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of 25 years. anderson a minimum term of 25 years. anderson was sentenced to 18 months for affray and this case has just happened with the court sentencing and this was in relation to footballer cody fisher who was stabbed to death by a masked man at a nightclub in birmingham in december, boxing day, december2022. we will bring you much more on that as soon as we can. we are going to turn to sport now. breaking news on everton. lizzy has got all the latest. everton have been deducted two points for a second breach of the premier league's profit and sustainability rules. it's their second points deduction this season and leaves them 16th in the table, two points above the relegation zone. well let's go live to our correspondent laura scott and laura, clearly two points isn't good but it could have been so much worse for everton couldn't it?
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so what now for everton? exactly. if you read the written reasons, the independent commission had published. it seems that the premier league wanted this to be a five point deduction. we know that already everton had been docked stick six points this season. that was down from ten after a successful appeal but, yes, the grand scheme of things, perhaps two points doesn't seem that significant. however, the fact that everton have lost eight points overall this season because of breaching the premier league sustainability was, their survival is now in jeopardy. sustainability was, their survival is now injeopardy. there is a drop them from 15th to 16th. they now two points in the relegation zone. it just goes to show that three points that they got on the weekend against burnley, theirfirst that they got on the weekend against burnley, their first win that they got on the weekend against burnley, theirfirst win in 1a premier league games, looks incredibly important. but, yes, i mean, we have heard from everton in
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a statement that they put forward a number of mitigating factors. including the war in ukraine, which we never affected a sponsorship deal. they also said that their cooperation and early admission should have counted in their favour. they are pleased that the commission listened to those mitigating factors but they have said that they are going to appeal and they have also said, in their statement, that they are extremely concerned by the inconsistency of different missions and respects our points deduction is applied. now, we know that the premier league feel that any breach of these rules sporting sanction but you have seen over the course of the season with nottingham forest as well breaching these rules, that there have been a number of different points deductions applied and this will be frustrating not just for these clubs but the fans as well. it is leading to a pretty chaotic picture as the premier league season comes to an end. thank ou ve league season comes to an end. thank you very much — league season comes to an end. thank you very much for _ league season comes to an end. thank you very much for that _ league season comes to an end. thank you very much for that update - league season comes to an end. thank you very much for that update on - you very much for that update on today's breaking news that everton will have two points deducted for
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breaching those financial laws. the champions league returns tomorrow night for the quarter—final stages. the current holders manchester city and the 14—time winners real madrid meet again, the first leg at the bernabeu. a little under 12 months ago, pep guardiola's men beat real 5—1 over the two games to storm into the final although the scores had been level after the spanish leg. but manchesrer city are on a run of 10 consecutive wins in the champions league, only bayern munich have ever enjoyed a longer winning run in the competition. they had asked for the game to be postponed because they have a europa conference league match on greece on thursday. it was rejected and after fielding a youth team to preserve their top players, one minute and 41 seconds and those players left the pitch and the match was abandoned.
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golf's first major of the year, the masters starts on thursday. it's the first time this year that all the world's best golfers will compete together, because of course, many of them now play on the liv tour, including the reigning masters champion, john rahm who made the move in december is looking forward to defending his augusta title and although he understands his defection made a huge impact, the spaniard believes there is hope the two sides can come to an agreement. ididn't i didn't get the criticism a lot of people are dead and, you know, now the pga tour board have had a meeting. there is definitely some discussions and if anything were closer to some type of unification than ever. closer to some type of unification than ever. that's the sport. the post office minister has said people responsible for the horizon it scandal should go to jail if there is evidence of wrongdoing. the public inquiry into the scandal will resume this week, with senior post office bosses among those called to give evidence. more than 900 sub—postmasters were wrongly prosecuted between 1999
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and 2015 because of supposed losses flagged by the faulty horizon it system used in its branches. and 2015 because of supposed losses flagged by the faulty horizon it system used in its branches. aruna iyengar has this report. fenny compton this morning. very strong feeling in the community. 60 postmasters reconvened there today to take stock of where they are and grill kevin hollinrake, the post office minister. well, can i first say sorry for everybody in this room and for the thousands of people around the country? right at the back, who's there? there were questions about why compensation was taking so long. we still suffer, because all these people in this room are still- suffering as victims - and are not survivors yet. kevin hollinrake agreed the government hadn't been compensating people quickly enough. he also went further. people should be prosecuted. that's my view, and i think you and other people i've spoken to,
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i certainly feel, people who were within the post office and possibly further afield, should go to jail. it's been a long road. the first campaign meeting was here in 2009. eight years later, alan bates took legal action against the post office and won compensation. but much of this was eaten up in legal fees. the secret 2017 bramble report uncovered by the bbc said that fujitsu employees had the ability to amend or delete transactions entered by post office branch staff. this information wasn't revealed to postmasters during their civil case. in 2021, the court of appeal quashed the convictions of 39 subpostmasters. the year after, the public inquiry began hearing evidence. and i come from a heritage of postmasters... - for vipin patel, who was wrongly prosecuted for shortfalls in excess of £75,000 at his branch
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in oxfordshire, compensation is coming too late. for us, the life is slipping away. i've spent now 37 years - in post office, including my 13 years after convictions, so it feels like the - life has been wasted. the next phase of the public inquiry, which starts tomorrow, will look at who knew what at the top. arun iyengar, bbc news. her talent was indisputable. now, the life and music of amy winehouse are the subject of a new film, back to black. it follows her journey to becoming a star, as well as her later struggles with addiction. before this evening's premiere, our culture correspondent, charlotte gallagher, sat down with the film's director and its star. # they tried to make me go to rehab, but i said, "no, no, no" #. amy winehouse, a music legend. # ..this, me: "yeah, baby, and the rest" #.
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# they tried to make me go to rehab, but i said...#. now a new film is telling her story. i was so excited by the idea of, you know, playing and getting in touch with amy the girl, and then amy the singer, and as well as, like, you know, the woman before the icon. i don't write songs to be famous. i write songs because... i don't know what i'd do if i didn't. a big part of the film is amy's troubled relationship with blake fielder—civil. i set out to make the film, like i said, through her perspective, so her love of him, you know, had to be palpable. it had to feel real, and we had to understand why she fell in love with him. and so it wasn't about making a sort of one—dimensional villain. we had to fall in love with him
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to understand why she wrote one of the greatest albums about their love. and and for me, really, the villains of the film, you know, it's addiction and paparazzi. guys... come, please. do you think now, obviously, what amy went through, what britney spears went through, that maybe we've moved on a bit as a society, that people wouldn't be persecuted, essentially, like that? i don't know, recent news may say different. i felt like we maybe had evolved to this place of maybe that wouldn't happen now, but it feels like it is happening now. # we only said goodbye with words...#. what do you think she'd make of the film? i feel like, hopefully, she'd feel proud of it and us. and of herself, too. i hope that she would watch it and feel like, you know, proud of everything that she created. # ..and i go back to black #.
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we will be injerusalem in a few minutes. benjamin netanyahu coming under pressure from within his coalition government not to abandon plans for an assault on martha. all the latest hello, it is of another fairly mild day out there and some of us have seen the spring sunshine but not everyone because low pressure is not far away, moving its way from west to east. over the next few days at low pressure remains close by. unsettled weather, blustery, rain around at times and turning cooler than it has been. here is the area of low pressure pushing towards the south—west of the uk, a couple of weather fronts with us and generally a lot of cloud. for the rest of the day outbreaks of rain for some, especially heavy in northern ireland, the south—west of scotland, the south—west of england.
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a few showers elsewhere for northern and western areas. the south—east, 17, 18 degrees and sunshine across the north of scotland. into the evening hours, if you are hoping to get a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse, your best bet would be across the north west of scotland, towards western isles. for most of us it will be cloudy and wet. rain continues through this evening and tonight, becoming physically heavy for parts of southern and eastern scotland as well. a reasonably mild night with temperatures between seven to 9 degrees. tuesday we start with a lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain and windy day for most, vertically down towards the south—west. rain can be heavy particularly for southern scotland. the risk of flooding and wins will be a real feature. gusting up to a0 miles an hour in land 65 miles an hour down towards the south—west. a blustery, cooler day.
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eight to 12 degrees but when you add on the wind it will feel colder than that. we have also got a cold air mass, so the blue colour is back with us. a chilly night because we have the ridge of high pressure before the next frontal system arrives on wednesday. a touch of frost vertically towards the east. another breezy day wednesday with outbreaks of rain pushing eastwards. heaviest across the north of the uk. temperatures where they should be for the time of year, perhaps a little below. ten to 15 degrees. then things warm up in the south, 20 degrees or even higher for saturday and friday. it stays unsettled in the north west. goodbye.
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and friday. it stays unsettled in
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the north west. goodbye. this is bbc news, live from jerusalem with me lyce doucet. and i'm matthew amroliwala in london with today's verified live. palestinians return to their homes in khan younis as israeli troops leave the city and say almost nothing is left. new hope in gaza's ceasefire talks. we speak to the un's foreign policy chief. that interview is coming up
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in a moment or two from brussels. in today's the other main headlines... donald trump says us states should decide abortion rights — rejecting a national ban before november's presidential election. the un's atomic watchdog warns a new drone attack on ukraine's zaporizhzhia power plant raises the risk of a major nuclear accident. and millions gear up for a total solar eclipse, which will plunge parts of north america into darkness. we'll be live in texas. palestinians who've gone back to the wrecked city of khan younis — have spoken to the bbc of returning to widespread destruction. israel's military revealed on sunday, it was reducing its numbers of soldiers from southern gaza, leaving just one brigade in the area.
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the israeli military has stressed though a �*significant force' would remain in gaza.

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