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In britain in the past two years. Maria murray is the associate director of prevention and comunity engagement at the dogs trust and she explained to me just what sort of dog this is. Its very difficult to define what an xl bully is its not a breed that is recognised by the kennel club, so we have bull breeds of all descriptions coming through, but to actually define an xl bully is incredibly difficult. What do you make to the cause for this breed to be banned . I mean, the latest video that has gone viral around the globe is a really shocking image of a dog chasing after a girl, and two men who had tried to protect her. It is a terrifying video, i am a mother of a young daughter myself, so watching that was terrifying, and we absolutely agree that something needs to be done to protect the public. However, we feel that an all out ban on one particular breed is not the way forward. We have legislation such as that at the moment, it is not working, and to add more breeds to the list, whi ....
Sportsday, damaging allegations in paralympic sport. Athletes are being threatened with not being selected if they cheat the classification system. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The government is looking at tightening the rules around the most addictive types of gambling in betting shops and online. Its launching a 12 week consultation which will look at whether the maximum stakes for fixed odds betting terminals should be reduced. Currently you can bet up to £100 every 20 seconds. Ministers are looking at whether that should be reduced to £2. The review is also looking at how to protect players against the explosive growth of Online Gambling fuelled by smartphones. Its now believed almost a quarter of gamblers online are at risk of addiction. And new guidelines on gambling advertising will be drawn up, over concerns children are often being targeted. 0ur media editor amol rajan has this report. Its an indust ....
Lenin thinking about you, taking care of you, or just watching you. Get in touch with us using the hashtag beyond one hundred days hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. Donald trump today wants to talk about tax reform, his asia trip, Hillary Clinton and even the white houses halloween decorations, but american journalists, prosecutors and lawmakers are all consumed with the dramatic developments in the russia investigation. No amount of candy is going to change that. Meanwhile on capitol hill, the three Big Tech Companies are being hauled in to answer questions about their unwitting involvement in moscows bid to meddle in the 2016 election. In detailed disclosures sent to congress on monday, facebook revealed the Inte ....
On the rise in england and wales, though the number of people being charged is falling. There were four men on bikes, they went onto the pavement, we saw them come here, and within seconds theyve taken this mans bike. My bike and my phone. And from a burnt out wreck seven years ago, to the winner of the stirling prize for architecture, tonight the new hastings pier. Later in the hour, we will have sportsday on the bbc news channel with all the latest reports, results, interviews and features from the bbc news sportscenter. Good evening. Eight people have been killed and a dozen injured in new york in what police there are describing as a terror attack. It took place in lower manhattan, when a truck drove at speed down a pedestrian and bike path near a school. The truck hit cyclists and people on foot, before crashing into a school bus injuring children inside. The driver then got out carrying two handguns and was shot by the police. Hes been taken into custody, and is described by auth ....
Presence and persistence and devotion to this very worthy and necessary and urgent, and i would say even medicinal, organization. At the beginning of this year, in january, United States lost one of its most innovative and exciting writers, baracka. Twice winner of the american book award, who is a strong supporter of the before Columbus Foundation. In fact, his last appearance here in San Francisco was at a fundraiser at yossis, not far from here to raise money for the before Columbus Foundation. So, in our embrace, of the arc and an panorama of american art and history i want to dedicate my portion of the program to the memory of a poet and writer, ameri baraka. We have quite a harvest this afternoon. And were honored by the presence of many of the most fe ....