good morning. withjust one month to go until liverpool host the eurovision song contest, i am here to find out about the economic benefits it will bring, and as organisers take over the venue, we have got some other special access. a special trip for rob and lindsay burrow to the coronation street cobbles, as the rugby league legend helps the soap with its storyline on motor neurone disease. good morning. a cold and frosty start for but for many it will be dry with lengthy spells of sunshine, variable cloud, especially in the north west where it will be breezy. the man who shot and killed nine year old schoolgirl olivia pratt korbel in liverpool last year will be sentenced for her murder later today. thomas cashman fired shots into olivia s family home on the 22nd august, during what prosecutors described as a ruthless pursuit to execute another man. her death stunned not only merseyside but the entire country and sparked a six week manhunt, as police appealed for informati
a handgun. so, this is an absurd, outdated, outmoded loophole, but this is a first step in recognizing our problem, where we allow 18-year-olds to buy weapons of war. news of this framework coming on the somber six year anniversary of the pulse nightclub shooting in orlando, florida, 49 people murdered in cold blood, targeted about because of who they live. many mass shootings in this country, the attacker used an ar-15 style guy on, the senate deal comes after communities of uvalde, texas, and buffalo, new york, were changed forever by gun violence. all together 31 americans killed in both shootings. the shooters and both shootings were 18 year old boy legally obtained obstacles to carry out their crimes. the steel wall imperfect is something, comes up after last week s testimony from the children killed in uvalde. they sidelined their grief to going through what they re going through. the deal comes as demonstrators hit the streets, demanding action. we ve seen this bef
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the first truly hand portable mobile phone, conceived in 1973 when the first phone call was made on a prototype of this, launched eventually in 1984, and that device cost about $4,000 at the time, which would be about £9,500 today. £9,000? and it s pretty heavy again. what s the battery life like, dare i ask? the battery life on that was about 30 minutes. it would take about ten hours to charge. had a standby of around a similar time as well. wow. marty cooper, the pioneer of the mobile phone, isn t a fan of current designs. i think today s phone is suboptimal. it s really not a very good phone in many respects. just think about it, if you take a piece of plastic and glass and put it, that s flat and you put it against the curved head, you hold your hand an uncomfortable position. so what does marty think about the future of phones? we are still at the very beginning of the cell phone revolution.