the best i she can do. it is. i would do it if ou're she can do. it is. i would do it if you're asking — she can do. it is. i would do it if you're asking me. _ she can do. it is. i would do it if you're asking me. yeah. - she can do. it is. i would do it if you're asking me. yeah. i - she can do. it is. i would do it if| you're asking me. yeah. i called she can do. it is. i would do it if- you're asking me. yeah. i called the council, i tried _ you're asking me. yeah. i called the council, i tried to _ you're asking me. yeah. i called the council, i tried to find _ you're asking me. yeah. i called the council, i tried to find out _ you're asking me. yeah. i called the council, i tried to find out what - council, i tried to find out what are my— council, i tried to find out what are my options, what can i do? i asked _ are my options, what can i do? i asked if— are my options, what can i do? i asked if i— are my options, what can i do? i asked if i could have a designated bay and _ asked if i could have a designated bay and they don't have any answers because _ bay and they don't have any answers because they don't have a system in place _ because they don't have a system in place yet _ because they don't have a system in lace et. ., , because they don't have a system in lace et. .,, ., . , place yet. people might watch this and no, place yet. people might watch this and go. that _ place yet. people might watch this and go. that is _ place yet. people might watch this and go, that is a _ place yet. people might watch this and go, that is a lot _ place yet. people might watch this and go, that is a lot of _ place yet. people might watch this
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and go, that is a lot of effort. - place yet. people might watch this and go, that is a lot of effort. it i and go, that is a lot of effort. it is, i'm not going to lie. but i enjoyed _ is, i'm not going to lie. but i enjoyed the effort. there are challenges, it is not easy pc, it is not the _ challenges, it is not easy pc, it is not the norm but it is 100% better. the government says residents can apply for a grant towards installing apply for a grant towards installing a home charger and that it is invested £2 billion into accelerating the transition to electric vehicles. but 90% of the uk's cars are still petrol or diesel and the electronic tree still feels and the electronic tree still feels a long way down the road. to find out more, you can watch a special panorama called �*electric cars: is it time to buy?�* on bbc one and bbc iplayer tonight at 8pm. the uk's head of counter terrorism policing, says he's concerned about the growth of the british conspiracy theory movement. mattjukes, has told the bbc, that his team is "seeing evidence of conspiracy theories, being interwoven with extremism". our disinformation and social
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media correspondent, marianna spring has more. totnes in devon was one of the places where the conspiracy theory movement boomed during the pandemic. now, a motivated minority continue to protest and distribute the light paper. access to your money will be owned by and controlled by the state! former town mayor ben piper says he's become a key target for the movement. he fears an article about him in the light paper exacerbated the harassment he experienced. i've had people drive their car at me, i've been shouted at in the street, i've had people confront me in the supermarket, shoving their phones in my face. sinister telephone calls from strangers who don't identify themselves, you know, of an evening, and stuff like that. as well as more mundane articles, there are others promoting disinformation about vaccines, the financial system, and climate change. one recent article talks about the use of force
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against "aggressors like the government". in print and on its telegram channels, there are calls for war—crime—style trials for mp5, medics and journalists they see as complicit in plots to harm people with the vaccine. i went to meet the editor of the light, darren nesbitt. the build—up to this interview has been pretty hostile, and darren has insisted that he will ask me questions as well as me asking him questions. we believe in the right of people to hold ideas, hold thoughts, ideas and express their views. you know, if you take one iota from that away, we're now down the road of censorship, of thought control. do you think that calls for action in the paper — for people to take action to do something — could result in action that is not peaceful? of course! i mean, you know, people make their own decisions and they need to be responsible for their own actions. people should not be passive and just let the world, you know, change around them,
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because there is, you know, an agenda and a purpose behind it, and it's not for their own best interests. the light is also related to a german paper, called democratic resistance. whistle—blowers have revealed to me how some of the german paper's writers, and one of its key donors, met with members of the reichsburger group, who were behind a failed coup attempt in germany in december 2022. markus heinz stopped writing for the paper because he felt it had become too extreme. you cannot say, ok, on twitter i'm nice, and on telegram i say "kill them all." for me, the biggest problem is that the people who write in this newspaper do not say anything about it. i don't understand it. the editor of democratic resistance, anselm lenz, did not reply to points raised by the bbc. he said, "if needed, we are willing to take the fight by all means." closer to home, the inclination towards hateful rhetoric brings with it a risk of action offline. marianna spring, bbc news.
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you can hear more you can hear more on you can hear more on that story on bbc sounds. twins who were born two and a half months early, having shared the same amniotic sack, blood flow and placenta in the womb, have been reunited in their intensive care unit. wylder and gem chapman are monochrionic—monoamniotic — known as momo — twins and they beat all the odds to survive. peter whittlesea has their story. can you see your brother? can you see each other? you've spent a long time together in there, haven't you? to their parents, these twins are two in a million, but wylder and gem have a significant statistical story of their own. not only are they identical but in the womb, they shared the same amniotic sac and placenta. this only happens in around one in 5,000 to 6,000 pregnancies
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and to bring them safely into the world meant their mum, rachel, had to be constantly monitored. you know, we said it all along that if this works out, it will actually be a miracle. the amount of people that have had to advise us, give us support. rachel talks of miracles because a chance of losing twins with the same placenta and amniotic sac, called medically monocrionic and monoamniotic, is 5a times higher than a singleton pregnancy in the first 2a weeks. after that, clinicians have tojudge when is the best time to deliver the babies. for gem and wylder, thatjudgment call came just short of 28 weeks. two days before their 28 weeks gestation, we went for a routine scan and that's when they started to see complications. the twins were successfully delivered. they are now 32 weeks old and doing well, but it's likely they will remain in hospital for another couple of months before they can go home.
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peterwhittlesea, bbc south—east today, ashford. parents in exeter have been told that the school they are hoping to send their children to in september may not be finished in time. work on the new matford brook academy has run into difficulties. as kevin hay reports, the department for education says it has concerns about the building's foundations. hobby time for 11—year—old theo and dad, david. this model aeroplane, one building project going to plan. the same can't be said for the school which theo was due to attend in september. work on the new matford brook academy in exeter has run into difficulties, with the contractor identifying problems with the building's foundations. it's left me fuming and angry for the kids. the school has recruited teachers. these teachers have no jobs to go to technically. and there is no plan b.
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they should have not even done an enrolment until that school was complete. theo had been to an open day at the academy and was looking forward to september. all the teachers were really nice, really kind and you get to answer questions. and i'm a bit upset that i'm not going to be going and meeting those teachers a bit better. james powell's daughterjenny was also supposed to be going to the academy, an e—mail telling them of the problems throwing their plans into confusion. a bit worried. nobody has been able to tell us what will happen to our daughter in september, when she supposed to go to high school, where they're going to be or what is going to happen at all. how does she feel about this? very nervous. it is already a stressful time going up to high school for her, now the uncertainty as well, this is adding to that.
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matford brook is the latest addition to the ted wragg multi—academy trust which already manages over a dozen schools. the department for education says that pupil safety is its number one priority and testing is under way to assess the scale of the problem at the site. the trust tells us it is deeply disappointed in developments here. it says it is working closely with the department for education to try and find temporary accommodation for its students. meanwhile, it says it has contacted parents to let them know it is working for a speedy resolution to this frustrating situation. kevin hay, bbc spotlight, exeter. a british man has been arrested in the south korean capital, seoul, after trying to scale the world's fifth tallest building without ropes. he'd made it more than half way up the lotte world tower before police forced him into a maintenance cradle. the skyscraper is more than five hundred and fifty metres high, with a hundred and twenty floors. local media have reported that the man had intended
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to parachute off the top. now it's time for a look at the weather with daren bett. hello there. for many parts of the uk it's going to be a dry day with a good deal of sunshine around. the sunniest weather likely to be here in the north—east of england. over the past couple of days we have seen temperatures reaching 32 degrees, 90 fahrenheit. may not be as hot as that today, a little cooler in the south—east and the highest temperature likely to be in cumbria. but with that heat and humidity we have the potential for thundery downpours. hale and lightning, some flooding expected as well, there could be about inch of rain falling in the space of an hour. a few showers towards the east but the main focus of the downpours pushing through the midlands, wales, may be parts of western northern ireland and western scotland. those heavy showers that do develop will tend to decay overnight so it
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does tend to become dry in most areas, a few showers towards the south—west for a while but skies will clear. these are the minimum temperatures at the end of the night and it's a warm night, an uncomfortable night for sleeping once again with the heat and humidity. tomorrow on the whole it's a dry and sunny start. the risk of a thundery shower across england and wales much reduced. the main focus of the downpours the western side of ireland. temperature wise, very similar to what we see today, looking at highs of 27 or 28 degrees. through the rest of the week it looks like things will be much quieter. we are losing those thunderstorms, a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine and it should be more comfortable at night for sleeping. cooler at night, not as humid. the high pressure we have had is pushing all the heavy showers away but instead of that humid south
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easterly breeze, a slightly cooler, fresher easterly breeze coming our way. lots of sunshine around, early mist and fog along the east coast of scotland, may be foggy through parts of the english channel but otherwise a dry and sunny day on wednesday. again high temperatures looking at 27 or 28 degrees, tend to be more towards the western side of the country.
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i'm yalda hakim live in kyiv as ukraine's counter—offensive gets under way. ukraine says another village has fallen but former president petro poroshenko tells me the current operation is the start of a much bigger offensive.

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