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five supreme courtjudges unanimously rule it's unlawful to send asylum seekers to rwanda. labour say the prime minister's central policy has crumbled beneath him. he's wasted all of his time on a gimmick and now he's absolutely nowhere. will he level with the british public and finally admit he's failed to deliver on his promise? when it comes to stopping the boats, rwanda is one part of our plan, which has already delivered a reduction in the number of small boats this year by a third. we'll be analysing where today's supreme court ruling leaves the government. also on the programme this lunchtime... price rises are slowing, with uk inflation down to 4.6%, largely because of the lower cost of energy. patients wheeled through smoke—filled corridors in gaza's biggest hospital. israeli troops have
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carried out a raid there. and one of the great love stories of british acting — timothy west and prunella scales celebrate 60 years of marriage. and coming up on bbc news... virat kohli has scored his 50th odi hundred, breaking the record of fellow indian legend sachin tendulkar, in the cricket world cup semifinal against new zealand. good afternoon. the supreme court has ruled the government's policy of sending some asylum seekers to rwanda is unlawful. in a significant blow to the prime minister, five judges unanimously ruled against his flagship policy to stop illegal migration. they said rwanda has "a poor record
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on human rights" and also that, if refugees go to rwanda, there'd be a "a real risk" of them being sent back to the countries they'd originally fled from. rishi sunak said it's not "the outcome we wanted" but that he's now looking at alternative steps which would mean migrants can still be sent to rwanda. here's our political correspondent ione wells. today was judgment day. does today wasjudgment day. does the government have the right to send some asylum seekers to rwanda? the verdict, no. thejudges agreed there were substantial grounds to believe there was a real risk that genuine refugees could wrongly be sent back from rwanda to countries they fled from. . . , ., from. the changes needed to eliminate _ from. the changes needed to eliminate the _ from. the changes needed to eliminate the risk— from. the changes needed to eliminate the risk of - from. the changes needed to. eliminate the risk of fulfilment from. the changes needed to - eliminate the risk of fulfilment may be needed in the future but they have not been shown to be in place now. the home secretary's appeal is
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therefore dismissed. the? now. the home secretary's appeal is therefore dismissed.— therefore dismissed. they also a . reed therefore dismissed. they also agreed there — therefore dismissed. they also agreed there hadn't _ therefore dismissed. they also agreed there hadn't been - therefore dismissed. they also agreed there hadn't been a - therefore dismissed. they also i agreed there hadn't been a proper assessment on whether rwanda is safe for asylum seekers. how assessment on whether rwanda is safe for asylum seekers.— for asylum seekers. how plan failed, prime minister? _ for asylum seekers. how plan failed, prime minister? a _ for asylum seekers. how plan failed, prime minister? a big _ for asylum seekers. how plan failed, prime minister? a big blow- for asylum seekers. how plan failed, prime minister? a big blow for- for asylum seekers. how plan failed, prime minister? a big blow for rishi| prime minister? a big blow for rishi sunak, his flagship _ prime minister? a big blow for rishi sunak, his flagship policy _ prime minister? a big blow for rishi sunak, his flagship policy for - sunak, his flagship policy for stopping small boats crossing the channel found to be illegal again. his reaction... the channel found to be illegal again. his reaction. . ._ his reaction... the covenant has been working — his reaction... the covenant has been working already _ his reaction... the covenant has been working already on - his reaction... the covenant has been working already on a - his reaction... the covenant has been working already on a new. his reaction... the covenant has - been working already on a new treaty with rwanda and we will finalise that in light of today's judgment and furthermore if necessary i am prepared to revisit our domestic legal frameworks. prepared to revisit our domestic legalframeworks. let me prepared to revisit our domestic legal frameworks. let me assure the house that my commitment to stopping the boats is unwavering.— the boats is unwavering. labour are not convinced. _ the boats is unwavering. labour are not convinced. the _ the boats is unwavering. labour are not convinced. the most _ the boats is unwavering. labour are not convinced. the most ridiculous, athetic not convinced. the most ridiculous, pathetic spectacle _ not convinced. the most ridiculous, pathetic spectacle of _ not convinced. the most ridiculous, pathetic spectacle of all, _ not convinced. the most ridiculous, pathetic spectacle of all, his - pathetic spectacle of all, his rwanda _ pathetic spectacle of all, his rwanda scheme, cooked up with his national_ rwanda scheme, cooked up with his national security threat home secretary, has blown up. he was told over and _ secretary, has blown up. he was told overand over— secretary, has blown up. he was told overand overagain secretary, has blown up. he was told over and over again that this would happen, _ over and over again that this would happen, but it wouldn't work, and it
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wasjust— happen, but it wouldn't work, and it wasjusi the — happen, but it wouldn't work, and it wasjust the latest happen, but it wouldn't work, and it was just the latest tory gimmick. but he _ was just the latest tory gimmick. but he bet — was just the latest tory gimmick. but he bet everything on it and now he's totally — but he bet everything on it and now he's totally exposed. the central pillar— he's totally exposed. the central pillar of— he's totally exposed. the central pillar of his government has crumbled beneath him. does he want to apologise to the country for wasting — to apologise to the country for wasting £140 million of taxpayer cash and — wasting £140 million of taxpayer cash and wasting his entire time in office? _ cash and wasting his entire time in office? ~ . �* , . cash and wasting his entire time in office? ~ . v . cash and wasting his entire time in office?_ that's - cash and wasting his entire time in office?_ that's a - office? what's plan b? that's a ruestion office? what's plan b? that's a question that — office? what's plan b? that's a question that will _ office? what's plan b? that's a question that will divide - question that will divide conservatives. sacked on monday, former home secretary suella braverman and other tory mps now want the uk to pass a new law allowing them to ignore the ones behind thisjudgment. rishi sunak�*s actions now may well determine how theyjudge him. i actions now may well determine how theyjudge him-— theyjudge him. i think ultimately deliverin: theyjudge him. i think ultimately delivering the _ theyjudge him. i think ultimately delivering the policy _ theyjudge him. i think ultimately delivering the policy of _ theyjudge him. i think ultimately delivering the policy of stopping l delivering the policy of stopping the boats is a confidence issue of the boats is a confidence issue of the british people in this government. it is certainly a confidence issue for my voters in me, by extension therefore it is a confidence issue for me in the prime minister. ., ,, . ., , , .,
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minister. home secretary unbroken to the disatch minister. home secretary unbroken to the dispatch box. _ minister. home secretary unbroken to the dispatch box. what _ minister. home secretary unbroken to the dispatch box. what mixed? - minister. home secretary unbroken to the dispatch box. what mixed? we . the dispatch box. what mixed? we antici ated the dispatch box. what mixed? we anticipated this _ the dispatch box. what mixed? we anticipated this judgment - the dispatch box. what mixed? we anticipated this judgment as - the dispatch box. what mixed? we anticipated thisjudgment as a - anticipated this judgment as a possible result and for the last few months have been working on a plan to demand the certainty the court demands. we have been working with rwanda to build capacity and amend agreements with rwanda to make clear that those sent there cannot be sent to another country than the uk. our intention is to uphold our agreement, to upgrade our agreement to a treaty as soon as possible. ihla to a treaty as soon as possible. no backing down, the government still wants its rwanda plan to go ahead. how and when, though, are questions no one has the answer to. ione wells, bbc news. and our political correspondent alex forsyth is at westminster. how significant is this blow to government plans, with "stopping the boats" one of rishi sunak�*s key pledges? yeah, this is huge. it's a really
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significant blow to government plans, notjust because stopping the boats is a key pledge but the government has put the rwanda plan at the centre of that. it was an absolutely central plank in their policy to tackle immigration. you might have, when you heard the supreme courtjudgment this morning, thought they might go, 0k, supreme courtjudgment this morning, thought they might go, ok, it's not working and we will change tack. absolutely not. we had from rishi sunak and the new home secretary james cleverly that they are sticking with the rwanda plan, effectively saying they will take what is currently a memorandum of understanding between the uk and rwanda and try to upgrade it to a treaty to address some of the concerns the supreme court raised. 0f concerns the supreme court raised. of course, that could take time and there was a lot of question bubbling around on the conservative backbenchers about whether or not that'll be enough. some tory mps want stronger action from the government, talking about withdrawing from international conventions now. james cleverly, the new home secretary, a dress that, saying we will not put forward proposals simply to manufacture an
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unnecessary row for short—term political gain. interesting language from him. the prime minister has left the door open to looking again at domestic laws and international relationships. the big question is whether what they have said will be enough to satisfy his own backbenchers, let alone get this rwanda policy off the ground. bile}. rwanda policy off the ground. alex fors h, rwanda policy off the ground. alex forsyth. thank _ rwanda policy off the ground. alex forsyth, thank you. _ joining me now is our home editor mark easton. where does this ruling leave the government and its promise to "stop the boats"? iam i am told there was a collective sense of shock inside the home office when thejudgment sense of shock inside the home office when the judgment was read. office when the judgment was read. it was one thing to lose the case, the argument that there were shortcomings in rwanda's asylum system but the supreme court was so critical of the country's human rights abuses that it makes the plan b, the idea of a treaty that addresses the court concerns, extremely good if not impossible. there are not many answers for the home office. perhaps the only thing they can hold onto is the principle of sending people to a safe third country remains. but getting flights
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to rwanda will not happen before an election. getting flights to another country will not happen soon. simply leaving the european convention on human rights, the court made clear that would not be enough. the illegal migration act, the centrepiece of their migration policy is basically a busted flush now because it was based on the idea we would send people to rwanda. former home secretary suella braverman, in her letter to rishi sunak after he sacked her, said the prime minister had no plan b. welcome the prime minister, as you say, has promised to stop the boats. frankly if he thought rwanda was the way to do that, he has a huge problem on his hands.- way to do that, he has a huge problem on his hands. home editor mark easton. _ problem on his hands. home editor mark easton, thank— problem on his hands. home editor mark easton, thank you. _ inflation has fallen sharply to its lowest level in two years. official figures show the rate at which prices are rising was 4.6% in the year to october. in november last year it was 10.7%. after that the prime minister pledged to halve the rate and rishi sunak says today's figure means he has delivered
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on his pledge. labour say it's not the time for the government to be "popping champagne corks." 0ur chief economics correspondent dharshini david has more. it's the very factor that turned up the heat on inflation, wholesale gas prices, which caused it to drop last month after a cut in the domestic energy price cap. news to warm the chancellor's heart. there's lots more work to do. we still have to bring inflation down to its target level of 2%. but now we are beginning to win the battle against inflation. we can move to the next part of our economic plan, which is the long term growth of the british economy. here at the treasury, they'll be cheering the fact that inflation fell to 4.6%, allowing the government to say its pledge to halve that rate this year has been met. but it still means many items are getting more expensive and the work to bring down that inflation rate hasn't happened so much here...as here.
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the independent bank of england raising interest rates 14 times, increasing mortgage repayments by over £10 billion, so dampening spending and prices of non—essentials. and even more of the action has happened away from here, on global commodity prices, determining energy, food costs, wherever those may hail from. across the country in milford haven in pembrokeshire, many of those higher costs are still leaving a bitter aftertaste. food costs 10% more than a year ago. eating out is almost 8% dearer. with everything going up, with a rise of the gas, electric, it's just really hard. we're getting by, to be honest. its customers, too, are still feeling the squeeze, with many prices still climbing. it doesn't feel like things have come down. a lot of things have gone up,
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car insurance, the council tax. we're going through a lot more gas and electricity, even though we're trying to use less. we're reducing the amount of time that we might have the heat- on, if we put it on at all. there may not be much more relief soon. bills are not as high as they were last winter by some significant margin, particularly when you take into account government support. but compared to what people were paying two, three, four years ago, it will still feel a lot higher. well, of course, it's welcome that inflation has come down from record highs. but the truth is, during the course of this parliament, the cost of living crisis has hit hard for working families. last month may have served up lower inflation, but prices are still rising faster than in many other rich countries and outpacing many people's incomes. conquering this cost of living crisis isn't quite in the bag yet. and dharshini is here now.
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inflation down quite sharply. how much of a relief is it? tiara inflation down quite sharply. how much of a relief is it?— much of a relief is it? two things to consider- _ much of a relief is it? two things to consider. first _ much of a relief is it? two things to consider. first of _ much of a relief is it? two things to consider. first of all, - much of a relief is it? two things to consider. first of all, the - much of a relief is it? two things l to consider. first of all, the money coming in it, is that matching the rate at which bills are going up? what is mean for the cost of borrowing, those interest rates? starting with incomes, the average pay rise in the last few months, this is the good news, overtaking that rate of inflation, so some people are feeling the relief. not everyone. and remember too, this is a deep—seated cost of living crisis, it has gone on a couple of years and over that time food prices are up nearly 30%. energy up by almost 50%. only a few can say their incomes have kept up with that. but with inflation now slipping somewhat, there are expectations among columnists that interest rates could start forming, perhaps around the middle of next year. if you are looking to remortgage, take out a new loan, that's the news you will be looking out for. at the same time it will mean less relief for the savers out there, although i should
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say in the last few hours it has been confirmed that for the first time in a long time you are seeing interest rates starting to outstrip the rate of inflation, you are getting a bit more of a return. but there is a price to the interest rates that have been used down inflation because that tends to squeeze on spending and growth. another one of the government's pledges to grow the economy now hangs in the balance. what will the chancellor do about that? tune in for next week's autumn statement and we might have some answers. dharshini david, thank you. israeli troops have raided the biggest hospital in gaza, in what they've described as "a precise and targeted" military operation against hamas. israel says the al shifa hospital compound conceals an underground command centre used by hamas — a claim doctors there deny. tanks entered the al shifa hospital complex in the middle of the night, and soldiers searched the site, interrogating patients and medical staff. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk. live now to our middle east correspondent yolande knell in jerusalem.
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for days of fighting had been closing in around al—shifa hospital in gaza city. then in the dead of night israeli forces entered. this hospital has been such a focus of operations and last night the white house came out for the first time and said its own intelligence corroborated israeli claims that the site is being used by hamas for military purposes. this lunchtime the israeli military says it has found weapons and what it calls a terror infrastructure at the hospital, without giving more details. amid smoke, a glimpse at conditions inside the shifa hospital. with power cuts due to the lack of fuel, patients are being moved. we can't verify when this footage, which comes from gaza's hamas—run health ministry, was filmed. but overnight, israel began what it said was a precise and targeted operation at gaza's biggest hospital. a witness described six tanks and dozens of commandos
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moving in here. since taking control here, israeli forces say they've brought in baby food and medical supplies. they're searching the hospital where they believe there's an underground tunnel network used as a hamas command centre. hamas and medics deny that. the military insists there's been no friction with hospital staff. israel is at war with hamas, not with the civilians in gaza. the idf forces include medical teams and arabic speakers who have undergone specified
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training to prepare for this complex and sensitive environment. and arriving from egypt today for the first time since the war started, a delivery of diesel. this after the un said yesterday it had to stop its aid distribution in gaza due to the lack of fuel. but still supplies cannot enter for hospitals to run gaza's power for hospitals, to run gaza's power plant or water pumping stations. for now, rain, which had begun falling heavily, is a much needed water source. but it's also a grim reminder of how, with the onset of winter, humanitarian conditions here look set to worsen. yolanda knell, bbc news, jerusalem. 0ur gaza correspondent rushdi abualoufjoins us from khan younis in gaza. what's the latest situation, as you understand it, at the al shifa hospital now?
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i was speaking to a source inside the hospital at half an hour ago and he said since the operation started soldiers are still interrogating people and going room to room. he said he saw about 200 people taken out of the hospital after interrogation inside, they were taken by the soldiers outside. he said an additional seven or eight tanks were sent to the hospital and hundreds of soldiers are inside the buildings. their searching and investigating not only with the medical teams but he said he saw soldiers talking to patients and some of those who were injured in the recent war. they were also questioned by the israeli officers inside the hospital. he saw soldiers moving old people, giving them the interrogation. he said that there
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was some shooting from the soldiers as people in the upper floors were trying to film from the windows so there was direct shooting at them, we are not aware of any casualties since the beginning of the operation but he did confirm that people were questioned and something outside, he said around 200 people. thank questioned and something outside, he said around 200 people.— said around 200 people. thank you very much- — mps are expected to vote today on calls for a ceasefire in gaza. the labour leader sir keir starmer has argued there shouldn't be one because it would embolden hamas, but many labour mps disagree with him. 0ur chief political correspondent henry zeffmanjoins us from westminster. how big a test of the authority of the labour leader will this be? it is shaping up to be one of the biggest tests of his four years as leader of the labour party. the question today is not whether there is going to be a rebellion against keir starmer and his position from
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his own mps. more than a third of his own mps. more than a third of his mps have publicly expressed opposition at odds with their leader so there is clearly going to be a rebellion but the question is if it is going to be big and whether it will include members of his front bench. the people who he currently says that if he won a general election would become his government ministers. around 20 of those frontbenchers have already suggested that they would back a ceasefire but people i spoke to in the labour party are optimistic tonight within the voting lobbies that they may just be five or ten who will still divide the labour leader but even that would be significant because probably they would have to resign the front bench positions in order to do so. i think with the past few weeks have exposed is that there is just some fundamental divide within the labour party among labour mps notjust on as well but foreign policy more generally and whatever the numbers tonight, those divides
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are not going away any time soon. thank you very much. 13:20. our top story this afternoon... a major blow to the government's policy to stop illegal migration — judges rule its scheme to send asylum seekers to rwanda is unlawful. coming up next, a bbc investigation into the black—market selling of weight loss kits, which doctors say is dangerous. coming up on bbc news. rory mcilroy has quit the pga tour's policy board as it tries to come to an agreement with the saudi—backed breakaway liv tour on how to fund the sport going forward. a bbc news investigation has found a booming black market in the sale of weight loss kits on social media. doctors have warned that taking these drugs without medical supervision is dangerous. 0ur health reporter
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aoife walsh has more. i was extremely ill. i was retching and there was nothing left anymore. all my stomach acids had been thrown up. blood, white foam. horrendous. maddie ended up in a&e after taking a knock off weight loss drug she bought online. the diabetes drug 0zempic, which has semaglutide as its active ingredient, made headlines last year for being hollywood's secret weight loss drug, causing demand to spiral. my friend recommended this instagram account where she got these weight loss injections from. so that's where the lip king came in. so this is a mixing video of the semaglutide. - this is your actual supplements. this is what you'rel going to be mixing. the nausea, even when the vomiting stopped after i'd been given the drip and the anti sickness, it continued for another 7 to 8 days after.
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i mean, it's quite shocking, to be honest, that maddie has no idea what she's taking. even if it is semaglutide, we don't know what the dose of that is. as pharmacies across the uk struggled to keep these medicines on the shelves, an illicit black market selling knockoff versions of the drugs began to flourish. medics have warned of the potential risks of people accidentally taking too much, especially if they are following incorrect instructions, which is what happened to maddie. your second week, you want to do 30 units. i your fourth week... i'm sorry, first week 20 units, second week 30.j it's completely the wrong advice. and these medications need to be prescribed by health care professionals. under uk law, you need a prescription to get this medicine. the uk's drug regulator, the mhra, said "purchasing from illegal
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suppliers means there are no safeguards to ensure products meet our quality and safety standards. and taking such medicines may put your health at risk." we put our allegations several times tojordan park, a.k.a. the lip king, but we've had no reply. right, good luck, guys. happy weight loss! despite warnings from health officials, this booming black market will continue to thrive, putting the public at risk until proper action is taken. aoife walsh, bbc news. you can watch the skinny jab uncovered on bbc iplayer now. the head of nhs england has pledged that cervical cancer will be eliminated in england by 2040. amanda pritchard says improved hpv vaccination programmes in schools, and an increase in cervical screening rates, could mean the complete eradication of a disease which claims the lives
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of 850 women each year in the uk. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson is here. quite a big moment, sophie? absolutely commit the nhs described it as momentous in terms of its potential for saving lives. cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers for women aged 44 and under and as you say it has killed many hundreds of people every year in the uk. eliminating it is a worldwide goal in the uk has done very well in moving towards that. in large part it is due to the vaccination programme for goals and boys in schools. it is the hpv virus which causes 99% of cervical cancer but the vaccine is 90% effective. and since the vaccination programme
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began in 2008 there has been an 87% reduction in the numbers of cervical cancer cases among the population that has now been vaccinated. but to eliminate cervical cancer much more needs to be done, the head of nhs england that the target is 2040 to eliminate it and it means that instead of vaccinating 86% of goals and 81% of boys that has to rise to 90% and many more people have got to go forward for their smear test but cancer research uk says that it is a realistic goal. hundreds of people have spent a night away from home after a tower block in bristol was evacuated following the discovery of what were described as "major structural faults." the council says there's no immediate risk to health or life. 0ur correspondent dan johnson reports. another tower block standing empty because of safety concerns. an inspection here highlighted a potentially dangerous weakness. during that survey we uncovered
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a structural issue within three flats of the 98 within the building. we've asked everyone to leave. so last night they were packing to go, either to friends and family, or to evacuation centres. theyjust suddenly come knocking the door. "you have to leave." just this afternoon, this evening? just now, just now. ten minutes ago. i'm not going out. i want to stay in my flat. you don't want to leave? no. but where am i going? i have four kids. this building's 65 years old. sheila has lived here for 50. just got to get a few things. go and stay with somebody for a few days. we don't know what's happening with our furniture, everything that's inside. people here are wondering where they'll sleep and how long they'll be out of their homes. but the broader question is, does the structural issue that makes this tower block apparently now unsafe affect many others? there may be unique problems that are not present in the other blocks.
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all large panel system blocks have a structural weakness, and without adequate repair, they are prone to catastrophic collapse. it cracked all the way around, all over there. this morning, some residents were collecting belongings and pointing out issues. all the things i keep telling them about. i don't think it's safe to come back here. i ever? no, i don't think so. because, well, if they evacuate us within less than _ 24 hours, there's- something serious there. this block now stands as another symbol of the issues that have cursed our social housing. donjohnson, bbc news, bristol. two of the best known names in british acting — prunella scales and timothy west — have just celebrated 60 years of marriage. west, who's 89, has just written a book about their love story, from when they first met while filming a bbc play,
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to living with 91—year—old prunella after she was diagnosed with vascular dementia. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson has been to meet them. 60 years of showbiz marriage. how long? 60 years. 60 years? it hasn't really been hard work, has it? no. he's a person i love. i enjoy being with. erm... that's about it, i think. prunella scales is best known as sybil in fawlty towers. basil, there's a kipper sticking out of yourjumper. timothy west is regarded as one of the best stage actors of his generation. what means your graces? my friends consider you are my guests. the first thing you can see as you come round the bend... and together they had an unexpected hit with great canaljourneys. but for the last 20 years,
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meaning for almost a third of their marriage, prunella scales has had vascular dementia. it was in 2001 when her husband first spotted that something was not right. i came to see a play that pru was doing in greenwich. i went to see the first night and it was fine. it was good. much enjoyed by the audience. and then i went to see it again a bit later, and i thought, pru's a bit strange. not totally with it. it was more than a decade later that the diagnosis for dementia came. yes, it was. we went to see a specialist who just said, i'm sorry, you know, this isjust something that happens to you when you get older and it's not going to get any easier. but you can cope with it. we manage. timothy west decided that the year
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of their diamond wedding anniversary was the perfect time to write pru and me, a love story which doesn't shy away from talking about dementia, but understandably mainly focuses on the fun. how does it feel to have been married 60 years? how does it feel to you? well, i don't know. what am i supposed to say? thank you. well, thank you. thank you. thank you for seeing me for so long. well, we've done all right. yeah. colin paterson, bbc news. at the semi—finals of the cricket world cup, india's virat kohli has become the first batter to reach 50 centuries in one—day internationals. kohli broke the record held by fellow countryman sachin tendulkar, in a knock of 117. he led india to a score of 397 for 4 in mumbai.
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