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this is bbc news, the headlines. a man has died after being hit a tree as storms continue to batter the uk and ireland. two the nail—biting finale of the traders after two weeks of trust and deception, while the traders walk away with a prize or will the faithful trial? we speak to a former contestant. that is coming up in a moment. first of all the sports news today. hello from the bbc sport centre. lets start with tennis, where novak djokovic admits he may have played at the australian open
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for the last time — as injury brings an end to his hopes of an 11th title in melbourne. djokovic was forced to retire hurt after losing the first set of his semi final against alexander zverev — and was booed by the crowd as he left the court. and whilst he hopes to return next year, the former world number one says there's no guarantees. there is a chance, who knows? i will just have to see how the season goes. you know, i want to keep going but what i'm going through scheduled or not for the next year, i'm not sure. or not for the next year, i'm not sure. as for zverev, it's a third majorfinalfor him — and he'll face the defending championjannik sinner in sunday's final. he eased past the american ben shelton in their semi final — winning in straight sets — to extend his winning streak to 20 matches.
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meanwhile, more dominance for british pair alfie hewett and gordon reid as they won the men's wheelchair doubles title for a sixth successive year. they beat spain's daniel caver—zaschi and frenchman stephane houdet to secure a 22nd grand slam title together. victory too for brit andy lapthorne — as he won the title in the quad doubles event. to football, where tottenham head coach ange postecoglou insists his side are in a better place than when he first arrived at the club in the summer of 2023. despite being in the semi finals of the league cup and on the verge of reaching the knockout stages in europe — postecologu has come under pressure for a poor premier league campaign — with his side sitting 15th in the table. he says — there's only one reason for that. "it sjust injuries. i mean, you can walk outside and say, jeez its really bright, and say to yourself maybe it is not the sun. but it is the sun, mate, we ve just got injuries.
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and you can do a million investigations and talk to anonymous sources. you don t need to talk to anonymous sources, you can talk to me, every decision that is made is from me. i am responsible for this — if you want a head on a stick — take mine. but i am absolutely 100% confident that we're in a better place as a football club today than when i started. well, postecoglou isn't the only man under pressure. ruud van nistlerooy has lost seven successive matches at leicester — with the club now 19th — and two points from safety. van nistlerooy was only appointed in november — and says he isn't thinking about getting sacked. i'm focused on getting this team out of the situation that we're in. and thatis of the situation that we're in. and that is my only concern. england women's cricket head coach jon lewis admits australia are more fitter than his side — but insists there is much more
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to their success in the ashes. england are 10—0 down on points in the multi—format series, with australia saying they want to "embarrass" the tourists with a clean sweep. they are much more athletic team than us. they are more agile, they look faster. at times they look more powerful. is that the reason that we're not winning cricket matches? i think they are discipline and their skill level has been higher. it's an area of the game that we work on continually. but there are areas that certain players a really strong at and some are not quite strong at. plenty more on that and all our stories over on the website, but that is all your sport for now. let's return to storm ay—oh—win which is bringing potential life threatening winds to ireland and the uk. a rare red warning for northern ireland and the scottish central belt, we know that one person at least has
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been killed saying a man died when a tree fell onto his car. mel been killed saying a man died when a tree fell onto his car.— tree fell onto his car. met office red warnings — tree fell onto his car. met office red warnings were in _ tree fell onto his car. met office red warnings were in place - tree fell onto his car. met office red warnings were in place for. red warnings were in place for northern island and places in scotland. many schools and large parts of the transport network will be closed in these areas. the isle of man has declared a major incident because of the number of trees down — and is advising people to stay at home. more than 700 thousand homes and businesses in the republic of ireland and 93 thousand in northern ireland are without power. earlier i spoke with the meteorologist who said it has been pretty wild. has been an exceptionally deep area of low pressure, as we were expecting, and this is why we've seen such exceptionally strong winds. you talked about those kind of gusts, but yes, we've already seen gusts of 100mph in south lanarkshire. recorded a gust that strong earlier on this afternoon. there were gusts in excess of 90mph across parts of northern ireland and wales. and so it has really been as windy as we were expecting. just tell me, why have these storms been so intense? we've been with our correspondents
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throughout the course of the day. you've touched on it. we're looking here at some of the power lines that have been ripped out. why has it been so intense? this one has been an exceptionally deep, a record breakingly deep area of low pressure, to be honest. so fortunately, it reached its deepest phase before it reached the uk and it actually started to become a little bit less intense before it came across us. but nonetheless, in northern ireland, they recorded a pressure of 948 hectopascals, which is a new january record, and you have to go back to at least before 1900 to have had a pressure reading at any time of the year lower than that in northern ireland. so very low indeed. why is it so intense? well, it's due to the jet stream. it was an exceptionally strong jet stream, and that's due to the very cold weather that they've been having in america. and it's that cold air mixing with the slightly milder, warmer air further south led to a sharp temperature contrasts. and that's really driven such a strong jet stream.
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and that's led to the area of low pressure that is storm io pressure that is storm eowyn and deepening so intensely as it came towards the uk. as you're talking, we're looking at pictures from northern wales. before that we were seeing the coastline in cornwall. that's where the brunt is being felt all along the coastal belts, isn't it? when is the thought that is really going to ease up? well, fortunately for northern ireland, we've already seen the strongest winds,they�*ve now passed through. it's still windy, but the winds are dropping out through scotland. we're seeing them now. this is the peak in the winds for many places. the red warning is valid untilfive, but even when that stops being valid, we then have amber warnings and yellow warnings. and so the winds won't drop out entirely. we'll continue to see strong winds with the risk of gusts of 80, possibly even 90mph in exposed spots, particularly across northern the northern half of scotland. as we go through tonight and through into tomorrow. and then the winds do drop out.
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do you head to the website for the very latest on all that weather news. we turn to another important story. we turn to another important story. the 52 year sentence of the southport murderer axel rudakabana will be reviewed by the attorney general. the teenager, who killed three young girls in a knife attack last summer, couldn't be given a full life sentence because of his age. the review comes after the mp for southport said the sentence, "does not reflect the crimes committed". nickjohnson reports. bebe, elsie and alice — their short lives brutally taken as they were singing and making friendship bracelets at a dance class. for nearly six months, southport has been grieving. the girls�* families forced each day to live with the horror. alice dasilva aguiar�*s mum alexandra said...
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because their murderer, axel rudakubana, was just nine days short of 18 at the time of the attack, he couldn't be given a whole life sentence. instead, rudakubana will spend 52 years in prison before being eligible for release. the labour mp for southport, patrick hurley, says that's not good enough. i think in circumstances such as this — exceptional circumstances — we need to have the ability to have exceptional sentences being placed. and i would urge the government and the attorney general to look again, to see what can be done in these exceptional circumstances, in order to ensure that a whole life tariff could be imposed. but the defence secretary, john healey, says the government's hands are tied. there are limits on international united nations law that prevent us from having a court system that will impose unlimited sentences
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on under—18—year—olds. but in practice, i can't see this man ever coming out of prison. i don't want to see this man ever coming out of prison. despite the outpouring of emotion and grief over what happened in southport, the criminal bar association, which represents barristers, said that strength of feeling cannot influence the law. the criminaljustice system now does, of course, listen to the impact on victims — the impact on that community. and that was clearly heard yesterday in front of the judge. so that will be borne in mind. but, unfortunately, emotion can't play any part in our criminaljustice system, i'm afraid, because we must keep clear, calm heads and, hopefully, have that quiet dignity that these people at southport have shown. last week, the home secretary, yvette cooper, said rudakubana had been referred to the prevent programme — the government's counter—terror strategy — three times between 2019 and 2021 because of concern about his interest in violence and extremism.
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but each time officers decided he didn't meet the threshold for intervention. this has raised questions over how and why rudakubana was able to carry out the attack. the government has now announced a public inquiry. whatever the outcome, the families of three little girls and the people of southport will still have to live with the trauma of what happened on that summer's day. nickjohnson, bbc news. tom simon has told us the size question the length of the printers term, the prime minister supports the current sentencing laws for under 18. , , , the current sentencing laws for under18. , ,, .,, �* , under18. the pressure hasn't let up on the government _ under18. the pressure hasn't let up on the government all week - under18. the pressure hasn't let up on the government all week and - on the government all week and hasn't changed since it morning lobby briefing. the prime minister's spokesman said the prime minister, like his defence secretary, believes this man should not come out of prison during his lifetime.
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52 years is an exceptionally long sentence were nearly as long as the longest sentence, 55 years, for the manchester bomber, also technically a child when he committed the offence. the government is sticking to this position that this cannot be regarded as an exceptional circumstance that removes the limit on a whole life tariff, spending your entire life in prison because of its signatory to the un convention on the rights of a child saying children should be detained as a last resort and for the shortest time possible. a spokesperson said we take our commitment seriously to international law. anyone can ask for a sentence to be reviewed. that is happening. the attorney general is the person who makes that decision. if he decides there should be a review it may go to the appeal court. as i said, 52 years is a very long sentence. aside from that the government is under pressure to make sure the public inquiry into this case is as quick as possible
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and the spokesperson said it would be discussed with the families and it is important it is comprehensive and happening as quickly as possible. tom simon at west minister. a woman has been sentenced to ten years. but the manslaughter of her for sons who died in house while she was out shopping. deveca rose had left her two sets of twins alone when a fire ripped through their terraced house in sutton, south—west london, in december 2021. four—year—olds kyson and bryson hoath and leyton and logan hoath, three, were unable to escape the locked house and died under a bed. rose was found guilty of four counts of manslaughter following a trial at the old bailey last autumn. sentencing rose, judge mark lucraft said that none of the shopping she had gone out to buy on the day of the fire was "essential or vital" your children were particularly vulnerable due to their age, and it is clear that the last
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moments of their young lives would have been with some acute physical suffering. as the fire took hold and they sought to get away from it, it is also the case that others were put at risk of harm, including those neighbours and firefighters who attended. i cannot ignore your actions after the event in providing the account that there was a baby—sitter looking after the children. not only did that result in another entry into the building with further risk to the firefighters, but it also led to extensive police inquiry as to their whereabouts. our correspondent, helena wilkinson has been giving us more details from outside the old bailey. the sentencing hearing has happened here. devika rose, the mother of two sets of twin boys, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for the two sets of twin boys, logan and layton, both aged three, and four year olds bryson and kyson. now it happened in december 2021.
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their mother had gone out to the shops for what the judge says said was not essential items, and while she was out of the house, a fire started, likely from an unextinguished cigarette or from a tea light. the boys tried to escape. the house was locked. they couldn't, they went upstairs. the firefighters arrived and when they got to the house they found the boys under a bed. they were taken to hospital where paramedics and doctors did all they could, but all four young boys died in hospital. now the judge today sentencing devika rose, the mother of the four boys, said as i said that none of the shopping she had gone out to buy on that day of the fire was essential or vital. he said that this was a deeply tragic case, with the lives of four young children gone in just a few moments through an intense fire. and the judge also said
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to devika rose that "you will have to live with the knowledge that you bear responsibility for the deaths of your four children." now, the court also heard that the boys mother had significant mental health, psychiatric mental health issues and around covid she went to her gp and told her gp that she was struggling. so devika rose, the mother who left her four young children in the family home in london in december 2021 and a fire ripped through the house — all four boys died. she has been sentenced today here at the old bailey to ten years in prison. you're watching bbc news. the time has just you're watching bbc news. the time hasjust gone a you're watching bbc news. the time has just gone a quarter to six. out of all of the adverts you've seen, which sticks in your mind? the top ten most memorable slogans have been revealed by the uk's advertising watchdog and ben boulos has been taking a look. some adverts just become part of everyday life, don't they? you might quote them or you might
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find thejingle, that music going round and round in your head. but do they really lead to more sales? remember this? they are clearly a most primitive people. for mash, get smash. well, that goes all the way back to the 1970s and hasn't been on tv for years until now. but such was its impact, "for mash, get smash" makes it into the top ten of most memorable slogans compiled by the advertising standards authority. and advertising is big business. it's thought we're exposed to between 3,000 and 10,000 ads a day in some form or other, on tv, on social media, in the newspaper, on the radio, even on the side of a bus. and businesses spend an awful lot of cash in the fight for your attention, collectively spending around £40 billion last year. so who comes out on top? would you like some cashback, madam? no, thank you.
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i can't be bought. tesco — every little helps. yes, tesco's "every little helps" comes in at number one, followed closely by the sportswear brand nike with "just do it" of course. and mcdonald's. # "i'm lovin�* it". i'm sure they'll be loving that. they've made the cut, rounding up the top three. so what is it that makes these slogans so good? there is something that's definitely true of a lot of the top ten, and that's that they are catchy phrases that roll off the tongue. think of "beanz meanz heinz", for example. you know, they've stuck the z on the end of the three words. it's quite sticky. people are going to remember that. and that's a feature of many, not all, but that's a feature of many in the top ten. there's a whole heap of things that go into creating a memorable piece of advertising. it's, you know, it's a real art.
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oh, what? most of the top ten weren't weren't surprising to me. i think my favourite in the top ten is probably "should have gone to specsavers", which i think is a genius line and has led to so many really, really funny ads from specsavers. this says block two. it's over there, mate. so whether it's where to get your specs or how to make your washing machine live longer, it's all about coming up with that slogan that sticks in the mind and makes you think of that brand before any other. now, if you're a fan, you don't need me to tell you, it's tonight — the final of traitors, after weeks of trust and treachery. in the hope of winning up to £20,000... in the hope of winning
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up to £20,000... the third season has built on the strategy, the suspicion and the deception on the previous two. with a team of faithfuls competing on missions to try and weed out the traitors among them. let's speak to charlotte chilton, who was a contenstant on the second series of the traitors. charlotte, welcome. full transparency, i'm a total addict. have you enjoyed the series? it's been full of twists. i’zfe have you enjoyed the series? it's been full of twists.— been full of twists. i've actually en'o ed been full of twists. i've actually enjoyed being _ been full of twists. i've actually enjoyed being the _ been full of twists. i've actually enjoyed being the viewer- been full of twists. i've actually enjoyed being the viewer and l been full of twists. i've actually i enjoyed being the viewer and not feeling sick. i'm remembering it. who's played well, do you think? frankie's played well. i'm think one of the first videos did at the beginning i said she could be an underdog. i think it's coming to fruition now. as much as charlotte is harsh she's doing the job really well. you got to admit. she is harsh she's doing the 'ob really well. you got to admit._ well. you got to admit. she is. we're watching _ well. you got to admit. she is. we're watching pictures - well. you got to admit. she is. we're watching pictures there l well. you got to admit. she is. | we're watching pictures there of her
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with nina for the nina was out, of course. i really laughed yesterday with freddy say you got that vital information from nina when you been long gone for that and when somebody pointed that out simply say, oh. that was around the round table step is at the sort of thing that happens, just panic in certain moments?— happens, just panic in certain moments? h . , , ., moments? it's really intense. you aet moments? it's really intense. you net to the moments? it's really intense. you get to the roundtable, _ moments? it's really intense. you get to the roundtable, there's - get to the roundtable, there's ominous music, you have to sit for a period of time and everyone talks, they could go on for hours. when you are at that table and if someone zones it on you you can get a question from here, here. iwas faithful but i felt pressure. i can only imagine as a traitor it can be really intense their only big fear is the table. are we gonna die, i would get a get banished? were a little bit calm or to address people at the table. little bit calm or to address people at the table-— little bit calm or to address people at the table. ~ , ., , at the table. when you were playing, ou not at the table. when you were playing, you got quite — at the table. when you were playing, you got quite far- _ at the table. when you were playing, you got quite far. what _ at the table. when you were playing, you got quite far. what was - at the table. when you were playing, you got quite far. what was your - you got quite far. what was your
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strategy? i you got quite far. what was your strate: ? . , , you got quite far. what was your strate ? . , ., strategy? i always said, before i started everything _ strategy? i always said, before i started everything was - strategy? i always said, before i started everything was to - strategy? i always said, before i started everything was to make | started everything was to make friends with the traitor. i thought paul was obviously the traitor. he was a funny guy so it was nice to hang out with so that everybody looks like a battery but is quite friendly. i befriended him. i didn't know who the top traitor orchestrating. that's probably look at me say. i was quite good at the missions and i think as a traitor i was a bit more valuable certain dues that someone else for the if i do everything i was playing dumb. you have to be selective about who you spend your time with. try not to build a clip. in my season the clip was about a thing. i build a clip. in my season the clip was about a thing.— was about a thing. i read interesting _ was about a thing. i read interesting advice - was about a thing. i read interesting advice and i was about a thing. i read interesting advice and in | was about a thing. i read - interesting advice and in this series people would have been well to have listen to it. you said be aware of the people that talk too much. , ~ , ,., , aware of the people that talk too much. , ~ , ., aware of the people that talk too much. , ~ , , ., ., much. yes. absolutely. someone who constantly talks _ much. yes. absolutely. someone who constantly talks or _ much. yes. absolutely. someone who constantly talks or tries _ much. yes. absolutely. someone who constantly talks or tries to _ constantly talks or tries to influence you, that to me is a
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little bit nerve—racking. someone who professes innocence constantly, that something i used to do because i was a bit nervous. as i got to the end i lost my composure. that was probably part of my downfall. i would say you can't cry because you're suspicious but if you look at the likes ofjazz he had all these theories. we didn't get to hear them as much but he was on the money. he did sit back a bit more. i wonder. some sat back a bit more, on reflection i do think perhaps sitting back a little bit more would have been better for sitting back a little bit more would have been betterfor me. i would advise that. you look at the likes of alex. he was very quiet. itjust depends on that mission. if you do a mission that's like... depends on that mission. if you do a mission that's like. . ._ mission that's like... emotion is so im ortant mission that's like... emotion is so important and _ mission that's like... emotion is so important and so _ mission that's like... emotion is so important and so much _ mission that's like... emotion is so important and so much of - mission that's like... emotion is so important and so much of this. - mission that's like... emotion is so important and so much of this. in | important and so much of this. in this particular series, i've been interested in because there's been
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some crackpot theories are onto the table. it so interesting watching the herd mentality.— table. it so interesting watching the herd mentality. yes. the herd mentality is _ the herd mentality. yes. the herd mentality is a _ the herd mentality. yes. the herd mentality is a real— the herd mentality. yes. the herd mentality is a real thing. - the herd mentality. yes. the herd mentality is a realthing. i - the herd mentality. yes. the herd mentality is a real thing. i was - the herd mentality. yes. the herd mentality is a real thing. i was on | mentality is a real thing. i was on a thing with diana, she made a good point, rememberwhen a thing with diana, she made a good point, remember when we did our first table that was a typical herd mentality. we had no idea what we were doing. it was the first time we had to vote. everyone just went with one theory. they said, ok, you said it so i will too. it sometimes takes you a wild to warm up and go competent. to go, you know what, here's a player and i need to go play the game. i can't sit back and be scared. what was the point, ? your nerves are shot. the table is intense. i can't tell you how stressful it is. it intense. i can't tell you how stressful it is.— intense. i can't tell you how stressful it is. it really looks sick. stressful it is. it really looks sick- even — stressful it is. it really looks sick. even as _ stressful it is. it really looks sick. even as a _ stressful it is. it really looks sick. even as a viewer- stressful it is. it really looks sick. even as a viewer it - stressful it is. it really looks i sick. even as a viewer it seems stressful it is. it really looks - sick. even as a viewer it seems that moment it's really stressful. when it comes to you tonight, who would you like to win, who we really hope it doesn't? i
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you like to win, who we really hope it doesn't? . ,., you like to win, who we really hope it doesn't?— it doesn't? i have some favorites from the beginning. _ it doesn't? i have some favorites from the beginning. i'm - it doesn't? i have some favorites from the beginning. i'm a - it doesn't? i have some favorites from the beginning. i'm a girl, i from the beginning. i'm a girl, girl, to be honest. straightaway i immediately liked nina, leanne and i liked frankie. they were people, and knew our money wasn't gonna last. the rest were fantastic. —— armani for the i'm leaning more towards the character and the reason for being there so i'm rooting for her. when nina was in
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