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and sometimes what we want is for them to get into the left stuff, trumpetjoin or create more sunlight for the small plants that live on the ground. now we can force them to do that using the virtual hello frrom the bbc sports centre, i'm tanya arnold. there was a famous victory for the philipines over new zealand
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in the second round of matches in group a at the women's world cup. a headed goalfrom sarina bolden gave the debutants their first win in the tournament. new zealand, who themselves got a shock victory over norway in their opening game, now need to get a result in their final match to get through to the knock out stages. i know how much it means for them to be here and to play in front of their friends and families and fans, so it is heartbreaking, but this is not over yet. we still have one game to go and we still have time to reset and refocus and get ready for the game against switzerland. we feel it was a true reflection of the football match, they deserved something in the game. the unity, workrate _ something in the game. the unity, workrate and heart in the team was speciah _ workrate and heart in the team was speciah we — workrate and heart in the team was special. we had some luck but we
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also are _ special. we had some luck but we also are under lock and because of that it _ also are under lock and because of that it is _ also are under lock and because of that it isjust a special moment in the history— that it isjust a special moment in the history of philippine team sport — the history of philippine team sport it — the history of philippine team sport. it would have to be one of the test— sport. it would have to be one of the best achievements in the history of the _ the best achievements in the history of the country. new zealand's final match will against switzerland who drew with norway, 0—0. switzerland top the group with four points, while norway are bottom with just one. arda hegerberg picked up an injury. catalina usme got the first from the penalty spot, that was enough to give columbia only their second win at a world cup i'm very happy and i know that this. i'm very happy and i know that this. ifeel i'm very happy and i know that this. i feel starting with a victory we are on the right foot and it gives us a lot of confidence and positive energy that we need.
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scotland are hoping to make it four wins from four in the t20 world cup qualifiers. after an impressive win against italy yesterday, they are straight back in action taking on austria in edinburgh. they�* re currently 190—2 after 15 overs, with a year to go to the olympics, paris is in the final phase of an historic clean—up, which will soon see swimmers and divers back in the river seine. banned for a century because of the filthy water, the city has spent 1.2 billion euros to make it safe. hugh schofield is in paris to take a look. a year from the paris olympics and here's a bit of a foretaste — a diving competition. you could say they're testing the water. it's more than eight years since there have been competitive events in the river seine. now, thanks to the improved water quality, they're back. it wasn't just that swimming in the old seine was illegal —
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and now... we try to not drink it too much, but a few sips, it's kind of 0k. for us, it's the best. the story of paris is also the story of the seine. it became little more than a picturesque channel. the turnaround began 20 or 30 years ago and, now, well within safety norms. it's taken time, commitment and a lot of money. are putting in to cleaning up the river seine, take a look at this.
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reservoir is for storing storm water — the run—off in heavy rain that can otherwise carry human sewage into the river. operational next year, it will make the seine safe for the paris public. they see the guys, the athletes, coming in the river and swimming themselves in the river seine. that's our massive legacy of the games. life in all its forms is returning. now be found in paris. not only the fish, also aquatic insects, jellyfish, shrimps, crabs, sponges.
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for nearly 100 years, scenes like this have been banned. now, with the olympics around the corner humans too are coming back to the seine. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. a reminder you can keep up—to—date with all the days sports storis on the bbc sport website and app, but from all of us here at the bbc sports centre, good bye for now. the number of people living in temporary accommodation in england has hit a record high. official data shows that, at the end of march, 104,510 households were living in temporary accommodation. the figure includes a record 131,370 children. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has been looking at the figures.
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they started collating the number of people living in temporary accommodation in 1998 and the numbers have never been this high. almost 105,000 households, 131,000 children officially classed as homeless. just under 1a,000 of them living in hotels or in bed and breakfasts. not quite a record high, but close to a record high. it shows the pressures on the housing system in england at the moment and the problems that councils having and trying to help people who can find accommodation for themselves. ah, big accommodation for themselves. a big ricin: -- accommodation for themselves. a big pricing -- rise — accommodation for themselves. a big pricing -- rise in _ accommodation for themselves. a big pricing -- rise in previous— accommodation for themselves. a big pricing —— rise in previous years, particularly when it comes to children. , , ,., children. indeed. this is something that councils _ children. indeed. this is something that councils are _ children. indeed. this is something that councils are really _ children. indeed. this is something that councils are really struggling l that councils are really struggling with. the families that you go and speak to, the impact being homeless has on them is huge because often
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initially at the very least a lot of them living in a single hotel room and you can end up in a scenario where you have a 13 or 14—year—old trying to do their homework alongside a baby crying in the middle of the night. when the baby wakes up, the room wakes up. they are often moved well away from the school that they have to go to 38 have to move school to have a long commute in the morning in order to stay at their school, with their friends. in the dash and the incidence of one young child i spoke to a couple of days ago, because he had to move he is now not going to the secondary school that all his friends are going to go to simply because he is no longer in the catchment area. all of this is creating a huge stress for all the families who just don't know where to turn because councils are saying we are trying to help you, but ultimately the families just want to have somewhere they can call home.
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let's unpack these figures a bit more with alex diner, senior housing researcher at the new economics foundation. why are these figures so high? they are really concerning figures. private sector rents are rising a lot and many of you viewers will know that as private renters. going up know that as private renters. going up by know that as private renters. going up by around 15% year—on—year and even higher in high demand areas, like london or big urban centres. rents are rising. alongside that housing benefit for private rented sector tenants, benefits have been frozen all the rents are rising. few of those properties are not affordable. the institute for fiscal studies has shown that only around 5% of private rented sector
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accommodation is affordable for recipients of housing benefit. on top of that, the government has promised to scrap section 21 no—fault evictions, but they haven't done so yet. while no—fault evictions is still on the statute books, it is relatively straightforward for landlords to evict their tenants. that is all driving homelessness.- evict their tenants. that is all driving homelessness. there are so many reasons _ driving homelessness. there are so many reasons behind _ driving homelessness. there are so many reasons behind these - driving homelessness. there are so| many reasons behind these figures, aren't there?— aren't there? what can be done? in the short term _ aren't there? what can be done? in the short term the _ aren't there? what can be done? in the short term the government - aren't there? what can be done? in | the short term the government need to get on with scrapping no—fault evictions notices. they have proposed to do so as part of the renters reform bill, which was introduced into parliament but has not seen the light of day for a few months now. beyond that, they need to unfreeze the local housing allowance or the housing benefits can keep up with the pace of rising rents so that more people can keep a roof over their head. over the medium to long term, in a broader
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sense what needs to happen, is fundamentally the government to get on with building and creating many more social homes and generally affordable homes so people at the lower end of the private rented sector can pay affordable rents. it would also mean that the councils have more homes who have been made homeless to place those people in. michael gove said last week that he wanted to increase social housing by 30,000 units a year, which is a good step but only as small step. analysis shows we need 90,000 homes a year. we need to rapidly upscale generally affordable housing in this country. some of the ideas we are working lights are prioritised around allowing local authorities to buy up private rented sector accommodation and let them out for social with generally affordable rents for people.
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hello again. our weather over the next few days is going to remain fairly unsettled, with rain or showers and windy by the time we get to the weekend. today is no exception to that. sunny spells and scattered showers sums it up quite nicely. the showers particularly heavy across parts of scotland and later north—east england, but they are quite well scattered, we won't all catch one, and in between them there will be some sunshine. we're also pulling in this keen north—westerly breeze, which will accentuate the cooler feel to the day. temperatures this afternoon ranging from 13 in the north to 21 in the south, so just a little bit below average for the time of year. as we head on through the evening and overnight, there still will be some showers. if anything, our weather front sinking south will pep up across the north coast of northern ireland, south—west scotland and also northern england. on either side of that, we're looking at some clear skies. it will be chilly in sheltered glens. overnight lows here three or four degrees, but in our towns and cities we're looking at between seven
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and 12 degrees. that leads us into tomorrow. tomorrow, we've got this weather front, a warm front, coming our way. ahead of it we've got a ridge of high pressure. behind it, we're going to be in muggier conditions. that weather front�*s going to be bringing us rain, as well. so we start with our overnight showers. there will also be some clear skies, there will be some sunshine, but the cloud will continue to build through the course of the day and then in comes the rain. the wind will have changed direction to have more of a southerly component in it. we're looking at temperatures 1a to about 23 degrees. alongside this rain will follow the muggy conditions. as we move from wednesday into thursday, there go our weather fronts crossing the uk. north—east scotland, so here we will hang on to the rain. we should see a little bit of brightness break through, temperatures 15 to about 23 degrees.
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