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hello from the bbc sport centre. milan staged a remarkable comeback to beat internazionale 3—2 and lift the italian super cup trophy in saudi arabia. inter looked on course for a fourth consecutive triumph, after goals from lautaro martinez and and mehdi taremi gave them the lead in riyadh but theo hernandez and christian pulisic drew milan level before tammy abraham's injury—time winner handed them victory and their first trophy under new boss sergio conceicao. julen lopetegui is taking training at west ham today, despite rumours he's on the verge of being sacked and that the club has already held talks with graham potter about replacing him. lopetegui has been under huge pressure after two heavy
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defeats at the hands of liverpool and manchester city. he onlyjoined last summer, replacing david moyes who left at the end of his contract. west ham's technical director has been pictured talking to former chelsea and brighton boss potter, who has previously been linked with the hammers job. morgan gibbs white says he didn't even realise the new england coach, thomas tuchel, was watching on as he inspired nottingham forest to a clinical win at wolves. he's played a key part in forest's excellent form this season with the 3 nil victory at wolves taking them level on points with second placed arsenal. they're currently six points behind the league leaders liverpool who they play next week at the city ground. i think it is down tojust a belief_ i think it is down tojust a belief in_ i think it is down tojust a belief in the squad at the moment everyone believes in each — moment everyone believes in each other. everyone believes in what — each other. everyone believes in what the manager wants. i think— in what the manager wants. i think we _ in what the manager wants. i think we have said that for the whole — think we have said that for the whole of— think we have said that for the whole of the season and it is really —
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whole of the season and it is really paying off. i am delighted that the boys are doing — delighted that the boys are doing so well. i hope we can keep— doing so well. i hope we can keep it — doing so well. i hope we can keep it going. we are so clinical_ keep it going. we are so clinical and art strikes are on fire — clinical and art strikes are on fire i— clinical and art strikes are on fire ithink_ clinical and art strikes are on fire. i think we have got a way of playing. _ fire. i think we have got a way of playing, a way of believing. it of playing, a way of believing. it is _ of playing, a way of believing. it is not — of playing, a way of believing. it is not like, but the moment is important. we like to start on the front foot, but that is not always possible. arsenal host an in—form newcastle tonight in the first leg of their carabao cup semi—final. var will be applied because the last four are all premier league sides. and there'll be a tweak, with referees trialling in—stadium announcements. but as ever, the technology is a contentious issue. the first thing that i think now— the first thing that i think now when we score is will that goal— now when we score is will that goal stand? that is a world that— goal stand? that is a world that i— goal stand? that is a world that i live in. if you you
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concede, _ that i live in. if you you concede, i might be thinking the other way. 35mg concede, i might be thinking the other way.— the other way. any decision brin . s the other way. any decision brings is — the other way. any decision brings is welcome. - ahead of the first leg of their league cup semi—final against liverpool on wednesday, tottenham have announced that they've triggered a one year extension to heung—min son's contract. the 32—year—old joined spurs from bayer leverkusen nearly 10 years ago and has scored 169 goals in a31 appearances for the club. he was part of the side that reached the club's first champions league final in 2019. son has scored five goals this season. he will stay at the club until at least 2026. giannis antetokounmpo starred again for milwaukee bucks despite playing for less than half an hour of their win over toronto raptors. the greek star scored just 11 points but 12 rebounds and a season high 13 assists marked the stand out performance in a comfortable
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128—104 victory. a cut to his finger saw him withdrawn but it's not thought it will keep him out. he didn't want to come out. but you could — he didn't want to come out. but you could see it is really hurting _ you could see it is really hurting. we are talking about how — hurting. we are talking about how well _ hurting. we are talking about how well he passes. he sets a whole — how well he passes. he sets a whole tone for our team. when the test— whole tone for our team. when the best player does that, it is contagious. in the nhl, the colorado avalache came from behind to beat the florida panthers 3—1. trailing 1—0, devon toews levelled the contest close to the end of the second period when his shot richotched in off the panthers goalkeeper. toews then scored again to put avalanche ahead before a long range goal into an empty net from mikko rantanen secured the win. it means avalanche have now won seven of their last eight games in the race for the playoffs.
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cameron norrie has apologised after he threw his racquet and accidentally struck a spectator during his straight—set loss to facundo diaz acosta at the auckland classic. the british number two received a warning but avoided disqualification for the incident. no such drama forjelena 0stapenko at the adelaide international, though the defending champion did have to come from a set down to beat magdelena frech. having lost the first 6—4, she upped the intensity and won the next two sets 6—1 6—1. she'll face madison keys in the last 16. and just to make us all feel old leyton hewitt�*s son cruz hewitt has been playing in qualifying for the australian open. the sixteen—year—old is trying to follow in the footsteps of his two—time grand slam winning father. but he was up against nikoloz basil—ashvili in melbourne. the georgian is twice his age and was once ranked in the top 20 and proved too good for young hewitt winning 6—1, 6—4. and that's all
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the sport for now. the perkins braille typewriter is the world's most widely used braille machine, and helps thousands of blind people write and also learn how to read braille. however, there is only one man in the uk who is officially certified in repairing them — and he's retiring. now, he's looking for an apprentice, as jayne mccubbin reports. newsreel: if you think this object's a bird's - eye view of pimples on an elephant, you're wrong. of course you'd be wrong. not guessed it? well, it's braille. it enables 80,000 blind people in britain alone to read. the six dot reading system was created by french teenager louis braille. but 200 years after its creation, it is facing a challenge. an alan thorpe—from—sheffield—shaped challenge.
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i have used a perkins brailler for about 45 years, and i've always had an interest in tinkering, taking things apart, finding how they work. you don't like being called an engineer? no. tinkerer? tinkerer! because engineers design things. itake apart! alan was registered blind aged 15, but he is so good at tinkering, he didn'tjust learn braille on a perkins machine like this. he learnt how to take that machine apart piece by piece and rebuild it. that is one of the springs what goes on the back space. i've just had to put one of those on this machine. so good was his tinkering, he became the uk's only certified repairer of the perkins braille writer, but now he's thinking of retirement. you are self—taught, and self—taught with just yourfingertips?
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yes. self—taught through touch. fine. even for somebody with sight this sounds like a very difficultjob? it is. get here. and because springs have a mind of their own, theyjump off and bounce all over the place. i'm servicing 600 machines a year. you are desperate to find an apprentice? i want somebody to have my passion for keeping these machines going. this is old, sturdy, analogue technology. they're still relied upon in all kinds of ways. some teaching assistants who are, shall we say, vertically challenged, will use a perkins as a step... 0h! ..to get to the high shelf. so these get bent. don't do it, because sometimes i have to hit them so hard,
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they break in half. tell me what else you can do? i can fit kitchens, built conservatories, knock walls down, plumbed the bathroom in. the railings all around the front, i've welded them together. i've bought the steel and welded it together. got the father—in—law to paint it! pretty handy, sandra ? he is, he is. is there anything he can't do? yes. ican't paint! he's not very good at cleaning up after himself. so we have a running joke that alan makes the mess and i clean up. alan is looking ahead to retirement with wife sandra, just as their guide dogs, velvet and darcy, are looking to retire. so alan needs a protege, another tinkerer. the search is on. send out an appeal to the nation then, alan. i'm looking for an apprentice
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who has a passion for braille, and somebody who would like to take this forward for the next 20 or 30 years. 0h, botheration! so, what have we done? has it been rewarding for you? very. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. we have some breaking news the weather. the second round of cold weather payments is being made to people in the north of england. the same postcode areas that received the payout in the cold snap in november. it is when very low temperatures are forecast. a yellow warning for snow and ice has been issued for scotland and northern ireland. get the
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very latest from a live page which is up and running on the bbc news website. we have details of all the instances across the uk. you will find that on our website. let us get the latest weather. hello again. the cold weather is set to continue as we go through much of the rest of this working week. we are looking at sharp overnight frosts, particularly on wednesday and thursday night. the risk still of snow and ice but it looks like by the weekend we will see something a bit less cold coming our way. not so today, the low pressure that brought all the rain that caused the flooding and the snow has moved away, but we are all in this north and north—westerly airflow, and you can see from the blues on that chart it will be another cold day today. so a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine. we have seen a few wintry showers and snow showers. they will continue across the north of scotland. a wintry mix of showers coming in across the west, few of those getting inland, and temperatures today, 3—9 degrees, so another day
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for wrapping up warmly. through this evening and overnight we continue with the snow showers in the north of scotland. a few of those blowing in across northern ireland, isle of man, north—west england, north—west wales. we will also see some freezing fog patches form under clearer skies and light winds, and by the end of night we will have some rain starting to show its hand in south—west england. but a widespread frost again, the risks of ice tomorrow morning on damp surfaces, and we could see temperatures fall away as low as minus eight. tomorrow, any freezing fog will be slow to clear, some could linger. there will be a lot of dry weather around. we are also looking at the risk of some snow showers still across the far north of the country. and we have also got the rain coming in across southern england. on its leading edge, we could also see some wintriness on especially the tops of the hills. this is an area we haven't really seen much snow, and the met office has a weather warning out, 2—5 centimetres is possible, but the exact position could change.
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at the moment we think it will be south of the m4 corridor, but this system bringing it will move away, which means on thursday we open the doors to still northerly winds, still some snow showers, some freezing fog once again slow to clear, central england, south and east england, north wales, north west england and the snow showers in the north still accompanied by a blustery wind. temperatures 3—4 degrees, seven in the channel islands. then the outlook sees the chance of some rain and some snow, on friday for some of us, but it gets a little bit less cold.
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live from london. this is bbc news. a powerful earthquake hits china's tibet region, near mount everest — chinese state media say 95 people are dead and hundreds more injured. a huge rescue operation is underway. five people have died across the us with an emergency declared. flood warnings are in force across large parts of the uk with a danger to life alert in south leicestershire. the head of the uk inquiry into sex abuse gang says there is no need for a new national investigation because action should be taken now. and mcdonnell staff say they are still facing sexual abuse and harassment —— mcdonald's staff
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