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other teaching unions, are locked in a dispute with the government about pay. i'm striking today because it is time to get fully funded, fair pay deals for the teachers. but it can't come out of existing school budgets. we have to consider the children. the government says it has made a "fair and reasonable" offer to teachers. also on the programme... an inquest finds that four boys who died after going into an icy lake in solihull died from drowning in freezing cold water. flowers are laid at the school where a car crashed yesterday killing an eight—year—old girl. police are still questioning a driver. the global shipping industry agrees to reduce carbon emissions "by about 2050". climate groups say the move will do little to limit rising temperatures. 0h, he's edged it and it's taken!
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and, australia take an important early wicket on the second day of the third test at headingley. and coming up on bbc news, it's being billed as the duel of the veterans at wimbledon as defending champion novak djokovic prepares to face old rival stanislas wawrinka in the third round. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. school pupils in england are facing another day of disruption, as teachers from the national education union stage their latest strike about pay. many schools are closed to most students. the union says no teacher wants to be on strike, but that ministers have refused to negotiate. the government says it's made teachers a fair and reasonable offer and that it has to help many people during the cost of living crisis.
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our education reporter vanessa clarke has the latest. making their voices heard. across england, teachers havejoined the picket lines for the second time this week. they are calling for a pay rise that's above inflation and doesn't come out of school budgets. we see vacancies are going unfilled. we see vacancies are going unfilled. we see vacancies are going unfilled. we see really good colleagues leaving the profession in their thousands. leaving the profession in their thousands-— thousands. schools are systematically - thousands. schools are - systematically underfunded and thousands. schools are _ systematically underfunded and we now have _ systematically underfunded and we now have a point where we can't afford _ now have a point where we can't afford to — now have a point where we can't afford to teach any more. we know the reality on _ afford to teach any more. we know the reality on the _ afford to teach any more. we know the reality on the ground. - afford to teach any more. we know the reality on the ground. the - the reality on the ground. the government— the reality on the ground. the government always _ the reality on the ground. the government always says - the reality on the ground. the government always says we . the reality on the ground. the i government always says we have the reality on the ground. the - government always says we have given the school _ government always says we have given the school is _ government always says we have given the school is the — government always says we have given the school is the most _ government always says we have given the school is the most funding - government always says we have given the school is the most funding they - the school is the most funding they have ever _ the school is the most funding they have ever had, _ the school is the most funding they have ever had, they— the school is the most funding they have ever had, they have _ the school is the most funding they have ever had, they have had - the school is the most funding they have ever had, they have had 2 - have ever had, they have had 2 billiorr— have ever had, they have had 2 billion extra _ have ever had, they have had 2 billion extra but _ have ever had, they have had 2 billion extra but it— have ever had, they have had 2 billion extra but it doesn't - billion extra but it doesn't transfer— billion extra but it doesn't transfer to— billion extra but it doesn't transfer to what's- billion extra but it doesn't i transfer to what's happening billion extra but it doesn't - transfer to what's happening in schools — transfer to what's happening in schools. ., , , ,, , schools. the government says strikes are causina schools. the government says strikes are causing more _ schools. the government says strikes are causing more disruption - schools. the government says strikes are causing more disruption for - are causing more disruption for parents and children at the end of the year and schools are receiving an extra £2 billion over the next two years. an independent pay review
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body has advised the government on what the pay rise should be. unions want it published now but the government says it will be published in the usual way, normally the end ofjuly. an unconfirmed source has said it will recommend 6.5%, something the union would consider. i think members would accept 6.5% with one major addition, which is that it would have to be funded. schools don't have the money to pay teachers 6.5% now, so we calculate there would need to be a 3% extra on average funding for schools in order to do that. i average funding for schools in order to do that. ~ ., to do that. i think the government has a very difficult _ to do that. i think the government has a very difficult choice. - to do that. i think the government has a very difficult choice. it - to do that. i think the government has a very difficult choice. it may. has a very difficult choice. it may take _ has a very difficult choice. it may take the — has a very difficult choice. it may take the recommendations of the pay review— take the recommendations of the pay review body but it has a very difficult _ review body but it has a very difficult choice because we have to spend _ difficult choice because we have to spend billions of pounds helping people _ spend billions of pounds helping people with the cost of living, getting — people with the cost of living, getting their energy bills down. parents— getting their energy bills down. parents near reading have been balancing work and childcare today. i am very supportive of the strikes.
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everybody seems to think it is just that they need to pay but it's not, its teaching conditions, making sure they have resources. i its teaching conditions, making sure they have resources.— they have resources. i don't see a solution at _ they have resources. i don't see a solution at the _ they have resources. i don't see a solution at the end. _ they have resources. i don't see a solution at the end. i _ they have resources. i don't see a solution at the end. i totally - solution at the end. i totally understand _ solution at the end. i totally understand teachers - solution at the end. i totally understand teachers who i solution at the end. i totally i understand teachers who want solution at the end. i totally - understand teachers who want to speak _ understand teachers who want to speak up — understand teachers who want to speak up and _ understand teachers who want to speak up and say, _ understand teachers who want to speak up and say, we _ understand teachers who want to speak up and say, we are - understand teachers who want to speak up and say, we are not - understand teachers who want tol speak up and say, we are not paid well enough _ speak up and say, we are not paid well enough. the— speak up and say, we are not paid well enough-— speak up and say, we are not paid well enough. the strikes this week are by members — well enough. the strikes this week are by members of— well enough. the strikes this week are by members of one _ well enough. the strikes this week are by members of one union, - well enough. the strikes this week are by members of one union, but| are by members of one union, but three other unions are currently balloting members on action. any strikes in the autumn term would be coordinated meaning more school closures and more picket lines. vanessa clarke, bbc news. our education editor branwenjeffreys is in huddersfield. is there any prospect or sign of some sort of resolution here? that is there any prospect or sign of some sort of resolution here? at the moment it is — some sort of resolution here? at the moment it is a _ some sort of resolution here? at the moment it is a total— some sort of resolution here? at the moment it is a total stand-off. - some sort of resolution here? at the moment it is a total stand-off. no i moment it is a total stand—off. no talks happening, not even any informal communication behind—the—scenes. everyone is now waiting for that crucial independent pay review body report to be published. that could come as late
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as the last day of term or even beyond. the government is waiting until the last possible moment. the credible leak suggesting 6.5% would put ministers in an incredibly difficult decision. they would have to decide whether to revise their current offer of 4.3% for most teachers. even at 4.3%, some schools have the money in their budgets for next year but others don't. if it went any higher than that the government would have to find additionalfunding to government would have to find additional funding to give to schools to avoid the pressures of pay, which is the largest part of any school budget, meaning resources were taken away from pupils or even jobs lost in schools. branwenjeffreys in huddersfield, thank you. the deaths of four boys after they fell into a frozen lake near solihull were accidental and "a devastating tragedy", a coroner concluded. finlay butler, who was eight, died along with his brother
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samuel, who was six. their ii—year—old cousin thomas stewart also perished, as did another boy, jackjohnson, who was 10. they went into the water at babbs mill park in december last year. the inquest heard that the boys had gone to feed the ducks and skim stones. our midlands correspondent phil mackie is at the coroners court in birmingham. i think this was quite a traumatic experience for all the people who were there on the day and all the people who had to see what happened in the aftermath of that period in december when this happened. today we got the details for the first time of what happened. the boys had gone to the frozen lake to play. it had been a cold spell and the ice had been a cold spell and the ice had been a cold spell and the ice had been quite thick. in the days before a lot of people had been seen on the ice, including adults. on that day the air temperature was 5 degrees and the boys were about 12 metres from the shore. at that stage
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unbeknownst to them the water was about 1.5, two metres deep. the first one to fall through was finlay. the others try to help but nothing could be done. there was a brave effort from police officers, the first emergency services to arrive on the scene. they took off their body armour and waded in neck deep, formed a human chain to try to get the boys out, at great risk to themselves but were unable to do so. the bodies were eventually uncovered about 15 minutes later when specialist rescue teams arrived. there were lengthy hours long attempts to resuscitate them in hospital but nothing could be done. family members were in court in tears. jackjohnson's granddad thanked tears. jack johnson's granddad thanked the tears. jackjohnson's granddad thanked the police and fire brigade for everything they did. the coroner found it was an accidental death caused by drowning but nobody could have done anything else to save the boys. phil mackie in birmingham, thank you. the body which oversees the shipping industry says a deal�*s
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been reached to make the sector net—zero in carbon dioxide emissions by about 2050. 175 countries who belong to the international maritime organisation have spent the week discussing new targets at a meeting in london. let's speak to our environment correspondent matt mcgrath. will this deal help towards tackling climate change? ? not until about 2050. will this help towards tackling climate change? getting 175 countries to agree to a net zero target by or around 2050 is a significant political achievement. shipping plays a role in all our lives, 90% of the goods we use are transported by ships, which use heavy oil and have high carbon emissions, but the complexity of the shipping industry is meant it is difficult to regulate until now. in that sense this deal represents a step forward to bring shipping into line with every other industry. but scientists and environmentalists are not happy, they say there are no hard targets for 2030 and 2040 and in their view it makes the deal fatally flawed, it is not aligned
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with the science and won't do much to keep temperatures down. but there is a lot of hope, people are pinning their hopes on the idea of a carbon levy of $100 per tonne of carbon that ships use. that's still on the table and many believe if that is put into place and implemented it could lead to much greener shipping in the decades to come. environment correspondent _ in the decades to come. environment correspondent matt _ in the decades to come. environment correspondent matt mcgrath, - in the decades to come. environment correspondent matt mcgrath, thank l correspondent matt mcgrath, thank you. police are continuing to question a woman about a car crash outside a school yesterday which killed an eight—year—old girl. 16 people needed treatment after a land rover crashed into the study preparatory school in south—west london. mark lobel reports from wimbledon. emotions laid bare this morning after the school crash. flowers and soft toys in memory of an eight—year—old girl and her classmates, enjoying their last day of school until a moment that suddenly changed their lives. it's been a shock for so many, including parents of children who once attended this school.
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it's a very sad occasion. it's affected the community. and a lot of the parents here have quite a lot of children who attended the school. so this is obviously very shocking for all of us. the chair of the board of governors of this school paid his respects after addressing the media yesterday. off camera, he told me he's been informed of no other children in a critical condition. he says planned activities at the school today have been cancelled, as everyone is so devastated at what's occurred. questions remain over what exactly happened to cause the car to career off a quiet street. police are questioning a woman in her 40s, reviewing cctv and speaking to witnesses. the bbc understands that one line of inquiry is that the driver had a medical incident. it was here on camp road that the land rover mounted the pavement.
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this steel fence is in place now, but yesterday it was just this wooden fence that was protecting the children. parts of this steel gate, as you can see, are now lying in pieces on the grass. one local mother whose eight—year—old son goes to another school says she's been told by a parent at study prep of a number of children injured with broken bones. i have also had conversations with people about these very large cars, suvs and four—wheel drives in small areas and in areas with very narrow streets, narrow pavements and lots of children. for parents and their children here, this was meant to be the first day of their summer holidays. now replaced by memories drowned in sadness. prayers are currently being held in a church around 15 minutes walk from here in west wimbledon where school members are part of the congregation. murton police has issued a statement saying the
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tragedy of yesterday is still a heavy weight on all our teams. we have spent the morning outside the school here and for every person a stop to talk to us another was too overcome with emotion. —— merton police. it goes to show how close the community is here. the flag is being flown at half mast at the golf club across the road from the school is the one note we read that stood up is the one note we read that stood up to us among the floral tributes behind us was made out apparently to the eight—year—old girl who lost her life and it read simply, you will always be our shining star. we will miss you so much. studio: mark lobel in wimbledon, thank you. ukraine's president zelensky has been touring nato members to rally support for his country to be invited to join the alliance. today he meets the turkish leader recep tayyip erdogan, who maintains good relations with vladimir putin. the ukrainian president says his forces have the initiative in their major counteroffensive
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against russia, but conceded the gains "weren't fast". andrew harding sent this report from eastern ukraine. explosion. ukrainian troops barely flinch as another russian shell hits the front lines close to bakhmut. for a month now, the counteroffensive has raged here. davai, davai! "come on, come on.", the commander urges his men forwards. and they are making progress, but its slow work. too slow for some. i step on the russian mine. this soldier lost his foot to a mine a while back and has now recovered and is fighting again. but he's worried. yes, we need help. we need more artillery systems. we need more, more, more weapons. and without that? without that i think probably, we have... we will lose this game. you're going to lose? yes. the counteroffensive is certainly proving costly for ukraine.
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another casualty arrives at a field hospital on the southern front. oleh is just 19 years old. he was wounded in the back this morning by shrapnel from a mortar. despite the rising ukrainian casualty rate, despite scenes like this, it is important to remember that ukraine's counteroffensive is still in its very early stages. it's not appropriate yet to judge whether it's been a failure or a success. drone footage of russian forces near the southern city of kherson. ukraine has launched a surprise attack here, forcing these troops to retreat, probing russia's defences, as you might in a long game of chess. because this is a slow process, notjust on the front lines.
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here, a huge russian ammunition store near donetsk is targeted. it's part of ukraine's plan to weaken the enemy before the counteroffensive moves up another gear. "everyone is waiting for that," says army doctor yevgen. "we wait and we believe that everything will be fine. we just need to be patient." but that patience comes at a high price. 19—year—old oleh is taken away in a british ambulance, funded by private donors. he's stable, but his spine is damaged. he may never walk again. andrew harding, bbc news, ukraine. the time is 1:16. our top story this afternoon: there's more disruption for schoolpupils, as teachers in england strike for the second time this week. and still to come...
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for the second time this week. andy for the second time this week. murray's match sof described andy murray's match so far has been described as a cliffhanger but can he hold on and book a place in round three? the latest from wimbledon on the way. coming up on bbc news, a poor start to the second day of the third ashes test for england, losing two early wickets. jonny bairstow was the second to go at headingley, dismissed with a great catch from australia's steve smith. the man convicted of murdering elle edwards will be sentenced this afternoon. elle edwards, who was 26, was an innocent bystander caught up in a gangland shooting outside a pub on the wirral on christmas eve. herfather tim has been speaking to our correspondentjane mccubbin about how he's been dealing with his daughter's death. when me and the girls came here, i took a photograph of the two of them sitting on this wall.
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and it's a beautiful photograph. for four months, we follow tim as he prepares for the trial. hello, baby doll. hi. you all right? how are we? fine. guess where i am. remember that picture of you and elle? i was going to say, i can recognise already that you're there. he laughs. that's it there. it was right there, wasn't it? coming here to greece to retrace their steps has helped him focus on the joy they shared, not the rage he's now left with. if you've not had any counselling, how do you come back to a place like this? i suppose this is like therapy. it beats sitting in someone's office, doesn't it? talking about how bad you're feeling and how bad things are.
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it'd be easierjust to lose yourself in the bottom of a bottle of whisky, i guess. that's, i've done that. i've done that. a bottle of whisky every day. and that adds its own problems. two weeks before the trial, tim revisits the places they went to, the restaurants they ate in, a reminder of life as it was. do you remember the first time we met? i couldn't even mention elle's name. not once. no. i want to be able to talk about ellie. it does make it easier. it helps. you're going back to chaos. three, four weeks of intense...
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god knows what. it's something that you can't, you can't even prepare for, really, cos you don't know what's coming, really. give me a minute, just let me... and as we float in the med, a text arrives from merseyside police. that text message from the police, that was to ask you to watch cctv footage of ellie's murder. you should never have to do that. you've been putting it off. yeah. who wants to watch the video of your daughter getting murdered? once you've seen it, you never gonna unsee it, are you? how do you deal with that? the grieving process, what i'm still learning is that it comes in waves and itjust hits you. it can become to the point where it
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will break most people. but it won't break me. tim edwards, the father of elle edwards. a bbc investigation has found that muscle building supplements which can cause serious side effects are being sold to gym—goers across the uk. the products have become popular with people who want bigger muscles while losing fat, but they can cause health issues including liver problems and aren't approved for sale, but the bbc has found them widely available in shops and online. kashjones has been investigating. you don't understand how many people are on these things, man. it's crazy. for gym—goers searching for quick gains, substances like these are the latest thing. they are selective androgen receptor modulators, commonly known as sarms, and are available for purchase alongside other similar muscle—building drugs.
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sat-nav: in a quarter of a mile, turn right. l but none of these are approved for human consumption anywhere in the uk, and it's a criminal offence to sell them as such. despite that, i was able to buy them in shops around the country. so somebody mentioned sarms to you? yeah. sarms are brilliant. big stores won't sell them. a small independent store like me, we can sell them, because we can sort of get away with it, we're on the radar, so to speak. i've been training for around six months now, butjust nothing's happening kind of thing. have you heard of sarms? they've been researching these, one, because they've got zero side effects. they're what you want. yeah, well, popular. 45 quid, one in the morning one at night. some of the shops did mention there are side effects, but all of them promised me quick results. it even says here on one bottle that it's for research purposes only, but goes on to claim it's a potent muscle builder. now, none of them list any health risks, but medical experts warn
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these drugs are dangerous with potentially serious long term side effects. reece was 20 when he took unapproved muscle building pills marketed as sarms to help with his weight training. about, i'd say, two weeks in, that's when i started to feel the side effects. so it was pretty quick. the erectile dysfunction, the hot sweats. i'd go to the gym, i'd feel strong. but it wasn't like max potential because my sleep wasn't quite there. i'd say i was getting like four hours of quality sleep. the royal pharmaceutical society warns against using sarms and says urgent action needs to be taken by regulators to control the market. what we would like to see is the laws around them tightened. we would like to see better control over them and an acknowledgement that they are not being used for research purposes when they're being purchased. the food standards agency and food standards scotland, in response to our investigation, said sarms and similar drugs are not authorised for sale in the uk and should not be taken. they also said consumers should report businesses selling these substances to them
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or their local authority. we asked the shops we visited for a response. not all came back to us. those that did expressed confusion about the regulations. one told us they have now stopped selling all sarms and are seeking guidance from the food standards agency. after his experience, rhys now thinks there are safer ways to get results at the gym. they're not researched enough. you don't know the negative effects. there's a lot of ways to do it naturally. so increasing your knowledge and your training, your nutrition, getting your nutrition a lot better. i wouldn't recommend sarms to anyone and those that are currently taking sarms now, i would say stop. kash jones, bbc news. house prices fell for the third month in a row injune according to the mortgage lender halifax. while mortgage rates continue to rise. it said the annual poll of 2.6% was equivalent to about seven and a half
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thousand pounds being wiped off the average house price. the difficult uk property now costs just under £286,000. it's another exciting day for tennis fans, many of whom are probably rather tired after yesterday's late night on wimbledon's centre court. andy murray will resume his match against stefanos tsitsipas later this afternoon — with murray leading two sets to one. nesta mcgregor is at sw19 for us. it was a very tennis standards. you get the feeling andy murray would have wanted the match take to continue. he had all the momentum and it is a new day, new fans, who knows if that will work in tsitsipas's favour. it is worth saying that as well as that 11pm therapy the conditions under the roof could have been a factor as well. we saw both players slipping and at one point during the match andy murray went down and there was
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a loud scream from him. he seemed in real pain. i can tell you this morning he has been on the practice courts and it looks like he is moving freely with nothing to worry about hopefully. we think at the very earliest marie will be on centre courtjust very earliest marie will be on centre court just after 3pm. very earliest marie will be on centre courtjust after 3pm. mind you, it is a stellar day of tennis. we have the ladies and men's top seeds as well as defending champions as well. when you throw in a trio of brits including liam broady, katie boulter and cameron norrie plus highs of 28 celsius, it is not a bad day to have a ticket. studio: no, it is not, thank you, what an afternoon. nesta mcgregor at wimbledon. that takes us to the cricket. it's been a tough session for england in the crucial second morning of the third ashes test at headingley. joe root was dismissed by australian captain pat cummins in the first over. at lunch england had slipped to 142—7. joe wilson has been watching.
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sun out over yorkshire. in the middle, one of the greatest sons of yorkshire, joe root. what could go wrong? second ball of the day. he's edged it and he's taken. headingley could barely summon the strength to boo. in contrast to england, yesterday australia held the catches that mattered. and look, here comes another. there goes another. johnny bairstow of england and yorkshire. he fell right into the hands of australia. within half an hour of the batters england hoped would be leading were just watching. so everything as usual was basically down to ben stokes. england were relying on him. oh, england were repairing him. the captain's fitness is an ongoing issue. is that lower back? moeen ali had recovered from his injury to play in this test match. beautiful day, loads of time, and here was something to cheer.
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you can keep believing, especially if you see ben stokes is still batting. this was a morning when england were hanging on, trying to catch up. was this the kind of shot that the situation required? instinct from moeen ali, another catch from steve smith, and all too simple for australia. a morning session for england where almost everything in all honesty went wrong. four wickets fell. chris woakes with a faint touch just before lunch the last of them. 142-7. yeah, catches do win matches. the situation of the match as we are about to resume after lunch,. the situation of the series, australia 2-0 situation of the series, australia 2—0 out, means this is in a match england have to win. the situation of ben stokes, we know he is not fit enough to bowl in this test match, england are desperately hoping he is fit enough to bat this afternoon. what could rescue england now? only really an astonishing afternoon of ben stokes batting. he did it here at headingley four years ago. he did
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it at lord'sjust at headingley four years ago. he did it at lord's just a few days ago but i think he will be really frustrating for so many fans here that we are already clutching at that we are already clutching at that in this test match. ben stokes will resume 27 not out and at least one working leg. studio:, joe wilson, thank you, watching at headingley. now, this has been a feature on our roads for half a century — regularly topping the list of the most popular cars in the uk. it is of course the ford fiesta — it is in fact the only car i ever owned, make of that what you will! it is about to roll off the assembly line for the final time — to make way for greener alternatives. greg mckenzie has this report. sometimes it went fast. sometimes went slow. but it always, always went. until, one day, it didn't any more.
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the humble ford fiesta, which was once one of ford's most popular cars, selling over 20 million worldwide since first rolling off the production line in 1977. my nan and granddad had a red xr2i fiesta that was always on their drive when we used to go round at weekends to go and visit them. to go and visit them. so that was my first sort of sight and up close to fiesta, and i used to love being able to go and i used to love being able to go out with them. out with them. when i was first passed my driving when i was first passed my driving test, it made me want a fiesta to be test, it made me want a fiesta to be the first car that i that the first car that i that i owned and drove. launched as a three—door hatchback i owned and drove. across seven generations, the car was produced out of ford's the car was produced out of ford's plant in dagenham, in east plant in dagenham, in east london, as well as other london, as well as other factories across europe. factories across europe. but changing times has meant the car but changing times has meant the car isn't as popular as it once was. isn't as popular as it once was. i think the end of ford fiesta paves i think the end of ford fiesta paves the way for what is likely to happen across the board as we head the way for what is likely to happen towards electrification and the 2030 cut off, and the 2030 cut off,
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