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anti—immigration disorder. 140 people have been charged in connection with last week's riots — with warnings of more to come, including for those who encouraged the violence online. nobel laureate mohammed yunus is sworn in to lead the new caretaker government in bangladesh following weeks of deadly protests. and three taylor swift concerts in vienna are cancelled after two men are arrested on suspicion of planning an attack. now it's time for all the latest sports news with gavin. thanks very much, lucy. we begin at paris 2024 and great news for team gb, with the first medal of the day, coming in the last hour or so — and it's gold for ellie eldridge in the sailing. to bring great britain's total up to 13. it's the first time the women's kite has been at the olympics, so history then for aldridge, and gb. the discipline involves competitors flying above the water,
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at up to a0 knots powered by huge kites. 27—year—old aldridge won both races in the final series in marseilles to finish ahead of france and the netherlands. while the heptathlon won't be decided today, great britain's katarina johnson—thompson has made a brilliant start to her fourth olympics. she's top of the standings after two of the seven disciplines — with two more events to come today, the shot put and 200 metres later this evening. the highjump is one of her strongest disciplines and she cleared 1 metre 92, as did herfierce rival nafi thiam, the two—time 0lympic champion. that put kjt top of the standings 2a points ahead of the belgian. we've had the heats for the 4x100 metres relay, and both great britain's men and women have made it into theirfinals. the women won their heat. the men's team ofjeremiah azu, louie hinchliffe, richard kilty and nethaneel mitchell—blake were third behind favourites the usa. but the big shock is that jamaica have missed out, finishing fourth in their heat after messing up their baton changes. the first gold of the day came
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in the women's 10k marathon swim. this event, like the triathlons last week, was in doubt because of pollution levels in the seine. with practice scrapped a few days ago. but the race was given the go—ahead, and it was the netherlands�* sharon van rouwendaal who took gold, just as she did in rio 2016. she won silver in tokyo as well. australia's moesha johnson claimed silver and italy's ginevra taddeucci took bronze. great britain's leah crisp was 20th. britain's bradly sinden competes in the bronze medal match in taekwondo later. it's after he was beaten in his men's 68kg semifinal against zaid abdul kareem. his misses the chance of an historic gold for britain. sinden progressed by beating kevin kassman, and then marko golubic. but came undone against his jordanian opponent, well—beaten in that semifinal. but goes for bronze in just under two hours�* time. jadejones�* bid for
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olympic history is over after another early defeat in the taekwondo under—57 kilograms first round. the 31—year—old was bidding to become the first three—time olympic champion in the sport's history, but was beaten by macedonia's miljana reljikj. she could still fight for bronze later in the repechage should reljikj reach the finals. france take on spain in the final of the men's football tomorrow. it will be the first time in 32 years that a european team will have won gold. thierry henry says that coaching the french side, as the host nation has been like �*living a dream�*. it doesn�*t happen often. we have managed to do it somehow. that tells you how much we could be together we have to be together. that you can see in any competition. i have been telling them to feel the a emotion and become at. away from the olympics, west ham are having a busy summer
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in the transfer market, spending over £100 million so far, they could recoup some of that by letting kurt zouma leave. their club captain is closing on a move to the united arab emirates. he�*s been in talks with dubai—based shabab al—ahli, with a deal expected to be reached over the coming days. he�*s one of the highest earners at the hammers since his arrival from chelsea three years ago and his current contract expires next year. lucy, that�*s all the sport for now. back with more later on. see you then. thanks very much, gavin. let�*s bring you more on the violent racist riots after three girls were killed at a dance class in southport. the number of arrests in connection with the recent unrest in england has risen to 483. the national police chiefs�* council says 149 suspects have been charged. more people have beenjailed for their role in the riots. sir keir starmer is due to share his third emergency meeting in a week. we can show you some live pictures of downing street, i think? we have
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also had a statement from merseyside police, who say they can confirm that all the children who were injured during the stabbings in southport on monday have now been discharged from hospitals. the last remaining injured girl who was being treated at royal manchester children hospital was released from hospital today and will now continue her recovery at home. her family issued the following statement. "we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the hospital for their unwavering support in extra ordinary care they provided to our beloved daughter during this time. we also extend our deepest thanks to the air ambulance team. we know their intervention saved her life. we were deeply saddened by the regent disorder and the attacks on our police force. it�*s important to highlight that when the horrific events unfolded, our police officers were the first on the scene. we�*re
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immensely grateful to the officers who stood by our daughter�*s side, providing assistance and support until she was safely transported to hospital." that�*s a statement from the family of the last child to be released from hospital. the statement has come to us from merseyside police. the injured girl has been released from royal manchester children�*s hospital. let�*s talk to and now to talk more about the recent riots, we have with us the former chief constable of northumbria police, sue sim. hello to you, sue. let�*s talk about what happened last night. there have been these fears that there would be widespread unrest. instead, we saw these antiracism protests. i suppose these antiracism protests. i suppose the fears didn�*t come to fruition. keir starmer was talking about long sentences handed down in the number of police. what do you put it down
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to? is of police. what do you put it down to? , . . . , , of police. what do you put it down to? ., , ., to? is actually very true that the numbers of _ to? is actually very true that the numbers of police _ to? is actually very true that the numbers of police and _ to? is actually very true that the numbers of police and the - to? is actually very true that the numbers of police and the harsh j numbers of police and the harsh sentences are absolutely going to make people think twice. the thing i found most heartening about last night was the anti—racism protests. people coming together peacefully to stand on our streets and to say no to violence. i think that is what will stop these people more than anything else, because to be quite frank, these people are cowards. they want to attack people who are unable to defend themselves. they want to attack police officers who are doing their duty. they want to cause much problem is they can. [30 cause much problem is they can. do ou cause much problem is they can. do you think that this is a turning point? we�*re seeing is going to be this cobra meeting this evening.
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there�*s a lot of talk about how to prevent it. do you expect more trouble? i prevent it. do you expect more trouble? ~' . ., prevent it. do you expect more trouble? ~' _, , ., trouble? i think there could be more trouble. trouble? i think there could be more trouble- but — trouble? i think there could be more trouble. but the _ trouble? i think there could be more trouble. but the thing _ trouble? i think there could be more trouble. but the thing for— trouble? i think there could be more trouble. but the thing for me - trouble? i think there could be more trouble. but the thing for me is - trouble. but the thing for me is that the reality is that we need to have people who are doing theirjob, the police are there doing their job, stay in, day out. we have plenty of people who are on duty. we have people who will be working frantically on shifts. but they are committed to working for the communities of our country. they will make sure that they are there. we have the police in the right places at the right times. these folks when they come to cause trouble will be matched with the police who are doing fair and firm
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policing and without fear or favour. that�*s the way british policing goes. that's the way british policing toes. ,, m i goes. crosstalk what you - goes. crosstalk what you say - goes. crosstalk | what you say these goes. crosstalk - what you say these people goes. crosstalk _ what you say these people have goes. crosstalk — what you say these people have been talking about two to policing and the claims of the far right protesters get harsher treatment than the protesters from the left ——7 i than the protesters from the left --7 h, , than the protesters from the left --7 ._ ., , --? i say actually wrote this. -- absolute — --? i say actually wrote this. -- absolute rubbish. _ --? i say actually wrote this. -- absolute rubbish. if— --? i say actually wrote this. -- absolute rubbish. if you - --? i say actually wrote this. -- absolute rubbish. if you are - --? i say actually wrote this. -- absolute rubbish. if you are out| absolute rubbish. if you are out causing violence and disorder, causing violence and disorder, causing damage, and you are seen, you are going to get arrested. when we had the large so—called left—wing marches which people are alluding to, the marches in relation to the gaza, they have been predominantly peaceful. they have required the police to take the information of the evidence and put it to the cps to see whether there are any charges
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that can be made. in the majority of cases, there haven�*t been. there have indeed been somewhere else with these protests. with these foreign protests, people are gathering predominantly —— far right, to cause violence, he straight and fear —— hatred and fear. thankfully, brave men and women in the police are doing a fantasticjob in our streets. doing a fantastic “0b in our streets. . ~ doing a fantastic “0b in our streets. ., ~ , ., , . doing a fantastic “0b in our streets. ., ~ , . ,, streets. thank you very much, sue sim. let�*s bring you more from event queue for. this is what she had to say. queue for. this is what she had to sa . ~ . queue for. this is what she had to sa , ~ ., ., , ., queue for. this is what she had to sa. . and we�*ve had a really strong policing response and also right right strong response across the criminaljustice system with we said from the start that criminals and thugs would pay the price for the kind of violence
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and that�*s exactly what�*s been happening with the arrests, the prosecutions, convictions and sentencing taking place already and the thousands of additional officers on the police. so i really want to thank all of those officers and thank everyone who�*s been working on this, but i think it is having an impact. do you think that might be it now, or do you think that�*s going to be the end of the violence? we�*re clear that we�*re not going to take our foot off the pedal on this. the police, the criminaljustice system all has our strong support from across the government to keep going, to keep making sure that criminals pay the price for the kind of violent disorder, the thuggery, the extremism, the way we have seen this intimidation in communities. we will not stand for this violence. the police have made that clear, the courts are making that clear. and it�*s really important that people can feel safe on the streets. so, do you think you�*re going to go on having this standing army, then, of 6,000 public order officers ready for the at least
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until after the weekend 7 well, we�*re going to continue with this strong policing response, making sure that there are additional police officers ready to respond and also making sure we continue with the prosecutions, with the taking the cases rapidly to court and getting sentences. and we�*ve seen the prison sentences that are following as we speak. there are officers scouring some of the videos, the social media, making sure as well they�*re pursuing consequences for people online who have been organising this violence, as well as people offline, people who have actually been on the streets demonstrating this thuggery. there will be consequences. we said that we�*ve made that clear and we�*re seeing that happening now. how significant do you think the use of the sort of developing facial facial recognition technologies is going to be in identifying further violent perpetrators? well, i�*ve been talking to some of the officers who�*ve been responding to identify those
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who were responsible, and often they�*re identifying using them as the facial recognition technology. they�*re identifying that people have got previous criminal records. you�*ve got prior long standing criminals who have then been you�*ve got prior long—standing criminals who have then been involved in some of this violence and disorder. it�*s really important that we support the police, work with the police to make sure that they can bring criminals tojustice. that they can take action. we are supporting to keep our streets safe. how important is it that the agitators are supporting these protests could also be held accountable? we also have protests takin: accountable? we also have protests taking place- _ accountable? we also have protests taking place- we — accountable? we also have protests taking place. we are _ accountable? we also have protests taking place. we are really - accountable? we also have protests taking place. we are really clear - accountable? we also have protests
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taking place. we are really clear if l taking place. we are really clear if people are trying to organise violence online — if it�*s an offence off—line, it is also criminal online as well. we will be pursuing that. we have got police officers across the country who are continuing to pursue those online cases. as well as the case is taking place on the street. people have to take some responsibility for the things that they say and organised as well as they say and organised as well as the things that are happening on the streets. a, , �* , the things that are happening on the streets. , 2 ., , ., streets. maybe it's too early to tell, but do _ streets. maybe it's too early to tell, but do you _ streets. maybe it's too early to tell, but do you think- streets. maybe it's too early to tell, but do you think one - streets. maybe it's too early to l tell, but do you think one reason why we didn�*t see violence last night was because of the sentences that have been passed in the last couple of days? that have been passed in the last coume of days?— that have been passed in the last couple of days? we've had a really raid couple of days? we've had a really rapid resnonse _ couple of days? we've had a really rapid response from _ couple of days? we've had a really rapid response from the _ couple of days? we've had a really rapid response from the criminal. rapid response from the criminal justice system. that�*s what we were determined to support. the courts are standing ready as well to giving our full support to the police and some of the officers i�*ve spoken to.
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i think that fast response has been important and will show people that they will pay the price for the crimes. we did give warnings, we did to say —— say two people, you will pay the price and you will pay the penalties. that is what�*s happening now. i think that strong response is very important. crime has to have consequences. is very important. crime has to have consequences-_ very important. crime has to have consequences. is a senior minister and home — consequences. is a senior minister and home secretary, _ consequences. is a senior minister and home secretary, you - consequences. is a senior minister and home secretary, you must- consequences. is a senior minister and home secretary, you must be| and home secretary, you must be worried that this violence might be saying something about britain, the fact that hundreds were prepared to go out, attack a mosque, hurl very large bricks and rocks at police officers, injure hundreds of police officers, injure hundreds of police officers, set fire on the edge of a hotel housing migrants. then last night, we saw thousands protesting against racism. does that tell us
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you we have quite a fractured society? is there anything that we can say that this tells us about the fractures in society the moment? i think the overwhelming majority of people have been truly appalled by the kind of violence, the criminal disorder, the thuggery that we�*ve seen. the burning of a children�*s library, attacking a hotel when they knew people were inside it — the kinds of looting, the racist attacks that we�*ve seen — i think most people right across the country whatever their views, all sorts of different issues. people do have views on different issues like this, but i think they will have been appalled. that�*s why i think there is so much support for the police and taking the firm action and making sure that criminals pay the price. the people involved in the bullets —— involve the violence do not speak for britain. the communities right across the country have been sweeping up the damage and
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the disorder. i think everybody knows that that sort of thuggery is not the kind of country we are. do think there any lessons to be learned from the response? do you think maybe it was a bit slow? some good new ideas coming out of it? what would have been the lessons? i think the strength of what we've had think the strength of what we�*ve had in the last few days is the strong response from right across the criminaljustice response from right across the criminal justice system response from right across the criminaljustice system with the backing of government. we have been clear from the start we will work with the police, will support police and the challenges that they face. making sure that will work together to get the criminaljustice system. we will make sure that the things that we have learned over the last few days we also make sure that we
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take forward as well. i think it�*s really a sign we�*ve seen from the prime minister �*s determination to support policing and criminal justice systems and to support the rule of law in this country. that�*s what we need from the respect in the rule of law. that�*s the kind of thing that the government is here to support. thing that the government is here to su ort. ~ ., thing that the government is here to su- -ort. ~ ., u, thing that the government is here to su--ort. ~ ., ., thing that the government is here to su--ort.~ ., ., ~ support. what could elon musk's contribution _ support. what could elon musk's contribution be? _ support. what could elon musk's contribution be? we _ support. what could elon musk's contribution be? we have - support. what could elon musk's contribution be? we have seen l support. what could elon musk's - contribution be? we have seen social media has been _ contribution be? we have seen social media has been used _ contribution be? we have seen social media has been used to _ contribution be? we have seen social media has been used to organise - media has been used to organise violence, to inflame the tensions, some of the racial hatred. we will continue to pursue those. we�*ll make sure we pursue those prosecutions and that what is criminal off—line is also criminal online. we do expect social media companies to take responsibility, to make sure that they recognise the implications
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of the swirling misinformation, but also the organising of crimes online. a second greater manchester police officer is under a criminal investigation for assault over an incident which saw a man kicked while lying on the floor at manchester airport. footage shared online last month showed muhammad fahir amaaz being struck by a firearms officer after he and his brother were arrested following a violent clash with police on 23july. footage of the incident led to protests in rochdale and manchester, and a police constable was later suspended. former bbc presenter huw edwards�* membership of a welsh cultural festival has been terminated. he was inducted into the gorsedd of the bards — one of the highest accolades in welsh public life —
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at the a festival in 2022, but has now been expelled. edwards, who�*s 62, pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children on the 31st ofjuly. farmers in the uk are about to enter their busiest period of the year and the bbc is shining a light on their work. "farmwatch" will follow the highs, lows, laughs and tears of farmers during harvest. some farmers have told us they could be working 16—hour days and explores what farming is really like, day in and day out. they have been talking about the importance of this time of year. cos it�*s kind of like exam results day. you get to see all of your efforts of the year come to fruition. sometimes it�*s good, sometimes it�*s bad, but you take it for what it is. and if you want to find out more about how farmers are dealing with the issues that matter to them, you can watch our livestream by heading to the bbc news website
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or iplayer and search �*farmwatch.�* it's it�*s quite mesmerising, actually! a fourth banksy artwork revealed in london in as many days appears to have been stolen. some men were filmed dismantling the street artist�*s work painted on a satellite dish, showing the silhouette of a wolf howling at the moon in peckham, in south london. banksy also claimed credit for three other black silhouette compositions, which appeared in london earlier this week and are part of an animal—themed series. banksy unveiled his third piece on wednesday, which shows three monkeys seemingly appearing to swing on a railway bridge in brick lane, in east london. let�*s speak to our correspondent azadeh moshiri, who is in peckham for us. what�*s been going on? what's been going on? you might
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notice the zarrukh _ what's been going on? you might notice the zarrukh 's _ what's been going on? you might notice the zarrukh 's off _ what's been going on? you might notice the zarrukh 's off my - what's been going on? you might notice the zarrukh 's off my kneel notice the zarrukh �*s off my knee that�*s completely empty. —— there�*s a rooftop. this was the latest artwork revealed by banksy, his fourth in a series of animal themed pieces. just less than an hour after he put this up on the roof and claim credit for it on instagram, there were several men who were massed who turned up under the ladder and casually removed it. we do have video of that event as well. yet it was broad daylight. was this theft or more of a public stunt? it�*s hard to say. banksy�*s press team has told the bbc that they believe that it was stolen, and their words. the metropolitan police said it was alerted to a satellite dish and that no arrests were made. but lucy, when it comes to banksy, there�*s always so much mystery involved. either way, it means this rooftop over here
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that had the wolf, it�*s not on. usually does them on walls or something that�*s not quite so easy to remove. i5 something that's not quite so easy to remove. , ., something that's not quite so easy to remove-— to remove. is a good point. there are few peeple — to remove. is a good point. there are few people we _ to remove. is a good point. there are few people we spoke - to remove. is a good point. there are few people we spoke to - to remove. is a good point. there are few people we spoke to hear. | to remove. is a good point. there - are few people we spoke to hear. one of them made that exact same point, that it was easy to access, and that therefore adds a bit of the mystery. it's therefore adds a bit of the mystery. it�*s also the fact that banksy�*s artwork has been vandalized in the past, whether intentionally or accidentally. there was a train that had mice from banksy, accidentally cleaned up by the cleaning team on that train. but it fit is vandalized, it�*s usually overnight, and this was very casually in broad daylight. they were even caught on camera, so it is wonder what the circumstances were. according to banksy�*s team, they said they believe it was stolen.
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banksy's team, they said they believe it was stolen.- banksy's team, they said they believe it was stolen. thanks very much for now. _ asa as a reminder sir keir starmer is due to chair his third emergency meeting in a week this evening. these are like pictures of downing street, where the emergency cobra meeting will take place. this is because of the unrest that we�*ve seenin because of the unrest that we�*ve seen in recent days. just another update to bring you on that — police scotland say they�*re requesting 120 officers to northern ireland fire following anti—immigration riots. john boucher, chief constable, says his officers are exhausted and cannot stand alone to deal with this order like this any more. police scotland has said it has received a number of requests which would be balanced against police needs in scotland. 17 people and 11 of them
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have been charged. also today, we saw stormont recall. sir keir starmer is chairing this emergency meeting later on today. potential violence, but we saw antiracism process for some that�*s all for me, and thank you for your company. hello there. weather was pretty disappointing today, but tomorrow it�*s looking brighter. we should have a lot more sunshine around and it will remain quite breezy, feel a little bit warmer because of more sunshine. there�*lljust be a few
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showers dotted around, mainly in the north and the west. so, these weatherfronts have been crossing the country, bringing the cloud, the rain, lots of isobars on the charts indicating the strong winds. the rain will peter out overnight. we could see a few showers still affecting western areas. there could be some mist and murk across central and southern parts. but as this weather front clears through, then it�*ll introduce some slightly fresher air. friday, in a run of westerly winds fairly strong at times and just one or two showers, but much brighter than today, with plenty of sunshine around many areas staying dry altogether. most of the showers will be across scotland, northern ireland, up to northwest england. and the wind�*s a feature again — it will be quite blustery, but at least you have the sunshine to compensate, so with more sunshine around it should feel warmer, up to 25 degrees in the southeast, 18—20 celsius there across scotland and northern ireland. as we head through friday night, it�*s a fine end to the day, a few showers continuing across scotland, and then we�*ll see these weather fronts bring thicker cloud outbreaks of rain to parts of england and wales, particularly wales and southwest england. temperature—wise again, quite mild, 10—15 degrees. as we head into the weekend, we are tapping into some very hot and humid airfrom france, but this will mainly be across england and wales,
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with the extreme heat confined towards the southeast. so, saturday is looking like this, bright across northern areas with some sunshine, a few showers across scotland. early cloud few showers across england and wales will melt away into the afternoon. we should see increasing sunshine. temperatures will be up to around 25 or 26 degrees, low 20s further north. to around 25 or 26 degrees, through sunday and into monday, we draw this hot and humid air across england and wales. like i mentioned, the highest temperatures will be across the southeast corner. so, sunday, we actually see this area of low pressure bring some cloud, stronger winds and outbreaks of rain to northern ireland and western scotland, some of it heavy. but elsewhere, the sunshine will increase and we�*ll start to tap into that hot air. the mid to high 20s across england and wales, up to around 30 or so in the south east. monday, i think, is the peak of the heat, could be in the low 30s across the far southeast, but then the temperatures return back to normal for all areas and it will become unsettled.
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the prime minister says there will be "no let—up" in efforts to prevent further riots. nearly 500 people have now been arrested following days of violence in towns and cities. we said from the start that criminals and thugs would pay the price for the kind of violence
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and disorder that we have seen on the streets, and that�*s exactly what�*s been happening. and a labour councillor has been suspended and arrested on suspicion of encouraging murder, following comments allegedly made at a protest. also on the programme tonight... the authorities in vienna say a teenager has confessed to planning a suicide attack at a taylor swift concert in the city this week. removed in broad daylight — the latest banksy artwork appears to have been taken off a roof in south london within hours of it being revealed. eleanor aldridge, the world number three, 27 years of age, and it is gold for ellie aldridge. and in paris, team gb�*s ellie aldridge wins the first—ever 0lympic kiteboarding gold. and coming up in sport on bbc news — jadejones�* bid for history is over
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after defeat in the tae kwon do ends her hope of becoming the sports

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