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saying, the disparity what you are saying, the disparity between the have and have—nots it does. what do you say to people who say there would be an alternative form of transport you could use or get access to? l form of transport you could use or get access to?— form of transport you could use or get access to? i would say try being me caettin get access to? i would say try being me getting on _ get access to? i would say try being me getting on other— get access to? i would say try being me getting on other forms - get access to? i would say try being me getting on other forms of - me getting on other forms of transport. i think we can all agree that it would be lovely if our public transport system was fully accessible, and it isn'tjust disabled people or people who struggle with inaccessible transport, about one in five people are disabled, so it is a large proportion of the population who can't access public transport as it is. so if they are barred driving because of the economic cost associated with the ultra low emission zone, they will be stranded. i
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emission zone, they will be stranded-— emission zone, they will be stranded. , , ., stranded. i suppose the other thing is to say that of _ stranded. i suppose the other thing is to say that of course _ stranded. i suppose the other thing is to say that of course everybody l is to say that of course everybody really should be entitled to a good quality air and if that is not available, if it is a choice between being able to get to work and actually increasing people's respiratory problems, that is hobson�*s choice, isn't it? it is hobson's choice, isn't it? it is very difficult _ hobson's choice, isn't it? it is very difficult because - hobson's choice, isn't it? it is very difficult because if - hobson's choice, isn't it? it 3 very difficult because if you have a scheme like this that makes it more difficult for people to get to work or leave the house, what you will do is make their health outcomes worse. so those unintended side—effects will result in other health problems. will result in other health problems-— will result in other health roblems. �* , ., . problems. but it is balancing the terrible health _ problems. but it is balancing the terrible health problems, - problems. but it is balancing the terrible health problems, and i terrible health problems, and we just heard from rosamond, what she is hearing in lewisham is terrible respiratory problems, copd for young people, terrible asthma and so forth so what is your solution to that? i so what is your solution to that? i think the truth is that it is a
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long—term project that abruptly needs to be driven by central government or at least there needs to be a coordinated response to this kind of thing. and actually, i think there needs to be a recognition that these problems are complex. it is not helpful to come up with a nice sound bite and simple solution, let's have an ultra low emission zone and charge x number of quid a day to get into london to stop people using cars. because that is very much an oversimplification of what the problem is. climate change and air pollution, they are caused but the fact that people need to use these forms of transport to get around because of how our society is oruanised. ., ~' ,, , around because of how our society is oruanised. ., ~ ,, , . ., organised. thank you very much for 'oinin: us that's all from us tonight. sleep well, good night.
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breaking news from around the world, 24 breaking news from around the world, 2a hours a day, this is bbc news. they're everywhere. soldiers stumbling across yet another on the roadside. is it a claymore? and it's still live? this is a claymore mine they've just discovered, still active, so i think we need to probably move away. well back. as we pull back, ukrainian engineers move in cautiously to defuse it. "detonate it," he says, "and you're talking about 30 or a0 casualties." "there are mines everywhere," says dimitro. "they scare me more
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than anything else. "two of our most experienced men lost a leg each this week." grim drone footage of a ukrainian unit trapped in a russian minefield. medics already treating several wounded men. then, this soldier steps on another mine but, somehow, clambers to safety. we are having to be very careful where you walk here. a lot of russian mines left behind and in the fields along the front lines, vast acres of russian minefields. and it's because of those mines, ukrainians say, that they are struggling to make the kind of strategic breakthrough they need to in order to change the course of this war. a ukrainian engineer shows some of the russian
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devices he's disarmed. both sides are accused of using banned antipersonnel mines. in his bunker, a ukrainian commander tells me the counteroffensive is on course, but going slowly. "that's because unlike the russians, we are trying to keep our casualties to the minimum," he says. but could a ukrainian breakthrough be imminent? intercepted russian radio messages hint at collapsing morale. "50 of our men ran away," this russian soldier is caught saying. for ukrainian forces, every step forward here remains a risk. but they are advancing through the minefields nonetheless, filming themselves as they liberate their country, field by field, trench by trench.
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worrying video has emerged from a theme park in the us state of north carolina — after a visitor filmed a roller—coaster running on a support which seemed to be completely broken. take a look at this footage — you can see the beam in the middle of the shot, with what looks like a crack running from the top left to bottom right. as you can see — when the roller—coaster cars go round — the whole structure shifts by a noticeable amount — with daylight visible through it. the ride, known as fury 325, has now been shut down for inspection by maintenance teams — and there are no reports of anyone being hurt. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. the lord chancellor has asked the parole board to reconsider its decision to allow the double child killer
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colin pitchfork to be released from prison. he was jailed for life for raping and murdering two 15—year—old girls, dawn ashworth and lynda mann, in the 1980s. he was recommended for parole earlier this year — but friends of the families of his victims said it was like putting them through torture over and over again. an investigation into a fire, in which a mother and two children lost their lives in cambridge on friday... has concluded that it was probably caused by an e—bike, which was being charged at their home. the fire service is now urging people to avoid charging e—bike or e—scooter batteries overnight. king charles has arrived in scotland in preparation for being presented with scotland's crown jewels. he received the keys to the city of edinburgh and was presented a new ceremonial sword, the 'elizabeth sword'. the blade, named after the late queen will replace the existing sword, which is too delicate to use.
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you're live with bbc news. in the uk, drivers who filled up at supermarket petrol stations last year paid — on average — an extra six pence per litre. the reason — a lack of competition between companies. according to an official estimate, that added up to around 900 million pounds — or nearly 1.15 billion dollars — in additional costs. the government is now promising to change the law to increase competition. our business correspondent emma simpson reports... filling up at the pump. we buy nearly half our fuel at the supermarkets. it's usually the cheapest but according to the regulator, it may not be as cheap as it should be. i think it's absolutely disgusting. the watchdog has found that the gap has increased between what retailers pay for petrol and diesel, and what they sell it for. we've seen that competition between retailers of petrol and diesel is not as effective
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as it could be. we've seen retail margins increase over the last few years and that means motorists are paying more at the pump than they would be if competition was working really well. the war in ukraine led to a big jump in prices at the pump last year. they have come down a bit since then but look at the grey line below, that's the wholesale price that retailers pay. as their costs went up, it was passed on to us but when they came down, the prices were not as quick to follow. the gap widened and this year it's been even higher for diesel. in all the time the rac has been monitoring fuel prices, we've never ever seen margins being taken by retailers of this level. at one point, retailers were making 22p a litre on diesel. asda has long had a reputation for setting the pace here at the pumps. it's generally still the cheapest but the cma detected a strategic shift to make more money on fuel, tripling its margins compared with five years ago. morrisons, also under new owners, decided to make more
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profits on fuel as well, but instead of undercutting them as wholesale prices fell, rivals including tesco and sainsbury�*s simply did the same thing too. isn't it a bit strange that in a digital age, asda and morrisons insists their fuel margins remain very low and don't include costs, saying any modest rise in fuel profits has been used to keep groceries as low as possible. emma simpson, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk.... a court in london has heard claims that the hollywood actor kevin spacey was an aggressive predator, who was uncomfortable with his sexuality. an alleged victim told the jury that he had made it clear mr spacey�*s advances were unwanted, but he persisted, and began to sexually assault him. mr spacey, who denies the charges, was also described as a bit creepy. our correspondent sanchia berg was in court... kevin spacey arriving at court
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for the second day of his trial, pleading not guilty to the charges and his lawyers and pleading not guilty to the charges and his lawyers said last week it but he was baffled and deeply hurt by the evidence of this particular witness. figures from the met office show thisjune was the hottest on record in the uk. the average monthly temperature was 15.8 degrees celsius — that's 60.1; degrees fahrenheit — which was nought point nine degrees celsius above the previous highest. records were broken in 72 of the 97 areas in the uk from which temperature data is collected. if you think the moon looks a little bit bigger and brighter than normal tonight — that's because it's a full buck super moon — and it's about 21,000 kilometres closer than usual. here, it's shining over the ancient temple of poseidon on cape sounion in greece. in case you were wondering — the name buck moon comes from the new antlers that begin
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to grow from the forehead of a buck deer at this time of year. just 17 days to go before the womens' world cup kicks off — and in one of the co—hosts, australia, ticket sales have been so high that bigger stadiums are being pressed into action. but in new zealand, interest in the tournament seems to be a little bit lower. let's bring in zoe george, a senior sports reporter at stuff, new zealand's largest news website. thank you forjoining us. the first fall is enthusiasm building in new zealand or a little slower compared to australia?— to australia? enthusiasm is grown and thankfully _ to australia? enthusiasm is grown and thankfully more _ to australia? enthusiasm is grown and thankfully more than - to australia? enthusiasm is grown and thankfully more than 1.1 - to australia? enthusiasm is grown l and thankfully more than 1.1 million
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tickets across the places have sold making it one of the biggest women sporting event in history. but only about 250,000 tickets have sold to games here in new zealand. i think it is for a range of things. new zealand is a notoriously bad at leaving things to the last minute and i imagine we will see an uptick in ticket sales once the tournament starts. if you are on home soil at the moment. that's what we saw lester during the rugby world cup. we have to remember that this is the third major women's world cup that new zealand has had in the last 18 months we've had cricket, rugby and now we have the few vote world football cup. i now we have the few vote world football curs-— now we have the few vote world football cop-— now we have the few vote world football cup. i want to ask about women sporting _ football cup. i want to ask about women sporting events - football cup. i want to ask about women sporting events as - football cup. i want to ask about women sporting events as well i football cup. i want to ask about i women sporting events as well but for viewers outside of the country, how big is football in new zealand? it is growing. it is growing. we are a rugby nation, our biggest brand is
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rugby slightly followed by the black marker one but we see a number of registered players every year in the football ferns are have lost their last ten games which is not what you really want in the build up to a football broke up on home soil but they have one final friendly against vietnam onjuly, the tenth before the big opening game of the fifa world cup onjuly 20 against norway. tickets in the big, game that everyone will be watching against netherlands and wellington on the 27th, bits of replay for the final of the 2019 world cup finals. so it will be good fun, hopefully we will see thousands and thousands of fans come into new zealand over the next six weeks and hopefully it will be kiwis inspired to come and join the action. kiwis inspired to come and 'oin the action. ~ ., ,, kiwis inspired to come and 'oin the action. ~ ., ., action. would you say that excitement _ action. would you say that excitement towards - action. would you say that | excitement towards women action. would you say that - excitement towards women sporting events, has been building up in the
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country? events, has been building up in the count ? , , ., , , ., country? oh, yes. there has been a hue country? oh, yes. there has been a huge commitment _ country? oh, yes. there has been a huge commitment from _ country? oh, yes. there has been a huge commitment from our - country? oh, yes. there has been a - huge commitment from our government of last few years. we implemented a women and girls strategy about five years ago that saw more investment into women's and girls sports including for these major events. so to see something like the fifa world football cup come to new zealand and although it is not our number one sport, it is growing, it is for the positive. 0ne sport, it is growing, it is for the positive. one of the things that we have to remember, just like women in the uk, women in new zealand were effectively banned from playing football for about 50 years between the early 1920s until the 1970s. imagine what we could have achieved and what will principle could have looked like if we got in and were able to play. zoe looked like if we got in and were able to play-— looked like if we got in and were ableto la. ., , ., ., ~ able to play. zoe george, thank you for 'oinin: able to play. zoe george, thank you forjoining us and _ able to play. zoe george, thank you forjoining us and hopefully - able to play. zoe george, thank you forjoining us and hopefully we - able to play. zoe george, thank you forjoining us and hopefully we can i forjoining us and hopefully we can speak you again once attornment begins. but without me and this edition of our programme. i will be back with business news shortly but for now thank you so much for watching the programme.
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hello there. weather conditions are remaining on the unsettled side for the time of year, all thanks to low pressure. we could see some pretty wet weather across the south and the south—east of the country through tuesday. probably the best of the sunshine a bit further northwards. but even here, for much of the rest of the country away from the south, there'll be plenty of showers around, too. now we've got two weather fronts around. this one's a weakening one in the north. this one is a developing one. and this is going to bring some wet weather to southern britain through this morning. and the rain will pep up, become heavier, in fact, as we head through the morning across the south and the south—east, maybe some thundery bursts in there. this weather fronts across scotland and northern ireland will be weakening as it moves southwards, and on either side, it'll be sunshine and showers. these sorts of temperatures are below par for the time of year, but depending on how much sunshine we get in the south does depend on the temperatures.
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at the moment, it looks like it could be quite wet. temperatures around the mid—teens for the south—east. so we could see some significant disruptions to play at wimbledon with this rain, which will tend to last through the afternoon, perhaps into the evening, turning heavier as it develops into an area of low pressure. it doesn't look like the low countries will bear the brunt of that. elsewhere, it's clear spells and a few showers to start wednesday. so there's that area of low pressure heading towards denmark, deepening as it does so. for us, we're in between weather systems on wednesday, so not a bad day, i think. there will be plenty of sunshine from the word go, but then showers could develop anywhere. most of them will be across scotland and northern ireland, closer to this area of low pressure, and some of them could be heavy, maybe thundery for western scotland. temperature—wise, maybe a degree or so up because the winds will be lighter and maybe some more sunshine around, so up to 21 degrees. and then for thursday, this area of low pressure starts to push towards the west of the country. higher pressure begins to build towards the near continent. so i think thursday, not a bad—looking day. we start to switch our winds up from the south.
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that will be drawing up some warm airfrom france and iberia. so, with more sunshine around, winds coming up from the south, we could see higher temperatures, 22 or 23 degrees there. this is the pressure set—up for the end of the week, friday and the weekend. a deep low out to the west. this weather front will bring some thundery rain to the west of the country. but for england and wales, we'll be drawing up a southerly wind. so it could be quite warm on friday, with some sunshine in the south, but with low pressure nearby, there will always been an increasing threat of showers and thunderstorms.
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