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four teams have made it to wembley for semi final weekend. but who will make it back in five weeks' time for the chance to lift the fa cup? and the good news is for the vast majority it will be a dry weekend with temperatures varying greatly. it's saturday april 20. our main story: tensions remain high in the middle east despite a night which has seen no further clashes between israel and iran, iranian officials have continued to downplay the significance of an apparent drone attack by israel in the early hours of friday morning, which us officials say were targeting sites including iran's air defence radar system. our north america reporter will vernon has more. it has been just over 24—hour is
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since iran came under attack. us officials say israel fired at least one missile into a iranian territory stopnow major damage or casualty were reported. this was a relatively small—scale strike by israel. earlier, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, would not comment on reports that the white house was informed in advance about the israeli assault. the informed in advance about the israeli assault.— informed in advance about the israeli assault. the united states has not been _ israeli assault. the united states has not been involved _ israeli assault. the united states has not been involved in - israeli assault. the united states has not been involved in any - has not been involved in any offensive operations detect what we are focusing on, what the g7 is focused on and again that is reflected in our statement and in our conversation is our work to de—escalate tensions. find our conversation is our work to de-escalate tensions.- our conversation is our work to de-escalate tensions. and this is wh the de-escalate tensions. and this is why the us _ de-escalate tensions. and this is why the us and _ de-escalate tensions. and this is why the us and its _ de-escalate tensions. and this is why the us and its allies - de-escalate tensions. and this is why the us and its allies want. de-escalate tensions. and this is why the us and its allies want to | why the us and its allies want to calm tensions. last sunday iran attacked israel with more than 300 missiles and drones causing little damage. the fear in the west is that a cycle of retaliation between israel and iran could ignite a wider
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war. and there is hope as well that the limited nature of the israeli attack will allow the iranians to walk away from any further response. officials in tehran have been downplaying the significance of israel's strike. lahri's president did not even mention it in his speech yesterday. but tensions are running high in the middle east and diplomats will be working hard behind—the—scenes on deescalation. the key question now, what will these two well armed adversaries do next? will vernon, bbc news, washington. it is three minutes past six and now we are concentrating first on a change in deed limit in wales. speed limits always — change in deed limit in wales. speed limits always get _ change in deed limit in wales. speed limits always get people _ change in deed limit in wales. “fir limits always get people talking on some roads in wales will now revert to 30 mph. following a backlash against the welsh government's default policy to reduce speeds to 20mph.
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wales' transport minister said the changes would address concerns many people had about the £31“; million project. our wales political correspondent, cemlyn davies reports. this is the clearest the new transport secretary has been about his thoughts on the controversial 20 mile in our policy. earlier this week he spoke about wanting a truly targeted approach with the policy focused on built—up areas. we have schools, parks, hospitals and so on and he said that there would be some changes. we heard a bit more detail from him in an interview he has given to north wales live where he also admits that they have gotten things wrong in the policy. we put our hands up to say the guidance has to be corrected, he said. he also said that he wants communities to play a more active part in deciding what speed limit should be rather
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than having speed limit imposed upon them. on the potential timescale, he said he will give more detail on that when he gives a statement to the senedd next tuesday. meanwhile councils have welcomed the comments and said that mr skates has brought and said that mr skates has brought a more pragmatic approach compare to what was previously the case. it is about making _ what was previously the case. it 3 about making sure we have the balance right in that those commuter routes and these streets that are probably caught up by the 20 mile—per—hour criteria at a local level people will say is that actually the right speed for that road? fix. actually the right speed for that road? �* . ., , actually the right speed for that road? ~ , . , actually the right speed for that road? , . ,~ . ,., road? a course, any changes to uuidance road? a course, any changes to guidance will _ road? a course, any changes to guidance will inevitably - road? a course, any changes to guidance will inevitably lead - road? a course, any changes to guidance will inevitably lead to | guidance will inevitably lead to further questions about the way this policy was introduced in the first place. back in september and may well be met my opposition from road safety campaigners who are urging ten skates to hold his nerve and
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keep the policy as it is. that was cemlyn davies reporting. lancashire police says it's "reviewing information" about allegations against the suspended conservative mp, mark menzies. mr menzies lost the whip after the times newspaper reported that he had asked a party activist for thousands of pounds, because what he called "bad people" had locked him inside a flat. he told the newspaper he strongly disputed the allegations. the scottish green party has scheduled a meeting to decide whether or not to continue its power—sharing agreement with the snp. it comes a day after the scottish government ditched key targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions — it's a move which is said to have angered green party colleagues. lawmakers in the united states are due to vote on a long—awaited bill which would grant $61 billion in military aid to ukraine. the legislation has been stalled in congress for months due to resistance by some republicans. it's now expected to pass the first hurdle before being sent to the senate and president biden for approval. police in new york will review security arrangements around
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the trial of the former president donald trump after a man set himself on fire outside the court in manhattan. 37—year—old maxwell azzarello remains in a critical condition in hospital. our reporter nada tawfik was there when it happened. journalists here had just learned that jury selection journalists here had just learned thatjury selection had concluded just after 130 in the afternoon when the man, later identified as a former resident in his mid— 30s entered the park. he threw pamphlets in the air, dust himself in lighter fluid and set himself on fire. we can see the belize blaze and feel the heat. later official said he was not targeting any individual or group all the trial. their investigation is ongoing but they believe he was a conspiracy theorist. they say they will be reviewing security protocols around this court house in light of the high—profile nature of this trial and whether in fact to close a park down to the public. nevertheless,
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court resumed, it remained on schedule and opening statements in this trial will now begin on monday. donald trump leaving the court today again slammed the case is a hoax, as again slammed the case is a hoax, as a witch hunt. he is charged with falsifying business records to hide a so—called hush money payment to the adult film star make stormy daniels in order to influence the 2016 election to hide a potentially damaging sex scandal. he denies all wrongdoing and the extramarital affairand again, opening wrongdoing and the extramarital affair and again, opening statements will begin on monday. that was nada tawfik reporting. flights into dubai international airport are being restricted because of continuing disruption caused by flooding. more than one year's worth of rain fell in a single day on tuesday. some passengers have complained of chaos and overcrowding at the airport as they tried to leave. our reporter louisa pilbeam has the details.
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terminal 3 at dubai airport, days of queues, crowds and cancellations are making people desperate to get out. the passenger who filmed this said he stood for two nights, crammed into the small space. this is where the queue starts. this was taken by a man who said some people passed out and others got into fights. he said he slept on the floorfor 48 hours. every time they cancel a flight you got to queue back up. you can't do it online because they can't transfer your baggage. this woman filmed this footage trying to fly to dublin, she says there has been little information and what she described as no staff. this was the scene earlier in the week. planes are sitting in a sea of floodwater at the world's busiest international airport.
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flights in and out are still limited. in a statement on social media, the airport said its teams are working tirelessly to restore normal operations and minimise delays and say passengers' welfare is its top priority. for some the damage is done. two top indian wrestlers missed a mandatory weigh—in for a qualifier at the summer olympics in paris. dubai, qatar and oman have seen unprecedented flooding after the heaviest rain recorded this week. a year's rain fell in one day alone. just look at the damage caused, cars and lorries were left submerged and stranded in countries lacking the infrastructure for these weather conditions. across the gulf states, more than 20 people have died. the rain may now have stopped but trying to get people out of dubai and neighbouring countries will take days and the cleanup here much longer. louisa pilbeam, bbc news.
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rowers at oxford university will today name one of their boats �*river action' in honour of a campaign group which aims to hold water companies to account for river pollution. it comes amid concern over high levels of e.coli in the river thames during last month's oxford and cambridge boat races, when one rower fell ill before the race. time for us to have our first chat with matt. that works. good morning to you both and good morning to you all. it will be cold this morning if you are about to step out shortly. frost around for some and a beautiful start to the weekend for the vast majority. sunshine around at least to begin with but we will start to see big contrasts during the day in terms of cloud and temperature. looking at what happens we have high pressure centred over us and out to the west we will have warm air, the light wind to the east
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and the keen breeze of the north sea and the keen breeze of the north sea and this is where it will be on the chilly side. in between cloud will build. to begin with the cloud is across the north of scotland other eastern counties of england. lincolnshire and parts of east yorkshire and kent through the day. most especially this morning but the vast majority is dry. around the south—west of scotland and northern ireland, western fringes of wales you are under blue skies for the best part of the day. compared with around 7— 10 celsius along some of the eastern coastal counties. as we go into tonight we will see the cloud increase a bit more and today with patchy light rain and north scotland spreading to eastern scotland spreading to eastern scotland overnight and possibly more cloud around. there is still a chance of a touch of frost in one or two sheltered spots as we go into sunday. it does mean it will be cold on the starting line for those heading off to the london marathon and for those waiting to cheer on.
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but are largely dry day is in store. a small chance of one or two light showers in the vast of the day is dry with a few glimpses of sunshine. a bit more sunshine perhaps cross these eastern edges. more cloud in eastern scotland, the finals of england, this is where we are likely to see patchy rain and drizzle but most will stay dry. temperatures at the highest in northern ireland and south—west skye island —— scotland. still these eastern coastal counties will stay chilly. big contrasts this weekend from east to west. and as we go into next week? high pressure is there to begin with but through the night, a cold night into monday across southern areas and cloud starts to topple more widely across the country. it means we will see outbreaks of rain and drizzle from northern england and north wales to begin with that will push its way into southern parts of england and wales as we go through the day. a lot more cloud around in a great chance of a better rain. she doesn't
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scotland and northern ireland but sunshine breaking through here and there and it will be around parts of central and southern scotland where we see the highest of the temperatures up to around 16 before eastern and southern parts of england it will be a chilly feeling day after those low—temperature's overnight of cloud and rain moving in as we go through into monday. through next week we will stay with things a little bit chillier than normal for this things a little bit chillier than normalfor this stage in things a little bit chillier than normal for this stage in april. so there will be some dry and bright weather at times, a greater chance of some rain here and there but compared to recent weeks not a huge amount of rain and the emphasis will still be on long dry spells. more throughout the morning. back to you. can you hear something? bird calls do you know what it is? is it a
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biackbird? — do you know what it is? is it a blackbird? no. _ do you know what it is? is it a blackbird? no. blue _ do you know what it is? is it a blackbird? no. blue tip. - do you know what it is? is it a blackbird? no. blue tip. no. i we wanted to bring you some calm this saturday morning, so here it is. that is the sound of one of the uk's most endangered species of bird, the nightingale. if it sounds familiar, that may be because it has also been widely used in the music of famous artists and composers throughout history. and you can now stream it, after an initiative by major platforms to recognise the sounds of nature as an artist in their own right. our reporter laura foster has been to hear it for herself. you will always hear a nightingale before you see it. birdsong. but it could be awhile you spot one. the first sound usually beginning with a song is a kind of long
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continuous tone. and then they go into a really fast, so it goes... birdsong. and if you are lucky, you will get this close. birdsong. at this time of year the mail nightingale is singing because it is showing off, it wants to find a mate. and it can be as loud as a motorbike engine when it's doing that. now when it does find a partner, it will quieten down, but will still pipe up every now and then in order to protected territory. then in order to protected territory-— territory. you look at the nightingale, _ territory. you look at the nightingale, they - territory. you look at the nightingale, they don't i territory. you look at the i nightingale, they don't look territory. you look at the - nightingale, they don't look much and the mail looks pretty well identical to the female. so it's not about plumage and showing off in that respect, it is about your vocal gymnastics that you can do. and they do that to an amazing effect. the female on the other side sounds like a small frog really, doesn't make much of a song at all. and it is very rarely seen.—
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much of a song at all. and it is very rarely seen. this ma'oring -- ma'or very rarely seen. this ma'oring -- major discovery * very rarely seen. this ma'oring -- major discovery park _ very rarely seen. this ma'oring -- major discovery park is h very rarely seen. this majoring -- major discovery park is one - very rarely seen. this majoring -- major discovery park is one of - very rarely seen. this majoring -- major discovery park is one of the j major discovery park is one of the first places the nightingale's come across when they come home from spending winter in africa. the brambles and forgets provide a fortress for one of the uk's most endangered birds.— fortress for one of the uk's most endangered birds. nightingale have been declining _ endangered birds. nightingale have been declining at _ endangered birds. nightingale have been declining at such _ endangered birds. nightingale have been declining at such a _ endangered birds. nightingale have been declining at such a fast - endangered birds. nightingale have been declining at such a fast rate, | been declining at such a fast rate, it is that we have lost 90% of the population in the last five years or so so it is important that they have a place to come to. this so so it is important that they have a place to come to.— so so it is important that they have a place to come to. this is believed to be the most _ a place to come to. this is believed to be the most concentrated - to be the most concentrated population of nightingales in the uk. if people want to encourage nightingale where they live, what can i do? , . . nightingale where they live, what canldo? ,. . ., nightingale where they live, what canldo? . ., , can i do? first advice would be let nature end- _ can i do? first advice would be let nature end. let _ can i do? first advice would be let nature end. let the _ can i do? first advice would be let nature end. let the stinging - can i do? first advice would be let. nature end. let the stinging nettles grove, let the spiky stuff appear like brambles and dog rose. all of that stuff that us humans kind of don't like, for good reason. it stings us, it cuts us, it pricks us. actually nightingales love that, the denser it is the more you can't see through it, the happier they will
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be. ., ., “ be. from the end of next week the ark will be. from the end of next week the park will be — be. from the end of next week the park will be open _ be. from the end of next week the park will be open for _ be. from the end of next week the park will be open for guided - be. from the end of next week the park will be open for guided tours | park will be open for guided tours at dusk when the birds will be at their most vocal. laura foster, bbc news. we will have more bird noises later this morning. it's nice to hear isn't it. ., , but we will look at the papers now. it is six point 17 a.m.. and several front pages carry the latest on the tensions in the middle east. the guardian reports that world leaders have urged calm after israel's pre—dawn strike on iran, following what the paper calls a cycle of tit—for—tat attacks. "now the world waits on iran" — that's the headline in the mirror today. the paper carries an image of crowds in tehran protesting against the latest israeli airstrike. the times reports that the conservatives are looking at cutting stamp duty in the autumn statement this year, in what the paper calls an "aspirational offer" before the next general election.
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and the wales daily post website reports — as we have this morning — on the expected reduction in the number of 20—miles—per—hour roads in the country. it says the welsh government's new transport minister has admitted the default 20mph limit has left wales more divided. and always interested in dr michael mosley who writes on health issues in the daily mail. you may be interested to hear this. i in the daily mail. you may be interested to hear this.- in the daily mail. you may be interested to hear this. i am always interested to hear this. i am always interested in _ interested to hear this. i am always interested in what _ interested to hear this. i am always interested in what you _ interested to hear this. i am always interested in what you have - interested to hear this. i am always interested in what you have to - interested to hear this. i am always interested in what you have to say. | interested in what you have to say. ok. there are 6 million people who live in finland, how many saunas do you think there are? are 6 million people. you think there are? are 6 million ”eole. i1 i1 i you think there are? are 6 million peeple-- 0ne _ you think there are? are 6 million peeple-- one per— you think there are? are 6 million people. 5000. one per household? we've not people. 5000. one per household? we've got to _ people. 5000. one per household? we've got to get — people. 5000. one per household? we've got to get on _ people. 5000. one per household? we've got to get on with _ people. 5000. one per household? we've got to get on with this. - people. 522: one per household? we've got to get on with this. there is a population of 6 million, there are 3 million saunas. one for every two people, dr michael mosley has been looking into this. thea;e
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two people, dr michael mosley has been looking into this.— been looking into this. they have them in their _ been looking into this. they have them in their houses? _ been looking into this. they have them in their houses? in - been looking into this. they have them in their houses? in 2015 - been looking into this. they have l them in their houses? in 2015 they were looking _ them in their houses? in 2015 they were looking at _ them in their houses? in 2015 they were looking at the _ them in their houses? in 2015 they were looking at the sauna - them in their houses? in 2015 they were looking at the sauna habits . them in their houses? in 2015 they| were looking at the sauna habits of finnish men between the ages of a0 and 60. over a 21 year period those who had had a sauna most days of the week were 50% less likely to have a fatal heart attack. so the more saunas you have, i'm looking at you, the less your chance of having a heart attack. if you can find a way of squeezing it into my house i will be very grateful. they also found that people who had a sauna most days of the week, 61% less likely to have a stroke than those who had a sauna once a week or less. triage have a stroke than those who had a sauna once a week or less. now you know what — sauna once a week or less. now you know what to _ sauna once a week or less. now you know what to do _ sauna once a week or less. now you know what to do on _ sauna once a week or less. now you know what to do on your— sauna once a week or less. now you know what to do on your weekend. l know what to do on your weekend. this is— know what to do on your weekend. this is the — know what to do on your weekend. this is the earliest in the morning i have ever been offered a sauna. i genuinely didn't know it had those kind of established health benefits. many people would love to be offered a sauna _ many people would love to be offered a sauna by— many people would love to be offered a sauna by charlie.— a sauna by charlie. maybe not at 6.20 in a sauna by charlie. maybe not at 6-20 in the _ a sauna by charlie. maybe not at
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6.20 in the morning. _ a sauna by charlie. maybe not at 6.20 in the morning. widely - a sauna by charlie. maybe not at| 6.20 in the morning. widely used a sauna by charlie. maybe not at - 6.20 in the morning. widely used by athletes. 6.20 in the morning. widely used by athletes- the — 6.20 in the morning. widely used by athletes. the only _ 6.20 in the morning. widely used by athletes. the only time _ 6.20 in the morning. widely used by athletes. the only time i _ 6.20 in the morning. widely used by athletes. the only time i have - 6.20 in the morning. widely used by athletes. the only time i have been l athletes. the only time i have been to finland, — athletes. the only time i have been to finland, i — athletes. the only time i have been to finland, i stated _ athletes. the only time i have been to finland, i stated a _ athletes. the only time i have been to finland, i stated a place - athletes. the only time i have been to finland, i stated a place with - athletes. the only time i have been to finland, i stated a place with a i to finland, i stated a place with a sauna so my 100% record of saunas in finnish abodes matches this. bid sauna so my 100% record of saunas in finnish abodes matches this.- finnish abodes matches this. did you to finnish abodes matches this. did you no in the finnish abodes matches this. did you go in the sauna? _ finnish abodes matches this. did you go in the sauna? yes, _ finnish abodes matches this. did you go in the sauna? yes, because - finnish abodes matches this. did you go in the sauna? yes, because it - finnish abodes matches this. did you go in the sauna? yes, because it is i go in the sauna? yes, because it is cold outside- _ go in the sauna? yes, because it is cold outside. there _ go in the sauna? yes, because it is cold outside. there is _ go in the sauna? yes, because it is cold outside. there is a _ go in the sauna? yes, because it is cold outside. there is a lot - go in the sauna? yes, because it is cold outside. there is a lot of- go in the sauna? yes, because it is cold outside. there is a lot of heat| cold outside. there is a lot of heat between a — cold outside. there is a lot of heat between a couple _ cold outside. there is a lot of heat between a couple of _ cold outside. there is a lot of heat between a couple of bodies - cold outside. there is a lot of heat between a couple of bodies in - cold outside. there is a lot of heat between a couple of bodies in the | between a couple of bodies in the football— between a couple of bodies in the football world. laughs fm rim“ me emma wm h�*— . i'm trying! i want to talk about the fa cup _ . i'm trying! i want to talk about the fa cup this _ . i'm trying! i want to talk about the fa cup this week, _ . i'm trying! i want to talk about the fa cup this week, because i . i'm trying! i want to talk about| the fa cup this week, because it . i'm trying! i want to talk about i the fa cup this week, because it is the fa cup this week, because it is the semifinals, but a lot of arguing, because replays will be scrapped because —— from the first round next season, but a lot of people have said the replays are quite useful for clubs further down the period because they get to have another go at it and double their money. it is important for clubs lower down the football pyramid. the fa said hang on, you were involved
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in the decision—making process, and the afl said no we won't, you haven't answered with the premier league telling us. they are at loggerheads as we await the fa cup semi—final this weekend. —— efl. there's been a lot of talk about the fa cup replays being axed from next season and how it would affect the magic of the cup — but it would be a true fairytale if championship side coventry beat manchester united in the semifinals, adding to an already famous cup history. they won the trophy back in 1987, but since then they've faced many challenges including relegations and losing their home ground. so can they really overcome the i2—time fa cup winners united at wembley tomorrow, and reach their first final for 37 years? here's mike bushell. a day the city of commentary will never forget. a day the city of commentary will neverforget. —— a day the city of commentary will never forget. —— coventry. a day the city of commentary will neverforget. —— coventry. in 1987. starship were number one with "nothing is going to stop us now" and the only thing stopping the coventry team bus in their victory
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parade whether hundreds of thousands of fans lining the streets of the city. 37 years on and three of the team are being reunited with the bus which now has pride of place —— pride of place in the coventry transport museum. a chance to climb the stairs again in the hope that the stairs again in the hope that the current team can follow in their footsteps and be inspired by coventry�*s famous cup final win over spurs. coventry's famous cup final win over surs. ,, ., g; coventry's famous cup final win over surs. ,, ., q; , . , coventry's famous cup final win over surs. ,, ., g; , . spurs. still now, 37 years on we still meet _ spurs. still now, 37 years on we still meet up — spurs. still now, 37 years on we still meet up every _ spurs. still now, 37 years on we still meet up every three - spurs. still now, 37 years on we still meet up every three or - spurs. still now, 37 years on we still meet up every three or four weeks, we have a unique relationship which has stood the test of time. it isa it is a thing we will never ever forget, and 250,000 fans here on the sunday, they will never forget it. to be back on the bus is part of the history— to be back on the bus is part of the history of— to be back on the bus is part of the history of it — to be back on the bus is part of the history of it really, and that can never_ history of it really, and that can never be — history of it really, and that can never be taken away from us, which is a wonderful feeling. we
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never be taken away from us, which is a wonderful feeling.— is a wonderful feeling. we couldn't find the toilet. _ find the toilet. laughs - laughs . which was a bit embarrassing in some ways. we . which was a bit embarrassing in some ways-— some ways. we should have complained. _ some ways. we should have complained, thinking - some ways. we should have complained, thinking about| some ways. we should have i complained, thinking about it. some ways. we should have - complained, thinking about it. it's disgraceful, having a bus with no toilet _ disgraceful, having a bus with no toilet |— disgraceful, having a bus with no toilet. ~ , ., . , toilet. i think it should have been the first thing _ toilet. i think it should have been the first thing we _ toilet. i think it should have been the first thing we all— toilet. i think it should have been the first thing we all did. - toilet. i think it should have been the first thing we all did. down i the first thing we all did. down below, the first thing we all did. down below. the _ the first thing we all did. down below, the absence _ the first thing we all did. down below, the absence of- the first thing we all did. down below, the absence of the i the first thing we all did. down | below, the absence of the toilet wasn't the main concern for barry the driver of the bus that day for that victory parade. the the driver of the bus that day for that victory parade.— the driver of the bus that day for that victory parade. the crowds were incredible. and _ that victory parade. the crowds were incredible. and i— that victory parade. the crowds were incredible. and i thought _ that victory parade. the crowds were incredible. and i thought this - that victory parade. the crowds were incredible. and i thought this bus i incredible. and i thought this bus was going by itself so i took it out of gear and the crowd were pushing it. i couldn't believe it, the crowds were all pushing it and they were pushing everywhere. the windscreen was bending with people pushing on it. i thought any minute now the windscreen would come off so i backed off, and it was quite fine at the time. figs i backed off, and it was quite fine at the time-— i backed off, and it was quite fine at the time. �* , . at the time. as well as an open top bus parade — at the time. as well as an open top bus parade there _ at the time. as well as an open top bus parade there is _ at the time. as well as an open top bus parade there is a _ at the time. as well as an open top bus parade there is a great - bus parade there is a great tradition associated with fa cup success and getting to the final, and that's the cup final song.
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coventry recorded one, they performed live on blue peter. # go for it, go for it city! the ca tain # go for it, go for it city! the captain at _ # go for it, go for it city! the captain at the _ # go for it, go for it city! the captain at the time, - # go for it, go for it city! the captain at the time, the legendary character that he was, doesn't want to be reminded of his teammate's dulcet tones so i have been to his magical kingdom in west yorkshire to remind him. captain brian kelly klein has his famous flowing locks. great to see you got the heck.— famous flowing locks. great to see you got the heck. come and en'oy. he is lookin: you got the heck. come and en'oy. he is iooioing after— you got the heck. come and en'oy. he is looking after me. is i you got the heck. come and en'oy. he is looking after me. is he i you got the heck. come and en'oy. he is looking after me. is he a i is looking after me. is he a coventry — is looking after me. is he a coventry fan? _ is looking after me. is he a coventry fan? he - is looking after me. is he a coventry fan? he is - is looking after me. is he a coventry fan? he is a i is looking after me. is he a coventry fan? he is a fan i is looking after me. is he a | coventry fan? he is a fan of is looking after me. is he a i coventry fan? he is a fan of the house. # to win. i remember when we
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recorded this, in a back street in coventry. # killer lurks about. ~ ., coventry. #killerlurksabout. ., ., . # killer lurks about. who wrote that line! did you — # killer lurks about. who wrote that line! did you learn _ # killer lurks about. who wrote that line! did you learn it? _ # killer lurks about. who wrote that line! did you learn it? possibly. i line! did you learn it? possibly. the told line! did you learn it? possibly. they told me — line! did you learn it? possibly. they told me to _ line! did you learn it? possibly. they told me to bend _ line! did you learn it? possibly. they told me to bend down i line! did you learn it? possibly. they told me to bend down to l line! did you learn it? possibly. i they told me to bend down to make myself quicker so i look like i was lurking. i got injured and couldn't play the whole game, and i asked the lads, and they said get up there, you big goat! i got to the top and it was the relief of getting to the top and turning around and seeing all the supporters. the supporters were absolutely brilliant that day but they were brilliant all the way through our cup. i hadjust but they were brilliant all the way through our cup. i had just been out with my mates and i had 16 great mates who we had good times with and
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the more we did well in the cup, the more times we could go out and enjoy it. something you don't realise at the time, it's not until you get older and wiser that you realise that was some achievement. and people, 30 years of people telling you what an achievement it was, you start to realise, we did well there. commentator: what a moment for the sky blues! they are through to the semifinals— sky blues! they are through to the semifinals of the fa cup! the coventry class _ semifinals of the fa cup! the coventry class of _ semifinals of the fa cup! tue: coventry class of 2024 are returning coventry class of 202a are returning to wembley now for an fa cup semi—final after their own heroics, defying the odds with two injury time goals to win a premier league wolves. it time goals to win a premier league wolves. , .,, ., , , time goals to win a premier league wolves. , ., _ . , wolves. it is obviously manchester united being _ wolves. it is obviously manchester united being in _ wolves. it is obviously manchester united being in the _ wolves. it is obviously manchester united being in the premiership, l united being in the premiership, they are a big team by name but not a big club anymore, so you've always got a chance. the longer we stay in the game, is like a boxing match, you have to fancy your chances and it is about the lads coming out in
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managing the game. the it is about the lads coming out in managing the game.— it is about the lads coming out in managing the game. the chance to lift the cup. — managing the game. the chance to lift the cup, albeit _ managing the game. the chance to lift the cup, albeit a _ managing the game. the chance to lift the cup, albeit a smaller- managing the game. the chance to lift the cup, albeit a smaller one i lift the cup, albeit a smaller one again, on the iconic bus is a reminder to the current team how fa cup success can last a lifetime. today's fa cup semifinal is between two teams whose trips to wembley are a little less rare — holders manchester city against eight—time winners chelsea. city were knocked out of the champions league quarterfinals by real madrid this week but can still win a double. they might be without striker erling haaland who asked to come off during that match and city will be up against one of theirformer players, cole palmer, who's having a sensational season for chelsea. lam happy i am happy for him, he has a lovely quyi i am happy for him, he has a lovely guy, a shy guy, with incredible potential otherwise he would not be here. so it is what it is. it's chelsea's second trip to wembley this season after the efl
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cup final, which they lost to liverpool. and with their season not exactly going to plan — they're ninth in the premier league — the fa cup is their final chance to win a trophy. they have the benefit of playing a team that had a long night on wednesday. we know very well when you play all 120 minutes in the champions league, it is massive and emotional, it is not easy to recover after you are to lose, the possibility to go to a semi—final, of course it is going to be tough for them, but we need to remember that we have an unbelievable squad. it's also scottish cup semifinal weekend. rangers against hearts is tomorrow but premiership leaders celtic get things going at hampden park against aberdeen this afternoon. celtic have the stats on their side — they've lifted this trophy no less than a1 times. they haven't lost to aberdeen in nearly six years, and their manager has a 100% win rate in the scottish cup. it all sounds a bit intimidating if you're an aberdeen player.
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i think what is needed is a lot of courage, a lot of courage because you know if you are going to set off celtic the whole game, they will hurt you, they move the ball so quick at times and yeah, we need to try and be aggressive and be accountable and at the same time, show our courage because i think thatis show our courage because i think that is when we play to our strength and that will be important for us. former wales international leightonjames has died at the age of 71. he scored the goal that gave wales their only victory over england at wembley in 1977, with a former teammatejohn toshack describing him as "one of the very best wingers british football has ever seen". james was capped 5a times by his country, scoring ten goals. two of his former clubs, burnley and swansea, will wear black armbands in their matches today. after his playing career, james managed several non—league clubs, before becoming a radio pundit and newspaper columnist. in his later years, he worked as a lollipop man at a school in swansea, his home town.
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the chinese grand prix is back in shangai after a five—year absence and max verstappen denied lewis hamilton the first sprint win of his career. hamilton started second but quicky beat pole—sitter lando norris off the line — however verstappen, who started fourth, ended hamilton's dream of a first win of any kind since 2021 when he blasted past the mercedes driver on the ninth lap. verstappen crossed the line 13 seconds clear of hamilton with sergio perez taking third. hamilton's second place was by far his best result of a season that has started in a difficult fashion for a mercedes team struggling with their new car. around 50,000 fans are expected at twickenham as england continute their quest for another women's six nations grand slam. they play ireland before scotland travel to italy. wales host france on sunday. england have won three out of three so far with a bonus point in each victory. last time out they thrashed scotland a6—0. and marlie packer returns as england captain for their game this afternoon.
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we have been professed —— impressed with our performances at times, we have had a few soft areas, it is something we have worked on in training and there is nothing like playing at twickenham in front of 50,000 in the girls are really looking forward to it. we had a team run now we are really slick out there so we are ready to on saturday. there have been encouraging signs that emma raducanu could be returning to form, after long struggles with injury. but her run at the stuttgart open is over, ended by iga swiatek at the quarterfinal stage. it was a true contest between the world numbers one and 303, though — it was far closer than the straight—sets scoreline suggests. she is one of those athletes whose form is forensically studied more than any other so it is nice to see that it was genuinely a competitive game. once you may have eventually won. ., , ., ., game. once you may have eventually won. . , . . ., ,
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won. that is what we want to see. 6:32. when a medical issue put an end to one man's childhood dream of becoming a firefighter, he picked up his camera and began to document the work of his heroes instead. nearly a0 years later, tim ansell�*s passion for the fire service, has led to him becoming its official photographer. our reporter oli constable can explain. you never quite know what you are going to and you never know when you are going to. tim going to and you never know when you are going to-— are going to. tim ansell is not a firefighter- _ are going to. tim ansell is not a firefighter. his _ are going to. tim ansell is not a firefighter. his job, _ are going to. tim ansell is not a firefighter. his job, instead, i are going to. tim ansell is not a firefighter. his job, instead, is. are going to. tim ansell is not al firefighter. his job, instead, is to firefighter. hisjob, instead, is to photograph some of the most devastating fires across south yorkshire. ieoe devastating fires across south yorkshire-— yorkshire. be it for fire investigation, - yorkshire. be it for fire investigation, be i yorkshire. be it for fire investigation, be it i yorkshire. be it for fire investigation, be it for| yorkshire. be it for fire i investigation, be it for media yorkshire. be it for fire - investigation, be it for media or training purposes. ihis investigation, be it for media or training purposes.— investigation, be it for media or training purposes. his photos are a strikini training purposes. his photos are a striking look— training purposes. his photos are a striking look into _ training purposes. his photos are a striking look into what _ training purposes. his photos are a striking look into what firefighters l striking look into what firefighters tackle every day. from house fires to water rescue to moreland blazers.
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i have so much respect for the fire service and people who come to do thejob through the service and people who come to do the job through the years and through my lens you see so much change. their work, the great work that the fire service do it does not get hidden. that the fire service do it does not get hidden-— that the fire service do it does not iet hidden. . ., , . ., ., get hidden. and he has seen a lot of chanie. get hidden. and he has seen a lot of change- since _ get hidden. and he has seen a lot of change. since he _ get hidden. and he has seen a lot of change. since he has— get hidden. and he has seen a lot of change. since he has been - get hidden. and he has seen a lot of change. since he has been doing i get hidden. and he has seen a lot of| change. since he has been doing the role informally since 1985. the appliances conversations, the uniforms. one thing has always been the same. ., , ., . ., uniforms. one thing has always been the same. .,, ., . ., , the same. people who want to help. that is what — the same. people who want to help. that is what the _ the same. people who want to help. that is what the fire _ the same. people who want to help. that is what the fire service - the same. people who want to help. that is what the fire service is. it i that is what the fire service is. it is about making somebody�*s bad day a little bit better. he is about making somebody's bad day a little bit better.— little bit better. he wanted to be a firefithter little bit better. he wanted to be a firefighter ever _ little bit better. he wanted to be a firefighter ever since _ little bit better. he wanted to be a firefighter ever since he _ little bit better. he wanted to be a firefighter ever since he was i little bit better. he wanted to be a | firefighter ever since he was young but an issue with his eyesight meant he had to settle for a role behind—the—scenes. he had to settle for a role behind-the-scenes.- he had to settle for a role behind-the-scenes. and they said that, i'm afraid _ behind-the-scenes. and they said that, i'm afraid that _ behind-the-scenes. and they said that, i'm afraid that your- behind-the-scenes. and they said that, i'm afraid that your eyesight | that, i'm afraid that your eyesight does not quite meet requirements. when you were told that had that make you feel?— make you feel? crushed. i felt crushed- _ make you feel? crushed. i felt crushed. and _ make you feel? crushed. i felt crushed. and then _ make you feel? crushed. i felt crushed. and then i _ make you feel? crushed. i felt crushed. and then i ended i make you feel? crushed. i felt crushed. and then i ended up| make you feel? crushed. i felt i crushed. and then i ended up being the photographer so i have a keen eye somewhere. tim
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the photographer so i have a keen eye somewhere.— the photographer so i have a keen eye somewhere. the photographer so i have a keen e e somewhere. . , , eye somewhere. tim has captured some definin: eye somewhere. tim has captured some defining moments _ eye somewhere. tim has captured some defining moments in _ eye somewhere. tim has captured some defining moments in the _ eye somewhere. tim has captured some defining moments in the county's - defining moments in the county's history. my club fires in sheffield schools burning near doncaster. you aet an schools burning near doncaster. ii'm, get an absolute unique view. we are telling a story, if you like, of what the fire and rescue service are doing in south yorkshire.— doing in south yorkshire. there has been a fire photographer— doing in south yorkshire. there has been a fire photographer in - doing in south yorkshire. there has been a fire photographer in the i been a fire photographer in the 19705 been a fire photographer in the 1970s and 1980s but it was phased out until tim took it on into thousand and nine. i’ll out until tim took it on into thousand and nine.- out until tim took it on into thousand and nine. i'll be aired on an as and when _ thousand and nine. i'll be aired on an as and when basis. _ thousand and nine. i'll be aired on an as and when basis. i _ thousand and nine. i'll be aired on an as and when basis. i am - thousand and nine. i'll be aired on an as and when basis. i am proud| thousand and nine. i'll be aired on i an as and when basis. i am proud to car that an as and when basis. i am proud to carry that out- _ an as and when basis. i am proud to carry that out. his _ an as and when basis. i am proud to carry that out. his pictures - an as and when basis. i am proud to carry that out. his pictures tell- carry that out. his pictures tell the stories of the brave people who put themselves in danger. their work captured. oli constable, bbc news. it is now 7: 35. time now for all the latest technology news with click.
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this week, lara looks at the elemental solution to cleaning up carbon emissions from aircraft. we travel to the remote faroe islands to look at the latest ways to harness tidal energy. it's sort of like kitesurfing, but on the water. if it moves, it's a controller — paul's en route towards more accessible games. if ijust raise my eyebrows, i'm making the carjump. and we look at how generative technology could revolutionise the moviegoing experience. it can make approximately 52 quintillion versions of the film. about 100,000 flights jet around the world every day. flying accounts for 2.5% of all carbon emissions. now, that might not sound like much,
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but if aviation was a country, it would be among the top ten most polluting nations in the world, and its impact is expected to rise. now there's a global race to get clean aviation off the ground. and some companies think they're close to cracking it. pretty soon, passengers will be flying in zero—emission aircraft. but how did we get here? archive: the new machine is called, optimistically, the flyer. _ we've come a long way since the wright brothers' first flight in 1903. that day, they lifted the world into a new dimension. then we achieved bigger, faster planes. great, but that's also how we ended up with all these emissions. jet engines burn kerosene, which releases carbon dioxide,
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one of the main greenhouse gases causing climate change. the industry faces an enormous challenge to clean up its act, and that means coming up with new fuels. let's take a look at some of the options. there are biofuels, which are made out of things like plants or vegetable oils, but they still produce some harmful emissions. then there's electric. but although batteries are getting far more efficient, the size that you'd need to power a passengerjet would be way too heavy. and there's one potential solution that's getting people really excited — hydrogen. hydrogen fuel cells combine hydrogen and oxygen to create a flow of electrons around a circuit to power a motor. and as we all know, hydrogen plus oxygen equals h20. the problem is... we can't do much about the fundamental properties of hydrogen. volumetrically, we need to compress it to get sort of in the ballpark of not quite a third of the efficiency of fuels that we use.
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that means that we need often very large, very heavy tanks, because they need very thick walls to deal with the incredibly high pressures we need them at. what you end up with is an aeroplane that can't have any passengers in. this is the challenge faced by zeroavia, one of several companies working to make hydrogen—powered flight a reality. they retrofit existing planes with hydrogen engines. the company had several successful test flights with this plane last year. in the original frame, we would be able to fly about 19 passengers. it looks like a lot of kit in there. how would you fit in 19 people? yeah, so in the retrofitted configuration, it will be about a dozen people. daniela is one of the engineers working on the engine. actually, the fuel cells are this one. the power is created in these small layers.
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so you have to build up your layers to create the power to take off an aircraft. this engine could almost provide enough power to get you from london to glasgow, but not quite. if you wanted to scale it up for international flights, would you just make the same thing bigger or is it a totally different exercise? it is scalable until a certain power, but then we'll have to change technology. getting this high power density system that will allow to have a lot of power but minimal weight to be integrated on an aircraft is really a challenge. and that probably means completely redesigning the plane. everything will be shrunk. some parts of the engine, of the fuel cell, will be sitting inside of the nacelle, and also the storage tank, which is, uh, going to be probably the largest, uh, you know, piece of equipment they will actually bring outside, 0k? right. so either on the side of the fuselage, or we will hang it on the wing.
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making everything fit isn't the only challenge, though. you need to have the maintenance and repair organisation. the whole process needs to be certified. we need to provide the hydrogen infrastructure to the, uh, to the aircraft. zeroavia has a plan for that. in its vision, hydrogen would be produced on site at airports using renewable energy before being processed and transported out to the plane. but what about the cost of all this? at the moment, liquid hydrogen is significantly more expensive than conventionaljet fuel, but backers of hydrogen planes believe it will eventually become cheaper than traditional flight. zeroavia isn't the only company racing to reimagine air travel, though. aerospace giants like airbus and boeing are also developing hydrogen planes. but there are still questions over how sustainable they'll actually be.
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we're going to be using some fairly exotic materials that are very energy intensive to arrive at. what energy are you using to build the fuel cell? what materials are you using? how much energy are we sinking into this technology to get something out? zeroavia has the backing of the uk government and big investors and has over 2,000 pre—orders from airlines. so there seems to be significant belief in hydrogen despite all of the challenges. but what i really want to know is... are we going to be able to jet off to spain anytime soon in a hydrogen plane? history shows that you need to start small and grow big. and that growth would take a while. but if this could be scaled to the largest of planes, then the difference to emissions would be jumbo. you know, it sounds like, if they can get it right, hydrogen planes could be a massive deal. yeah.
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it's as much about the infrastructure, though. they've got a lot to do. right, ok, noted. ok, we're going from the air to the sea now. you might not think of the world's oceans as a great source of green energy, but when you think about it, the tides move an enormous amount of water around the globe every single day, and we are discovering new ways to harness this tidal power. and adrienne murray has been to the remote faroe islands, which are between scotland and norway, to see what they're doing to help harness renewable energy. rugged and remote, the faroe islands are an isolated archipelago found in the north atlantic. powerful currents flow around its 18 islands, and in this sea channel called the vestmannasund, mechanical creatures lurk beneath the water's surface, called dragons. designed by swedish marine energy firm minesto, it's among a wave of
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new technology that hopes to revolutionise tidal power. this huge yellow thing behind me is a tidal kite. it looks a bit like a glider because it's designed to fly through the water, and once it's installed on the seabed, it will be generating electricity using the current that flows through this stretch of water. weighing 28 tonnes and with a 12—metre wingspan, the newest dragon can deliver 1.2 megawatts of power. it's sort of like kitesurfing, but underwater. so we tether it off to the sea floor, foundation on the sea floor, and then it flies in a figure of eight. as underwater currents flow by, the kite's wings generate a hydrodynamic lift force, spinning the turbine and generating electricity. this design's very different to other types of tidal technology. so what's the advantage of a design like this one? we can install and operate
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and produce power in low flow currents with lightweight machines. although it looks big to the eye, this is actually a very small tidal turbine. we've designed the system as such to be maintenance friendly — you simplyjust tow them in, replace modules and then put them back in. we've also, over the years, removed more and more components from the system and fit them onshore instead. the less old components you have that could become damaged, it's easier to access it and it's much cheaper also. it's the gravitational pull of the moon, and to some extent the sun, which gives the tides their rhythm. and unlike wind, solar or hydro, tidal power isn't reliant on weather. while tidal barrages have been around for decades, their cost and the ecological impact has been a barrier. now, from the scottish islands through to canada, a new generation of tech firms have introduced tidal stream turbines.
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ocean energy is still largely untapped, so what are the barriers that have prevented it from taking off? it's a relatively small and new industry, so very few machines in the water, and then you have to compete with wind farms and solar pv, etc. we're now addressing a resource that's so much larger, so we're opening up a market that didn't even exist before. if all goes to plan, there could be arrays of subsea kites around the faroe islands, installed in groups similar to wind farms. so this machine here, that's the first utility, or the array device. there will be many of these in parks, orarrays, as you call them, uh, around the world. the faroes aren't connected to any other country's power grid, so it has to be self—sufficient. and in the past, it relied heavily on oil imports. now, though, it's going fully green, and this battery station helps to regulate electricity supply.
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we have the biggest battery, i think, in the danish kingdom. we don't have any subsea cables to neighbouring countries. so we need to maintain the stability of the power system at all points in time on a millisecond level. much of the country's power will come from wind, hydro and solar, but that's also where its experiment with tidal energy comes in. it's predictable. we know exactly when it's there, 100 years ahead. if we install tidal turbines in different spots, we will have a baseload generation from tides, and that is extremely valuable. if we can unlock the potential, it can really dramatically change the energy mix in the islands. maybe 30 to a0% of the annual usage in the islands could be provided by tides. now this dragon has begun to fly, and it's sending energy to the grid. it's just one machine, but potentially a big leap forward for harnessing energy from our seas.
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now time for a look at the week's tech news. tesla have announced it will lay off 10% of its global workforce. the cuts are the largest round yet to affect the firm's estimated 1a0,000 employees. the layoffs come weeks after tesla revealed it had delivered fewer vehicles than expected last quarter. nasa has confirmed a piece of space junk that damaged a man's home came from the international space station. it from the international space station. ., , ., from the international space station. . ., , station. it was a tremendous sound, it almost hit — station. it was a tremendous sound, it almost hit my _ station. it was a tremendous sound, it almost hit my son. _ station. it was a tremendous sound, it almost hit my son. i _ station. it was a tremendous sound, it almost hit my son. i was - station. it was a tremendous sound, it almost hit my son. i was shaking, | it almost hit my son. i was shaking, i was in disbelief, what other chances of something landing on my house? . . .y house? nasa said the metal cylinder was a fragment _ house? nasa said the metal cylinder was a fragment of _ house? nasa said the metal cylinder was a fragment of discarded - house? nasa said the metal cylinder was a fragment of discarded from i house? nasa said the metal cylinder| was a fragment of discarded from the space station. thankfully it wasn't from the louvre. the uk government is set to make the act of creating a
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sexually explicit deepfake a crime in england and wales. fake images made with our idols are being used to target a number of celebrities including rob starr taylor swift. finally apple has lost its crown to samsung as the world's leading smartphone provider. a 10% dip in iphone shipments last quarter and more competition from android handsets allowed the south korean firm to reclaim the top spot. this is the richard cloudesley school in london... right, there we go. ..although this is no ordinary lesson. not only are these pupils getting to play video games during school time, they're also helping to test some exciting new software. it's very fast. they're helping to test the latest version of a suite of programs collectively known as motioninput.
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developed over four years by over 200 students at university college london, motioninput allows anyone to control their computers using any part of their body they can move. this could be by moving the eyes, individual limbs or body parts, or even by gestures, facial movements, or speech... page down. ..giving a raft of potential new input methods to disabled people. crucially, motioninput doesn't need any additional specialised equipment. our work with the motioninput software was developed in partnership with intel, and it's focused on a! for your pc, so it runs completely on your own laptops and pcs. it has its own engine internally to do the evaluation of how people can be seen to be moving, and it uses just the webcam.
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the ucl students have been working with the richard cloudesley pupils to help identify potential bugs or development issues with the software. you ready? so do the calibration again. safiya is using the eye gaze application to play different types of games using eye movements. you're a better driver than i am. afterwards, i asked her what she thought. so what's it like, playing games this way with this new software? speaking software: it is good. it helps me to focus. _ and is it easy to use? yes, it is easy. it helps me experience every action of the game. and is it better than playing other ways you might have done before? yes. i've only tried the nintendo wii. this new controller helps me play better. that's the young ones suitably impressed. over at ucl, the students working on different elements of motion input were keen for someone slightly
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less youthful to have a go and see how it works using bodypoint. first up, everyone's favourite block—builder and basher, minecraft. so i'm just moving around here in minecraft by using my right arm as a mouse and my left arm... it's kind of like a joystick. i think i've cracked it now. oh, it's so cool. go on this look button so you can look around. i was also able to play minecraft using eye tracking. this is amazing. i'm literally using my eyes and my head... ..to look around. the cow, agh! you can attack the cow. oh, i don't want to attack the cows. laughter so this is basically like a steering wheel. as well as minecraft, i was able to take rocket league for a spin. the gestures are really cool. i like that a lot. so if ijust raise my eyebrows...
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..i'm making the carjump. the accessibility elements of motioninput are all available to download for free on the microsoft store. the future aim is to commercialise the non—accessibility applications of the software into industries such as manufacturing or healthcare. but in the short term, it's all about the games. now, many of us have a movie that we just love, that we'll watch time and time again and could recite loads of the lines from. ghost? yep. star wars? obviously. well, how about if the next time you press play, it had the same people in it, it was about the same topic, but there was a different storyline, different dialogue and different music? would it be the same movie? well, there is a new "generative" documentary about the musician brian eno that does just that, and ben derico has the story. applause inside theatre hey.
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that version of the film was just for you. that will never be seen again anywhere else in any other time. this is documentary filmmaker gary hustwit. if you didn't catch that, he just said that his new film about brian eno, the one we all just watched, will never be seen again. it's not an error with the file or a mix—up in the screening. this is the intended result. that's because this film is being billed as a generative documentary, a movie that, with the help of generative software, can rewrite itself before every screening. like, we're so locked into this concept of, film and television always has to be the same. it's linear, it's static, it never changes. that's a technical constraint that's from 130 years ago. we don't have those constraints with digital technology any more, so why are we still sticking with them? when you create something, you're doing this thing that humans are very good at, which is imagining.
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for the uninitiated, brian eno is a bit of a legend, notjust for the music he's created — he's produced acts like u2 and david bowie — but for his philosophy, his ideas about creativity and how art can be made, particularly with the help of generative technology. a lot of the ways that brian creates music and art are also reflected in the way we created the film, because we're not making a normal documentary where we craft each scene and, you know, time it out. we're creating kind of a structure in software that will create our film. you can think of it like this. up here, we have a pool of pre—cut scenes, hundreds of hours of never before seen archival footage and exclusive interviews with eno. down here, we have an empty structure looking for pieces to fill up the slots. some parts of the film are always the same. pieces here are pinned in place, but for the rest, the software makes selections, slots them into place based on instructions
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from the filmmakers, and edits together a new film that it will never generate again. it can make approximately 52 quintillion versions of the film, which is 52 with 19 zeroes after it. brendan dawes is a generative artist himself and the developer of the film's bespoke generative software. the way to think of it is kind of like a collaborator. i give it some direction, but then it's like, "actually, "i've done this," and i go, "wow, ok, "let's go down that path and that route." i'm specifically looking to be surprised, surprised and delighted. i'm pleased if people are more confused than they were before, because i think the biggest problem is trying to deal with what i call the appetite for certainty. i think we normally want to have control as filmmakers of every second, so there's a little bit of surrendering that control. but the result is things that i never would have thought to connect myself.
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when i see it when our generative system does it, you know, it's like, "oh, my gosh, "i didn't even think about that connection." that could be making unusual story choices, likejumping around out of chronological order, orjuxtaposing two seemingly unrelated scenes. those choices can lead to wildly different versions of what is supposedly the same film. for example, gary says the audience reaction to the project, which premiered at this year's sundance film festival, was different every night. the mood shifted based on the choices the algorithm made. like, the first time that the film screened here at sundance, i felt it was, like, very energetic, and there were lots of laughs. but then the second time, it was more introspective and more personal. um, itjust depends on the scenes that end up getting chosen that night. and you can see those choices happening as you're watching the film. there's text that displays on screen showing the algorithm at work. these sorts of moments can make it
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easy to chalk this whole thing up to technology, a magic algorithm that somehow creates cinema out of thin air. but the algorithm only succeeds in creating moments of serendipity because of the work of human filmmakers who have worked filming, editing and mixing the material before feeding it into the software. it's notjust about the tech, um, it is about the filmmaking craft, and we're using it as a tool to kind of extend what we could do. the system is trained by our intelligence as filmmakers, not some artificial intelligence. a film like this gives us an opportunity to think about what cinema actually is, and where new technology fits into the process of how we make movies. for me, i enjoyed the version of the film i saw. it had all the hallmarks of a good music documentary, although the story did seem to meander a bit from time to time. but for the man the film is about, he's happy with that ambiguity. eno spoke to the audience at sundance from his home in the uk over the theatre's speakers.
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hustwit and his crew seem to be betting on this idea. in march, he and brendan launched anamorph, a generative film company that will aim to create more films like this one. it's an idea, and there are other people who are going to have other ideas about how to use this tool that we've created, so we're super—excited to kind of keep collaborating and keep doing new projects and see what the possibilities are. i interviewed brian eno once. he was brilliant, as much a scientist as an artist, with a terrifyingly big brain. just like you. bigger. that's all we've got time for. yeah, thanks for watching. we'll see you soon. bye!
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good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: tensions remain high between israel and iran — but there's been no new military action in the region overnight.
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a change to the 20mph limit in wales as the controversial initiative is scrapped on some roads. with just 2a hours to go until the london marathon — we hear the inspiring stories behind some of this yea r�*s unusual costumes. four teams have made it to wembley for semi final weekend. but who will make it back in five weeks' time for the chance to lift the fa cup? and we are here at the brand—new co-ou _ and we are here at the brand—new co-ou live — and we are here at the brand—new co-ou live in— and we are here at the brand—new co—op live in manchester did it the biggest _ co—op live in manchester did it the biggest indoor arena in the whole of the uk _ biggest indoor arena in the whole of the uk. 23.5 thousand people can fit in here _ the uk. 23.5 thousand people can fit in here over— the uk. 23.5 thousand people can fit in here overthe the uk. 23.5 thousand people can fit in here over the next few months there _ in here over the next few months there are — in here over the next few months there are gigs from the eagles, stevie — there are gigs from the eagles, stevie nicks and the killers and we have a _ stevie nicks and the killers and we have a behind—the—scenes tour. and have a behind-the-scenes tour. and the tood have a behind-the-scenes tour. and the good news _ have a behind—the—scenes tour. fific the good news is for have a behind—the—scenes tour. a"ic the good news is for the vast majority we will have a dry weekend but temperatures will vary greatly. more details later on breakfast.
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it's saturday april 20. our main story. tensions remain high in the middle east despite a night which has seen no further clashes between israel and iran. iranian officials have continued to downplay the significance of an apparent drone attack by israel in the early hours of friday morning, which us officials say were targeting sites including iran's air defence radar system. our north america reporter will vernon has more. it has been just over 2a hours since iran came under attack. us officials say israel fired at least one missile into a iranian territory. no major damage or casualty were reported. this was a relatively small—scale strike by israel. earlier, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, would not comment on reports that the white house was informed in advance about the israeli assault. the united states has not been involved in any offensive operations. what we are focusing on,
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what the g7 is focused on and again that is reflected in our statement and in our conversation is our work to de—escalate tensions. and this is why the us and its allies want to calm tensions. last sunday, iran attacked israel with more than 300 missiles and drones causing little damage. the fear in the west is that a cycle of retaliation between israel and iran could ignite a wider war. and there is hope as well that the limited nature of the israeli attack will allow the iranians to walk away from any further response. officials in tehran have been downplaying the significance of israel's strike. iran's president did not even mention it in his speech yesterday. but tensions are running high in the middle east and diplomats will be working hard behind—the—scenes on deescalation. the key question now, what will these two well armed
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adversaries do next? will vernon, bbc news, washington. our correspondent, wyre davies, joins us from jerusalem. that is the question everyone is asking. where does this go? good morning. there is a sense of relief in the wider region at what could have been an escalation of the conflict between israel and iran has seemed to have dissipated. the promised israeli response that we saw referring to their was very limited in its extent to such an extent that the iranians were able to allude to it without mentioning israel was responsible. there's been no official response from the israeli government itself and for the time being it looks like that side of things that things have calmed down. perhaps redline has been drawn under the although iran's allies in the region do still have
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the capacity to attack israeli positions and we have seen the houthis from yemen do the same. so there is still tension and threats between israel and iran. what is happening overnight is that more than six months long war in gaza is intensifying. israel made it clear that it will launch a full—scale military operation in the southern city of rafah. the americans and the british are trying to warn israel against that. i don't think it will happen in the next few days because we have thejewish passover holiday starting on the weekend but there are strikes in rafah overnight with airstrikes in central gaza overnight and civilian casualties according to the hamas run health ministry. thank ou ve the hamas run health ministry. thank you very much- _ time now is 7:05. the issue of speed limits in built—up areas is one we speak about a lot and that is the focus for you this morning.
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some roads in wales will revert to 30mph following a backlash against the welsh government's default policy to reduce speeds to 20mph. wales' transport minister said the changes would address concerns many people had about the £3a.a million project. our wales political correspondent, cemlyn davies reports. this is the clearest the new transport secretary, ken skates, has been about his thoughts on the controversial 20mph policy. earlier this week he spoke about wanting a truly targeted approach with the policy focused on built—up areas. where you have schools, parks, hospitals and so on and he said that there would be some changes. we heard a bit more detailfrom him in an interview he has given to north wales live where he also admits that they have gotten things wrong in the policy. "we put our hands up to say the guidance has to be corrected," he said. he also said that he wants communities to play a more active part in deciding
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what speed limit should be rather than having speed limits imposed upon them. on the potential timescale, he said he will give more detail on that when he gives a statement to the senedd next tuesday. meanwhile councils have welcomed the comments and said that mr skates has brought a more pragmatic approach compare to what was previously the case. it is about making sure we have the balance right and that those commuter routes and these streets that are probably caught up by the 20 mile—per—hour criteria at a local level people will say is that actually the right speed for that road? of course, any changes to guidance will inevitably lead to further questions about the way this policy was introduced in the first place back in september and may well be met by opposition from road safety campaigners who are urging ken skates to hold his nerve and keep the policy as it is.
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that was cemlyn davies reporting. 37 man set himself on fire in a —— outside a court in new york. he was taken to hospital in a critical condition. lancashire police says it's "reviewing information" about allegations against the suspended conservative mp, mark menzies. mr menzies lost the whip after the times newspaper reported that he had asked a party activist for thousands of pounds, to pay what he described as "bad people" who had locked him inside a flat. he told the newspaper he strongly disputed the allegations. the scottish green party has scheduled a meeting to decide whether or not to continue
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its power—sharing agreement with the snp. it comes a day after the scottish government ditched key targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. it's a move which is said to have angered green party colleagues. the metropolitan police has apologised after an officer told an antisemitism charity leader that he looked "openlyjewish." gideon falter was stopped near a pro—palestinian march in london and told his presence was causing a breach of the peace. their initial response was criticised for suggesting the presence of counter protestors could be seen as provocative. flights into dubai international airport are being restricted because of continuing disruption caused by flooding. more than one year's worth of rain fell in a single day on tuesday. some passengers have complained of chaos and overcrowding at the airport as they tried to leave. our reporter louisa pilbeam has the details. terminal 3 at dubai airport — days of queues, crowds and cancellations are making people
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desperate to get out. the passenger who filmed this said he stood for two nights, crammed into the small space. this is where the queue starts. this was taken by a man who said some people passed out and others got into fights. he said he slept on the floorfor a8 hours. every time they cancel a flight you got to queue back up. you can't do it online because they can't transfer your baggage. this is just this isjust a joke! this woman filmed this footage trying to fly to dublin, she says there has been little information and what she described as no staff. this was the scene earlier in the week. planes are sitting in a sea of floodwater at the world's busiest international airport. flights in and out are still limited. in a statement on social media, the airport said its teams are working tirelessly to restore normal operations and minimise delays and say passengers' welfare
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is its top priority. for some the damage is done. two top indian wrestlers missed a mandatory weigh—in for a qualifier at the summer olympics in paris. dubai, qatar and oman have seen unprecedented flooding after the heaviest rain recorded this week. a year's rain fell in one day alone. just look at the damage caused, cars and lorries were left submerged and stranded in countries lacking the infrastructure for these weather conditions. across the gulf states, more than 20 people have died. the rain may now have stopped but trying to get people out of dubai and neighbouring countries will take days and the cleanup here much longer. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. time is now 11 minutes past seven.
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a chessmaster has broken the record for the longest marathon of the game ever played. tunde onakoya, who is from nigeria, has played for 58 consecutive hours in new york's times square. he is trying to raise $1 million for charity to support chess education for children — and was cheered on by supporters from the city's nigerian community. it isa it is a real thing in times square when you see people play but for 58 hours?! i wonder how many he won. it is extraordinary but the money is going to a good cause. now are you enjoying the brighter mornings? here is how it is outside our studios. that does not look real does it? it almost looks like a half painting, a photograph. so still. and witnessing that first hand could also —— almost be a june morning. i that first hand could also —— almost be ajune morning. i know that first hand could also —— almost be a june morning. i know the
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temperatures are not there but, look! i think the reason you are surprised is because blue skies are not a cloud either. and that is the case for many this morning. a beautiful start for the vast majority but look at this shot from the east coast. mablethorpe on the lincolnshire coast. but ijust want to draw your attention, the grass here is getting a good breeze blowing on it at the moment in the cloud you can see a shower offshore at the moment. eastern coastal counties of england and scotland where it is a slightly different feel to think compared to the west. there will be contrasts around even though many will be dry today down the eastern coast to have cooler air and stronger wind on the eastern side of the high pressure. on the west the wind is light around the atmosphere is a little bit warmer and it will feel very pleasant as we go through into the afternoon. so the contrasts being played out today, most start dry bright and reasonably sunny with a bit of frost in places in the cloud will gradually build up across central
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and eastern england into eastern parts of well later and also across and southern scotland. these western areas have sunny spells, some staying under blue skies throughout so temperatures here 13— 15 degrees is possible compared to along the eastern coast where all remained chilly all day long at around 7— 10 celsius. the cloud. pollen from rising too much as tree pollen but with blue sky in the south—west we will see them reach high levels for you this afternoon so if you are sneezing that could be why. some cloud that builds up for today will disappear tonight and be across northern and eastern scotland and down through this strip of central england and the cloud could thicken up england and the cloud could thicken up for light drizzle. it means it could be quite cool. and especially in the west a touch of frost for one or two. a lovely start across western areas again with cloud a little more broken towards the south and east. still breeze but not too hot for marathon runners tomorrow.
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eastern scotland will start damp and may be across a few other areas and chance of rain and drizzle and for some it will be quite as warm today across those areas but south—west scotland and northern ireland, 15— 18 degrees for sunday afternoon. the highest of the temperatures in the best of the sunny weather will be there on sunday. colder still down some of the eastern coasts. perhaps picking up a little bit towards parts of the south—east given we seal more sunshine compared to this afternoon. going through into the night a chilly night for some parts of england and wales within the cloud in the north will still southwards as we go through into monday. as we go to the start of next week a lot more cloud around. outbreaks of rain to begin with the northern england and north wales, spreading its way southwards. light and patchy through the afternoon but looking for a great cold damp afternoon across southern and eastern areas and in the north and west the cloud will break at times allowing sunshine and a bit of shelter across parts of central
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scotland where we could get up to 17 degrees and still feeling chilly along the eastern coasts. the week ahead looks a little on the cooler side and while there will be some showers around, certainly compared to what we have had over recent weeks it will not be quite as wet as it has been. thank you for covering the weather for the marathon, that is what we have been talking about. you really don't wanted to be too windy, that's the issue. ., , ., , tens of thousands of runners are preparing for the big day tomorrow — the london marathon — which could be the biggest ever. the elite race will, as always, be hotly contested — but the costumes being worn in the mass participation event promise to be just as attention—grabbing. of course, behind each of those costumes is a story as breakfast�*s jayne mccubbin has been finding out. it is almost here — runners are getting ready. there isjust 2a
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hours left to go. whose idea was this? ~ , . hours left to go. whose idea was this? g . �* i, �* this? my idea. i'm sorry, guys, i'm sor , this? my idea. i'm sorry, guys, i'm sorry. it's — this? my idea. i'm sorry, guys, i'm sorry. it's all _ this? my idea. i'm sorry, guys, i'm sorry. it's all my — this? my idea. i'm sorry, guys, i'm sorry, it's all my idea. _ this? my idea. i'm sorry, guys, i'm sorry, it's all my idea. right - this? my idea. i'm sorry, guys, i'm sorry, it's all my idea. right now i sorry, it's all my idea. right now around 50,000 _ sorry, it's all my idea. right now around 50,000 people - sorry, it's all my idea. right now around 50,000 people are i sorry, it's all my idea. right now i around 50,000 people are preparing to show london exactly what they've got. and what you have, nathanial, is... �* ., . ., and got. and what you have, nathanial, is- - -_ and m i is... i've got a trombone. and i've not a is... i've got a trombone. and i've got a cereal _ is... i've got a trombone. and i've got a cereal box! _ is... i've got a trombone. and i've got a cereal box! and _ is... i've got a trombone. and i've got a cereal box! and you've i is... i've got a trombone. and i've| got a cereal box! and you've got... a london bus _ got a cereal box! and you've got... a london bus with _ got a cereal box! and you've got... a london bus with ten _ got a cereal box! and you've got... a london bus with ten people i got a cereal box! and you've got... a london bus with ten people in i got a cereal box! and you've got... a london bus with ten people in it. ithink— a london bus with ten people in it. i think the — a london bus with ten people in it. i think the brilliant _ a london bus with ten people in it. i think the brilliant thing _ a london bus with ten people in it. i think the brilliant thing about i i think the brilliant thing about the london _ i think the brilliant thing about the london marathon - i think the brilliant thing about the london marathon is - i think the brilliant thing about| the london marathon is behind i think the brilliant thing about - the london marathon is behind every costume _ the london marathon is behind every costume there — the london marathon is behind every costume there is _ the london marathon is behind every costume there is a _ the london marathon is behind every costume there is a really— the london marathon is behind every costume there is a really emotional i costume there is a really emotional story _ costume there is a really emotional story mine — costume there is a really emotional story mine is— costume there is a really emotional story. mine is that _ costume there is a really emotional story. mine is that ten _ costume there is a really emotional story. mine is that ten years - costume there is a really emotional story. mine is that ten years ago i i story. mine is that ten years ago i was diagnosed _ story. mine is that ten years ago i was diagnosed with _ story. mine is that ten years ago i was diagnosed with breast - story. mine is that ten years ago i was diagnosed with breast cancer| story. mine is that ten years ago i l was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age _ was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of— was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 32~ — was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 32-— the age of 32. jackie scully feared the age of 32. jackie scully feared the worst but _ the age of 32. jackie scully feared the worst but came _ the age of 32. jackie scully feared the worst but came through. - the age of 32. jackie scully feared the worst but came through. and | the age of 32. jackie scully feared l the worst but came through. and so tomorrow to celebrate that... tote the worst but came through. and so tomorrow to celebrate that... we are t in: to tomorrow to celebrate that... we are trying to break _ tomorrow to celebrate that... we are trying to break the _ tomorrow to celebrate that... we are trying to break the guinness - tomorrow to celebrate that... we are trying to break the guinness world i trying to break the guinness world record for the fastest marathon in a ten person costume and going as a
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london bus. for me, being able to stand next to my friends, people who got me into running, people who stood by my side when i ran through chemo, people who believed in me when i didn't believe in myself, and to be able to bring them all together is such a wonderful thing. it feels really comfortable. ihla it it feels really comfortable. no it doesn't! it's _ it feels really comfortable. no it doesn't! it's heavy, _ it feels really comfortable. no it doesn't! it's heavy, it's - doesn't! it's heavy, it's cumbersome, - doesn't! it's heavy, it's cumbersome, it's - doesn't! it's heavy, it's| cumbersome, it's going doesn't! it's heavy, it's i cumbersome, it's going to doesn't! it's heavy, it's _ cumbersome, it's going to wobble and move: _ cumbersome, it's going to wobble and move. we _ cumbersome, it's going to wobble and move, we might trip each other at but the _ move, we might trip each other at but the main thing is we're it as one big — but the main thing is we're it as one big team and we are going to celebrate — one big team and we are going to celebrate jackie together. go one big team and we are going to celebrate jackie together.- one big team and we are going to celebrate jackie together. go on and celebrate, celebrate jackie together. go on and celebrate. ten _ celebrate jackie together. go on and celebrate, ten years _ celebrate jackie together. go on and celebrate, ten years clear! _ celebrate jackie together. go on and celebrate, ten years clear! ten - celebrate, ten years clear! ten ears celebrate, ten years clear! ten years clear! — celebrate, ten years clear! ten years clear! once _ celebrate, ten years clear! ten years clear! once more - celebrate, ten years clear! ten years clear! once more with i celebrate, ten years clear! ten - years clear! once more with feeling. ten ears years clear! once more with feeling. ten years clear! _ years clear! once more with feeling. ten years clear! us _ years clear! once more with feeling. ten years clear! us marine - years clear! once more with feeling. ten years clear! us marine corps - ten years clear! us marine corps marathon. _ ten years clear! us marine corps marathon, washington, - ten years clear! us marine corps marathon, washington, dc. - ten years clear! us marine corps| marathon, washington, dc. meet sally, sally orange, who has an obsession with fruit.— obsession with fruit. prince williams — obsession with fruit. prince williams or _ obsession with fruit. prince williams or me _ obsession with fruit. prince williams or me on - obsession with fruit. prince williams or me on this - obsession with fruit. prince williams or me on this and| obsession with fruit. prince - williams or me on this and asked me why i_ williams or me on this and asked me why i was— williams or me on this and asked me why i was dressed as a tomato. i'm a
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strawberry— why i was dressed as a tomato. i'm a strawberry of — why i was dressed as a tomato. i'm a strawberry of course! i'm the only person _ strawberry of course! i'm the only person in— strawberry of course! i'm the only person in the world that marriage —— run a _ person in the world that marriage —— run a marathon on every continent dressed _ run a marathon on every continent dressed as— run a marathon on every continent dressed as a — run a marathon on every continent dressed as a different piece of fruit — dressed as a different piece of fruit. have a great time! i have struggled — fruit. have a great time! i have struggled with my mental health for over 20 _ struggled with my mental health for over 20 years, it has taken me to a point _ over 20 years, it has taken me to a point where — over 20 years, it has taken me to a point where i— over 20 years, it has taken me to a point where i didn't want to live. i managed — point where i didn't want to live. i managed to— point where i didn't want to live. i managed to get help, with the help of the _ managed to get help, with the help of the samaritans, and the professionals, and i am here now to see another— professionals, and i am here now to see another day, and show others that there — see another day, and show others that there is hope, i really do wake up that there is hope, i really do wake up each _ that there is hope, i really do wake on each day— that there is hope, i really do wake up each day now and feel very privileged to have the day ahead. hello! _ privileged to have the day ahead. hello! london marathon. thank you! i hope people see me on sunday, that first of— hope people see me on sunday, that first of all— hope people see me on sunday, that first of all they will smile and see my costume, and it will give them
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inspiration — my costume, and it will give them inspiration and hope that if ever they— inspiration and hope that if ever they are — inspiration and hope that if ever they are struggling, that they will pick up _ they are struggling, that they will pick up the phone to samaritans, that there — pick up the phone to samaritans, that there is somebody there, there is people _ that there is somebody there, there is people thinking of them and really— is people thinking of them and reallyjust to believe in tomorrow because — reallyjust to believe in tomorrow because it — reallyjust to believe in tomorrow because it is another day and every day is _ because it is another day and every day is different and things do get better, _ day is different and things do get better, i— day is different and things do get better, i promise you, things do get better _ better, i promise you, things do get better. ,., ., better, i promise you, things do get better. a better, i promise you, things do get better-_ thank _ better, i promise you, things do get better._ thank you - better, i promise you, things do get better._ thank you so - better. good luck! thank you so much. better. good luck! thank you so much- we _ better. good luck! thank you so much. we are _ better. good luck! thank you so much. we are rooting _ better. good luck! thank you so much. we are rooting you - better. good luck! thank you so much. we are rooting you on. i much. we are rooting you on. everyone _ much. we are rooting you on. everyone really _ much. we are rooting you on. everyone really does - much. we are rooting you on. everyone really does have - much. we are rooting you on. everyone really does have a l much. we are rooting you on. - everyone really does have a story in london's marathon and when you watch the crowds tomorrow, look out for nathanial. he will be running to make the most of every moment he has. 18 months ago... i make the most of every moment he has. 18 months ago. . .— has. 18 months ago... i was told i had stage — has. 18 months ago... i was told i had stage four — has. 18 months ago... i was told i had stage four incurable - has. 18 months ago... i was told i had stage four incurable bowel. had stage four incurable bowel cancer, and that the prognosis wasn't great, that the five year survival chances are around 10%. but you know what, but they i found out, i ran home. because that's what running mean stop its my therapy, it helps get me through. i am just
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out of three months of brutal chemo, and itjust coincided with a little break from that, do the london marathon stop i am now looking at using every healthy window to just do whatever i can with life. round and wait guy? —— what is the point of waiting around to die? and wait guy? -- what is the point of waiting around to die?— of waiting around to die? london marathon is _ of waiting around to die? london marathon is about _ of waiting around to die? london marathon is about coming - of waiting around to die? london i marathon is about coming together and of courts for charity. i am and of courts for charity. i am raising money _ and of courts for charity. i am raising money for _ and of courts for charity. i am raising money for cancer - and of courts for charity. i —n raising money for cancer support because they help people like me, who may have hope of surviving and all of their friends and family. i’m all of their friends and family. i'm raising money _ all of their friends and family. i'm raising money for breast cancer now because _ raising money for breast cancer now because they helped me what i thought— because they helped me what i thought my life was going to be taken _ thought my life was going to be taken away. i thought my life was going to be taken away-— taken away. i am running for samaritans _ taken away. i am running for samaritans and _ taken away. i am running for samaritans and i _ taken away. i am running for samaritans and i want - taken away. i am running for samaritans and i want you i taken away. i am running for| samaritans and i want you to taken away. i am running for- samaritans and i want you to know, believe _ samaritans and i want you to know, believe in _ samaritans and i want you to know, believe in tomorrow! _ samaritans and i want you to know, believe in tomorrow! oh, _ samaritans and i want you to know, believe in tomorrow! oh, i- samaritans and i want you to know, believe in tomorrow! oh, i can't- believe in tomorrow! oh, i can't actually— believe in tomorrow! oh, i can't actually clap! _ believe in tomorrow! oh, i can't actually clap! good _ believe in tomorrow! oh, i can't actually clap! good luck! - that is a sample of some of the outfits people will be wearing. fin
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outfits people will be wearing. on monday of course we will celebrate everyone who took part and for all the great causes and the personal causes to them as well. perhaps you will be one of them on monday, if you are send us your pictures, we will get as many as we can the programme and with you. the will get as many as we can the programme and with you. the time now is 7.21. fraud is now the most common type of crime in the uk, but how you're treated as a victim often depends on where you keep your money. it's something we have spoken about a lot on this programme. new rules aimed at protecting victims are set to be introduced in the coming months, but the watchdog in charge of the changes says smaller financial firms still have work to do when it comes to supporting customers. we're joined now by dan whitworth from radio 4's money box and arun chauhan, who is a lawyer and a member of the fraud advisory panel. good morning to both of you. dan, give us the big picture first of all. . . . . give us the big picture first of all. , , . , , , . all. the big picture is this is all about project _ all. the big picture is this is all about project in _ all. the big picture is this is all about project in the _ all. the big picture is this is all about project in the many - all. the big picture is this is all. about project in the many millions of victims —
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about project in the many millions of victims of fraud that they are in the uk _ of victims of fraud that they are in the uk every single year. let'sjust cut to _ the uk every single year. let'sjust cut to the — the uk every single year. let'sjust cut to the chase, there is a lady i have _ cut to the chase, there is a lady i have been— cut to the chase, there is a lady i have been speaking to call carol, she had — have been speaking to call carol, she had tens of thousands of pounds stolen _ she had tens of thousands of pounds stolen and _ she had tens of thousands of pounds stolen and the difference in how she was treated because some of the money— was treated because some of the money was stolen from a bank, from santander— money was stolen from a bank, from santander and some of it was stolen from electronic money institution, not a _ from electronic money institution, not a bank, — from electronic money institution, not a bank, and some of the biggest emis not a bank, and some of the biggest emis are _ not a bank, and some of the biggest emis are some of those companies such as _ emis are some of those companies such as revolut or wise. and she had some _ such as revolut or wise. and she had some money— such as revolut or wise. and she had some money stolen from santander and from the _ some money stolen from santander and from the emi some money stolen from santander and from the em! and she said the difference in how she was treated was night — difference in how she was treated was night and day. 35st difference in how she was treated was night and day.— was night and day. at the end of september _ was night and day. at the end of september 2022 _ was night and day. at the end of september 2022 i _ was night and day. at the end of september 2022 i fell _ was night and day. at the end of september 2022 i fell for - was night and day. at the end of september 2022 i fell for a - was night and day. at the end of september 2022 i fell for a fake | september 2022 i fell for a fake government sites purporting to be the energy price rebate and i realised it was a scam. they
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initiated the funds transfer amounting to £16,700 from santander before they stopped it. then they found that i had the tide account and they started taking funds from my tide account. and i didn't realise until all of the accounts had been emptied totalling £80,000. the difference between a bank and the emi was like night and day, the banquo professional and they sent me details of remote access scams, they said that is what had happened. the emi had basically no systems in place. to emi had basically no systems in lace. ., , ., ., �*, emi had basically no systems in lace. ., , .., place. to finish off carole's story, she did eventually _ place. to finish off carole's story, she did eventually get _ place. to finish off carole's story, she did eventually get her - place. to finish off carole's story, she did eventually get her money| she did eventually get her money back but— she did eventually get her money back but for the bank, from santander it was refunded within —— refunded _ santander it was refunded within —— refunded within 24 hours, they recognise _ refunded within 24 hours, they recognise it as a case of fraud and i recognise it as a case of fraud and i apologise — recognise it as a case of fraud and i apologise. with tide, it took carole — i apologise. with tide, it took carole an— i apologise. with tide, it took carole an 18 month fight and taking
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her case _ carole an 18 month fight and taking her case to— carole an 18 month fight and taking her case to the financial ombudsman service _ her case to the financial ombudsman service before tide was forced to refund _ service before tide was forced to refund the — service before tide was forced to refund the full amount. now of course — refund the full amount. now of course tide has apologised for the stress _ course tide has apologised for the stress caused to carole and they have _ stress caused to carole and they have improved their services since but that— have improved their services since but that shows you how do differently people are treated based on where _ differently people are treated based on where they keep their money. and if ou think on where they keep their money. if you think by on where they keep their money. fific if you think by putting on where they keep their money. fific if you think by putting your on where they keep their money. a"ic if you think by putting your money somewhere safe it is safe, obviously we have heard about banks now, we have heard that they are under pressure, there is almost a league table when it comes to performance and we know which ones are doing well but these smaller institutions, these new rules that they are bringing in to kind of have the same standards? . �* . bringing in to kind of have the same standards? . �* , , ., standards? that's exactly what will ha en. standards? that's exactly what will happen- this _ standards? that's exactly what will happen- this is _ standards? that's exactly what will happen. this is great _ standards? that's exactly what will happen. this is great for _ standards? that's exactly what will| happen. this is great for consumers because from 7 october this year all of these financial firms will be brought into these new rules, where they will have to reimburse, at the moment is a voluntary scheme that high—street banks have signed up to, it will be everybody, all these financial firms where you have keep your money, they will have two
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receipt up to a maximum 14,000 pounds, it won't cover international transactions or cryptocurrency but it is a the landscape, is incentivising these banks to stop for before it happens to us. that is the oint for before it happens to us. that is the point about _ for before it happens to us. that is the point about this, _ for before it happens to us. that is the point about this, it _ for before it happens to us. that is the point about this, it is - for before it happens to us. that is the point about this, it is not - the point about this, it is not about— the point about this, it is not about necessarily refunding customers, that is almost a nice byproduct — customers, that is almost a nice byproduct. if banks are held liable for losses. — byproduct. if banks are held liable for losses, thinking is that will incentivise them to stop fraud happening in the first place. i have been _ happening in the first place. i have been speaking to a lady called claire — been speaking to a lady called claire symptoms, she is —— claire simpson. — claire symptoms, she is —— claire simpson, she is from the payment system _ simpson, she is from the payment system regulator and she called me that kind _ system regulator and she called me that kind of different it will make the consumers.— that kind of different it will make the consumers. this is really big, we think this _ the consumers. this is really big, we think this is _ the consumers. this is really big, we think this is a _ the consumers. this is really big, we think this is a really _ the consumers. this is really big, we think this is a really big - we think this is a really big significant _ we think this is a really big significant step— we think this is a really big significant step in- we think this is a really big significant step in both - we think this is a really big - significant step in both protecting customers— significant step in both protecting customers from _ significant step in both protecting customers from becoming - significant step in both protectingj customers from becoming victims significant step in both protecting i customers from becoming victims of fraud _ customers from becoming victims of fraud in— customers from becoming victims of fraud in the — customers from becoming victims of fraud in the first _ customers from becoming victims of fraud in the first place, _ customers from becoming victims of fraud in the first place, by— customers from becoming victims of fraud in the first place, by making. fraud in the first place, by making sure that — fraud in the first place, by making sure that banks _ fraud in the first place, by making sure that banks are _ fraud in the first place, by making sure that banks are incentivised . fraud in the first place, by making| sure that banks are incentivised to protect— sure that banks are incentivised to protect their — sure that banks are incentivised to protect their own— sure that banks are incentivised to protect their own customers, - sure that banks are incentivised to protect their own customers, but. protect their own customers, but also to— protect their own customers, but also to ensure _ protect their own customers, but also to ensure that _ protect their own customers, but also to ensure that when - protect their own customers, but i also to ensure that when customers do become — also to ensure that when customers do become a — also to ensure that when customers do become a victim _ also to ensure that when customers do become a victim of— also to ensure that when customers do become a victim of fraud, - also to ensure that when customers do become a victim of fraud, but i do become a victim of fraud, but they— do become a victim of fraud, but they are — do become a victim of fraud, but they are property— do become a victim of fraud, but they are properly reimbursed i do become a victim of fraud, but they are properly reimbursed ini do become a victim of fraud, but l they are properly reimbursed in all but very— they are properly reimbursed in all but very exceptional— they are properly reimbursed in alli
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but very exceptional circumstances. that is _ but very exceptional circumstances. that is reatty— but very exceptional circumstances. that is really good _ but very exceptional circumstances. that is really good news, _ but very exceptional circumstances. that is really good news, that's i but very exceptional circumstances. that is really good news, that's the| that is really good news, that's the regulator, they are in charge of this. now the uk finance group, a trade industry body for hundreds of financial firms, trade industry body for hundreds of financialfirms, says trade industry body for hundreds of financial firms, says different firms are at different stages of getting ready for these regulations, again a reminder, they start in october but all of these firms are working very hard to be ready. a big change coming up. the working very hard to be ready. a big change coming op— change coming up. the smaller financial institutions, _ change coming up. the smaller financial institutions, i - change coming up. the smaller financial institutions, i wonderl change coming up. the smaller| financial institutions, i wonder if part of the resistance is in terms of resources. because you have the big banks, and they have been slapped on the risks are not being quick enough but the smaller institutions say this will actually mean that maybe we're not offering is value products? for mean that maybe we're not offering is value products?— mean that maybe we're not offering is value products? for those smaller organisations. _ is value products? for those smaller organisations, what _ is value products? for those smaller organisations, what is _ is value products? for those smaller organisations, what is happening i is value products? for those smaller organisations, what is happening is. organisations, what is happening is they are _ organisations, what is happening is they are growing very quickly because _ they are growing very quickly because they have got some really snazzy— because they have got some really snazzy products, they are attracted to new _ snazzy products, they are attracted to new consumers coming into the financial— to new consumers coming into the financial services. the problem is, their— financial services. the problem is, their compliance team, people who look their compliance team, people who took at _ their compliance team, people who took at the — their compliance team, people who look at the fraud, there is not enough — look at the fraud, there is not enough numbers sometimes and so by
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the time _ enough numbers sometimes and so by the time customers are being contacted about possible fraud in their account it is not too late and there _ their account it is not too late and there is— their account it is not too late and there is a — their account it is not too late and there is a real person to speak to. that— there is a real person to speak to. that is— there is a real person to speak to. that is why— there is a real person to speak to. that is why they are having to up their— that is why they are having to up their game. can that is why they are having to up their game-— their game. can i ask you a question. _ their game. can i ask you a question. we _ their game. can i ask you a question, we are _ their game. can i ask you a question, we are in - their game. can i ask you a question, we are in april. their game. can i ask you a i question, we are in april right their game. can i ask you a - question, we are in april right now, the changes coming in october. if i am listening to you two wise men who know lots about this, i might be thinking, take my money out of those places until this process is done and dusted. based on the evidence of the first lady you spoke to. what would you say to someone who has been listening to what you both have been listening to what you both have been saying this morning? there been listening to what you both have been saying this morning?— been saying this morning? there is two things. — been saying this morning? there is two things. it _ been saying this morning? there is two things. it is — been saying this morning? there is two things, it is not _ been saying this morning? there is two things, it is not retrospective l two things, it is not retrospective so i two things, it is not retrospective so i can— two things, it is not retrospective so i can understand why you would say that. _ so i can understand why you would say that, you would think my money is not _ say that, you would think my money is not safe _ say that, you would think my money is not safe until then. say say that, you would think my money is not safe until then.— is not safe until then. say that auain? it is not safe until then. say that again? it is — is not safe until then. say that again? it is not _ is not safe until then. say that again? it is not retrospective. | is not safe until then. say that i again? it is not retrospective. when this law happens — again? it is not retrospective. when this law happens if _ again? it is not retrospective. when this law happens if you _ again? it is not retrospective. when this law happens if you have - again? it is not retrospective. when this law happens if you have been . again? it is not retrospective. when this law happens if you have been a | this law happens if you have been a victim _ this law happens if you have been a victim of— this law happens if you have been a victim of fraud before this comes into place. — victim of fraud before this comes into place, this won't help you, so you have — into place, this won't help you, so you have to— into place, this won't help you, so you have to be really careful yourself _ you have to be really careful yourself until then. it is down to
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anybody. — yourself until then. it is down to anybody. if— yourself until then. it is down to anybody, if they feel they would rather _ anybody, if they feel they would rather be — anybody, if they feel they would rather be with a company, the financial— rather be with a company, the financial firms signed up to a voluntary— financial firms signed up to a voluntary code, i can understand. damit. _ voluntary code, i can understand. damn. what — voluntary code, i can understand. damn, what would you do? | voluntary code, i can understand. damn, what would you do? i would kee m damn, what would you do? i would keep my money — damn, what would you do? i would keep my money in _ damn, what would you do? i would keep my money in a _ damn, what would you do? i would keep my money in a major - damn, what would you do? i would keep my money in a major retail i keep my money in a major retail bank. _ keep my money in a major retail bank. however, iwant keep my money in a major retail bank. however, i want to bring in the other— bank. however, i want to bring in the other side, dan, you can contribute _ the other side, dan, you can contribute to this, the big banks have _ contribute to this, the big banks have been— contribute to this, the big banks have been criticised as well, you had the — have been criticised as well, you had the list, just a few weeks ago, where _ had the list, just a few weeks ago, where some of the percentages in terms _ where some of the percentages in terms of— where some of the percentages in terms of how much, and it is not 'ust terms of how much, and it is not just about — terms of how much, and it is not just about refunding money, it is the quality of service when it comes to... _ the quality of service when it comes to... . . . the quality of service when it comes to... . ,. to... that is a good point, the regulator _ to... that is a good point, the regulator wants _ to... that is a good point, the regulator wants an _ to... that is a good point, the| regulator wants an equivalence to... that is a good point, the i regulator wants an equivalence of service so it doesn't matter where you keep your money, what matters is you keep your money, what matters is you are a victim of fraud and treated the same. and some of these emis are extremely innovative. they are snazzy products, but a a saying they do things differently and they push the traditional banks into providing different services, providing different services, providing different services, providing different quality products. so there is a place for a lot of them here.— lot of them here. they are
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disruptors- _ lot of them here. they are disruptors. absolutely, i lot of them here. they are | disruptors. absolutely, and lot of them here. they are i disruptors. absolutely, and that lot of them here. they are - disruptors. absolutely, and that is aood for disruptors. absolutely, and that is good for consumers. _ disruptors. absolutely, and that is good for consumers. the - disruptors. absolutely, and that is good for consumers. the main i good for consumers. the main high—street banks have had this voluntary code for five years now and that has pushed them, some critics would say dragging and screaming, but it has pushed them to improve fraud protections, to improve fraud protections, to improve refund rates. but again these smaller firms, these smaller emis, they are not going to, everyone will face the same rules from october, it is a good thing. one thing you can say about the smaller— one thing you can say about the smaller firms as they are nimble, they can — smaller firms as they are nimble, they can change quicker, that is what _ they can change quicker, that is what we — they can change quicker, that is what we are seeing, they are sprinting _ what we are seeing, they are sprinting to get ready so they are improving — sprinting to get ready so they are improving quickly. tiers; sprinting to get ready so they are improving quickly. very interesting sto , improving quickly. very interesting story. thank— improving quickly. very interesting story. thank you — improving quickly. very interesting story, thank you very _ improving quickly. very interesting story, thank you very much. i you can hear more about this story on radio 4's money box. with just a few days to go until its opening night, the finishing touches are being made to the uk's biggest indoor arena in manchester this weekend.
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those behind the new £365 million 'co—op live' venue hope its more than 23,000 person capacity will see it attract major events from rival arenas across the country. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson is there for us this morning. it looks vast and all i can see is the roof. ., , , it looks vast and all i can see is the roof-— the roof. hello, yes. in this strange _ the roof. hello, yes. in this strange thing _ the roof. hello, yes. in this strange thing is _ the roof. hello, yes. in this strange thing is it _ the roof. hello, yes. in thisj strange thing is it somehow the roof. hello, yes. in this - strange thing is it somehow manages to also feel intermittent. that is because it was designed for music. the very back seat of 23 metres closer to the stage than in other equivalent venues around the country. it opens on tuesday with a gig by peter kagan but tonight there is a test event. to make think sure that things are working. rick astley will pay —— played away one third capacity crowd and we have had a behind—the—scenes look.
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the new co—op live in manchester with a capacity of 23.5 thousand is the biggest indoor venue in written. and as you can see the finishing touches are still being put in place which is why i have to dress as one of the village people. to show us around, tim, the boss of oakview music group who raised £365 million in front private finance to get it built. ~ in front private finance to get it built. . ., in front private finance to get it built. ~ . ' ~:: :: ., ~ , in front private finance to get it built. . . ' ~:: :: ., ~ , ., in front private finance to get it built. ~ . ' ~:: :: ., ~ , ., , built. we have 1600 workers on site toda . we built. we have 1600 workers on site today- we could _ built. we have 1600 workers on site today. we could get _ built. we have 1600 workers on site today. we could get almost - built. we have 1600 workers on site today. we could get almost 10,000 j today. we could get almost 10,000 people on this floor. if you yell, go ahead and yell. he yells, no echo. this is my favourite room that almost no—one gets to see. these are going out to the largest bar in the uk. this is all beer? this is all beer. �* ., ., , ., , , beer. and one of the investors is harry styles- _ beer. and one of the investors is harry styles- it _ beer. and one of the investors is harry styles. it was _ beer. and one of the investors is harry styles. it was also - beer. and one of the investors isj harry styles. it was also involved in designing the bars. he
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harry styles. it was also involved in designing the bars.— harry styles. it was also involved in designing the bars. he bears no exense in designing the bars. he bears no expense especially _ in designing the bars. he bears no expense especially when - in designing the bars. he bears no expense especially when it's i in designing the bars. he bears no expense especially when it's our i expense especially when it's our money. what are you doing to me, harry! altogether they leave their dressing room they come here and then right onto the stage here. that is it. and this is where the stages. no signs, no advertising no scoreboards no led boards. it is all gone because they heard the acoustics and the experience. this is about the artist and the music and the direct relationship with their fans and the direct relationship with theirfans being right on and the direct relationship with their fans being right on top and the direct relationship with theirfans being right on top of them. their fans being right on top of them. �* . . , them. and this is where they will stand and say — them. and this is where they will stand and say hello _ them. and this is where they will stand and say hello manchester! | stand and say hello manchester! hello uk! at? stand and say hello manchester! hello uk! ,, ,., . hello uk! # sing the song that sounds like _ hello uk! # sing the song that sounds like she's _ hello uk! # sing the song that sounds like she's singing. . .. i hello uk! # sing the song that i sounds like she's singing. . .. acts booked to — sounds like she's singing. . .. acts booked to play — sounds like she's singing. . .. acts booked to play in _ sounds like she's singing.... acts booked to play in next few months include stevie nick's # welcome to the hotel california. of the eagles for the final five uk shows ever.
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i have been telling myself.... i have been telling myself. . .. and from a 14 a _ i have been telling myself. . .. and from a 14 a hometown _ i have been telling myself.... a"ic from a 14 a hometown show for a manchester band. it is wonderful to have another arena in manchester. it is a purpose—built music venue so you do not have to worry about all the seating behind you. this you do not have to worry about all the seating behind you.— the seating behind you. this new venue probably _ the seating behind you. this new venue probably needs _ the seating behind you. this new venue probably needs a - the seating behind you. this new venue probably needs a bit i the seating behind you. this new venue probably needs a bit of. venue probably needs a bit of scuffing up so we look forward to our fans scuffing up so we look forward to ourfans coming in and doing exactly that. i say we have graffiti most of the dressing rooms we have ever been in. the really good trick is if it has a high ceiling to form a human pyramid to get up there. send someone up. but pyramid to get up there. send someone do— pyramid to get up there. send someone up. pyramid to get up there. send someone u. �* ., , ., , . someone up. but with two small music venues closing — someone up. but with two small music venues closing every _ someone up. but with two small music venues closing every week _ someone up. but with two small music venues closing every week in _ someone up. but with two small music venues closing every week in the i someone up. but with two small music venues closing every week in the uk, | venues closing every week in the uk, i wanted to know if a very big one, co—op live, had any plans on how they could help. do you worry about they could help. do you worry about the future? that is where your next generation of headlines comes from. we are here to be a part of the
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community. i am we are here to be a part of the community. lam not we are here to be a part of the community. i am not here to take your ticket, community. i am not here to take yourticket, i community. i am not here to take your ticket, i am community. i am not here to take your ticket, lam here community. i am not here to take your ticket, i am here to make this a better place to live and to inspire you and bring a new enthusiasm and entrepreneurial spirit to what we do as a company here. that will include theatres and clubs once i get this beast open. down the road at retro, capacity 100 which puts on 200 gigs a year, they are a little apprehensive about the arrival of their new neighbour. ii arrival of their new neighbour. it there was some support for the grassroots music sector, people who are prepared to pay over £100 for a live concert ticket to add on a ticket level that supports the industry itself and creates the next ed sheerin or adele, i cannot see any fairer way to operate than that. but co—op live is certainly not short of headliners at the moment. the killers four nights injune and this is farfrom the killers four nights injune and this is far from the end. the next
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thing, a sister venue in west london that could be even bigger. you will notice that yesterday when i was filming that no stage. now, completely built. already for rick astley. an tim isjoining me again. you look even more relaxed than you were yesterday. it is you look even more relaxed than you were yesterday-— were yesterday. it is nice to see the state were yesterday. it is nice to see the stage built. _ were yesterday. it is nice to see the stage built. mr— were yesterday. it is nice to see the stage built. mr c _ were yesterday. it is nice to see the stage built. mr c had i were yesterday. it is nice to see the stage built. mr c had built i were yesterday. it is nice to seel the stage built. mr c had built on the stage built. mr c had built on the sound in and everybody is ready to go. fix. the sound in and everybody is ready to no. �* ., ., the sound in and everybody is ready to no. �* , the sound in and everybody is ready too. �* , ,. . to go. a good test. explain a little bit about him. _ to go. a good test. explain a little bit about him, he _ to go. a good test. explain a little bit about him, he built _ to go. a good test. explain a little bit about him, he built the - to go. a good test. explain a little bit about him, he built the 02 i to go. a good test. explain a little i bit about him, he built the o2 arena bit about him, he built the 02 arena and he was also the man who signed david beckham's contract when he signed for la galaxy. i believe you have got become involved tonight? he have got become involved tonight? tie: did a video recording for us so he is still in a life and still a good friend. i is still in a life and still a good friend. . . , is still in a life and still a good friend. . , , ., is still in a life and still a good friend. ., , ., ._ friend. i was trying to say in the iece friend. i was trying to say in the piece how _ friend. i was trying to say in the piece how this _ friend. i was trying to say in the piece how this arena _ friend. i was trying to say in the piece how this arena feels i piece how this arena feels intermittent despite thing so huge as i look up here. the seats at the very back do not look that far away. how have you achieved this? irate very back do not look that far away. how have you achieved this? we built 20 of these that _ how have you achieved this? we built 20 of these that we _ how have you achieved this? we built 20 of these that we are _ how have you achieved this? we built 20 of these that we are pretty - how have you achieved this? we built 20 of these that we are pretty good i 20 of these that we are pretty good at trying to figure this out. two we
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had a fresh piece of dirt so we could fly all of the stands out and make sure that we lab all the different levels upon one another so even though it is the largest arena in the uk and europe it is also acoustically the most perfect arena in the uk and it is the tightest arena in the uk. from an engineering standpoint and design standpoint it is a marvel. it standpoint and design standpoint it is a marvel. . , , standpoint and design standpoint it is a marvel-— is a marvel. it was funny hearing cu is a marvel. it was funny hearing au from is a marvel. it was funny hearing guy from elbow _ is a marvel. it was funny hearing guy from elbow who _ is a marvel. it was funny hearing guy from elbow who are - is a marvel. it was funny hearing guy from elbow who are playing | guy from elbow who are playing saying that it needs to be scuffed up saying that it needs to be scuffed up a bit, it is too brand—new he wants to vandalise the dressing room. ~ . wants to vandalise the dressing room. . ., ., ,, wants to vandalise the dressing room. . ., ., .«i ., ., ., room. what do you make of that? not much. i room. what do you make of that? not much- i am — room. what do you make of that? not much- iamjust— room. what do you make of that? not much. i am just trying _ room. what do you make of that? not much. i am just trying to _ room. what do you make of that? not much. i am just trying to get - room. what do you make of that? not much. i am just trying to get it - much. i am just trying to get it open right now before we kick it can we get it open? and open right now before we kick it can we get it open?— we get it open? and who will be the erson to we get it open? and who will be the person to do — we get it open? and who will be the person to do the — we get it open? and who will be the person to do the first _ we get it open? and who will be the person to do the first stage - we get it open? and who will be the person to do the first stage dive? i person to do the first stage dive? could that be you tonight during rick astley?— rick astley? definitely not. i'm never going _ rick astley? definitely not. i'm never going to _ rick astley? definitely not. i'm never going to give _ rick astley? definitely not. i'm never going to give you - rick astley? definitely not. i'm never going to give you up. i'mj never going to give you up. i'm never going to give you up. i'm never going to let you down. i hope it aoes never going to let you down. i hope it goes well — never going to let you down. i hope it goes well for _ never going to let you down. i hope it goes well for you _ never going to let you down. i hope it goes well for you tonight. - never going to let you down. i hope it goes well for you tonight. it i it goes well for you tonight. it officially opens next tuesday but
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rick astley will be on that stage for a test event tonight. tim will not be doing a stage dive. what a lovely man to ms he made architecture of a stadium sound really interesting and squeezing rick astley lyrics. how brilliant. what a great venue. this to the sport. hugh you have presumably been in amazing stadiums and that could be used for sport as well. you could see sport taking place there but the manchester arena that is now a small arena in manchester has had tennis and swimming so no reason why you could not translate some of those big events into that one. and it is right next to a football stadium so perhaps equitable warmup? the city team could do their warm—ups. they are playing later in a big weekend of semifinals but the women's champions league semi—final in the scottish fa cup semifinals and the fa cup semifinals as well. irate scottish fa cup semifinals and the fa cup semifinals as well. we have involved one _ fa cup semifinals as well. we have involved one side _ fa cup semifinals as well. we have involved one side were _ fa cup semifinals as well. we have involved one side were top - fa cup semifinals as well. we have involved one side were top of- fa cup semifinals as well. we have involved one side were top of the l involved one side were top of the premier league who are now chasing a double, that is city number two trying to salvage an underwhelming
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season and fourth on a run they have only bettered once before in the competition. everyone involved has a lot riding on these games as manchester city, and just united chelsea and coventry seek winner wembley and with a guaranteed return there in five weeks time. a scorching day at wembley in 1987. coventry city's first and only time they have won the fa cup. it is one of football's — they have won the fa cup. it is one of football's fairy _ they have won the fa cup. it is one of football's fairy stories. _ they have won the fa cup. it is one of football's fairy stories. it - of football's fairy stories. it has been nearly _ of football's fairy stories. it has been nearly 40 _ of football's fairy stories. it has been nearly 40 years. - of football's fairy stories. it has been nearly 40 years. now i of football's fairy stories. it has| been nearly 40 years. now once of football's fairy stories. it has i been nearly 40 years. now once again the sky blues have it in their sites. since that day they have not been passed quarter—finals. until this. been passed quarter-finals. until this. , . ., that been passed quarter-finals. until this._ that late 1 this. they have done it! that late win at wolves _ this. they have done it! that late win at wolves brought _ this. they have done it! that late win at wolves brought their i this. they have done it! that late | win at wolves brought their coach another moment. michael robbins has steered coventry from the fourth tier back to the second. now in this semi—final they will face his old team. he scored a goal in 1990 that
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help them through a crisis. part of united history. now his team could shape their future. irate united history. now his team could shape their future.— shape their future. we know that the are shape their future. we know that they are clearly _ shape their future. we know that they are clearly favourites - shape their future. we know that they are clearly favourites to i shape their future. we know that they are clearly favourites to win | they are clearly favourites to win this game. by1 million miles. they are expected to win. there should not be any fear but we have to go and enjoy this game and do what we possibly can. and enjoy this game and do what we possibly can-— possibly can. would winning the fa cu possibly can. would winning the fa cop salvage — possibly can. would winning the fa cop salvage a _ possibly can. would winning the fa cup salvage a disappointing - possibly can. would winning the fa. cup salvage a disappointing season? you always have to see the circumstances. we have to face. but i'm not thinking of this moment about this. you have so many problems, you have to find solutions at this moment in the season it is all about finding them. fin all about finding them. on saturday's _ all about finding them. on saturday's sent me final a different reunion. call palmer's the joint top scorer in the premier league who joined chelsea last summerfrom manchester city. they lost in
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midweek and cannot win the trouble. now they go to wembley with an ex— player out to show them. has it made you at all think you may regret letting him go? ida. you at all think you may regret letting him go?— letting him go? no. he is an exceptional _ letting him go? no. he is an exceptional player _ letting him go? no. he is an exceptional player and i letting him go? no. he is an exceptional player and we i letting him go? no. he is an i exceptional player and we knew he was here and he was asking two seasons and at the end he was saying he wanted to leave.— he wanted to leave. these are two semifinals with _ he wanted to leave. these are two semifinals with two _ he wanted to leave. these are two semifinals with two clear - semifinals with two clear favourites. at wembley is a leveller and fa cup matches can all change on and fa cup matches can all change on a moment. already had some live sport today. the chinese grand prix is back in shangai after a five—year absence and max verstappen denied lewis hamilton the first sprint win of his career. hamilton started second but quickly beat pole—sitter lando norris off the line. however verstappen, who started fourth, ended hamilton's dream of a first win of any kind since 2021 when he blasted past the mercedes driver on the ninth lap. verstappen crossed the line 13 seconds clear of hamilton
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with sergio perez taking third. hamilton's second place was by far his best result of a season that has started in a difficult fashion for a mercedes team struggling with their new car. there have been encouraging signs that emma raducanu could be returning to form, after long struggles with injury, but her run at the stuttgart open is over — ended by iga swiatek at the quarter—final stage. it was a true contest between the world numbers one and 303 though — it was far closer than the straight sets scoreline suggests. catalans dragons have the chance to regain top spot in super league later today. st helens supplanted them after thrashing hull fc by 58 points to nil last night. they ran in ten tries with two for waqa blake. hull remain one off the bottom. saints now lead a really tight table on points difference from wigan and catalans.
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it's pretty tight at the top of another super league too. netball�*s version has a two—way fight developing and an incredible performance from mary cholhok helped her team stay in the hunt. she scored all but three points for defending champions loughborough lightning, who beat saracens mavericks 68—60. that was their ninth win in 10 games so far this season. they're still second in the table, only goal difference separating them and manchester thunder, who beat severn stars. the world snooker championship starts in sheffield today amid uncertainty at the event's future at the crucible theatre. the arena has been the home of the tournament since 1977 and has seen some iconic moments. but barry hearn, who is the president of the sport's promoters matchroom, admits there's growing pressure to move to a bigger venue. hearn has been behind many of the biggest changes in british sport over the past fifty years and still has plenty of opinions about the future as he told our reporter patrick gearey.
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barry hearn. for 50 years a cheerleader, ringmaster and dealmaker. the hyper man who made the dish sport loose and it's time. a showbiz sporting empire run from a country house in essex alongside his son, airing competitor, eddie. i beat him in snooker he beat me on boxing. obe is, he has 3 million instagram followers.— boxing. obe is, he has 3 million instagram followers. snooker is a hue art instagram followers. snooker is a huge part and _ instagram followers. snooker is a huge part and a — instagram followers. snooker is a huge part and a chance _ instagram followers. snooker is a huge part and a chance meeting l instagram followers. snooker is a i huge part and a chance meeting with steve davis, bashful prodigy who in 1981 reached the final of the world championships. i 1981 reached the final of the world championships-— 1981 reached the final of the world championships. i realise this was a life changing _ championships. i realise this was a life changing moment _ championships. i realise this was a life changing moment for - championships. i realise this was a life changing moment for me i championships. i realise this was a life changing moment for me and l championships. i realise this was a l life changing moment for me and my family. i put my pink and then the next thing i know i am running across the floor. i don't know how he stood up. . looking back on it it
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was the changing part of my whole life and the debt that i owe snooker and steve could not be measured. those memories were made in a place that has become snooker�*s heart. today, the crucible theatre in sheffield hosts the world championships for the 48th time. it holds less than 1000 people and it still runs out in three years. there is interest from abroad so a decision looms. heart versus head. maybe generation versus generation. we have a lot of discussions over sunday lunch. the crucible are special to me, personally. sunday lunch. the crucible are specialto me, personally. my sunday lunch. the crucible are special to me, personally. my son understands that but it is... you do not make someone a chairman and then make the decisions. my opinion is we should stay. we live in a world of huge site fees particularly coming from the middle east, maybe china. which would dwarf the total income and put it in another stratosphere.
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de hearn's have never been tied by tradition. darts was barry's blank canvas. helping to turn the sport from this to this. he regards as his most spectacular success. is there anything snooker could learn from darts? is there anything you perhaps wanted to do was snooker that you could not? the wanted to do was snooker that you could not? ., ., could not? the involvement of -la ers could not? the involvement of players going _ could not? the involvement of players going the _ could not? the involvement of players going the extra - could not? the involvement of players going the extra mile, | could not? the involvement of. players going the extra mile, i'm not going to say snooker players are bad but they could be better. darts players would go anywhere for a press conference, for an interview. the explosion of that sport globally is unheard of, unheralded. but then they also have to add that little bit of magic to it, don't you? it is almost wwe. i used to say the coronation street with balls. it is a little bit w wa on the film. but
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recurrin: a little bit w wa on the film. but recurring characters, in ronnie sullivan they have a genius and yet the sport lacks a young prodigy to do what17—year—old luke littler has done for darts. it is do what 17-year-old luke littler has done for darts.— done for darts. it is quite scary to look at it and, _ done for darts. it is quite scary to look at it and, also, _ done for darts. it is quite scary to look at it and, also, an _ look at it and, also, an unbelievable achievement by the players from the class of 92. the last major was a championship. it was in the final? mark williams against ronnie o'sullivan. they are both coming up to 50 years old. but you cannot say they were not there on merit. they are the best players in the world. they took darts into —— luke littler took darts into the mainstream which means tv rights and sponsorship is worth more. prize money goes up if money comes in. can we get that for snooker? why not? provided we can invest enough in the grassroots, bring on the next level and we mustn't live in a goldfish bowl. they
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barry has never been constrained by geography or modesty. he is officially, nominally retired but as it is prudent in snooker in particular, he is still looking for the next angle. at ten o'clock this morning and across the bbc for the next two and across the bbc for the next two and a bit weeks. irate across the bbc for the next two and a bit weeks-— a bit weeks. we do get some great characters in _ a bit weeks. we do get some great characters in snooker, _ a bit weeks. we do get some great characters in snooker, don't i a bit weeks. we do get some great characters in snooker, don't you. i characters in snooker, don't you. we'll be back with the headlines at eight o'clock. time now for newswatch. the challenge of fake videos in the middle east's propaganda war. welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. coming up, how did the bbc go about verifying the footage posted online last weekend after iran's attack on israel? so your book, ten years to save the west...? and was bbc news right to grant
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a long interview to liz truss in the week she published a book? iran's attack on israel last weekend heightened tensions at what was already a very volatile moment in the middle east, made even more volatile since by israel's response on friday. no surprise that the conflict dominated bbc news coverage on sunday. last night, for a few hours, israel lived in its skies. fighterjets battling waves of iranian drones and missiles fired at israeli targets. in iran, the launches were celebrated, one after the other, on national television. in the hours and days that followed, the attacks prompted plenty of commentary, analysis and interviews across bbc outlets. the latter included this question put on monday's today programme by presenter nick robinson
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to foreign secretary lord cameron. isn't the real risk of where we are now that western governments appear to back israel the moment that israel is under attack, but when israel attacks and murders tens of thousands of innocent palestinians, we say the words, but we do almost nothing? i don't think that's right at all. the terminology used there prompted a significant backlash against nick robinson, including this message to newswatch from pauljaffey. nick robinson put out a statement that afternoon saying, meanwhile, rhoda yates sent us this plea about the bbc�*s coverage more widely.
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it's not easy right now to work out exactly what is happening in the middle east, such is the fog of war and the amount of propaganda and inaccuracies being circulated. take this report by merlyn thomas from bbc verify. misinformation has been circulating. iran's state tv repeatedly aired a video of a fire in chile, claiming that it was footage of missiles successfully hitting targets in israel. we found the original version of the clip, which was posted to tik tok in february. and the israel defense forces posted this video compilation on ex ——on x of iran's retaliatory attacks. most of the clips are of the attack, but there's one old clip here right at the end of the video, and that's from nearly ten years ago of a russian grad rocket launcher. as well as those two examples, last weekend saw a plethora of other cases of disinformation being circulated. video of palestinians praying at the al—aqsa mosque last week was claimed as showing them celebrating saturday's iranian
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strikes, and footage from this video game, arma iii was posted as showing israel's iron dome defence system in action against those strikes. meanwhile, video from iranian sources said to show missiles launching on saturday originated variously from the war in gaza in 2021, turkish rockets fired in syria in 2020, ukrainian missiles targeting russian ships last month, and an old farm fire in chile. more footage claiming to be of israelis panicking at the drone attacks actually showed fans of the pop star louis tomlinson in argentina last week. well, those videos with their sometimes wild claims are amongst the footage that's been examined over the past week by journalists at bbc verify. one of those journalists is shayan sardarizadeh, and hejoins me now. thank you so much for taking the time to come on newswatch. can we talk about the footage of pop fans in buenos aires that we just
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showed a bit of there? how fast did that get exposed, and what was the process? yeah, absolutely. i mean, that video was mega viral in the early morning hours when the news of the iranian retaliatory strike against israel began breaking. and i saw it spreading on tiktok, on instagram, on the platform x. some really big influencer accounts on x and on instagram posted that video and it got millions and millions of views. and then our colleagues from the bbc monitoring service, which monitors iranian media 24/7, they got in touch and they said, "have you guys seen this video? "it's actually being run on iranian state tv "and they're claiming this is israelis actually in fear "and panicking from iranian missiles making impact in israel". and in the video, it's a night—time video and you see a wide street with traffic lights on, some big buildings in the background. and you see a group of people,
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mostly young people, screaming and running. and then we actually found the original footage posted on tiktok by a young fan of louis tomlinson of one direction, who had visited buenos aires near four seasons hotel, which is the building, the main building you see in the background. and they were running towards him and his car as he was arriving at the hotel. interesting. so another example which we saw merlyn thomas talking about — this fire in chile that the iranians also claim to be drone damage to israel. can you talk us through how you examined that one? absolutely. again, very similar to the previous video. so colleagues from bbc monitoring got in touch and said, "we have spotted this video that is being run "on iranian state tv". and when you look at the video, it's actually quite, quite dramatic footage. you see what appears to be a motorway in the foreground and then in the background, there's a massive ball of fire that turns the night sky completely red. and the video that was run on iranian state tv didn't have sound on it.
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but when we found the video on social media, spreading on social media, it was crystal clear that you could hear people speak spanish. so there was a woman speaking spanish in it and another woman in the background was actually crying. we figured out that that video was actually posted in february on tiktok, and it actually shows a farm fire in chile and has got nothing to do with what was going on between iran and israel that night. now, there have also been attempts at deception from pro—israeli social media accounts. can you tell us about some of those examples that you found? yeah. so i found the official account of the israel defense forces, the idf, on the platform x on the night of the attack posting a video compilation. it was like a 30—second video compilation of some of the videos of the attack in different areas of israel that night. and it was basically a compilation video with the idea of warning the world about the threat of iran against israel. now, i was instantly surprised when at the end of that video i saw a clip which is quite notorious on the internet because it's been going around online
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for about ten years, and it's been used misleadingly in all sorts of different contexts. but we know for a fact that that video, which shows basically a russian grad rocket launcher launching tonnes and tonnes of rockets into the night sky. it's been going around for many, many years in all sorts of misleading contexts. you know, this does make one wonder, how much is the scale and the size of misinformation in this conflict bigger and more sort of serious than what you've seen before? the way people consume news is changing, obviously. people don't necessarily sit in front of a television to follow the news. as soon as a news, breaking news story breaks, people go on the internet, on social media platforms, on tiktok, snapchat, instagram, facebook, x, to try and find out what's happening and see the latest videos. and while many genuine videos of what's going on at that particular moment do get posted on the internet — and we and other news outlets use them and verify them in our reports —
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plenty of misleading videos are also posted. any time there's a massive breaking news situation, we've got to be prepared for a torrent of misleading footage being posted online. we have to be careful about what is actually accurate and true and what is not. shayan sardarizadeh, thank you so much for coming on. it's been hard to ignore the former prime minister liz truss this week. it's been hard to ignore the former prime minister liz truss this week. in case you haven't noticed, she's got a book out and has given several media interviews, including one with the bbc�*s political editor chris mason, played in full on newscast and in shorter versions elsewhere on bbc news. you talk in the book about the "deep state". i mean, isn't that to indulge in conspiracy theory kind of quackery? ijust think british politics has to move on from the whole sort
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of personality politics of "who's the leader, "what has x said, what has y said, are they a hypocrite"? to what the fundamental issues facing our country. and ijust feel there is not enough serious discussion about that. you're a massive taylor swift fan, aren't you? i think you've met her. is that right? i have met taylor swift. yeah. _ all the stuff about the lasting less time than a lettuce... this isjust pathetic, you know, point scoring. keith phair had this reaction to some of the lines of questioning there. linda harley had another concern, asking...
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scott young also had his reservations. we put those points to bbc news and a spokesperson told us: thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news,
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on tv, radio, online and social media — email: or you can find us on x, formerly known as twitter: you can call us: and do have a look at previous interviews on our website. that's all from us for now. thank you forjoining us. do you think about getting in touch, and perhaps even coming on the programme. we'll be back to hear more of your thoughts about how the bbc covers the news next week. goodbye. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today. tensions remain high between israel and iran — but there's been no new military
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action in the region overnight. students are being forced to ration their adhd medication ahead of exam season — despite the government promising to fix the shortage. how are they meant to do as well in their exams? everything they know is taken away from them. four teams have made it to wembley ahead of a semifinal weekend but it will make it there in five weeks' time to lift the fa cup. for the vast majority of us it will be a dry weekend but temperatures and club will very quickly. all the details coming up. it's saturday the 20th april, our main story. tensions remain high in the middle east despite a night which has seen no further clashes between israel and iran. iranian officials have continued to downplay the significance of an apparent drone attack by israel in the early hours of friday morning, which us officials say
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were targeting sites including iran's air defence radar system. our north america reporter will vernon has more. it's been just over 24 hours since iran came under attack. us officials say israel fired at least one missile into iranian territory, no major damage or casualties were reported. this was a relatively small scale strike by israel. earlier, the us secretary of state antony blinken would not comment on reports the white house was informed in advance about the israeli assault. ,, . , . , in advance about the israeli assault. ,, . , ., assault. the united states has not been involved _ assault. the united states has not been involved in _ assault. the united states has not been involved in any _ assault. the united states has not been involved in any offensive i been involved in any offensive operations. what we are focusing on, with the _ operations. what we are focusing on, with the g7_ operations. what we are focusing on, with the g7 is— operations. what we are focusing on, with the g7 is focusing on under guinness — with the g7 is focusing on under guinness reflected in a statement and in _ guinness reflected in a statement and in our— guinness reflected in a statement and in our conversation is the work to de—escalate tensions. and and in our conversation is the work to de-escalate tensions.— and in our conversation is the work to de-escalate tensions. and this is wh the to de-escalate tensions. and this is why the us — to de-escalate tensions. and this is why the us and _ to de-escalate tensions. and this is why the us and its _
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to de-escalate tensions. and this is why the us and its allies _ to de-escalate tensions. and this is why the us and its allies want i to de-escalate tensions. and this is why the us and its allies want to i why the us and its allies want to calm tensions. last sunday iran attacked israel with more than 300 missiles and drones causing little damage. the fear in the west is that a cycle of retaliation between israel and iran could ignite a wider war. and there is hope too that the limited nature of the israeli attack will allow the iranians to walk away from any further response. official in tehran have been downplaying the significance of the israeli strike. the president of iran did not even mention it in his speech yesterday. but tensions are running high in the middle east and diplomats will be working hard behind—the—scenes on de—escalation. the key question now, what will these two well armed adversaries do next? our correspondent wyre davies has the latest from jerusalem. i think there's a sense of relief
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and the wider region that what could have been an escalation of the conflict between israel and iran seems to have dissipated. the promised israeli response that we so referring to there was very very limited in its extent, to such an extent the iranians were able to allude to it without mentioning israel was responsible. there's been no official response from the israeli government and it looks for the time being that side of things seems to have calmed down and may be a red line has been drawn under it all though particularly his brother in southern lebanon have the capacity to attack israeli positions and we've seen the houthi rebels from yemen do the same so there are still tensions and threats between israel and iran but what is still happening and what happened overnight is more than the six month long war in gaza is intensifying. israel making it clear it will launch a full—scale military operation in the southern city of
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rafa, the americans and british trying to warn israel against that. i don't think it will happen in the next few days because we have the passover holiday starting over the weekend but there were air strikes on wrapper overnight and in central gaza and there were civilian casualties according to the hamas run health ministry. the casualties according to the hamas run health ministry.— casualties according to the hamas run health ministry. the town now is 'ust run health ministry. the town now is just coming — run health ministry. the town now is just coming up _ run health ministry. the town now is just coming up to — run health ministry. the town now is just coming up to five _ run health ministry. the town now is just coming up to five minutes i run health ministry. the town now is just coming up to five minutes now i just coming up to five minutes now —— five minutes past eight and it revolves around what speed people should go in built—up areas. it's been the topic of great debate in wales. some roads in wales will revert to 30—miles per hour following a backlash against the welsh government's default policy to reduce speeds to 20—miles per hour. wales' transport minister said the changes would address concerns many people had about the £34—million project. our wales political correspondent, cemlyn davies reports. it's the clearest the new transport secretary ken skates has been about
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his thoughts on the controversial 20 miles per policy. earlier this week he talked about wanting a truly targeted approach with the policy focused on built—up areas where you have schools, parks, hospitals and so on. and he said that there would be some changes. and we have had a bit more detailfrom him in an interview he has given to north wales live where he also admits that the welsh government has got things wrong on this policy. "we have put our hands up to say the guidance has to be corrected," he said. and he's also said that he wants communities to play a more active part in deciding what speed limits should be, rather than having speed limits imposed upon them. and on the potential timescale, well, he said he will give more detail on that when he gives a statement to the senedd next tuesday. in the meantime, councils have welcomed these comments and have said that mr
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skates has brought a more pragmatic approach compared to what was previously the case. it's about making sure we have got the balance right and that those commuter routes and those streets that are probably caught up by the 20 mph criteria, but at a local level, people will say is that actually the right speed for the road? but of course any changes to the guidance will inevitably lead to further questions about the way this policy was introduced in the first place back in september, and may well be met by opposition from road safety campaigners who are urging ken skates to hold his nerve and keep the policy as it is. that was cemlyn davies reporting. a man who set himself on fire outside the trial of the former president donald trump in new york — has died. maxwell azzarello — who was 37 and from florida — threw pamphlets detailing various conspiracy theories into the air, before dousing himself in lighter—fluid and setting himself alight.
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us media says a police source confirmed his death. lancashire police says it's "reviewing information" about allegations against the suspended conservative mp, mark menzies. mr menzies lost the whip after the times newspaper reported that he had asked a party activist for thousands of pounds, to pay for what he described as "bad people" who had locked him inside a flat. he told the newspaper he strongly disputed the allegations. the metropolitan police has apologised after an officer told an anti—semitism charity leader that he looked "openlyjewish." gideon falter was stopped near a pro—palestinian march in london and told that his presence was causing a breach of the peace. the met�*s initial response was also criticised for suggesting the presence of counter—protestors could be seen as provocative. flights into dubai international airport are being restricted because of continuing disruption caused by flooding. more than one year's worth of rain fell in a single day on tuesday.
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some passengers have complained of chaos and overcrowding at the airport as they tried to leave. our reporter louisa pilbeam has the details. terminal 3 at dubai airport — days of queues, crowds and cancellations are making people desperate to get out. the passenger who filmed this said he stood for two nights, crammed into the small space. this is where the queue starts. this was taken by a man who said some people passed out and others got into fights. he said he slept on the floorfor 48 hours. every time they cancel a flight you got to queue back up. you can't do it online because they can't transfer your baggage. this isjust a joke! clara filmed this footage trying to fly to dublin, she says there has been little information and what she described as no staff. this was the scene
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earlier in the week. planes sitting in a sea of floodwater at the world's busiest international airport. flights in and out are still limited. in a statement on social media, dubai airport said its teams are working tirelessly to restore normal operations and minimise delays and say passengers' welfare is its top priority. for some the damage is done. two top indian wrestlers missed a mandatory weigh—in for a qualifier at the summer olympics in paris. dubai, qatar and oman have seen unprecedented flooding after the heaviest rain recorded this week. a year's rain fell in one day alone. just look at the damage caused, cars and lorries were left submerged and stranded in countries lacking the infrastructure for these weather conditions.
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across the gulf states, more than 20 people have died. the rain may now have stopped but trying to get people out of dubai and neighbouring countries will take days and the cleanup here much longer. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. the time is ten minutes past eight. some images for you now. skiers and snowboarders in the united states have marked the end of the winter sports season with a bang and a splash. cheering. this is how they celebrate spring in the mountain resort of gunstock, in new hampshire. the idea is to skim across the pond at the bottom of the slope — but some are more successful than others. laughter. done with style! what about this
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one? the watching crowds seemed to like it either way. it was very, very cold, but it looks like fun. it was very cold overnight. i could watch those pictures all day. i might give it a go after this. let me take you to north of leeds, the weather watcher got the first on the ground, blue skies overhead but overnight, billy was first across the uk, temperatures down to —4 in cumbria but as far south as the outskirts of oxford it was —3. the temperatures lifting, blue skies for the vast majority of us and some exceptions. especially across eastern counties of england, a cold day with some showers across the east and it will
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stay dry. cloud to the north of scotland which will thicken to produce light rain or drizzle but elsewhere, sony us this morning and cloud increasing but if you are in the far south of scotland, the western fringes of northern ireland, england and wales, its light winds, blue skies and temperatures highest in northern ireland. chilly on the eastern coasts, seven or 8 degrees. tonight the cloud thickens in northern scotland, rain developing in the north and east, some showers in the north and east, some showers in east anglia and the south—east, slightly more cloudy elsewhere, not quite as cold tonight but still some of you waking up to a frost especially in the west. no frost in london but a chilly start for those heading to the london marathon. things dry during the day, breezy, the small chance of a shower, most around canary wharf as the breeze
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funnels through the high buildings and a breeze blowing across the south—east tomorrow, a small chance of a shower. more cloud across central and western england across eastern scotland and the fat north of england, the greatest chance of some rain and drizzle. south—west scotland, northern ireland, sunny spots tomorrow, 15—18 , and that means for northern ireland, it could be the warmest day of the year so far but chilly in the rainfall, and cool down eastern coasts. and that leads into a chilly night across the south on sunday night but on monday, cloud spilling south, the outbreaks of rain and drizzle finishing in northern england tomorrow but pushing through into the midlands, wales, and southern counties. turning lighter and patchy, rain in scotland but we will see the cloud break in northern ireland and
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southern scotland, highest temperatures here again, around 16 degrees in southern scotland on monday, chilly and southern and eastern parts of england and next week we state temperature is just a little bit below average for the time of year. thank you. it's coming up time of year. thank you. it's coming up to a quarter past eight. it's been six months since we first reported a shortage of adhd medications here on breakfast and despite government pledges to resolve the issue, many are still struggling to get hold of their prescriptions. it's an issue which has forced some students to ration the drugs, which can improve concentration and focus, ahead of exam season. our reporter ben moore has the story. it's really hard to actuallyjust kind of get your brain to be quiet. and it's like 20 different things are going on at once. imagine all this going on in your head when you are trying to revise for exams that could shape the rest of your life. for alice and her adhd, medication makes a huge difference. it allows me to just sit down and it allows me
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to get my work done. which i couldn't do before. it's because i'm not constantly getting distracted and not constantly thinking about other things. i can solely focus on that one thing. if i've got 16 left, so just over two weeks which will get me... it won't get you to the start of your exams. no, it won't. if you can't get them because of this shortage, what happens? i would be terrified. i genuinely don't know how i would be able to get through my gcses, especially achieve the grades i wanted to, or even i don't know if i would be able to finish the exam. most adhd medications are controlled drugs, categorised as harmful if abused, so they are only prescribed one month at a time. it's like a gamble, go to the pharmacy and they will either say yes, fine, it would be great, or they will say sorry, problem. is there a possibility that alice might not have the drugs to do her exams with? there is that possibility. because i can't put the medication on the shelves in the pharmacies. an adhd medication shortage hit the uk last september
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due to an increase demand coinciding with manufacturing issues. the government says it has taken swift action to improve the supply of adhd medications and as a result some issues have been resolved. but some charities are not so charitable about the government's handling of the issue. we have spoken to teachers who don't know what to do. about children struggling without medication, we have spoken to. parents, we have actually| spoken to an exam board. nobody has been given any support. the work hasn't been done i to know what really makes a difference. every second counts at this point. how are they meant to do as well as they are predicted to do in their exams if the medication that helps them concentrate, helps them revise, helps them remember things as well is taken away from them? it doesn't make sense. ben moore, bbc news. leanne maskell has adhd and is a coach for others with the condition and joins us now, alongside the pharmacist
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and lawyer thorrun govind. good morning to both of you. we heard from alice and the issues she has. there is a shortage of medicine and she doesn't know if she will get the medication, difficult position to be in. it’s the medication, difficult position to be in. �* . . . to be in. it's life as well. the fact the medication - to be in. it's life as well. the fact the medication can i to be in. it's life as well. the fact the medication can save| fact the medication can save pe0ple's_ fact the medication can save people's lives as we talked about, say five _ people's lives as we talked about, say five times higher risk of suicide _ say five times higher risk of suicide for people than adhd than with so_ suicide for people than adhd than with so the fact the medication has been _ with so the fact the medication has been stopped overnight with no communication to the people it's affecting — communication to the people it's affecting has been awful. you coach others, affecting has been awful. you coach others. give — affecting has been awful. you coach others. give us _ affecting has been awful. you coach others, give us some _ affecting has been awful. you coach others, give us some examples - affecting has been awful. you coach others, give us some examples of. affecting has been awful. you coach i others, give us some examples of how people have been affected by the shortage? people have been affected by the shortaae? . , , , ., shortage? really terribly, a huge ranue. shortage? really terribly, a huge ranae. it shortage? really terribly, a huge range- it goes — shortage? really terribly, a huge range. it goes from _ shortage? really terribly, a huge range. it goes from people - shortage? really terribly, a huge range. it goes from people that l shortage? really terribly, a huge - range. it goes from people that have developed _ range. it goes from people that have developed other coping strategies like drinking alcohol or smoking and then with _ like drinking alcohol or smoking and
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then with self harming and actual suicidai— then with self harming and actual suicidal ideation is, people that have _ suicidal ideation is, people that have experienced real challenges in theiriobs_ have experienced real challenges in theirjobs and are at risk of losing their— theirjobs and are at risk of losing theiriobs— theirjobs and are at risk of losing theirjobs and are at risk of losing theirjobs and have children in school— theirjobs and have children in school refusing to go to school and their parents are being fined for them _ their parents are being fined for them refusing to go to school. what ha--ens them refusing to go to school. what happens when _ them refusing to go to school. what happens when you _ them refusing to go to school. what happens when you pin _ them refusing to go to school. “wrath happens when you pin regularly them refusing to go to school. “lenat happens when you pin regularly on medication and all of a sudden it stops? what changes and how quickly do you change or revert back to the symptoms of adhd? it do you change or revert back to the symptoms of adhd?— symptoms of adhd? it will be different for _ symptoms of adhd? it will be different for everyone - symptoms of adhd? it will be | different for everyone because everyone is in a different situation, i've been on it for five years— situation, i've been on it for five veers but— situation, i've been on it for five years but from pharmacists, i know the effects — years but from pharmacists, i know the effects are quite instantaneous because _ the effects are quite instantaneous because at last in your system for 24 hours — because at last in your system for 24 hours so — because at last in your system for 24 hours so personally i have seen a real increase — 24 hours so personally i have seen a real increase in symptoms again and that's— real increase in symptoms again and that's treen— real increase in symptoms again and that's been really challenging especially if you know yourself in one way— especially if you know yourself in one way on the medication and suddenly— one way on the medication and suddenly you are off at the next dav _ suddenly you are off at the next
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da . �* , ., , , ., day. let's find out why there is a shortage. _ day. let's find out why there is a shortage, what's _ day. let's find out why there is a shortage, what's the _ day. let's find out why there is a i shortage, what's the explanation? day. let's find out why there is a - shortage, what's the explanation? we are being given the explanation that it's a combination _ are being given the explanation that it's a combination of _ are being given the explanation that it's a combination of manufacturingl it's a combination of manufacturing issues _ it's a combination of manufacturing issues and — it's a combination of manufacturing issues and an — it's a combination of manufacturing issues and an increasing _ it's a combination of manufacturing issues and an increasing global- issues and an increasing global demand — issues and an increasing global denrand and _ issues and an increasing global demand and we _ issues and an increasing global demand and we are _ issues and an increasing global demand and we are hearing. issues and an increasing global. demand and we are hearing more issues and an increasing global- demand and we are hearing more and more _ demand and we are hearing more and more peopte — demand and we are hearing more and more peopte are _ demand and we are hearing more and more peopte are being _ demand and we are hearing more and more people are being diagnosed - demand and we are hearing more and more people are being diagnosed but| more people are being diagnosed but ultimately— more people are being diagnosed but uttinratetv and — more people are being diagnosed but uttinratetv and i— more people are being diagnosed but ultimately and i don't _ more people are being diagnosed but ultimately and i don't really- more people are being diagnosed but ultimately and i don't really like - ultimately and i don't really like that last — ultimately and i don't really like that last premise _ ultimately and i don't really like that last premise because - ultimately and i don't really like that last premise because it- ultimately and i don't really like - that last premise because it negates the fact— that last premise because it negates the fact we _ that last premise because it negates the fact we are — that last premise because it negates the fact we are looking _ that last premise because it negates the fact we are looking after- that last premise because it negates the fact we are looking after the - the fact we are looking after the health— the fact we are looking after the health of— the fact we are looking after the health of people _ the fact we are looking after the health of people much - the fact we are looking after the health of people much better. l the fact we are looking after the health of people much better. i| health of people much better. i think— health of people much better. i think it's — health of people much better. i think it's very— health of people much better. i think it's very frustrating - health of people much better. i think it's very frustrating and i health of people much better. i. think it's very frustrating and i've also heard — think it's very frustrating and i've also heard of— think it's very frustrating and i've also heard of people _ think it's very frustrating and i've also heard of people thinking - think it's very frustrating and i've . also heard of people thinking about quitting _ also heard of people thinking about quitting their— also heard of people thinking about quitting theirjobs_ also heard of people thinking about quitting theirjobs for— also heard of people thinking about quitting theirjobs for example - quitting their jobs for example because — quitting their jobs for example because they _ quitting theirjobs for example because they are _ quitting theirjobs for example because they are really- quitting theirjobs for example i because they are really finding quitting theirjobs for example - because they are really finding work as a struggle — because they are really finding work as a struggle and _ because they are really finding work as a struggle and it's— because they are really finding work as a struggle and it's awful - because they are really finding work as a struggle and it's awful for - as a struggle and it's awful for children— as a struggle and it's awful for children and _ as a struggle and it's awful for children and young _ as a struggle and it's awful for children and young adults - as a struggle and it's awful for children and young adults who as a struggle and it's awful for - children and young adults who are having _ children and young adults who are having to — children and young adults who are having to go — children and young adults who are having to go through _ children and young adults who are having to go through their - children and young adults who are having to go through their exams. it's having to go through their exams. it's not _ having to go through their exams. it's notjust— having to go through their exams. it's notiust the _ having to go through their exams. it's not just the stress _ having to go through their exams. it's notjust the stress of- having to go through their exams. it's not just the stress of dealing i it's not just the stress of dealing with their— it's not just the stress of dealing with their own— it's not just the stress of dealing with their own condition - it's not just the stress of dealing with their own condition and - with their own condition and nranaging _ with their own condition and nranaging that _ with their own condition and managing that and - with their own condition and managing that and having. with their own condition and managing that and having a| with their own condition and _ managing that and having a long—term health— managing that and having a long—term health condition, _ managing that and having a long—term health condition, it _ managing that and having a long—term health condition, it impact— managing that and having a long—term health condition, it impact on- health condition, it impact on people's— health condition, it impact on peoples lives _ health condition, it impact on people's lives but _ health condition, it impact on people's lives but they - health condition, it impact on people's lives but they got i health condition, it impact on- people's lives but they got exams and art _ people's lives but they got exams and art remember, _ people's lives but they got exams and art remember, exams - people's lives but they got exams and art remember, exams were l people's lives but they got exams i and art remember, exams were very stressful— and art remember, exams were very stressful tinre — and art remember, exams were very stressful time for— and art remember, exams were very stressful time for young _ and art remember, exams were very stressful time for young people i and art remember, exams were very stressful time for young people and i stressful time for young people and to have _ stressful time for young people and to have that— stressful time for young people and to have that as _ stressful time for young people and to have that as an _ stressful time for young people and to have that as an added _ stressful time for young people and to have that as an added burden i stressful time for young people and to have that as an added burden isi to have that as an added burden is awfut~ _ to have that as an added burden is awfut~ and — to have that as an added burden is
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awfut~ and i— to have that as an added burden is awful. and i cannot _ to have that as an added burden is awful. and i cannot think- to have that as an added burden is awful. and i cannot think what i to have that as an added burden is awful. and i cannot think what the| awful. and i cannot think what the government— awful. and i cannot think what the governnrent is— awful. and i cannot think what the government is doing _ awful. and i cannot think what the government is doing specifically. awful. and i cannot think what the| government is doing specifically for the young _ government is doing specifically for the young adults _ government is doing specifically for the young adults affected. - government is doing specifically for the young adults affected. me i government is doing specifically for the young adults affected.- government is doing specifically for the young adults affected. we have a statement from _ the young adults affected. we have a statement from the _ the young adults affected. we have a statement from the department i the young adults affected. we have a statement from the department of i statement from the department of health saying we have taken swift action to improve supply and as a result some issues have been resolved and we are urging anyone who is worried to speak to their clinician, that could be you. are you seeing evidence as the government says of some issues being resolved? the government says of some issues being resolved? , , , , , resolved? the supply is intermittent but that is no _ resolved? the supply is intermittent but that is no help _ resolved? the supply is intermittent but that is no help to _ resolved? the supply is intermittent but that is no help to patients i resolved? the supply is intermittent but that is no help to patients who l but that is no help to patients who need _ but that is no help to patients who need that— but that is no help to patients who need that supply. _ but that is no help to patients who need that supply, as _ but that is no help to patients who need that supply, as we _ but that is no help to patients who need that supply, as we have i but that is no help to patients whoi need that supply, as we have heard and some _ need that supply, as we have heard and some are — need that supply, as we have heard and some are having _ need that supply, as we have heard and some are having to _ need that supply, as we have heard and some are having to ration- need that supply, as we have heard and some are having to ration their| and some are having to ration their nredication — and some are having to ration their nredication we _ and some are having to ration their medication. we know— and some are having to ration their medication. we know that - and some are having to ration their. medication. we know that pharmacists are spending— medication. we know that pharmacists are spending hours— medication. we know that pharmacists are spending hours dealing _ medication. we know that pharmacists are spending hours dealing with- are spending hours dealing with shortages — are spending hours dealing with shortages and _ are spending hours dealing with shortages and it's _ are spending hours dealing with shortages and it's not _ are spending hours dealing with shortages and it's not just i are spending hours dealing with| shortages and it's not just adhd nredication _ shortages and it's not just adhd medication. and _ shortages and it's not just adhd medication. and then— shortages and it's not just adhd medication. and then yes - shortages and it's not just adhd medication. and then yes therei shortages and it's not just adhd. medication. and then yes there is the additional— medication. and then yes there is the additional challenge - medication. and then yes there is the additional challenge with i medication. and then yes there isi the additional challenge with some of these _ the additional challenge with some of these adhd_ the additional challenge with some of these adhd medications - the additional challenge with somel of these adhd medications because they are _ of these adhd medications because they are controlled _ of these adhd medications because they are controlled medications i of these adhd medications because they are controlled medications and so the _ they are controlled medications and so the prescription _ they are controlled medications and so the prescription is _ they are controlled medications and so the prescription is only— they are controlled medications and so the prescription is only valid i so the prescription is only valid for 28 — so the prescription is only valid for 28 days— so the prescription is only valid for 28 days which _ so the prescription is only valid for 28 days which might - so the prescription is only valid for 28 days which might meanl so the prescription is only valid j
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for 28 days which might mean i so the prescription is only valid i for 28 days which might mean i am able to— for 28 days which might mean i am able to get— for 28 days which might mean i am able to get hold _ for 28 days which might mean i am able to get hold of _ for 28 days which might mean i am able to get hold of it _ for 28 days which might mean i am able to get hold of it on _ for 28 days which might mean i am able to get hold of it on the - for 28 days which might mean i am able to get hold of it on the 30th . able to get hold of it on the 30th day. _ able to get hold of it on the 30th day, the — able to get hold of it on the 30th day, the remainder— able to get hold of it on the 30th day, the remainder of— able to get hold of it on the 30th day, the remainder of the - day, the remainder of the prescription _ day, the remainder of the prescription so _ day, the remainder of the prescription so i've - day, the remainder of the prescription so i've been. day, the remainder of the i prescription so i've been able day, the remainder of the - prescription so i've been able to .ive prescription so i've been able to give you — prescription so i've been able to give you half— prescription so i've been able to give you half your _ prescription so i've been able to give you half your prescription l prescription so i've been able to l give you half your prescription but i give you half your prescription but i cannot— give you half your prescription but i cannot provide _ give you half your prescription but i cannot provide it _ give you half your prescription but i cannot provide it after— give you half your prescription but i cannot provide it after the - give you half your prescription but i cannot provide it after the 30th. i cannot provide it after the 30th day and — i cannot provide it after the 30th day and we — i cannot provide it after the 30th day and we have _ i cannot provide it after the 30th day and we have to _ i cannot provide it after the 30th day and we have to go _ i cannot provide it after the 30th day and we have to go back- i cannot provide it after the 30th day and we have to go back to i i cannot provide it after the 30th. day and we have to go back to the doctor— day and we have to go back to the doctor or— day and we have to go back to the doctor or prescriber_ day and we have to go back to the doctor or prescriber for _ day and we have to go back to the doctor or prescriber for a - day and we have to go back to the doctor or prescriber for a fresh i doctor or prescriber for a fresh prescription _ doctor or prescriber for a fresh prescription. there _ doctor or prescriber for a fresh prescription. there are - doctor or prescriber for a fresh i prescription. there are mechanisms doctor or prescriber for a fresh - prescription. there are mechanisms i think_ prescription. there are mechanisms i think the _ prescription. there are mechanisms i think the government _ prescription. there are mechanisms i think the government needs - prescription. there are mechanisms i think the government needs to - prescription. there are mechanisms i think the government needs to look. think the government needs to look into to _ think the government needs to look into to make — think the government needs to look into to make it _ think the government needs to look into to make it easier— think the government needs to look into to make it easier in _ think the government needs to look into to make it easier in cases- into to make it easier in cases where — into to make it easier in cases where there _ into to make it easier in cases where there are _ into to make it easier in cases where there are medication i into to make it easier in cases- where there are medication shortages but at _ where there are medication shortages but at the _ where there are medication shortages but at the moment _ where there are medication shortages but at the moment the _ where there are medication shortages but at the moment the system - where there are medication shortages but at the moment the system is - where there are medication shortages but at the moment the system is noti but at the moment the system is not working. _ but at the moment the system is not working. this — but at the moment the system is not working. this has _ but at the moment the system is not working, this has been _ but at the moment the system is not working, this has been going - but at the moment the system is not working, this has been going on- but at the moment the system is not working, this has been going on as l working, this has been going on as we have _ working, this has been going on as we have heard _ working, this has been going on as we have heard since _ working, this has been going on as we have heard since the _ working, this has been going on as we have heard since the autumn. working, this has been going on as i we have heard since the autumn last year _ we have heard since the autumn last year what _ we have heard since the autumn last year what is— we have heard since the autumn last year. what is the _ we have heard since the autumn last year. what is the government - we have heard since the autumn last| year. what is the government doing? 0n year. what is the government doing? oh the _ year. what is the government doing? oh the front— year. what is the government doing? 0n the front line, _ year. what is the government doing? 0n the front line, all— year. what is the government doing? 0n the front line, all we _ year. what is the government doing? 0n the front line, all we are - 0n the front line, all we are dealing _ 0n the front line, all we are dealing with _ 0n the front line, all we are dealing with is _ 0n the front line, all we are dealing with is having - 0n the front line, all we are dealing with is having to - 0n the front line, all we are - dealing with is having to explain this to _ dealing with is having to explain this to patients _ dealing with is having to explain this to patients and _ dealing with is having to explain this to patients and being - dealing with is having to explain this to patients and being very. this to patients and being very sympathetic _ this to patients and being very sympathetic but _ this to patients and being very sympathetic but we _ this to patients and being very sympathetic but we are - this to patients and being very- sympathetic but we are struggling because _ sympathetic but we are struggling because we — sympathetic but we are struggling because we do— sympathetic but we are struggling because we do not— sympathetic but we are struggling because we do not get— sympathetic but we are struggling because we do not get a - sympathetic but we are struggling because we do not get a lot - sympathetic but we are struggling because we do not get a lot of - because we do not get a lot of information— because we do not get a lot of information we _ because we do not get a lot of information we would - because we do not get a lot of information we would like - because we do not get a lot of information we would like to l because we do not get a lot of - information we would like to provide to our— information we would like to provide to our patients _ information we would like to provide to our patients— to our patients. have you spoken to our gp to our patients. have you spoken to your gp about _ to our patients. have you spoken to your gp about concerns _ to our patients. have you spoken to your gp about concerns over- to our patients. have you spoken to | your gp about concerns over getting help to your medication? i had your gp about concerns over getting help to your medication?— help to your medication? i had to wait seven _ help to your medication? i had to wait seven years. _ help to your medication? i had to wait seven years. i _ help to your medication? i had to wait seven years. i have - help to your medication? i had to wait seven years. i have to - help to your medication? i had to wait seven years. i have to wait l wait seven years. i have to wait seven years _ wait seven years. i have to wait seven years for _ wait seven years. i have to wait seven years for my _ wait seven years. i have to wait seven years for my medication | wait seven years. i have to wait - seven years for my medication dosage to be adjusted so they put me on a
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waiting list for seven years. it’s a waiting list for seven years. it's a hiuhl waiting list for seven years. it's a highly controlled _ waiting list for seven years. it's a highly controlled drug, _ waiting list for seven years. it's a highly controlled drug, can - waiting list for seven years. it's a highly controlled drug, can only be prescribed — highly controlled drug, can only be prescribed by psychiatrist and my gp has a _ prescribed by psychiatrist and my gp has a waiting list of seven years to see the _ has a waiting list of seven years to see the psychiatrist so that's the situation — see the psychiatrist so that's the situation i'm in. and i think everyone _ situation i'm in. and i think everyone else is in a similar situation _ everyone else is in a similar situation-— everyone else is in a similar situation. . . ,~' , situation. can i ask when this medication. _ situation. can i ask when this medication, it's _ situation. can i ask when this medication, it's crucial- situation. can i ask when this medication, it's crucial to - situation. can i ask when this | medication, it's crucial to your everyday life, and you functioning well and everyday life so when you heard that, what, how did you react? when i first heard that ijoined the gp, that _ when i first heard that ijoined the gp, that was four years ago and they said, _ gp, that was four years ago and they said. we _ gp, that was four years ago and they said. we can — gp, that was four years ago and they said, we can continue prescribing in the medication which previously i had to— the medication which previously i had to pay— the medication which previously i had to pay £300 a month for from a private _ had to pay £300 a month for from a private psychiatrist and it made me unweit— private psychiatrist and it made me unwell because i couldn't afford that and — unwell because i couldn't afford that and when they told me i could not believe it because i had become so unweit— not believe it because i had become so unwell from rationing at and taking — so unwell from rationing at and taking it — so unwell from rationing at and taking it on certain days because of the expense that i basically ended up the expense that i basically ended up writing a book to try and help other— up writing a book to try and help other people because it's a terrible
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beobte _ other people because it's a terrible people would go through all of this especially if they pay to go privately and then to go to the nhs because _ privately and then to go to the nhs because if— privately and then to go to the nhs because if i had not had the private prescription i would have had to wait seven — prescription i would have had to wait seven years to go on the medication in the first place even after— medication in the first place even after a _ medication in the first place even after a diagnosis. i medication in the first place even after a diagnosis.— medication in the first place even after a diagnosis. i don't know, as we heard from _ after a diagnosis. i don't know, as we heard from thorrun _ after a diagnosis. i don't know, as we heard from thorrun a - after a diagnosis. i don't know, as we heard from thorrun a moment| after a diagnosis. i don't know, as - we heard from thorrun a moment ago, clearly practically over the counter and you are hearing this, this is not working. i and you are hearing this, this is not working-— not working. i actually let a etition not working. i actually let a petition last _ not working. i actually let a petition last year _ not working. i actually let a petition last year about - not working. i actually let a j petition last year about this catting _ petition last year about this calling for the government to review into the _ calling for the government to review into the support before and after an adhd_ into the support before and after an adhd diagnosis because of the medication shortage and got 11,000 signatures and the government rebtied — signatures and the government replied and said it's not our problem _ replied and said it's not our problem. nice guidelines say there are no— problem. nice guidelines say there are no minimum waiting times for nhs assessments, for medication so they essentially— assessments, for medication so they essentially said it's not our problem, we recognise there is a lon- problem, we recognise there is a tong wait, — problem, we recognise there is a long wait, they are not doing much about—
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long wait, they are not doing much about it _ long wait, they are not doing much about it and — long wait, they are not doing much about it and they've created a task force _ about it and they've created a task force now — about it and they've created a task force now but there's not any information about this and there is no practical— information about this and there is no practical information for individuals that have to wait every nronth— individuals that have to wait every month and — individuals that have to wait every month and have no idea if they will be able _ month and have no idea if they will be able to— month and have no idea if they will be able to the medication or for from _ be able to the medication or for from. �* . . , be able to the medication or for from. �*, . , p from. it's a very difficult situation. _ from. it's a very difficult situation. leanne, - from. it's a very difficult | situation. leanne, thank from. it's a very difficult - situation. leanne, thank you so from. it's a very difficult _ situation. leanne, thank you so much aren't thorrun, thank you so much for your input. it aren't thorrun, thank you so much for your input-— for your input. it is 25 minutes ast for your input. it is 25 minutes past eight- _ when a medical issue put an end to one man's childhood dream of becoming a firefighter, he picked up his camera and began documenting the work of his heroes instead. almost a0 years later and tim ansell�*s turned his passion into a different career with the fire service, as an official photographer. our reporter oli constable has more. you never quite know what you're going to. you never know when you're going to go.
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tim ansell isn't a firefighter. hisjob instead is to photograph some of the most devastating fires across south yorkshire. be it forfire investigation, be it for media or training purposes. his photos are a striking look into what firefighters tackle every day, from house fires to water rescues to moorland blazes. i've got so much respect for the fire service and the people that come and do the job. through the years and through my lens, you see so much change. so that their work, the great work that the fire service do, doesn't get hidden. and he's seen a lot of change since he's been doing the role informally since 1985. the appliances, the stations, the uniforms. but one thing has always been the same. it's people that want to help. and that's what the fire service says.
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it's all about making somebody's bad day that little bit better. he'd wanted to be a firefighter ever since he was young, but an issue with his eyesight meant he'd have to settle for a role behind the scenes. and they said, "i'm afraid your eyesight "doesn't quite meet requirements." when you were told that, how did it make you feel? crushed. i felt crushed. and i've ended up being the photographer, so i've got a keen eye somewhere. tim's captured some defining moments in the county's history — nightclub fires in sheffield to schools burning in doncaster. you are getting an absolute unique view. we are telling a story, if you like, of what the fire and rescue service are doing in south yorkshire. there's been a fire photographer in the '70s and '80s, but it was phased out until tim took it on in 2009. albeit on an as—and—when basis and i'm very proud to carry it out. his pictures tell the stories of the brave people who put themselves in danger.
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their work captured. oli constable, bbc news. the time is 27 minutes past eight. it's just a few days until the uk's biggest indoor arena opens in manchester, our entertainment correspondent colin paterson is there for us this morning. it's all about the final touches. i was here yesterday, there was no stage. _ was here yesterday, there was no stage. but— was here yesterday, there was no stage, but it has been built overnight. at a test event to make sure everything is right tonight, rick astley will perform. there is a band _ rick astley will perform. there is a band who _ rick astley will perform. there is a band who will be the first band ever to be _ band who will be the first band ever to be onstage here, the ktnas, 23 and a _ to be onstage here, the ktnas, 23 and a hatt— to be onstage here, the ktnas, 23 and a half thousand people that can fit in here _ and a half thousand people that can fit in here on the floor, 9200, all
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opens— fit in here on the floor, 9200, all opens officially next tuesday, peter kay, we've — opens officially next tuesday, peter kay, we've been looking behind—the—scenes and a lot more on that in— behind—the—scenes and a lot more on that in the _ behind—the—scenes and a lot more on that in the next hour on breakfast. it that in the next hour on breakfast. it looks— that in the next hour on breakfast. it looks great. we will be speaking to you later and getting a look around. �* . to you later and getting a look around. 3 . ,, v around. it's massive. it's well designed _ around. it's massive. it's well designed and _ around. it's massive. it's well designed and there _ around. it's massive. it's well designed and there are - around. it's massive. it's well designed and there are some| around. it's massive. it's well. designed and there are some big around. it's massive. it's well- designed and there are some big acts lined up to play there so it will be very special. it’s lined up to play there so it will be very special-— lined up to play there so it will be very special. it's coming up to half ast very special. it's coming up to half past eight- — a story now about the kindness of strangers and some brilliant teamwork. take a look at this photograph. the man at the back is grant williams — a super fit royal navy veteran who was training for his first ever marathon last month. less than 15 minutes after this photograph was taken, grant suffered two cardiac arrests in quick succession. he would almost certainly have died were it not for his quick—thinking running mates — who managed to find a defibrillator in a nearby supermarket — and a pair of mystery doctors who stopped to help.
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grantjoins us now, along with his running friends laura and olivia. good morning! grand, you are smiling now and you were smiling before in the photograph, just before the run began. just explain to people what happened? i began. just explain to people what ha ened? ., began. just explain to people what hauened? , ,,._ began. just explain to people what hauened? , , happened? i was probably smiling in the hoto happened? i was probably smiling in the photo because _ happened? i was probably smiling in the photo because we _ happened? i was probably smiling in the photo because we only - happened? i was probably smiling in the photo because we only had - happened? i was probably smiling in the photo because we only had a - happened? i was probably smiling in. the photo because we only had a mile to go _ the photo because we only had a mile to go it _ the photo because we only had a mile to go it was — the photo because we only had a mile to go. it was the week before we had done 18— to go. it was the week before we had done 18 miles, prepping for the manchester marathon last sunday, we were it _ manchester marathon last sunday, we were 11 miles in when the picture was taking, we have tea and coffee afterwards, and literally i remember the tast— afterwards, and literally i remember the last thing was the conversation about— the last thing was the conversation about tea — the last thing was the conversation about tea and coffee. i think 15 minutes— about tea and coffee. i think 15 minutes down the road i collapsed. olivia, _ minutes down the road i collapsed. 0livia, laura, take up the story. shatt— 0livia, laura, take up the story. shatt i _ 0livia, laura, take up the story. shatt i go — 0livia, laura, take up the story. shall i go first? _ 0livia, laura, take up the story. shall i go first? i— 0livia, laura, take up the story. shall i go first? iwas— 0livia, laura, take up the story. shall i go first? i was the - 0livia, laura, take up the story. shall i go first? i was the one i 0livia, laura, take up the story. l shall i go first? i was the one who planned _ shall i go first? i was the one who planned the — shall i go first? i was the one who planned the route _
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shall i go first? i was the one who planned the route so _ shall i go first? i was the one who planned the route so we - shall i go first? i was the one who planned the route so we woke - shall i go first? i was the one who planned the route so we woke upi shall i go first? i was the one who. planned the route so we woke up in the morning. — planned the route so we woke up in the morning. we _ planned the route so we woke up in the morning, we always _ planned the route so we woke up in the morning, we always park- planned the route so we woke up in the morning, we always park so- planned the route so we woke up in the morning, we always park so we| the morning, we always park so we have _ the morning, we always park so we have coffee — the morning, we always park so we have coffee and _ the morning, we always park so we have coffee and cake _ the morning, we always park so we have coffee and cake after, - the morning, we always park so wej have coffee and cake after, running along, _ have coffee and cake after, running along, i_ have coffee and cake after, running along, isboke_ have coffee and cake after, running along, i spoke to _ have coffee and cake after, running along, i spoke to him _ have coffee and cake after, running along, i spoke to him a _ have coffee and cake after, running along, i spoke to him a couple - have coffee and cake after, running along, i spoke to him a couple of. along, i spoke to him a couple of times— along, i spoke to him a couple of times and — along, i spoke to him a couple of times and he _ along, i spoke to him a couple of times and he said _ along, i spoke to him a couple of times and he said he _ along, i spoke to him a couple of times and he said he felt - along, i spoke to him a couple of times and he said he felt fine - along, i spoke to him a couple of| times and he said he felt fine and then as _ times and he said he felt fine and then as we — times and he said he felt fine and then as we were _ times and he said he felt fine and then as we were going _ times and he said he felt fine and then as we were going along - times and he said he felt fine and then as we were going along my. times and he said he felt fine and - then as we were going along my mum was next _ then as we were going along my mum was next to— then as we were going along my mum was next to him. _ then as we were going along my mum was next to him. we _ then as we were going along my mum was next to him, we were _ then as we were going along my mum was next to him, we were five - then as we were going along my mum was next to him, we were five or- then as we were going along my mum was next to him, we were five or ten. was next to him, we were five or ten metres— was next to him, we were five or ten metres ahead, — was next to him, we were five or ten metres ahead, she _ was next to him, we were five or ten metres ahead, she screamed - was next to him, we were five or ten metres ahead, she screamed my- was next to him, we were five or ten. metres ahead, she screamed my name, i metres ahead, she screamed my name, i turned _ metres ahead, she screamed my name, i turned around — metres ahead, she screamed my name, i turned around and _ metres ahead, she screamed my name, i turned around and grant _ metres ahead, she screamed my name, i turned around and grant was _ metres ahead, she screamed my name, i turned around and grant was on - metres ahead, she screamed my name, i turned around and grant was on the i i turned around and grant was on the floor _ i turned around and grant was on the floor i_ i turned around and grant was on the floor i instantly— i turned around and grant was on the floor. i instantly thought, _ i turned around and grant was on the floor. i instantly thought, his- floor. i instantly thought, his fellow — floor. i instantly thought, his fellow over— floor. i instantly thought, his fellow over and _ floor. i instantly thought, his fellow over and knocked - floor. i instantly thought, his. fellow over and knocked himself floor. i instantly thought, his- fellow over and knocked himself out but obviously — fellow over and knocked himself out but obviously as _ fellow over and knocked himself out but obviously as i— fellow over and knocked himself out but obviously as i got _ fellow over and knocked himself out but obviously as i got closer - fellow over and knocked himself out but obviously as i got closer i - but obviously as i got closer i realised — but obviously as i got closer i realised that _ but obviously as i got closer i realised that was _ but obviously as i got closer i realised that was not - but obviously as i got closer i realised that was not the - but obviously as i got closer i i realised that was not the case. but obviously as i got closer i - realised that was not the case. his face was _ realised that was not the case. his face was bleeding _ realised that was not the case. his face was bleeding so— realised that was not the case. his face was bleeding so i— realised that was not the case. his face was bleeding so i wasn't- realised that was not the case. his face was bleeding so i wasn't sure| face was bleeding so i wasn't sure if it hurt— face was bleeding so i wasn't sure if it hurt his — face was bleeding so i wasn't sure if it hurt his neck— face was bleeding so i wasn't sure if it hurt his neck are _ face was bleeding so i wasn't sure if it hurt his neck are what- face was bleeding so i wasn't sure if it hurt his neck are what had - if it hurt his neck are what had happened _ if it hurt his neck are what had happened so— if it hurt his neck are what had happened so i— if it hurt his neck are what had happened so i ran _ if it hurt his neck are what had happened so i ran over- if it hurt his neck are what had happened so i ran over and . happened so i ran over and straightaway _ happened so i ran over and straightaway i _ happened so i ran over and straightaway i was - happened so i ran over and straightaway i was with - happened so i ran over and - straightaway i was with another lad, chris and _ straightaway i was with another lad, chris and i_ straightaway i was with another lad, chris and i said _ straightaway i was with another lad, chris and i said we _ straightaway i was with another lad, chris and i said we need _ straightaway i was with another lad, chris and i said we need to- straightaway i was with another lad, chris and i said we need to put- straightaway i was with another lad, chris and i said we need to put himi chris and i said we need to put him in the _ chris and i said we need to put him in the recovery— chris and i said we need to put him in the recovery position _ chris and i said we need to put him in the recovery position but - chris and i said we need to put him in the recovery position but he - chris and i said we need to put him in the recovery position but he wasj in the recovery position but he was breathing. — in the recovery position but he was breathing. his— in the recovery position but he was breathing, his breath _ in the recovery position but he was breathing, his breath was - in the recovery position but he was breathing, his breath was strange, j breathing, his breath was strange, but we _ breathing, his breath was strange, but we ftipped _ breathing, his breath was strange, but we flipped and _ breathing, his breath was strange, but we flipped and in _ breathing, his breath was strange, but we flipped and in the - breathing, his breath was strange, but we flipped and in the recoveryi but we flipped and in the recovery position— but we flipped and in the recovery position and — but we flipped and in the recovery position and then _ but we flipped and in the recovery position and then his _ but we flipped and in the recovery position and then his breath - but we flipped and in the recovery. position and then his breath started getting _ position and then his breath started getting more — position and then his breath started getting more and _ position and then his breath started getting more and more _ position and then his breath started getting more and more strange - position and then his breath started getting more and more strange andj position and then his breath started l getting more and more strange and it sounded _ getting more and more strange and it sounded weird — getting more and more strange and it sounded weird and _ getting more and more strange and it sounded weird and honestly, - getting more and more strange and it sounded weird and honestly, as - getting more and more strange and it sounded weird and honestly, as if- getting more and more strange and it sounded weird and honestly, as if byi sounded weird and honestly, as if by magic— sounded weird and honestly, as if by magic on _ sounded weird and honestly, as if by magic on my— sounded weird and honestly, as if by magic on my right _ sounded weird and honestly, as if by magic on my right hand _ sounded weird and honestly, as if by magic on my right hand side - sounded weird and honestly, as if by magic on my right hand side this - magic on my right hand side this lady had — magic on my right hand side this lady had thrown _ magic on my right hand side this lady had thrown her— magic on my right hand side this lady had thrown her bike - magic on my right hand side this lady had thrown her bike on- magic on my right hand side this lady had thrown her bike on the| lady had thrown her bike on the floor— lady had thrown her bike on the floor and — lady had thrown her bike on the floor and she _ lady had thrown her bike on the floor and she said _ lady had thrown her bike on the floor and she said i— lady had thrown her bike on the floor and she said i am -
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lady had thrown her bike on the floor and she said i am a - lady had thrown her bike on the| floor and she said i am a doctor, she came — floor and she said i am a doctor, she came over— floor and she said i am a doctor, she came over and _ floor and she said i am a doctor, she came over and literally- floor and she said i am a doctor, she came over and literally i - floor and she said i am a doctor, | she came over and literally i said his breathing _ she came over and literally i said his breathing is— she came over and literally i said his breathing is going _ she came over and literally i said his breathing is going all- she came over and literally i saidi his breathing is going all different and she _ his breathing is going all different and she was— his breathing is going all different and she was let's _ his breathing is going all different and she was let's flip _ his breathing is going all different and she was let's flip him - his breathing is going all different and she was let's flip him and - and she was let's flip him and started — and she was let's flip him and started chest _ and she was let's flip him and started chest compressions . and she was let's flip him and l started chest compressions and and she was let's flip him and - started chest compressions and we started _ started chest compressions and we started cpr — started chest compressions and we started cpr so _ started chest compressions and we started cpr so i _ started chest compressions and we started cpr so i was _ started chest compressions and we started cpr so i was at _ started chest compressions and we started cpr so i was at his- started chest compressions and we started cpr so i was at his face - started chest compressions and we| started cpr so i was at his face and the lady— started cpr so i was at his face and the lady the — started cpr so i was at his face and the lady the doctor— started cpr so i was at his face and the lady the doctor was _ started cpr so i was at his face and the lady the doctor was doing - started cpr so i was at his face and the lady the doctor was doing the l the lady the doctor was doing the chess _ the lady the doctor was doing the chess compressions. _ the lady the doctor was doing the chess compressions.— the lady the doctor was doing the chess compressions. laura, please ick u- chess compressions. laura, please pick up the — chess compressions. laura, please pick up the story- _ after that everyone was helping with the sepia _ after that everyone was helping with the sepia but thankfully we had a doctor— the sepia but thankfully we had a doctor on— the sepia but thankfully we had a doctor on the scene doing the cpr. but he _ doctor on the scene doing the cpr. but he didn't seem to be coming back enough _ but he didn't seem to be coming back enough -- _ but he didn't seem to be coming back enough —— cpr. we started to panic and then— enough —— cpr. we started to panic and then we — enough —— cpr. we started to panic and then we sort of thought we needed — and then we sort of thought we needed defibrillator on the scene. it is needed defibrillator on the scene. it is quite — needed defibrillator on the scene. it is quite a blur but i remember thinking, — it is quite a blur but i remember thinking, panicking, scanning the road, _ thinking, panicking, scanning the road, thinking where would we find one? _ road, thinking where would we find one? �* . h road, thinking where would we find one? �* , , , ., road, thinking where would we find one? �* , , , . , ., road, thinking where would we find one? , ,, . ._ one? i'm impressed that you actually thou~ht one? i'm impressed that you actually thou . ht of one? i'm impressed that you actually thought of that. _ one? i'm impressed that you actually thought of that. i _ one? i'm impressed that you actually thought of that. i don't _ one? i'm impressed that you actually thought of that. i don't know - one? i'm impressed that you actually thought of that. i don't know where l thought of that. i don't know where it came from _ thought of that. i don't know where it came from but _ thought of that. i don't know where it came from but the _ thought of that. i don't know where it came from but the thought - thought of that. i don't know where it came from but the thoughtjust i it came from but the thought just occurred — it came from but the thought 'ust occurred. , , . ., it came from but the thoughtjust occurred-_ my i occurred. defibrillator! ok! my friend had _ occurred. defibrillator! ok! my friend had a — occurred. defibrillator! ok! my friend had a sense _ occurred. defibrillator! ok! my friend had a sense they - occurred. defibrillator! ok! my friend had a sense they would| occurred. defibrillator! ok! my. friend had a sense they would be occurred. defibrillator! ok! my- friend had a sense they would be one in tesco— friend had a sense they would be one in tesco and — friend had a sense they would be one in tesco and we ran into tesco and
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thankfully— in tesco and we ran into tesco and thankfully there was one in tesco, we picked — thankfully there was one in tesco, we picked it up, ran back and that's when _ we picked it up, ran back and that's when we _ we picked it up, ran back and that's when we used it and that sort of when _ when we used it and that sort of when grant came back to us. so hold on, ou when grant came back to us. so hold on. you had — when grant came back to us. so hold on. you had one _ when grant came back to us. so hold on, you had one doctor— when grant came back to us. so hold on, you had one doctor you - when grant came back to us. so hold on, you had one doctor you describe | on, you had one doctor you describe can a woman who threw her back down. then we had another one who came on the scene, _ then we had another one who came on the scene, a _ then we had another one who came on the scene, a male doctor as well. you don't — the scene, a male doctor as well. you don't know who these doctors are? trio you don't know who these doctors are? ., ., ., , you don't know who these doctors are? ., . . , . . , you don't know who these doctors are? .,., ., ,..,y , are? no and what is crazy is obviously — are? no and what is crazy is obviously the _ are? no and what is crazy is obviously the moment - are? no and what is crazy is obviously the moment i - are? no and what is crazy is - obviously the moment i collapsed i had eight minutes of complete blank. so obviously in the hospital everyone filled me in on the gaps, that's the strange thing to understand because i have no memory of nothing. i understand because i have no memory of nothinu. ., �* ,, ., of nothing. i don't know, grant, what opportunity _ of nothing. i don't know, grant, what opportunity you _ of nothing. i don't know, grant, what opportunity you have - of nothing. i don't know, grant, what opportunity you have had l of nothing. i don't know, grant, | what opportunity you have had to of nothing. i don't know, grant, - what opportunity you have had to say anything to these young ladies publicly or otherwise because i know you are all smiling now and you tell a wonderful story and you tell it with smiles on your faces stop this is a very traumatic moment that you were involved in. what would you like to say, both to these ladies and the doctors who were there in that moment? the and the doctors who were there in that moment?—
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and the doctors who were there in that moment? the crazy thing is, to be honest. — that moment? the crazy thing is, to be honest, when _ that moment? the crazy thing is, to be honest, when we _ that moment? the crazy thing is, to be honest, when we got _ that moment? the crazy thing is, to be honest, when we got to - that moment? the crazy thing is, to be honest, when we got to the - be honest, when we got to the hospital and i had my operation they were all coming in individually so they never came in collectively as a group and it was all very tearful. as soon as someone walked in and saw me alive, because that was the last they had seen me, and when i got discharged from hospital thursday night was the first time we were all together and we had a pizza night at my house just to say thank you them. it is not for the quick thinking, for the teamwork, everyone of the eight played a massive part in it on that day. eight played a massive part in it on that da . . , ., eight played a massive part in it on that da. . ,, , eight played a massive part in it on that da . . i. , ., . that day. have you been on a run since? no- _ that day. have you been on a run since? no- i— that day. have you been on a run since? no. i have _ that day. have you been on a run since? no. i have my— that day. have you been on a run since? no. i have my first - that day. have you been on a run since? no. i have my first cardio| since? no. i have my first cardio rehab on monday _ since? no. i have my first cardio rehab on monday so _ since? no. i have my first cardio rehab on monday so i've - since? no. i have my first cardio rehab on monday so i've started | rehab on monday so i've started doing 30 minutes on the back each day and i can start light running next week. d0 day and i can start light running next week-— day and i can start light running next week. do take it very easy. what is the _ next week. do take it very easy. what is the ambition? _ next week. do take it very easy. what is the ambition? you - next week. do take it very easy. what is the ambition? you were j next week. do take it very easy. - what is the ambition? you were going to run a marathon.— to run a marathon. there was about 12-15 runners _ to run a marathon. there was about 12-15 runners running _ to run a marathon. there was about
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12-15 runners running the _ to run a marathon. there was about i 12-15 runners running the manchester 12—15 runners running the manchester marathon so i'm going to do the newport marathon next year because that's my home town. there is about 20 of us going to go down to run it next year. 20 of us going to go down to run it next ear. . . ., 20 of us going to go down to run it next ear. . . . , ., next year. olivia, laura, everyone asks themselves _ next year. olivia, laura, everyone asks themselves that _ next year. olivia, laura, everyone asks themselves that question, i next year. olivia, laura, everyone i asks themselves that question, when this kind of thing hasn't happened to you you kind of think what would i be like in those circumstances? yeah. ., . ., , ., . yeah. you are the other side of that now because _ yeah. you are the other side of that now because you — yeah. you are the other side of that now because you do _ yeah. you are the other side of that now because you do know. - yeah. you are the other side of that now because you do know. but - yeah. you are the other side of that now because you do know. but how| yeah. you are the other side of that i now because you do know. but how do you think you reacted? are you surprised? there is lots of shock involved in this?— involved in this? yeah i think in the moment— involved in this? yeah i think in the moment obviously - involved in this? yeah i think in the moment obviously you - involved in this? yeah i think in the moment obviously you are l involved in this? yeah i think in i the moment obviously you are just very. _ the moment obviously you are just very. very— the moment obviously you are just very, very focused. _ the moment obviously you are just very, very focused. i— the moment obviously you are just very, very focused. i think- the moment obviously you are just very, very focused. i think we i the moment obviously you are just very, very focused. i think we both said we _ very, very focused. ! think we both said we sort— very, very focused. ! think we both said we sort of— very, very focused. i think we both said we sort of both _ very, very focused. i think we both said we sort of both saw _ very, very focused. i think we both said we sort of both saw it - very, very focused. i think we both said we sort of both saw it as i very, very focused. i think we both said we sort of both saw it as ok, i said we sort of both saw it as ok, this is— said we sort of both saw it as ok, this is what— said we sort of both saw it as ok, this is what we _ said we sort of both saw it as ok, this is what we need _ said we sort of both saw it as ok, this is what we need to do. it- said we sort of both saw it as ok, this is what we need to do.- this is what we need to do. it was stran . e, this is what we need to do. it was strange. wasn't — this is what we need to do. it was strange, wasn't it? _ this is what we need to do. it was strange, wasn't it? it— this is what we need to do. it was strange, wasn't it? it was i this is what we need to do. it was strange, wasn't it? it was like i strange, wasn't it? it was like emotion— strange, wasn't it? it was like emotion was vacant and we were like this is— emotion was vacant and we were like this is the _ emotion was vacant and we were like this is the task of these are the steps _ this is the task of these are the steps we — this is the task of these are the steps we need to complete the task. i've steps we need to complete the task. i've done _ steps we need to complete the task. i've done cpr training. the important thing stay in your head but the _ important thing stay in your head but the rest of it goes out the window — but the rest of it goes out the window. like literally all i was thinking — window. like literally all i was thinking about was airway and making
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sure he _ thinking about was airway and making sure he was— thinking about was airway and making sure he was in the right position for him — sure he was in the right position for him and _ sure he was in the right position for him and i was feeling for his breath, — for him and i was feeling for his breath, constantly updating the doctor. — breath, constantly updating the doctor. i— breath, constantly updating the doctor, i can feel breath, i can, i can't, _ doctor, i can feel breath, i can, i can't. just— doctor, i can feel breath, i can, i can't, just like that.— doctor, i can feel breath, i can, i can't, just like that. can't, 'ust like that. with the best will in can't, just like that. with the best will in the world, _ can't, just like that. with the best will in the world, grant, i can't, just like that. with the best will in the world, grant, it i can't, just like that. with the best will in the world, grant, it is i will in the world, grant, it is quite odd to hear you talked about in that way, isn't it? because you have no of it?— in that way, isn't it? because you have no of it? yes and to be honest that's the emotional _ have no of it? yes and to be honest that's the emotional side _ have no of it? yes and to be honest that's the emotional side of i have no of it? yes and to be honest that's the emotional side of things, | that's the emotional side of things, when you hear their story because in a selfish way i cannot remember a thing, i didn't see, i had no vision, i had no hearing, i didn't feel the defibrillator or nothing but when they are telling me the story about me not being blue and not breathing, that's when the emotions set in a little bit and realise i was dead and i was lucky. so here we go, grant, you want to know who the doctors are, don't you? can't wait to find out. the know who the doctors are, don't you? can't wait to find out.— can't wait to find out. the beauty of what we're _ can't wait to find out. the beauty of what we're doing _ can't wait to find out. the beauty of what we're doing here i can't wait to find out. the beauty of what we're doing here is i can't wait to find out. the beauty of what we're doing here is some j of what we're doing here is some trans people might be watching or somebody have heard of seen the story are one of their friends or family might be watching. do you want to look down camera one. what would you say to those doctors? i
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would you say to those doctors? i would say, if it was one of you, please come forward and get in touch because i'm indebted to the pair of you and the other eight members as well. i'd truly like to say thank you to you face—to—face. taste well. i'd truly like to say thank you to you face-to-face. we should uive a you to you face-to-face. we should give a rrod — you to you face-to-face. we should give a rrod to _ you to you face-to-face. we should give a nod to the _ you to you face-to-face. we should give a nod to the date _ you to you face-to-face. we should give a nod to the date as _ you to you face-to-face. we should give a nod to the date as well, i you to you face-to-face. we should | give a nod to the date as well, when that happen?— that happen? saturday the 9th of march, 9:48am. _ that happen? saturday the 9th of march, 9:48am. as _ that happen? saturday the 9th of march, 9:48am. as we i that happen? saturday the 9th of march, 9:48am. as we are i that happen? saturday the 9th of march, 9:48am. as we are trying that happen? saturday the 9th of. march, 9:48am. as we are trying to iece the march, 9:48am. as we are trying to piece the story _ march, 9:48am. as we are trying to piece the story together _ march, 9:48am. as we are trying to piece the story together on i march, 9:48am. as we are trying to piece the story together on your i piece the story together on your behalf, which won of you too can help us with a bit of a description of these doctors?— help us with a bit of a description of these doctors? definitely not me, i was 'ust of these doctors? definitely not me, i was just looking _ of these doctors? definitely not me, i was just looking at _ of these doctors? definitely not me, i wasjust looking at grant's i of these doctors? definitely not me, i wasjust looking at grant's face. i i was just looking at grant's face. i was just looking at grant's face. i remember— i was just looking at grant's face. i rememberthe i was just looking at grant's face. i remember the female doctor was riding _ i remember the female doctor was riding a _ i remember the female doctor was riding a bike, — i remember the female doctor was riding a bike, she _ i remember the female doctor was riding a bike, she sort— i remember the female doctor was riding a bike, she sort of— i remember the female doctor was riding a bike, she sort of had i i remember the female doctor was. riding a bike, she sort of had mousy brown _ riding a bike, she sort of had mousy brown hair. — riding a bike, she sort of had mousy brown hair. may— riding a bike, she sort of had mousy brown hair, may be, _ riding a bike, she sort of had mousy brown hair, may be, it _ riding a bike, she sort of had mousy brown hair, may be, it sounds i riding a bike, she sort of had mousyi brown hair, may be, it sounds vague. and the _ brown hair, may be, it sounds vague. and the mate — brown hair, may be, it sounds vague. and the male doctor, _ brown hair, may be, it sounds vague. and the male doctor, dark— brown hair, may be, it sounds vague. and the male doctor, dark hair... i and the male doctor, dark hair... were _ and the male doctor, dark hair... were in— and the male doctor, dark hair... were in liverpool— and the male doctor, dark hair... were in liverpool were _ and the male doctor, dark hair... were in liverpool were you? i and the male doctor, dark hair... were in liverpool were you? sortj and the male doctor, dark hair... were in liverpool were you? sort of towards the — were in liverpool were you? sort of towards the end _ were in liverpool were you? sort of towards the end of _ were in liverpool were you? sort of towards the end of sticker i were in liverpool were you? sort of towards the end of sticker town i towards the end of sticker town road _ towards the end of sticker town road i— towards the end of sticker town road. ~ ., , ., , �* ., ,
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road. i know this doesn't need to be lanet road. i know this doesn't need to be planet publicly. _ road. i know this doesn't need to be planet publicly. you _ road. i know this doesn't need to be planet publicly, you just _ road. i know this doesn't need to be planet publicly, you just want i road. i know this doesn't need to be planet publicly, you just want to i planet publicly, you just want to say thank you. planet publicly, you 'ust want to say thank you._ planet publicly, you 'ust want to say thank you. that's all i want to do, 'ust say thank you. that's all i want to do. just say _ say thank you. that's all i want to do, just say thank _ say thank you. that's all i want to do, just say thank you. _ say thank you. that's all i want to do, just say thank you. i i say thank you. that's all i want to do, just say thank you. i see i say thank you. that's all i want to do, just say thank you. i see the l do, just say thank you. i see the other eight runners on a daily or weekly basis and i'm indebted to them but for the two who stopped just through goodwill and were part of saving my life is an amazing story and it would be great to see them. �* . ,., ., .. them. i'm also mindful of the fact sometimes _ them. i'm also mindful of the fact sometimes people _ them. i'm also mindful of the fact sometimes people step i them. i'm also mindful of the fact sometimes people step in i them. i'm also mindful of the fact sometimes people step in in i them. i'm also mindful of the fact| sometimes people step in in these situations don't want to be known. that can happen, can't it? people can do the right thing at the moment and they don't want to have anything else happen. that's true, isn't it? either way, else happen. that's true, isn't it? eitherway, isn't else happen. that's true, isn't it? either way, isn't the moral of the story, you should know cpr, have some kind of background in it, even if you don't remember everything you remembered something and the wherewithal to think defib, that's popped out of somewhere. massively. without that you _ popped out of somewhere. massively. without that you wouldn't _ popped out of somewhere. massively. without that you wouldn't be i popped out of somewhere. massively. without that you wouldn't be here. i without that you wouldn't be here. that's what we've been talking about, how important it is to know where defibrillators are and how to use them and the doctor said you only have three minutes really by
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the time i've arrested and theyjust acted so quick. so that is so important. acted so quick. so that is so important-— acted so quick. so that is so important. acted so quick. so that is so im nortant. . ., . , important. the thing that got me was 'ust how important. the thing that got me was just how straightforward _ important. the thing that got me was just how straightforward the i important. the thing that got me was just how straightforward the defib - just how straightforward the defib actually _ just how straightforward the defib actually was — just how straightforward the defib actually was to _ just how straightforward the defib actually was to use. _ just how straightforward the defib actually was to use. the - actually was to use. the instructions _ actually was to use. the instructions are - actually was to use. the instructions are all- actually was to use. the instructions are all on i actually was to use. the i instructions are all on the actually was to use. the - instructions are all on the screen. so if_ instructions are all on the screen. so ifyou — instructions are all on the screen. so ifyou ever_ instructions are all on the screen. so if you ever find _ instructions are all on the screen. so if you ever find yourself - instructions are all on the screen. so if you ever find yourself in - instructions are all on the screen. so if you ever find yourself in that situation, — so if you ever find yourself in that situation, don't _ so if you ever find yourself in that situation, don't be _ so if you ever find yourself in that situation, don't be afraid - so if you ever find yourself in that situation, don't be afraid to - so if you ever find yourself in that situation, don't be afraid to go i so if you ever find yourself in thati situation, don't be afraid to go and find one _ situation, don't be afraid to go and find one and — situation, don't be afraid to go and find one and you _ situation, don't be afraid to go and find one and you can— situation, don't be afraid to go and find one and you can use _ situation, don't be afraid to go and find one and you can use it- situation, don't be afraid to go and find one and you can use itjust - situation, don't be afraid to go and find one and you can use itjust asi find one and you can use itjust as a normal— find one and you can use itjust as a normal person— find one and you can use itjust as a normal person like _ find one and you can use itjust as a normal person like i— find one and you can use itjust as a normal person like i was, - find one and you can use itjust as a normal person like i was, and l find one and you can use itjust as a normal person like i was, and it| a normal person like i was, and it will helo — a normal person like i was, and it will helo late _ a normal person like i was, and it will hel. ~ ., a normal person like i was, and it will hel. ~ . ., . ., a normal person like i was, and it willhel-. . ., . ., ., will help. we have done a lot of that on this _ will help. we have done a lot of that on this programme, - will help. we have done a lot of - that on this programme, campaigns to get them into public places, and it works. 'i: :: , get them into public places, and it works. ':: i: , , ., get them into public places, and it worrs-_ thank - get them into public places, and it works._ thank you - get them into public places, and it works._ thank you all| get them into public places, and it i works._ thank you all so works. 100%, yeah. thank you all so much and works. 10096, yeah. thank you all so much and we — works. 10096, yeah. thank you all so much and we are _ works. 10096, yeah. thank you all so much and we are glad _ works. 10096, yeah. thank you all so much and we are glad you _ works. 10096, yeah. thank you all so much and we are glad you are - works. 10096, yeah. thank you all so | much and we are glad you are getting well and on the road to recovery. it is true, because once or twice in the past we have had defibrillators here and there is instinctively, if you haven't used one before, there is a bit of reticence, i wouldn't know what to do, and it's just about familiarising yourself a bit. so if and when you are prepared. it is coming up to 8:40am. you need to hear about what is going on this
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weekend because he has been trying to convince me all morning i need to be excited about this, so come on, sell it to me. i'll do my best. it is one of those weekends at this stage of the season where it feels like games have consequence, they often take place in sunny weather, too. maybe a bit of magic in the air, too, because it would be a true to her deluxe hotel if they beat them in the semifinals. they won the trophy in 1987 and since then they face many challenges including delegations and losing their home ground, so can they really overcome the 12 time fa cup winners manchester united at wembley tomorrow and reach their first final 437 years? is mike bushell. a day the city of coventry will neverforget — may, 1987. # nothing's gonna stop us now #. starship were number one with nothing's gonna stop us now and the only thing stopping the coventry team bus
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on their open—top victory parade were the hundreds of thousands of fans lining the streets of the city. 37 years on, and three of the team are being reunited with the bus, which now has pride of place in the coventry transport museum. next stop, wembley! i've got no change, i'm afraid. a chance to climb the stairs again in the hope the current team can follow in their footsteps and be inspired by coventry's famous cup final win over spurs. still now, 37 years on, we still meet up every three orfour weeks. we've got a unique relationship, which has stood the test of time. bennett. david bennett! 1-1. it's a thing that we'll never, everforget. and 250,000 fans who was there on the sunday, they'll never forget it. to be back on the bus is...is part of the history of it all, really. and that can never be taken away from us, which is a wonderful feeling. we couldn't find the toilet, which
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was a bit embarrassing in some ways. we should have complained early, really, thinking about it. you know, it's disgraceful having a bus with no toilet. it should have been the first thing that we ordered. yeah, exactly, yeah. down below, the absence of a toilet wasn't the main concern for barry, the driver of the bus that day for that victory parade. the crowds were incredible and i thought, "this bus is going by itself." so i took it out of gear and the crowds were pushing it. it was just... i couldn't believe it. the crowds were all pushing, pushing everywhere. the windscreen was bending with people pushing on it. i thought, "any minute now, the windscreen is going to go," so i backed off. it was quite frightening at times. as well as an open—top bus parade, there's another great tradition associated with fa cup success and getting to the final, and that's the cup final song.
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now, coventry recorded one, they performed it live on blue peter. # go for it, go for it, city #. the captain at the time, the legendary character that he was, doesn't want to be reminded of his team—mates' dulcet tones. so i've been to his magical kingdom in west yorkshire to remind him. # who lives in a house like this #. and captain brian "killer" kilcline still has his famous flowing locks. i notice you've got the hair still. thank you very much. come and join us. he's the psychologist. he's looking after me. is he a coventry fan? he's a fan of the house. he's a fan of how we feel.
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# sky blues sure win... # i remember when we recorded it somewhere in a sort of back street in coventry. never drank so much beer in my life. # killer lurks about #. "killer lurks about" — who wrote that line? is it true, do you lurk? possibly, possibly. no, when i was younger, i used to stand up straight. then when i started playing football, they told me to bend down cos you make yourself quicker. so it probably looked like i was lurking. and i've been lurking ever since. i got injured, i didn't play the whole game, and i asked the lads, i said, "is it all right for me to go?" they all said to me, "oh, go on, get up there, your big goat." and i eventually got to the top and it was just the relief of getting to the top and then turning around and seeing all the supporters. the supporters were absolutely brilliant that day, but they were brilliant all the way through our cup run. ijust loved being out with my mates, and i had 16 great mates that we had good times with and the more we did well
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in the cup, the more times we could go out and enjoy it. it's something you don't realise at the time. it's not until you get older and wiser, you realise, blimey, that was some achievements. that was some achievement. and, you know, 30 years of people telling you what an achievement it was, you start to realise, "we did well there." what a moment for the sky blues! they are through to the semifinals of the fa cup! the coventry class of 2024 are returning to wembley now for an fa cup semifinal after their own heroics, defying the odds with two injury—time goals to win at premier league wolves. it's obviously manchester united, being in the premiership. they're a big team by name, but not a big club anymore, so you've always got a chance. the longer we stay in the game, it's like a boxing match, you've got to fancy your chances,
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and it's about the lads going there and managing the game, you know. the chance to lift a cup, albeit a smaller one, again on the iconic bus, is a reminder to the current team of how fa cup success can last a lifetime. todayis today is man city against chelsea at 5:15pm. _ today is man city against chelsea at 5:15pm, while chelsea women have a senhfinal— 5:15pm, while chelsea women have a semifinal today, the first leg of their— semifinal today, the first leg of their champions league last four tie against _ their champions league last four tie against barcelona in spain and also scottish— against barcelona in spain and also scottish fa cup final weekend as celtic— scottish fa cup final weekend as celtic continue their attempts to win the — celtic continue their attempts to win the trophy for a 42nd time. they play aberdeen today having not lost to them in nearly six years. and manager brendan rodgers has never lost a scottish cup game in his two spells as celtic manager. catalans dragons have the chance to regain top spot in super league later today. st helens supplanted them after thrashing hull fc by 58—0 last night. they ran in ten tries with two for waqa blake. hull remain one off the bottom. saints now lead a really tight table on points difference
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from wigan and catalans. the world snooker championship starts this morning with luca brecel hoping to be the first to avoid a crucible curse. no first—time winner has successfully defended their title the next year. brecel is belgian. the first world snooker champion from mainland europe. it was a surprise win last year. and once again he's not among the favourites to take the trophy this time. he's starting against david gilbert in the first round this morning at 10am. that means i don't have to expect myself to do it because no—one has done it, ronnie hasn't done it, stephen hendry hasn't done it. so, why should i do it? there is no pressure. and it's a nice incentive to have, something to play for. and maybe if i get to a semi—finals i will start thinking about it but now it's just too far away. you can follow luca brecel and the other 31 players at the crucible over the course of the next two weeks and a bit. it is all on the bbc. thank you very much, hugh. 8.47.
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we should not be full by the sun this morning, should we? you should not, especially if you iurnp you should not, especially if you jump out of it for any length of time. good morning, hope you are well. the weekend has started lovely and bright, look at the scene from a weather watcher out in baildon near bradford. lovely blossom, blue skies overhead, but outside there has been a chill, temperatures below freezing across many parts of the country first thing. now lifting up but putting it into the bigger scale of things, and how things compare to normal, this is the anomaly chart, how temperatures compare to normal this time of year. where you can see the blues temperatures are below normal central and eastern england, in particular eastern scotland but also across much of europe which is also across much of europe which is a big turnaround from what we have seen so far this month across europe where we have seen record—breaking april heat. the other thing that switched around and causing that colder air to push in are the weather patterns. we have high pressure to the west, low—pressure to the east feeling the cold air southwards and it also mean central and eastern parts of the
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mediterranean could be quite stormy at times this weekend. but for us we have the high pressure at long last. we have been needing that, it means dry weather, most of you having a dry weather, most of you having a dry day today. there are a few showers, eastern counties of england with a chilly breeze and more clouds thickening up in northern scotland later to produce light rain or drizzle. but elsewhere while the cloud amounts will steadily increase for many of you, they will stay dry. sunniest south—west england, west and wales, north—west england, south—west scotland and northern ireland. it is here where the winds are lightest in the west we will see the highest temperatures, very pleasant, 13—15 c in the sunshine, chilly in the east. for some of you that tree pollen levels remain low but starting to creep up for some and more especially across the south—west of england with the lighter winds and sun out this afternoon. tonight the winds remain light across western areas, still a breeze in the east, one or two showers in east anglia but thickening cloud in eastern scotland will start bringing outbreaks of rain and drizzle and with more cloud
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across england and where is, not as cold tonight as it was last night. into some day we go, more clouds down eastern scotland, northern england, parts of england and wales. it is eastern scotland and later into parts of cumbria and northumberland and lancashire light rain at times. they will still be a few showers in the south—east. one or two neverfarfrom london but it should stay dry with ink for the london marathon. a little bit blustery and cool. with south—west scotland and northern ireland seen the light winds and sunniest weather and even warmer than today, 15—18 c could be northern ireland's warmest day of the year so far. as you go through sunday night and into monday after a cold night cloud drifting southwards across the country, a much cloudier day on monday as well. outbreaks of rain or drizzle spreading southwards across england and wales, sunniest conditions in southern scotland and northern ireland and temperatures are still in the mid—teens. that's how it looks. back to you. thank you very
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much. there is something about a drama on board a plane. visit the claustrophobia? what is it? you can't get off, you are stuck. we are going to talk about this with household name, thanks to his role in the epic hobbit trilogy. richard armitage returns to our screens in a new 6—part sunday night itv thriller. 'red eye' follows the case of a british doctor, arrested on suspicion of murder following a business trip to china, but all is not as it initially seems, let's take a look. it doesn't all work out how you think it might. keep your hands where you can see them. i've got him. relax, lots of cameras about _ i've got him. relax, lots of cameras about get — i've got him. relax, lots of cameras about. get up! still hurting? you
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pull that— about. get up! still hurting? you pull that on the plane and i will personally rip it out myself. understood? go! richard joins us now. is that the most you have seen with this? �* , , ,., is that the most you have seen with this? �* , , ., wh this? i've seen episode one. why haven't you _ this? i've seen episode one. why haven't you seen _ this? i've seen episode one. why haven't you seen all _ this? i've seen episode one. why haven't you seen all of _ this? i've seen episode one. why haven't you seen all of it? - this? i've seen episode one. why haven't you seen all of it? i - this? i've seen episode one. why haven't you seen all of it? i find i haven't you seen all of it? i find it uuite haven't you seen all of it? i find it quite difficult _ haven't you seen all of it? i find it quite difficult to _ haven't you seen all of it? i find it quite difficult to watch - haven't you seen all of it? i find| it quite difficult to watch myself. i've watched the first two. you have seen more — i've watched the first two. you have seen more than _ i've watched the first two. you have seen more than me. _ i've watched the first two. you have seen more than me. it _ i've watched the first two. you have seen more than me. it is _ i've watched the first two. you have seen more than me. it is good. - i've watched the first two. you have l seen more than me. it is good. what ha--ens? seen more than me. it is good. what happens? what _ seen more than me. it is good. what happens? what do _ seen more than me. it is good. what happens? what do you _ seen more than me. it is good. what happens? what do you think - seen more than me. it is good. what happens? what do you think of - seen more than me. it is good. what happens? what do you think of it? it| happens? what do you think of it? it looks good- — happens? what do you think of it? it looks good- it _ happens? what do you think of it? it looks good. it is _ happens? what do you think of it? it looks good. it is pretty _ happens? what do you think of it? it looks good. it is pretty much - happens? what do you think of it? it looks good. it is pretty much set - happens? what do you think of it? it looks good. it is pretty much set in l looks good. it is pretty much set in one place. i'm only on episode two. it is one of the things i felt about the script, it is a locked room drama confined to the space. i've been on so many long haulflights and you do go into a kind of no man's land of what is going to happen during this 12 hour flight. and a lot happens in this story. share and a lot happens in this story. are ou a and a lot happens in this story. are you a good — and a lot happens in this story. are you a good flyer? i _ and a lot happens in this story. are you a good flyer? i do _ and a lot happens in this story. are you a good flyer? i do a _ and a lot happens in this story. are you a good flyer? i do a lot - and a lot happens in this story. are you a good flyer? i do a lot of- and a lot happens in this story. are you a good flyer? i do a lot of work| you a good flyer? i do a lot of work on an aeroplane — you a good flyer? i do a lot of work on an aeroplane actually, - you a good flyer? i do a lot of work on an aeroplane actually, i - you a good flyer? i do a lot of work on an aeroplane actually, i do - you a good flyer? i do a lot of work on an aeroplane actually, i do a - you a good flyer? i do a lot of work on an aeroplane actually, i do a lotl
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on an aeroplane actually, i do a lot of writing. on an aeroplane actually, i do a lot of writina. , ., ., , ., of writing. the question was, are ou a of writing. the question was, are you a nervous — of writing. the question was, are you a nervous flyer? _ of writing. the question was, are you a nervous flyer? this - of writing. the question was, are you a nervous flyer? this plays i of writing. the question was, are i you a nervous flyer? this plays into the whole thing. we are not going to give too much of the plot away. there are people on board and stuff happens. there are people on board and stuff ha ens. , there are people on board and stuff happens-- lt — there are people on board and stuff happens. yes. it will play into eo - le's happens. yes. it will play into people's mines, _ happens. yes. it will play into people's mines, new - happens. jazz it will play into people's mines, new kind of happens. is; it will play into people's mines, new kind of look at people's mines, new kind of look at people and go, oh, do you do that kind of thing? the people and go, oh, do you do that kind of thing?— people and go, oh, do you do that kind of thing? the thing about this show is matthew _ kind of thing? the thing about this show is matthew nolan _ kind of thing? the thing about this show is matthew nolan gets - kind of thing? the thing about this . show is matthew nolan gets arrested. the doctor that you play. he is bein: the doctor that you play. he is being repatriated _ the doctor that you play. he is being repatriated to _ the doctor that you play. he is being repatriated to china - the doctor that you play. he: 3 being repatriated to china accused of killing a chinese national, being accompanied by a detective and is to. when they get on the plain terrible things start to happen and he realises he is at the centre of a terrible international conspiracy chaos. . terrible international conspiracy chaos. , , ., . terrible international conspiracy chaos. , . , ., chaos. there is so much tension there. chaos. there is so much tension there- going _ chaos. there is so much tension there. going back— chaos. there is so much tension there. going back to _ chaos. there is so much tension there. going back to you - chaos. there is so much tension there. going back to you on - chaos. there is so much tension there. going back to you on a i there. going back to you on a flight, there is this thing, people are scared of flying, or people say they are scared of flying, if you watch this, is this going to exacerbate those fears, or is it
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going to put them at a the face. the first fli . ht i going to put them at a the face. iie: first flight i did going to put them at a the face. i“ie: first flight i did after filming i first flight i did afterfilming i did start looking around the plane, going parts of this aeroplane, the architecture of the plane that i didn't know existed like the crew quarters downstairs which in our show turns into a kind of a morgue. so you are looking at the little bathrooms and the little holes people can crawl in and out of. there is this whole kind of labyrinth that happens on an aeroplane that i didn't have a clue about before.— aeroplane that i didn't have a clue about before. presumably, because ou have about before. presumably, because you have been _ about before. presumably, because you have been in _ about before. presumably, because you have been in a _ about before. presumably, because you have been in a lot— about before. presumably, because you have been in a lot of— about before. presumably, because you have been in a lot of big - you have been in a lot of big movies, including we mentioned before, the hobbit trilogy, and a new play, is it the king? the king ofthe new play, is it the king? the king of the dwarfs. _ new play, is it the king? the king of the dwarfs, thorin _ new play, is it the king? the king| of the dwarfs, thorin oakenshiled. when you fly out to new zealand, presumably you go first class? you no first or presumably you go first class? in go first or business, you have a comfortable seat. pare go first or business, you have a comfortable seat.— go first or business, you have a comfortable seat. are you on board with all the — comfortable seat. are you on board with all the other _ comfortable seat. are you on board with all the other stars? _ comfortable seat. are you on board with all the other stars? do - comfortable seat. are you on board with all the other stars? do you - comfortable seat. are you on board with all the other stars? do you go| with all the other stars? do you go as a group, everyone together? ila. as a group, everyone together? no, individually — as a group, everyone together? iifr, individually. although i came back on one insane flight from sydney with lady gaga on the flight and
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there was quite a lot of fuss about her? ~ , ., ,., there was quite a lot of fuss about her? . , there was quite a lot of fuss about her? ~ | her? were you in the same cabin? i was and i didn't _ her? were you in the same cabin? i was and i didn't have _ her? were you in the same cabin? i was and i didn't have a _ her? were you in the same cabin? i was and i didn't have a clue - her? were you in the same cabin? i was and i didn't have a clue she - her? were you in the same cabin? i | was and i didn't have a clue she was there. that was interesting. ihe there. that was interesting. he didn't go up to her? i _ there. that was interesting. he didn't go up to her? i didn't - there. that was interesting. hei didn't go up to her? i didn't but there was _ didn't go up to her? i didn't but there was a _ didn't go up to her? i didn't but there was a drama _ didn't go up to her? i didn't but there was a drama going - didn't go up to her? i didn't but there was a drama going on - didn't go up to her? i didn't but there was a drama going on in. didn't go up to her? i didn't but i there was a drama going on in the cabin. ,. , , ., , there was a drama going on in the cabin. ,. ,, ., , ., cabin. there were discussions going on and stuff? _ cabin. there were discussions going on and stuff? you _ cabin. there were discussions going on and stuff? you being _ cabin. there were discussions going on and stuff? you being an - cabin. there were discussions going on and stuff? you being an actor... | on and stuff? you being an actor... i'm thinking there is something wrong, there is something wrong with the plane and they have to divert. but it was all ok? and it's all safe and sound? yeah. one of thejoys about this drama is it has politics involved, as china and all that stuff. were you on a big kind of learning curve about all things political in relation to mi6 and politicians and all that stuff? yes. politicians and all that stuff? yes, and the cia- _ politicians and all that stuff? yes, and the cm. what _ politicians and all that stuff? yes, and the cm. what is _ politicians and all that stuff? isis and the cia. what is interesting and one of the things i love about the story as it begins to tread a familiar path but then takes a sharp swerve into an area which is unexpected. the bad guys are not the people that you expect. can i unexpected. the bad guys are not the people that you expect.— people that you expect. can i 'ust sa , this people that you expect. can i 'ust say. this i people that you expect. can i 'ust say, this scene we i people that you expect. can i 'ust say, this scene we are i
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people that you expect. can i 'ust say, this scene we are seeingh people that you expect. can i just i say, this scene we are seeing here, and i think we have both seen it, there is a frisking scene, because you are being checked.— there is a frisking scene, because l you are being checked.- is you are being checked. frisking! is that the word _ you are being checked. frisking! is that the word where _ you are being checked. frisking! is that the word where you _ you are being checked. frisking! is that the word where you are - you are being checked. frisking! is i that the word where you are checked. the body search. you have to strip off to do a full check of what is going on. are you comfortable with that kind of thing? mr; going on. are you comfortable with that kind of thing?— that kind of thing? my brother texted me _ that kind of thing? my brother texted me yesterday - that kind of thing? my brother texted me yesterday and - that kind of thing? my brother texted me yesterday and said | that kind of thing? my brother - texted me yesterday and said please tell me you don't take your clothes off again. i said there is a strip search. i looked at it in the script and thought ok, you need it for the story. it’s and thought ok, you need it for the sto . �* , ., . and thought ok, you need it for the sto . �*, ., ., story. it's not that bad can you keep your _ story. it's not that bad can you keep your pants _ story. it's not that bad can you keep your pants on. _ story. it's not that bad can you keep your pants on. you - story. it's not that bad can you keep your pants on. you keep| story. it's not that bad can you - keep your pants on. you keep your ants on. keep your pants on. you keep your pants on- as _ keep your pants on. you keep your pants on- as an — keep your pants on. you keep your pants on. as an actor _ keep your pants on. you keep your pants on. as an actor you - keep your pants on. you keep your i pants on. as an actor you presumably think of that — pants on. as an actor you presumably think of that a — pants on. as an actor you presumably think of that a bit, _ pants on. as an actor you presumably think of that a bit, it's _ pants on. as an actor you presumably think of that a bit, it'sjust _ think of that a bit, it's just presumably how it works relative to your character because you are a doctor. it your character because you are a doctor. . your character because you are a doctor. , ,., ., doctor. it is quite important because something - doctor. it is quite important because something is - doctor. it is quite important i because something is revealed in that search which plays into the long story. when it adds to the story it is useful.— long story. when it adds to the story it is useful. there is another scene, story it is useful. there is another scene. and _ story it is useful. there is another scene. and it's— story it is useful. there is another scene, and it's probably _ story it is useful. there is another scene, and it's probably going i story it is useful. there is another scene, and it's probably going to l story it is useful. there is another. scene, and it's probably going to be part of the trailer so we're not spoiling too much, where you stand up spoiling too much, where you stand up in the middle of the airport
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where everyone is waiting and you start asking everyone to film on their phones which is a really kind of modern take. this is it. can you explain this scene? i thought you would have had loads of extras in there but this isn't actually what happened. there but this isn't actually what ha ened. ., .,, ., , ., happened. no, there was a small u-rou happened. no, there was a small arou of happened. no, there was a small group of background _ happened. no, there was a small group of background artists i happened. no, there was a small group of background artistsjust l group of background artists just around me to make sure nobody kind of rugby tackled me to the floor, but yeah, we were filming in a live airport full of people. there were signs up saying filming was happening but you get one or two goes at it before people start to realise. normally you are filming something where you don't want people to spot you, whereas this was a very different. he needed people's attention and i do think some people put that seen on tiktok that night saying there was a man being arrested and i think it is richard armitage, for crimes against acting! almost like art imitating life imitating art etc. it almost like art imitating life imitating art etc.— imitating art etc. it is very nerve-racking, _ imitating art etc. it is very nerve-racking, my - imitating art etc. it is very nerve-racking, my heart l imitating art etc. it is very i nerve-racking, my heart was imitating art etc. it is very _ nerve-racking, my heart was thumping nerve—racking, my heart was thumping out of my chest. you nerve-racking, my heart was thumping out of my chest-— out of my chest. you also have to worry that — out of my chest. you also have to worry that if _ out of my chest. you also have to worry that if you _ out of my chest. you also have to worry that if you really _ out of my chest. you also have to worry that if you really worry i worry that if you really worry someone there that really takes it
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seriously. someone there that really takes it seriousl . . someone there that really takes it seriousl . , , ., ., someone there that really takes it seriousl . , ., ., , seriously. yes, you have to be quite mindful of not _ seriously. yes, you have to be quite mindful of not traumatising - seriously. yes, you have to be quite mindful of not traumatising the i mindful of not traumatising the general public. you mindful of not traumatising the general public.— mindful of not traumatising the reneral ublic. ., ., general public. you said you do your writin: on general public. you said you do your writing on the _ general public. you said you do your writing on the plane. _ general public. you said you do your writing on the plane. you _ general public. you said you do your writing on the plane. you are - writing on the plane. you are writing on the plane. you are writing at the moment. as one of your books been turned into a drama? yes, the first book that was released on audio and print last year has been optioned to be turned into a tv drama. bo. year has been optioned to be turned into a tv drama.— into a tv drama. so, as an actor, havin: into a tv drama. so, as an actor, having played _ into a tv drama. so, as an actor, having played many _ into a tv drama. so, as an actor, having played many a _ into a tv drama. so, as an actor, having played many a leading i into a tv drama. so, as an actor, i having played many a leading role, are you going to put yourself up for it? i are you going to put yourself up for it? ,. are you going to put yourself up for it? 4' ., ~ , are you going to put yourself up for it? ~ ., ~ , ., ., it? i think it takes quite a long time for these _ it? i think it takes quite a long time for these things - it? i think it takes quite a long time for these things to - it? i think it takes quite a long l time for these things to happen it? i think it takes quite a long i time for these things to happen so i might well be too old to be in my own thing. might well be too old to be in my own thing-— own thing. how long are you expecting — own thing. how long are you expecting it _ own thing. how long are you expecting it to _ own thing. how long are you expecting it to take? - own thing. how long are you expecting it to take? it i own thing. how long are you expecting it to take? it can i own thing. how long are you i expecting it to take? it can take five to ten _ expecting it to take? it can take five to ten years. _ expecting it to take? it can take five to ten years. i _ expecting it to take? it can take five to ten years. i might - expecting it to take? it can take five to ten years. i might be i five to ten years. i might be retired by then.— retired by then. that's nice! you are saying _ retired by then. that's nice! you are saying about - retired by then. that's nice! you are saying about being | you are saying about being recognised in that clip, do people recognised in that clip, do people recognise you from your role in the hobbit? ., recognise you from your role in the hobbit? ho. that never happens? they hobbit? iifu that never happens? they say, you look kind of familiar, can't quite place?— say, you look kind of familiar, can't quite place? there were so much prosthetic _ can't quite place? there were so much prosthetic and _ can't quite place? there were so much prosthetic and weak, i can't quite place? there were so much prosthetic and weak, and l much prosthetic and weak, and obviously he is a little chap.
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shorter in stature, clearly. ithink they recognise — shorter in stature, clearly. ithink they recognise my _ shorter in stature, clearly. ithink they recognise my voice - shorter in stature, clearly. ithink they recognise my voice probably| they recognise my voice probably more than my face.— they recognise my voice probably more than my face. happy memories lookin: more than my face. happy memories looking back — more than my face. happy memories looking back at _ more than my face. happy memories looking back at that? _ more than my face. happy memories looking back at that? incredible, i looking back at that? incredible, life changing- — looking back at that? incredible, life changing. i _ looking back at that? incredible, life changing. i never _ looking back at that? incredible, life changing. i never thought i life changing. i never thought somebody like me from where i came from would get to be in such a huge feature. ., ., ., , ., from would get to be in such a huge feature-— six - from would get to be in such a huge feature._ six feet l feature. how tall are you? six feet and three inches. _ feature. how tall are you? six feet and three inches. in _ feature. how tall are you? six feet and three inches. in these - feature. how tall are you? six feet and three inches. in these scenesl and three inches. in these scenes where you — and three inches. in these scenes where you are — and three inches. in these scenes where you are supposed - and three inches. in these scenes where you are supposed to - and three inches. in these scenes where you are supposed to be i and three inches. in these scenes - where you are supposed to be small, how did that work? just very clever angles? how did that work? just very clever an . les? , how did that work? just very clever anales? , a, , a, , a, angles? they actually made us a wider and bigger _ angles? they actually made us a wider and bigger so _ angles? they actually made us a wider and bigger so that - angles? they actually made us a wider and bigger so that when i angles? they actually made us a| wider and bigger so that when we were shrunk we didn't look like children, we looked like a different kind of race of being because dwarves are a specific race. it was interesting, lots of cgi. dwarves are a specific race. it was interesting, lots of (gi.— interesting, lots of cgi. lovely to see here this _ interesting, lots of cgi. lovely to see here this morning. _ interesting, lots of cgi. lovely to see here this morning. thank- interesting, lots of cgi. lovely to | see here this morning. thank you interesting, lots of cgi. lovely to i see here this morning. thank you so much, enjoy your next flight. and this causes you problems next time you fly, it might, what can you say? that's drama for you.— that's drama for you. yeah, we are in safe hands. _ that's drama for you. yeah, we are in safe hands, that's _ that's drama for you. yeah, we are in safe hands, that's all _ that's drama for you. yeah, we are in safe hands, that's all i _ that's drama for you. yeah, we are in safe hands, that's all i know. - you can see red eye tomorrow on itv1 at 9pm.
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we will be back with a headline shortly. live from london. this is bbc news iran responds to friday's attack — the country's foreign minister described the weapons used as more like children's toys, rather than drones. a multi—billion dollar ukraine aid bill moves one step closer to passing in the us congress. a man dies after setting himself on fire outside the court in new york, where donald trump's hush—money trial is taking place. the world's largest digital astronomy camera is now complete — we take a look at why scientists are excited. and we visit manchester's new venue, co—op live —
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which is set to become the biggest indoor arena in the uk. hello, i'm nicky schiller. we start this hour with the tensions in the middle east. iran's foreign minister has downplayed israel's involvement in the recent attack on his country describing the weapons used as more like children's toys, rather than drones. hossein amir—abdulahearn made the comments in an interview with us media. he said israeli micro—drones used in the operation had caused no deaths or damage, and dismissed it as a "desperate attempt" by israel to "make a victory out of their repeated defeats". he said iran would respond at the 'maximum level�* if israel acts against its interests. tehran�*s muted response to friday morning's events has raised hopes that tensions between the countries
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