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Giving vr a good kicking. And, going up . Err, sideways. This month marks the 25th Anniversary of the Self Checkout. The first one was installed in new york on august five, 1992, in price chopper. So, what does its inventor, doctor howard schneider, remember of it all . I hadnt gone shopping much, so i went to the supermarket near my house with a stopwatch, and i started looking at people checking out, and my stopwatch went click, click it was a mechanical one. And, you know, i said well, what a...

Around here. Its not completely dry. We have showers moving across scotla nd dry. We have showers moving across scotland an theyve settled in gcioss scotland an theyve settled in across Northern England and parts of wales as well. Towards the south and east, largely dry with sunshine. A decent end to the day likely. Towards the latter part of the afternoon, still a few showers around but not so for the south west of england, nor indeed for the south east. Should be turning sunnier. A lot of the ...

Giving vr a good kicking. And, going up . Err, sideways. This month marks the 25th Anniversary of the Self Checkout. The first one was installed in new york on august five, 1992, in price chopper. So, what does its inventor, doctor howard schneider, remember of it all . I hadnt gone shopping much, so i went to the supermarket near my house with a stopwatch, and i started looking at people checking out, and my stopwatch went click, click it was a mechanical one. And, you know, i said well, what a...

Im shaun ley. In south africa, leadership confirmed. In kenya, leadership disputed. And as for north korea, is it kimjong un or donald trump who holds all the cards . With me to discuss this weeks displays of leadership are vincent magombe, director of the African Journalists network, africa inform international, Thomas Kielingerfrom germanys die welt, the sudanese writer nesrine malik, and the us born, london based Political Commentator ned temko. Fire and fury. If that wasnt enough, how about ...

Bbc sports centre. Stay. For sportsday. Hello there. Im olly foster at the london stadium, this is world athletics sportsday, and this is whats coming up on the programme. Its going to be a farewell for farah. His last race for a global gold. Will it the be a golden goodbye for bolt . Its the relay, then retirement. And, with six finals tonight, Katarina Johnson thompson gets a Second Chance to make it onto the podium. Im Lizzie Greenwood hughes. Also coming up in the programme. The defeated cha...

Warning for north korea from the us President Donald Trump says it will regret it fast if it threatens america or its allies. Meanwhile, the president has also sent a tweet asking americans to unite against hate following violent clashes in the run up to a far right rally in virginia. The authorities have also confirmed that several people at the demonstration were injured after being hit by a car. Police have arrested a 27 year old man on suspicion of a double murder in golders green. A mother ...

A silver from the women and a bronze from men in the 400 metre relays bring the tally to six in the final moments of the world athletics championship. Good morning. We are talking about Family Run Businesses this week. They are on the increase. There are nearly five million Family Run Businesses in the uk contributing nearly half a trillion pounds to the british economy. And 50 years after pirate radio ships were outlawed, we look back at how they changed the sound of music radio. And carol has ...

We have no tolerance for hate and violence from White Supremacists, neo nazis and the kkk. These dangerous Fringe Groups have no place in American Public life and the American Public debate and we condemn them in the strongest possible terms. And 70 years ago 200 years of British Colonial rule in india came to an end when the country was partitioned into pakistan and india Hundreds Of Thousands of people were killed as violence erupted on both sides. We will talk to two families about what it me...

In the past year. A charity says around 140,000 Vulnerable Children didnt receive help last year because their situation was not judged to be serious enough. Also, the sound of the underground. 50 years ago today, britains Pirate Radio Stations were outlawed. It led to the closure of stations which had gathered listeners by playing pp which had gathered listeners by playing pop music, rarely heard on the bbc at the time. Good morning. Its monday 14th august. Im rachel schofield. Welcome to bbc N...

Pakistan became independent from britain, we will speak to an indian Film Director. Welcome to Outside Source. Our top story. The red cross says more than 200 people have been killed with many more are missing after landslides in sierra leone. This happened on the outskirts of the capital, freetown, which has been hit by heavy rain in the last two days. It is understood the worst of the disaster happened in the full side region. Snatched video on a mobile phone shows a torrent of mud and water c...