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�* between 2013 and client's money between 2013 and 2019. the 67—year—old former police sergeant with the kent police was arrested in august 2019 and today pleaded guilty to five offences at sevenoaks magistrates�* court. the weather coming up in a moment, but before that... ..the reason why some of the nation�*s favourite breeds of dogs can�*t help but to pile on the pounds. scientists have found that a genetic mutation makes a quarter of all labradors and two thirds of flat—coated retrievers constantly hungry while burning fewer calories. this double—whammy effect means dog owners must pay special attention to keeping their pets slim. time for a look at the weather. here�*s chris fawkes. i will try not to make a dogs dinner of this. looking at the weather picture today, for the vast majority
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of the uk, dry conditions but the amount of cloud will vary. missed across the midlands is still hanging around. stilla across the midlands is still hanging around. still a lot of cloud but generally the best of the sunshine is across western areas. we have had some lovely sunny skies in west scotland, nairn in highland, next to this weather watcher. through the rest of the day, for the vast majority of uk it is dry. could see the odd spit of drizzle falling across the eastern slopes of the pennines and a vanishingly small chance of a shower elsewhere across england and wales but for the bulk it is just a england and wales but for the bulk it isjust a dry england and wales but for the bulk it is just a dry day. cold temperatures in birmingham, around six at the moment, not rising much past that. but 10—12 in the warmest spots possible today. overnight tonight, a lot of cloud feeding in from the north sea affecting east scotland and a good part of north—east england, probably some drizzle falling from that. clear spells and a few spaces will allow temperatures to dip down giving a nip of ruralfrost.
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temperatures to dip down giving a nip of rural frost. frost free from any stop low—pressure to the south—west, high pressure to the north—east on friday, those pushing together and it means friday will be more windy overall. the uk has only one named wind system, the helm wind, blowing across crossville and cumbria, high ground and gusts of a0 mph. the wind making it feel cooler and drizzle off the north sea where temperatures will be around seven, quite chilly. the weekend forecast, low pressure sending up outbreaks of rain from the south, so it�*s not raining all the time but the greatest chance of seeing some rain on saturday, probably northern ireland, wales and the southern counties of england. we will probably see quite persistent showers across the eastern hills of scotland, could be quite wet there as well. the best of the sunshine likely across the north west of scotland, northern ireland probably not faring too badly across north—western counties later in the
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day. sunday, rain at times. not raining all the time, the rain quite patchy in nature. the best of sunny spells across the north—west of the uk and quite a brisk wind making it feel a little on the chilly side with disappointing temperatures around these north sea coasts, 6-9 c. around these north sea coasts, 6—9 c. into next week, some days will stay dry and cloudy but rain at times with the greatest chance of seeing rain increasing as the week goes by. quite a end to next week. thanks, chris. and that�*s bbc news at one. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. now it�*s time to join our colleagues for the news where you are, goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday — i�*m gavin ramjaun. another batting collapse leaves england struggling in india. we look ahead to the last 16 of the europa league... mo salah is back to help
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liverpool in a busy few days. and a big challenge for anthony joshua. the big heavyweight showdown. hello there and welcome along to the programme. it�*s not gone to plan at all for england, in the fifth and final test against india in the serene setting of dharamshala. a batting collapse on the first day saw england — who chose to bat first — crumble to 218 all out, with india asserting themselves in their reply. andy swiss reports. it is one of sports most breathtaking backdrops. could england�*s batsmen keep their cool? at first they did, zach
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crawley with a fluent 79. jonny bairstow made a blistering start. but hundred and 75—3, the wheels came off. firstjonny bairstow, then joe root. then ben stokes. a five wicket haul, india were on top. for england, an all—too—familiar story. they lost their last seven wickets for a3 runs. as wasteful from them as it was wonderful from their opponents. three sixes and an over, as the hosts cruised beyond 100.
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shubman gill picked up where he left off. india ending the day in total control. england have a mountain to climb. india will resume tomorrow morning just 83 runs behind with nine wickets. the complaint was dismissed by red bull�*s board. the europa league last 16 ties
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get under way later — but news to mar the build up to brighton�*s tie in italy against roma. two brighton fans have been stabbed in rome, and were taken to hospital for non—life threatening injuries in the early hours today. liverpool�*s hopes of success in both domestic and european competition have been boosted by the return of mo salah. managerjurgen klopp revealed that the egyptian had trained for two days prior to the team travelling to prague and that salah will be involved in their round of 16 first leg clash. but he urged caution given liverpool�*s intense schedule — which includes hosting manchester city on sunday. so good that he is back. that is good for us. you can see he is happy. unlike the situation, being that long out, played incredible game at brentford, then was out again, that is how it is. we have to be careful. but we are in the middle of a super intense period of the
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season. now, let us see how long we can use him. in this case you need to be realistic. but we are really ambitious. we are going to work really hard to get the result in the two games and to qualify. west ham are the final british club in action tonight in the competition as they travel to freiburg. other ties to keep your eye include marseilles against villarreal and ac milan against slavia prague. sporting and atalanta
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drew 1—1 on wednesday. it�*s the best attended tennis event, outside of the grand slams, but the fans won�*t be seeing rafael nadal in action at indian wells because he has pulled out. he hasn�*t played since picking up a hip injury injanuary, and feels he�*s not ready for such a big event. andy murray is there — and is through to the second round. the 36—year—old beat belgian david goffin in straight sets. and up next, it�*s a big test against the fifth seed, russia�*s andrey rublev. scotland have made three changes to their starting line—up for saturday�*s six nations match away to italy. cameron redpath comes in at inside centre to replace the injured sione tuipulotu. he�*ll miss the rest of the tournament after limping off against england. george horne takes over from ben white at scrum—half. and andy christie comes in to the back row, instead of former captain jamie ritchie. and heavyweight boxing is back in saudi arabia — with britain�*s anthonyjoshua taking on former ufc champion francis ngannou in riyadh on friday. the 37—year—old french—cameroonian
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fighter, made his boxing debut against tyson fury four months ago and suffered a contentious split—decision loss, having earlier put down the wbc champion. an element of surprise perhaps forjoshua then, who comes into the fight after a straightforward victory over otto wallin back in december. he says he�*s prepared for what his opponent can bring. when i take on challenges i learn a lot about myself. it is all mental. physically i have been blessed and i am using it to my capability, mentally i have learned how to challenge myself, keeps me eating healthy, sleeping better, brings all that nature in me to compete. that�*s why i do it. i have got a lot to lose but it aligns with my dna. i am here. aligns with my dna. iam here. i have climbed
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aligns with my dna. i am here. i have climbed to the top of the _ i am here. i have climbed to the top of the mountain of combat sport mma, then crossed over. people said crossover _ then crossed over. people said crossover is impossible on paper. i proved _ crossover is impossible on paper. i proved them wrong. this is the story of my— proved them wrong. this is the story of my life _ proved them wrong. this is the story of my life so — proved them wrong. this is the story of my life. so many times i have proven— of my life. so many times i have proven the — of my life. so many times i have proven the people to be wrong every time _ time. you can get time. - you can get all time. — you can get all the latest sports news on the bbc sport app or from our website. people will on average be worse off at the end of this parliament that they were at the start of it. that�*s according to overnight analysis of the budget by the independent tax experts —
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the institute for fiscal studies. it also said debt showed no sign of falling and called into question whether the goverment would be able to implement the cuts in public spending required to meet its targets for the public finances. the prime miniser has been defending the budget, as labour says the government gave with one hand but took much more with the other. i think everyone recognizes the difficult times that we�*ve been through as a country over the past couple of years. we�*ve had the pandemic and the war in ukraine, both of which necessitated the government stepping in, rightly, to support people, families, businesses through those difficult times. and that�*s, of course, had an impact on things. and i think people will recognise that. but the direction of travel is now crystal clear. our plans are working because of the improvement in the economic environment, because of the fact we�*ve been able to get inflation down from 11% to a%. mortgage rates, energy bills falling, wages rising. we�*ve been able to start cutting people�*s taxes responsibly. and the two tax cuts that have been announced at the end of last year and just now mean a tax cut worth around £900 for an average person in work earning 35 k.
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half of it kicked in in january, the other half in a few weeks in april. and that shows that our plans are working. i believe in a society where hard work is rewarded. we�*re delivering that for people, and they can see that the change we�*re talking about is starting to happen. and if we stick to the plan, we can make sure that everyone has peace of mind, that there�*s a brighter future for them and their family, and we can all have a renewed sense of pride in the country. but it�*s the highest tax burden in 70 years. are you comfortable with that tax burden? you know, unfortunately, the country�*s been through, you know, hopefully, once—in—a—century type events with a pandemic and a war in ukraine. and the government stepped in with an extraordinary amount of support for the nhs, for the vaccine roll—out, furlough, help with people�*s energy bills. those were the right things to do at the time. but now, because the situation has improved, because our plan is working, we�*ve got inflation down from 11% to a%, wages have been rising faster than prices for several months, energy bills are coming down, we�*ve been able to cut people�*s taxes responsibly. so everyone in work
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and self—employed seeing a tax cut worth around £900 for an average person in work on 35 k. half of that�*s already kicked in injanuary, the other half in a few weeks in april. it shows that our plan is working. i want a country where hard work is rewarded and if we stick to this plan, people can have peace of mind that there�*s a brighter future ahead. and on national insurance, you released a video yesterday on the budget implying a longer—term plan to scrap national insurance altogether. the former chancellor has come and said that that was an important contribution in principle. do you agree? and if you scrap it, how will you fund it? so i believe in a simpler, fairer tax system. and at the moment, we do have something that�*s overly complex. everyone in work is paying tax twice, once in income tax, once in national insurance. that�*s unnecessarily complicated because all that money ultimately goes into the same pot to fund the same public services. but it�*s also unfair because it�*s not right that people in work face this double taxation compared to everything else.
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so, my ultimate long—term ambition is to end that unfairness. and if we stick to our plan, we�*ll be able to make good progress towards that goal in the next parliament. we�*ve already showed that we mean business with cutting national insurance by a third injust six months, delivering a £900 tax cut. and as i said, if we stick with our plan, we�*ll be able to make good progress towards our long—term goal of ending that unfairness entirely over the next parliament. how will you fund it? i said what people can see from me and i think they trust me on these things, is that i will always do this responsibly. we funded our current tax cuts responsibly. borrowing has not increased. we�*re still on track to meet our fiscal rules that have our debt falling. we�*ve also made sure that we keep investing in our public services, especially the nhs, which received more funding yesterday, which was welcomed by the nhs ceo. and that�*s what you get when you stick to a plan. we can invest in the nhs, we can cut people�*s taxes, and we can continue to have our debt on a falling trajectory that shows that our plan is working. it�*s the right plan, and if we stick with it, we really can give everyone
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the peace of mind that there�*s

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