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now, spare a thought for lexi thompson. the american was two shots clear during the final round of one of women's golf‘s major tournaments, when she was penalised by officials, effectively costing her the title. but it was a tv viewer who spotted her mistake rather than a referee. 0ur correspondent, andy swiss, reports. just imagine it. you are on course for the winner of your life, just few holes from glory... but lexi thompson's dream was about to become a nightmare. the reason? this moment from her previous round. look closely. she marks her ball, picks it up and put it down in a fraction ofa it up and put it down in a fraction of a different place, which is against the rules. nobody noticed that the time but a tv viewer spotted it, alerted officials, who then interrupted her final spotted it, alerted officials, who then interrupted herfinal round spotted it, alerted officials, who then interrupted her final round to give her a four shot penalty. yeah is this a joke? no, give her a four shot penalty. yeah is this ajoke
now, spare a thought for lexi thompson. the american was two shots clear during the final round of one of women's golf‘s major tournaments, when she was penalised by officials, effectively costing her the title. but it was a tv viewer who spotted her mistake rather than a referee. 0ur correspondent, andy swiss, reports. just imagine it. you are on course for the winner of your life, just few holes from glory... but lexi thompson's dream was about to become a nightmare. the reason? this moment...
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american golfer lexi thompson says she did not intend to break tournament rules that the first major of the year. she was penalised for macro strokes and missed out on the title, after a television viewer spotted an infringement. roger federer plans to take a short break after beating rafa nadal the win the naomi —— miami 0pen. he has moved up to number four naomi —— miami 0pen. he has moved up to numberfour in the naomi —— miami 0pen. he has moved up to number four in the world but says he is unlikely to play again until the french open at the end of may. i will be back just the french open at the end of may. i will be backjust after half 11 with more on. significant restrictions on the use of bail by police in england and wales come into force today. the amount of time a suspect released from custody can remain on bail will be limited to 28 days in most cases. the decision is in response to concerns that people were being left in limbo for months or even years. but police have questioned the move, as our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, reports. famous faces who'
american golfer lexi thompson says she did not intend to break tournament rules that the first major of the year. she was penalised for macro strokes and missed out on the title, after a television viewer spotted an infringement. roger federer plans to take a short break after beating rafa nadal the win the naomi —— miami 0pen. he has moved up to number four naomi —— miami 0pen. he has moved up to numberfour in the naomi —— miami 0pen. he has moved up to number four in the world but...
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thompson later thanked her fans for helping her through. golf is no stranger to trial by television, but its results are rarely this painful. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster and author, damejoan bakewell and thejournalist, tim montgomerie. tomorrow's front pages, starting with the telegraph. the telegraph leads with criticism of the national trust for dropping the word easter from its easter egg hunt, and carries a large picture from the explosion in st petersburg. the i says opinion polls show labour losing over a hundred seats at next months local elections. the express reports one in five british workers has no retirement savings at all. the financial times leads with the news that unemployment in the eurozone is at an eight year low. the metro reports a claim by a union leader that some teachers are working four day weeks then working another for free to keep up with the workload. the daily m
thompson later thanked her fans for helping her through. golf is no stranger to trial by television, but its results are rarely this painful. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster and author, damejoan bakewell and thejournalist, tim montgomerie. tomorrow's front pages, starting with the telegraph. the telegraph leads with criticism of the national trust...
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the american golfer lexi thompson was moved to tears as she discussed — in her words — the ‘nightmare‘ penalty which cost her a major title. thompson was leading the ana last month, when she received a four—stroke penalty for playing her ball from the wrong place and then signing an incorrect scorecard. the controversy only came about after a tv viewer contacted officials to inform them of the infringement. the incident has since led to a rule change. that's one of my favourite tournaments and it's always a dream of mine tojust tournaments and it's always a dream of mine to just see myself... i worked my whole life to have my name on major championship trophies, especially that one, that's a very special week for me with all the history behind it. i played amazing that week, i don't think i've ever played any better. just for that to happen, it was just, played any better. just for that to happen, it wasjust, kind of a nightmare. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. the headlines at 6.30pm — a 27—year—old man is arrested
the american golfer lexi thompson was moved to tears as she discussed — in her words — the ‘nightmare‘ penalty which cost her a major title. thompson was leading the ana last month, when she received a four—stroke penalty for playing her ball from the wrong place and then signing an incorrect scorecard. the controversy only came about after a tv viewer contacted officials to inform them of the infringement. the incident has since led to a rule change. that's one of my favourite...
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you are on course for the winner of your life, just a few homes from glory but lexi thompson's dream was about to become a nightmare. the reason, this moment from her previous round. look closely, she marks a ball, picks it up closely, she marks a ball, picks it up and then puts it down in a fractionally different place, which is against the rules. no one noticed at the time but a tv viewer spotted it, alerted officials who then interrupted her final round to give her a four shot penalty. is this a joke? no, it is not. that is ridiculous. thomson was in tears. instead of two shots ahead she was to be had. this belief shared by the watching tiger woods the immediately tweeted, viewers at home should not be officials wearing stripes. let's go lexie, when this thing anyway. she came remarkably close. she battled back and on the final hole at this putt to win. agonisingly, victory slipped away. all because of that one eagle eyed deer. victory slipped away. all because of that one eagle eyed deerlj victory slipped away. all because of that one eagle eyed deer. i wasn't expecting that on w
you are on course for the winner of your life, just a few homes from glory but lexi thompson's dream was about to become a nightmare. the reason, this moment from her previous round. look closely, she marks a ball, picks it up closely, she marks a ball, picks it up and then puts it down in a fractionally different place, which is against the rules. no one noticed at the time but a tv viewer spotted it, alerted officials who then interrupted her final round to give her a four shot penalty. is...
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i'm ben thompson. this is your business news. energy firm, edf is to raise the price of electricity for the second time this year for its customers on standard tariffs. from the 21st ofjune, edf customers was the electricity prices rise by 996 was the electricity prices rise by 9% and gas prices will go up by 5.5%. tesco has reported a fall in full—year pre—tax profit after it was fined for overstating its profits in 2014. the supermarket giant says a charge of £235m and other costs associated with closing stores and paying redundancy pushed profits down nearly 30%. without those charges, the supermarket‘s underlying profit was up 30%. unemployment in the uk remained unchanged at 4.7% in the last three months. but rising inflation is wiping out any growth in wages. inflation statistics released yesterday showed inflation was running at 2.3 per cent, just above the bank of england's 2% target. there are so many percentages to get through there! let's start with tesco. its profits are up despite having to pay a big fine. sup
i'm ben thompson. this is your business news. energy firm, edf is to raise the price of electricity for the second time this year for its customers on standard tariffs. from the 21st ofjune, edf customers was the electricity prices rise by 996 was the electricity prices rise by 9% and gas prices will go up by 5.5%. tesco has reported a fall in full—year pre—tax profit after it was fined for overstating its profits in 2014. the supermarket giant says a charge of £235m and other costs...
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my colleague ben thompson has been out and about in devon looking at how we could be working smarter to boost economic output. welcome to devon. we are talking about how the uk can solve what is known as the productivity puzzle. how do we get businesses here to be more productive without simply asking workers to do a bit more, work order? it is about getting them to work a bit smarter, too. this is exactly what they have been doing at this plant. barry is the boss, good morning. how do you improve productivity? we are surrounded by a lot of people here, but also machines. is it about buying robots to do the job? buying robots helps, but it takes time. it is about doing things differently. automation, robot loading is one thing. new software programming, as you have seen on some software programming, as you have seen on some of the bigger machines, reduces cycle time. it's about, how do we do things quicker? rather than all of that time being used up doing relatively mundane tasks like loading machines, you can now deploy the staff to do betterjobs that will add more value to the busi
my colleague ben thompson has been out and about in devon looking at how we could be working smarter to boost economic output. welcome to devon. we are talking about how the uk can solve what is known as the productivity puzzle. how do we get businesses here to be more productive without simply asking workers to do a bit more, work order? it is about getting them to work a bit smarter, too. this is exactly what they have been doing at this plant. barry is the boss, good morning. how do you...
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in touch with the leaders, but a round of 71 yesterday has left her eight shots behind leader lexi thompson of america. hull gets herfinal round under way at 20 to nine uk time — this evening. following johanna konta's victory in the miami open yesterday it's the men's turn today. and it's a repeat of the australian open final with roger federer taking on rafa nadal. federer won that day and claimed the first set here 6—3 with a solitary break. he is serving for the title as we speak in the second set right now. roger federer is on serve right now. we will keep you up to date with that. and finally, belgium's phillipe gilbert took an impressive solo victory in one of cycling's five one—day "monuments" — the tour of flanders. the home favourite pulled clear with more than 50 kilometres to go over the belgian hills and cobbles and finished in style, hopping off his bike and carrying it over the line. apparently that is allowed in the rules. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport on the bbc news channel throughout the evening. hello and welcome.
in touch with the leaders, but a round of 71 yesterday has left her eight shots behind leader lexi thompson of america. hull gets herfinal round under way at 20 to nine uk time — this evening. following johanna konta's victory in the miami open yesterday it's the men's turn today. and it's a repeat of the australian open final with roger federer taking on rafa nadal. federer won that day and claimed the first set here 6—3 with a solitary break. he is serving for the title as we speak in the...
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speaking to our sports editor dan roan before baroness grey—thompsons recommendations were published she says that athlete welfare is key. it's hard to be a successful cyclist if you are not happy in your programme and racing. and everything that goes with it. mental health, and how you feel and being supported, that is so important. i have always felt well supported. it's nice they are looking into the different ways of supporting athletes, putting them first. but ultimately it is all about training and racing, and succeeding. there is and racing, and succeeding. there is a school of thought that says if you have concentrated a bit too much on welfare and looking after people, you may not be so successful. it is that ruthlessness and drive on performance that has got team gb as high as they have. is it possible to have both? identikit is a conversation you're you can have a buddy team is broadly. —— i do not think it is a conversation you can have so broadly. every team has a different approach. you need someone supporting and on your side. and you need discussions and conversat
speaking to our sports editor dan roan before baroness grey—thompsons recommendations were published she says that athlete welfare is key. it's hard to be a successful cyclist if you are not happy in your programme and racing. and everything that goes with it. mental health, and how you feel and being supported, that is so important. i have always felt well supported. it's nice they are looking into the different ways of supporting athletes, putting them first. but ultimately it is all about...
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was commissioned by the government and led by 11—time pa ralympic gold—medallist baroness tanni grey—thompson. the publication comes amid bullying allegations against coaches, mounting concern over the use of medication and the child sex abuse scandal in football. actually it's about winning medals, that's something that i think eve ryo ne that's something that i think everyone in the uk would support, we feel better as a nation when we're winning football, paralympics, olympics, you name it, it's a moment to celebrate. but over the last few yea rs to celebrate. but over the last few years duty of care is something that has been slipping away, it's not intentional or malicious, but there's hard targets out there and we wa nt there's hard targets out there and we want to see british athletes doing well. if we get duty of care right we can do well if not better. meanwhile olympic rowing champion dame katharine grainger, here on the right, has been appointed the new chair of uk sport. dame katherine is britain's most successful female olympian, winning gold in 2012 and four silver medals. she'll
was commissioned by the government and led by 11—time pa ralympic gold—medallist baroness tanni grey—thompson. the publication comes amid bullying allegations against coaches, mounting concern over the use of medication and the child sex abuse scandal in football. actually it's about winning medals, that's something that i think eve ryo ne that's something that i think everyone in the uk would support, we feel better as a nation when we're winning football, paralympics, olympics, you name...
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was commissioned by the government and led by 11—time paralympic gold medallist baroness tanni grey—thompson. the publication comes amid bullying allegations against coaches, mounting concern over the use of medication. over the last few years, the duty of ca re over the last few years, the duty of care is something that has slipped away but i do not think it has been intentional or malicious. there are ha rd intentional or malicious. there are hard topics out that we want to see british athletes do well. if we get duty of care right we can do well if not better. meanwhile olympic rowing champion dame katharine grainger — here on the right — has been appointed the new chair of uk sport. dame katherine is britain's most successful female olympian, winning gold in 2012 and four silver medals. she'll begin work at the organisation onjuly the 1st this weekend's london marathon marks the end of a broadcasting era as bbc commentator brendan foster will call the race for the last time. the former olympic medallist has been a regular fixture in the commentary box for the last four decades. he ha
was commissioned by the government and led by 11—time paralympic gold medallist baroness tanni grey—thompson. the publication comes amid bullying allegations against coaches, mounting concern over the use of medication. over the last few years, the duty of ca re over the last few years, the duty of care is something that has slipped away but i do not think it has been intentional or malicious. there are ha rd intentional or malicious. there are hard topics out that we want to see british...