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wild. that is not something that is currently done by other telescopes and taking that many pictures in addition to having a view of more of the sky and in addition to being able to see really far is a powerful combination of being able to connect a lot of data and i like to think about as if you are looking for a needle in a haystack which is what you are doing when you are trying to point something in space, the more haystacks you have, the more likely you are to find some needle so we are putting together1 million haystacks and we are really confident there will be some pretty fun needles in there! the biggest indoor arena in the uk has its final test event today before officially opening next week. co—0p live in manchester has a capacity of 23,000, 500 more than the previous record holder, manchester arena. harry styles has invested in the development and advised on elements of the arena's design. rick astley will put the venue through its paces this evening. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson has been watching the final preparations.

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the new co—op live in manchester with a capacity of 23,500 is the biggest indoor venue in britain. and as you can see, the finishing touches are still being put in place, which is why i have to dress as one of the village people. to show us round, tim leiweke the boss of oak view music group who raised £365 million in private finance to get it built. we have about 1,600 workers on site today. we could get almost 10,000 people on this floor. if you yell, go ahead and give it a yell. 0oh! no, echo. this is my favourite room that no—one ever gets to see. these are all going out to the largest bar in the uk. this is all beer? this is all beer. we're heading to the stage. so the artist comes out of their dressing room, does their prayer...

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stage type. laughter. i can see you doing a stage dive there. exactly! thanks so much. you can read more about that on the bbc news website and app. it looks like a great venue. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. many parts of the uk had lengthy spells of sunshine on friday but there were some shower surround. the remains of some of the summer clouds on wolverhampton gave this fine end to the day and the majority of the trevor clerk through friday afternoon was associated with a stripe of cloud you see here, this was an old cold front and the significance is colder air is behind that and as we go through the next few hours, that will push on across much of the uk, milder air

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there is a voluntary scheme that some high—street banks, most high street banks sign up to, but the new regulations will be obligatory. they will cover nearly every single payment made in the uk. so much more protection for customers. they won't cover transactions that are foreign or going overseas, international transactions, and will not cover transactions, and will not cover transactions that involve cryptocurrency. there will be a limit on how much people can get refunded, £1i15,000. the amount to be reimbursed will be split between firms 50—50. 50% of a refund will come from the sending firm or the sending bank and 50% of the refund will come from the receiving bank. but that is a really, really big step forward from where we are at the moment and the regulator told me they want what they called an equivalence of service will stop what that means is they want all victims to be treated the same regardless of where they keep their money. so big news for consumers, far more protections because these

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the right speed for the road? but of course any changes to the guidance will inevitably lead to further questions about the way this policy was introduced in the first place back in september, and may well be met by opposition from road safety campaigners who are urging ken skates to hold his nerve and keep the policy as it is. that was cemlyn davies reporting. staying here in the uk, a financial watchdog is warning firms they must have their houses in order before new regulations aimed at protecting victims of fraud come into force in october. the payment systems regulator says traditional high street banks have made significant steps in refunding victims in recent years, but smaller, online—based money transfer services — or so—called electronic money institutions — still have a long way to go to catch up. let's speak to dan whitworth, from radio 4's money box programme,

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much greater israeli military operations in southern gaza and we saw some of that last night with reports of several civilians being killed. . ., ., , ., ., killed. the humanitarian situation in gaza is not _ killed. the humanitarian situation in gaza is not improving? - killed. the humanitarian situation in gaza is not improving? no, - killed. the humanitarian situation | in gaza is not improving? no, that is one reason _ in gaza is not improving? no, that is one reason and _ in gaza is not improving? no, that is one reason and perhaps - in gaza is not improving? no, that is one reason and perhaps the - in gaza is not improving? no, that. is one reason and perhaps the main reason for the american and british warnings to israel because they know a full—scale military operation in rafa where there are more than i million internal refugees, it will lead to further displacement and hardship and humanitarian crisis and there is already a humanitarian crisis in gaza, people dying from injuries because they cannot get the right medical intervention, dying from hunger. more food and eight is getting through, america acknowledges that and there was a development with the world food programme saying it would get involved with some american pair building to bring in eight so there is positive news on a getting in but

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idea of small music clubs of the old days but on— idea of small music clubs of the old days but on a massive scale and on top of— days but on a massive scale and on top of that— days but on a massive scale and on top of that we've got this incredible treatment, four layers of it and _ incredible treatment, four layers of it and there is panelling around the walls. _ it and there is panelling around the walls, slacker radio studio. what surrised walls, slacker radio studio. what surprised me _ walls, slacker radio studio. what surprised me this _ walls, slacker radio studio. what surprised me this is _ walls, slacker radio studio. what surprised me this is 23 _ walls, slacker radio studio. what surprised me this is 23 and - walls, slacker radio studio. what surprised me this is 23 and a - walls, slacker radio studio. “iii"isgt surprised me this is 23 and a half thousand people, the biggest in the uk but it feels intimate and you look up the seats, 23 metres closer to the stage than in comparable arenas around the country? the architect has _ arenas around the country? the architect has done an incredible job and the _ architect has done an incredible job and the floor is a lot wider, traditionally arenas in the 90s were both in_ traditionally arenas in the 90s were both in ice — traditionally arenas in the 90s were both in ice hockey was meant to launch— both in ice hockey was meant to launch in— both in ice hockey was meant to launch in the uk so the angle are different— launch in the uk so the angle are different so this has been built with music in mind. how different so this has been built with music in mind.— different so this has been built with music in mind. how can there ossibl with music in mind. how can there possibly be — with music in mind. how can there possibly be enough _ with music in mind. how can there possibly be enough demand - with music in mind. how can there possibly be enough demand for. with music in mind. how can there | possibly be enough demand for two venues of over 20,000 capacity in manchester? irate venues of over 20,000 capacity in manchester?— venues of over 20,000 capacity in manchester? we are demonstrating that with the _ manchester? we are demonstrating that with the line-up _ manchester? we are demonstrating that with the line-up we _ manchester? we are demonstrating that with the line-up we have, - manchester? we are demonstrating that with the line-up we have, 55 i that with the line—up we have, 55 shows_ that with the line—up we have, 55 shows on— that with the line—up we have, 55 shows on sale, close to 700,000 tickets— shows on sale, close to 700,000 tickets which is insane. we don't concentrate on what our friends are

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doing. _ concentrate on what our friends are doing. we _ concentrate on what our friends are doing, we are concentrating on bringing — doing, we are concentrating on bringing more artists from around the world — bringing more artists from around the world so we are confident we can do that— the world so we are confident we can do that and _ the world so we are confident we can do that and we will do up to 150 events— do that and we will do up to 150 events per— do that and we will do up to 150 events per year. what we're doing here is— events per year. what we're doing here is separate and improving things— here is separate and improving things from the london north device of overtake shows from all around the uk _ of overtake shows from all around the uk and — of overtake shows from all around the uk and bringing more shows to the uk and bringing more shows to the uk _ the uk and bringing more shows to the uk. , , , the uk and bringing more shows to the uk. , y , ., , the uk. guy garvey who played herein ma sa he the uk. guy garvey who played herein may say he will _ the uk. guy garvey who played herein may say he will graffiti _ the uk. guy garvey who played herein may say he will graffiti the _ may say he will graffiti the dressing rooms. he may say he will graffiti the dressing rooms.— may say he will graffiti the dressing rooms. may say he will graffiti the dressin: rooms. ., , ., . dressing rooms. he will on my watch. we sent dressing rooms. he will on my watch. we spent a — dressing rooms. he will on my watch. we spent a lot — dressing rooms. he will on my watch. we spent a lot of— dressing rooms. he will on my watch. we spent a lot of money _ dressing rooms. he will on my watch. we spent a lot of money on _ dressing rooms. he will on my watch. we spent a lot of money on those - we spent a lot of money on those dressing — we spent a lot of money on those dressing rooms and what he expects when _ dressing rooms and what he expects when he _ dressing rooms and what he expects when he gets there, the luxury hotel room _ when he gets there, the luxury hotel room. the _ when he gets there, the luxury hotel room, the artist experience is paramount. room, the artist experience is paramount-— room, the artist experience is paramount. room, the artist experience is aramount. . , , ., paramount. harry styles is one of the investors _ paramount. harry styles is one of the investors and _ paramount. harry styles is one of the investors and to _ paramount. harry styles is one of the investors and to help - paramount. harry styles is one of the investors and to help design? people in the sweets have to come out and _ people in the sweets have to come out and you — people in the sweets have to come out and you don't see anyone, everyone _ out and you don't see anyone, everyone will be watching the other thin- everyone will be watching the other thing is _ everyone will be watching the other thing is there's no advertising or distraction — thing is there's no advertising or distraction between the artist in defiance — distraction between the artist in defiance so it will be an intimate moment— defiance so it will be an intimate

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showers coming across some england and we continue to have a chilly wind, could be warmer in northern ireland. if you got 19 that will be the highest temperature of the year in northern ireland so we will monitor that throughout the weekend. next week i pressure in the rest of the uk and we see this cloud coming down the north sea and up anything the client gets thicker and that means it's more likely to see patches of drizzle across northern and eastern scotland and eastern england. the best of the sunshine in north—west england, south—west england, northern ireland might do 0k and western scotland. in the sunshine comes out it should not feel too bad but in the east it's cloudy with the wind coming from the north sea and at will feel chilly, temperatures picking up a little later next week.

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it's wonderful getting another arena in manchester. it's a purpose—built music venue, so you don't have to worry about all the seating behind you. this new venue probably needs a bit of scuffing up, so we're looking forward to our fans coming in and doing exactly that. i'd say we've graffitied most of the dressing rooms we've ever been in. yeah, the really good trick is it's got a high ceiling, it's like form human pyramid to get up there, some someone but with two small music venues closing every week in the uk. i wanted to know if a very big one co op live had any plans on how they could help. do you worry about the future? because that is where your next generation of headliners comes from. we're here to be a part of the community. i'm not here to take your ticket. i'm here to make this a better place to live and inspire you. and i'm here to bring

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