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Possibly. more sport throughout the programme, of course, this morning, from wembley and the weather coming up as well. growing up in blackpool, kirsty mckell lived for dancing. but at the age of 15, she was raped by elvis impersonator clayton mark sandlin while performing in a summer show. 20 years on, she took her abuser to court, helped by evidence in teenage diaries kept by her friend. last week, sandlin was jailed for eight years. kirsty has waived her right to anonymity to encourage other ...

Now, she has given up her legal protection of anonymity to speak out publicly to help others shamed into silence. there is so much shame attached to sexual assault. there is shame attached with being a sexual assault victim. that i want to remove that. and shame grows in the shadows. i want to bring light to the victims. i want to encourage other women to come forward. in the summer of 2002, kirsty and hannah were in a blackpool dance troupe performing in the legends tribute show on central pier...

Prepared plan to solve the social care crisis. but almost two years have passed, and still, there is no plan insight. indeed, the minister has just said today that they are still working on a plan. so, minister, whats the holdup, who is obstructing the prime minister, or was he simply misleading the nation as usual? weve had a pandemic. its been an unprecedented challenge for our country, for our government, and our social care system. in fact, all those working on social care within the departm...

Imported and they might go off when all their exley doing is flying between the two countries and often not hanging around for very long. yes, absolutely. although to be honest, ifind this yes, absolutely. although to be honest, i find this story pretty confusing. it seems to battle over the place, i cannot work out whether this is a result of the tradition period being extended, at 1.1 thought it was brexit —— at 1.1 thought it was brexit —— at 1.1 thought we should be dropping with was...

So they are not in the centre spending money in the shops and cafes as they once were. and the centre for cities says that if this trend continues into the autumn, then our big cities will see an even bigger economic hit. smaller and medium—sized city centres have a much more local catchment area, so traditionally, where they are pulling their customers from is very much within a very local distance. and the second thing, particularly with seaside towns, is that it appears that we are seeing a...

Seaside resorts are bouncing back faster than big cities when it comes to in—shop spending — thats according to new research by the think—tank, centre for cities. it suggests large urban centres are still struggling to attract shoppers, partly due to office employees continuing to work from home. our business correspondent, katie prescott, has this report. remember this? beaches in the uk a few weeks ago and, whilst the heatwave may be over for now, the warmth has stayed in the economies o...

Our business correspondent, katie prescott, has this report. remember this? beaches in the uk a few weeks ago and, whilst the heatwave may be over for now, the warmth has stayed in the economies of seaside towns. they have seen a bigger bounce back in the number of visitors than in any other part of the country. in the last weekend of may, blackpool saw its numbers up 147%. southend 134%. bournemouth 127% and brighton 119%. boosted by weekend visitors to the beach. but in our major cities, like ...

But labour says the drop should be reversed within a year. seaside resorts are bouncing back faster than big cities when it comes to in—shop spending — thats according to new research by the think—tank centre for cities. it suggests large urban centres are still struggling to attract shoppers, partly due to office employees continuing to work from home. our business correspondent, katie prescott, has this report. remember this? beaches in the uk a few weeks ago and, whilst the heatwave may...

And are seeing people going back to seaside towns such as blackpool and brighton and bournemouth and taking advantage of both the good weather, but of course also the restrictions in terms of not being able to go abroad. so while the seaside towns might start to suffer if the travel restrictions and the weather turns, for now, the sun is shining in theirfavour. katie prescott, bbc news. six major world powers are meeting with iran in vienna today to discuss how to restore the international deal ...

I wanted to just go back. that was the main focus for my rehab, building up to be a mother again. youve got a smile on your face when you talk about him. he turned three while i was in here so i did miss this birthday but it was so good. i was listening to them sing happy birthday, it was brilliant. intense rehab helps her learn to walk again and to make herself cups of tea. 100 days to make a cup of tea, such an achievement that day because i had actually done something for myself. so it was ni...