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they were loaded on the plane this morning with bamboo to snack on before taking off for chengdu.later. hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up on the program, a rivalries renewed as scotland prepare to meet england, but suggestions the home side will take it easy to help their 0lympic chances hasn't impressed the captain. i think it's absolutely just the question, anyone�*s integrity. and i think it's a huge insult to us. rugby union referee tom foley says he's stepping away from officiating at the highest level after social media abuse following the world cup final. tiger rediscovers his roar, saying it was fun to play competitive golf once again, eight months on from his last appearance. welcome along. thank you forjoining us. we start then with football and the final round of crucial women's nations league on tuesday

tian tian and yang guang will depart from the city's airport for chengdu this afternoon. 0ur reporterw. how is the process going? we are a little bit delayed with the departure of the pandas here at this lunchtime. they are on board the china southern plane. tian tian and yang guang safely into their creates this morning, purpose—built metal crates come out with bamboo and carrots to persuade their men. they have gone through several customs and security checks, making sure all the formalities are correct, before loading onto their plane, and 12 or 13 hours on the flight from here to china. halfway through that flight the keeper from china. halfway through that flight the keeperfrom edinburgh zoo china. halfway through that flight the keeper from edinburgh zoo will hand over the keys to the panda cage to his chinese counterpart. that will officially mark the end of the royal geological society of scotland's responsibility for these two giant pandas. remember, they came here 12 years ago with much fanfare and enthusiasm, part of an international panda breeding programme. but, despite s

record number, the sco research center and information and recruiting center were recently opened in chengdurn languages , work for large enterprises in our countries. what can we say about double diplomas? the leading university cooperates with the dolan polytechnic university. the first graduation took place this year. our structural unit, the confucius republican institute of chinese studies. in 1919, this institute was awarded the title of exemplary institute by the chinese side. over the past few years , 83 people have received. kind of international level. in the past decade, china has experienced rapid economic growth, consumption energy and raw materials one way or another led to a serious environmental problem. at one time, almost a fifth of the country’s soil was contaminated, which greatly affected the harvest. our scientists have created a technology that helps not only restore, but increase fertility. we are writing a project to increase corn productivity. for this, it means that we will again isolate the necessary ones from our microbocinoses, from the chinese ones. the develop

when they arrive in chengdu, they'll spend time in chengdu, they'll spend time in quarantine before goingart speaker by saying play gb news. now back to tom and . emily news. now back to tom and. emily >> good afternoon , britain. >> good afternoon, britain. we're keeping a very close eye on westminster this afternoon as the home secretary is expected to announce drastic action, drastic plans to slash legal migration. >> yes . so migration. >> yes. so james migration. >> yes . so james cleverly will >> yes. so james cleverly will address the commons this afternoon. he's going to unveil afternoon. he's going to unveil a package of measures, including a package of measures, including a massive hike to the minimum salary required by skilled workers to get a visa . workers to get a visa. >> well, with the very latest, as our political editor christopher hope and christopher , you've been speaking to some of the key decision makers and their representatives this afternoon. what are we expecting to hear . to hear. >> well, around 415 today, they brought forward the announcement in the house of